Abstract: Systems and method herein provide for sophisticated and efficient matching between users of a vehicle data system and data on sales that occur, where that data was obtained from distributed sources across a computer network. In particular, embodiments may obtain data from a variety of data sources across a distributed network and enhance data records by correlating the data obtained from these distributed sources. Data on sales thus obtain can be correlated with data on online users of the vehicle data system using a scoring engine to provide confidence scores to potential user-sale matches.

Abstract: A business process is enacted in a production facility employing a computer managed manufacturing execution system or manufacturing operation management system. The MES/MOM systems operate in an event-driven environment based on handlers orchestrated by events. The method includes: providing and parsing a business process model; creating precompiled, closed source command handlers and event handlers; creating entities of a work process model in an operational domain of the system; and, based on the work process model, running a work process, instancing the business process, by using the precompiled, closed source command handlers and event handlers, the command handlers working on tokens that are differentiated for the different types of elements, are created by the command handlers for each element in a run provided for by the enactment and, for each element, are differentiated according to whether the run to which the token belongs is actually executed or skipped.

Abstract: A method and system for modeling of physical phenomena associated with natural disasters, including prediction of damage caused by wildfire conflagration. Such modeling involves dividing a target land area into a set of regions and a set of structures that are located within the target land area, each of the regions and structures are characterized by various vulnerabilities to fire conflagration, and are scored and subject to execution of simulation and regression, and other types of mathematical representation and statistical inference to support human intelligence and decision making.

Abstract: A request for transport services that identifies a rider, an origin, and a destination is received from a client device. Eligibility of the request to be serviced by a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft is determined based on the origin and the destination. The client device is sent an itinerary for servicing the transport request including a leg serviced by the VTOL aircraft. Confirmation is received that the rider has boarded the VTOL aircraft and determination made as to whether the VTOL aircraft should wait for additional riders. Instruction are sent to the VTOL aircraft to take-off if one or more conditions are met.

Abstract: Input data comprises an order to provide a quantity of one or more finished goods to a site. Software is programmed for: accessing information that defines an architecture of a supply chain network comprising a plurality of sites connected by a plurality of path fragments; generating one or more path solutions to fulfill the order; removing one or more loops from the one or more path solutions; generating based on the one or more path solutions and the one or more removed loops, one or more revised path solutions; outputting the one or more revised path solutions for display on a client device; and transmitting, only to computers of the sites of a revised subset of a plurality of path fragments, a plurality of signals to initiate movement of one or more of raw materials or finished goods.

Abstract: A system is provided for regulating the price of digital assets through work performed by a plurality of transaction processing (and/or validating) systems incented by rewards to participate on distributed ledgers such as blockchain networks. The system increases the demand for price regulated digital assets through an automated, tamperproof, hence mandatory conversion of a portion of digital assets received as work rewards for processing transactions in exchange for other digital assets targeted for price control. The system, composed of hardware and software, operates with or without intermediaries, where the reward is ultimately distributed to owners of said transaction processing systems.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an information processing device includes a hardware processor configured to acquire operation cost information indicative of a relationship between a state of an operator and a period of time required for the operator to perform an operation from a storage that stores the operation cost information, acquire state information indicative of a state of a target operator, and calculate a period of time required for the target operator to perform a target operation based on the operation cost information and the state information.

Abstract: A system for monitoring and controlling a business process involving a plurality of workstations or/and computerized services, the system comprising apparatus for receiving messages exchanged between the plurality of workstations or computerized services and having content, and for deriving from the content of the messages, monitoring information regarding the single business process.

Abstract: A scheme (300) for facilitating automated AR-based rendering with respect to expert guidance or assistance provided in a connected work environment based on contextualization is disclosed. In one aspect, a method comprises a worker (102) requiring assistance with respect to a given task generating (302) one or more suitable queries. Responsive thereto, real-time context data is gathered (304), which may comprise data relating to the work environment. A remote expert (118) may generate (306) appropriate guidance relevant to the task and assistance query, which may be rendered as AR content (308) for worker consumption by using an AR rendering module (112). The worker (102) consumes or uses the AR content for performing (310) an action with respect to the task. The performance of the worker (102) may be used as a measure to improve the AR rendering in automated fashion (312, 314) using one or more machine learning modules (114).

Abstract: A system for monitoring and controlling a business process involving a plurality of workstations or/and computerized services, the system comprising apparatus for receiving messages exchanged between the plurality of workstations or computerized services and having content, and for deriving from the content of the messages, monitoring information regarding the single business process.

Abstract: A system including: a processor; and a memory storing computer program code that controls the processor to: collect real-time business process metrics; collect real-time cluster metrics for a plurality of application clusters indicative of a required allotment of infrastructure resources for a given business process level; estimate a predicted future business process level; based on the estimated predicted future business process level and the real-time cluster metrics, predict a future infrastructure resource requirement of each of the plurality of application clusters; compare the predicted future infrastructure resource requirement of each of the plurality of application clusters to a current dedication of each of the plurality of application clusters; automatically adjust, in real-time and based on the comparison, respective allotments of infrastructure resources for each of the plurality of application clusters; receive an actual business process; and process the business process across the plurality of

Abstract: A system and a method to optimize values delivered by an enterprise, are described. An integrated system may receive data from multiple data sources that may be processed by engines and/models. The engines and/or models may execute operations or functions, such as data processing, analysis based on rules, automated learning, machine learning and transforming the data to create value graphs associated with processes, tasks, and/or services in the enterprise. The value graphs may be generated that may provision continuous monitoring and insights to measure of KPIs and other influencing factors that may be associated with the processes, and services in the enterprise. The integrated system may generate visualizations that may be rendered via user interfaces. Further based on the value graphs, stakeholders may be able to identify opportunities associated with processes, tasks, and/or services that may be actioned to drive employee engagement, and value of the enterprise.

Abstract: Systems and method herein provide for sophisticated and efficient matching between users of a vehicle data system and data on sales that occur, where that data was obtained from distributed sources across a computer network. In particular, embodiments may obtain data from a variety of data sources across a distributed network and enhance data records by correlating the data obtained from these distributed sources. Data on sales thus obtain can be correlated with data on online users of the vehicle data system using a scoring engine to provide confidence scores to potential user-sale matches.

Abstract: An engineering support system that supports engineering of a process control system, the engineering support system includes: a server device that creates a work list including work order information that specifies a work order of work included in the process control system; and at least one client device that gives work authority to each worker based on the work list issued by the server device and that enables work on devices included in the process control system within a scope of given work authority to be implemented in the work order.

Abstract: Described herein are improved systems and methods for overcoming technical problems associated with the use of Monte Carlo simulation methods, such as problems associated with applications of Monte Carlo simulation methods that are searching for more definite answers. In some embodiments described herein, improved systems and methods overcome the technical problem of the results of Monte Carlo simulations providing approximations and/or non-optimal results (or at least non-enhanced results). Thus, such embodiments can provide more enhanced answers to limiting risks; and in some cases, such embodiments can even provide optimal answers to limiting risks. In some embodiments, machine learning can be used to provide more enhanced answers to limiting risks; and in some cases, such embodiments can use machine learning to provide optimal answers to limiting risks discovered through Monte Carlo simulations.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method and an apparatus for providing customer notification detects the presence of a customer in one or more interaction channels from among a plurality of interaction channels. The presence of the customer in the one or more interaction channels is stored as presence information. Attention information corresponding to the customer is determined in connection with the presence information. The attention information indicates a current attention of the customer. A notification is provided to the customer on an interaction channel from among the plurality of interaction channels over which the customer is identified to be active or most likely to be active, based on the presence information and the attention information.

Abstract: In response to detecting that a user of a service provider requires assistance, a computer system determines a predicted user intent associated with the user based on monitoring activity associated with the user, and further determines that a first communication channel corresponds to the determined predicted user intent and causes a communication to be initiated with the user utilizing the first communication channel. The computer system determines a user-initiated intent based on analyzing input received from the user, and based on the user-initiated intent, determines if the user-initiated intent corresponds to the predicted user intent. In response to determining that the user-initiated intent does not correspond to the predicted user intent, the computer system determines that a second communication channel corresponds to the user-initiated intent and causes the communication with the user to be switched to the second communication channel.

Abstract: Methods and systems for optimizing item assortments are disclosed. One method includes receiving a request for an optimized assortment. Data relating to items within a selected initial item assortment and item universe is accessed. Constraints are applied to the items in the assortment to arrive at an optimized item assortment. Constraints include goals for optimization, lock in and lock out rules, and item attribute rules. The method may be performed by a system including one or more computing devices communicating via a network with one or more data storage devices.

Abstract: A system may provide virtual energy audits of one or more target buildings. The system may retrieve weather data and energy usage data specific to a given target building from a weather server and a utility server, respectively. The system may store predefined building characteristics corresponding to the given target building in local memory. Based on the weather data, energy usage data, and/or predefined building characteristics, the system may generate one or more building markers that characterize the energy usage and efficiency of the given target building. Building efficiency diagnostics and energy conservation prognostics may be generated based on the building markers and may be sent by the system to be displayed via a user interface of a client device. The energy conservation prognostics may include one or more energy conservation measure recommendations and corresponding predicted cost/energy savings.

Abstract: A method and system to determine a selected service response for servicing a damaged portion of a vehicle using a vehicle technician system. The selected service response is based upon a digital media file acquired with the vehicle technician system and representative of the damaged portion of the vehicle. The digital media file is communicated from the vehicle technician system to an authority such as a vehicle owner. The communication may be indirectly through an intermediary such as a vehicle service management system. Inasmuch as the digital media file is inherently unbiased, the authority evaluates the digital media file when considering the appropriate service, such as repairing or replacing a damaged part. The authority then selects a selected service response based at least in part on the digital media file and the selected service response is thereafter applied to the vehicle.