Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for ordering events within a distribution computing system are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by an upward node from one or more nodes of a distributed computing system, event fragments for corresponding events that have occurred within the distributed computing system. Each event fragment includes an age parameter that indicates an age of the corresponding event from a perspective of a node that sent the event fragment to the upward node. The upward node calculates, for each event, a corresponding disentangled time based on a received time that represents a time at which the upward node received the event fragment for the event and the age of the event indicated by the age parameter for the event. The upward node arranges the events in an order according to the disentangled time for each event.

Abstract: A mobile unit that includes a compressed gas canister, a brake hose coupled to the compressed gas canister, a radar, and a processor and a storage device. The storage device stores instructions that are operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to perform operations of obtaining radar data from the radar, determining, based on the radar data, a distance of the mobile unit to an object, determining that the distance of the mobile unit to the object satisfies a braking criteria, and based on determining that the distance of the mobile unit to the object satisfies the braking criteria, releasing gas from the compressed gas canister through the brake hose coupled to the compressed gas canister and into the brake pipe of a train car.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for neuromorphic experiential analysis of sensor data. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining sensor emissions from multiple sensors, generating monotonic data that indicates an orientation of the sensor emissions in respect to time, determining that the monotonic data matches a registered query, and in response to determining that the monotonic data matches a registered query, invoking an executor.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for ordering events within a distribution computing system are described. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, by an upward node from one or more nodes of a distributed computing system, event fragments for corresponding events that have occurred within the distributed computing system. Each event fragment includes an age parameter that indicates an age of the corresponding event from a perspective of a node that sent the event fragment to the upward node. The upward node calculates, for each event, a corresponding disentangled time based on a received time that represents a time at which the upward node received the event fragment for the event and the age of the event indicated by the age parameter for the event. The upward node arranges the events in an order according to the disentangled time for each event.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for neuromorphic experiential analysis of sensor data. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining sensor emissions from multiple sensors, generating monotonic data that indicates an orientation of the sensor emissions in respect to time, determining that the monotonic data matches a registered query, and in response to determining that the monotonic data matches a registered query, invoking an executor.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for helping service providers. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining a mobile computing device identifier, identifying a customer corresponding to the mobile computing device identifier, obtaining information regarding the customer that is identified, determining a likely intent of the customer from the information regarding the customer, and providing, using the likely intent of the customer, information that helps a provider.

Abstract: A mobile unit that includes a compressed gas canister, a brake hose coupled to the compressed gas canister, a radar, and a processor and a storage device. The storage device stores instructions that are operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the processor to perform operations of obtaining radar data from the radar, determining, based on the radar data, a distance of the mobile unit to an object, determining that the distance of the mobile unit to the object satisfies a braking criteria, and based on determining that the distance of the mobile unit to the object satisfies the braking criteria, releasing gas from the compressed gas canister through the brake hose coupled to the compressed gas canister and into the brake pipe of a train car.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for helping service providers. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining a mobile computing device identifier, identifying a customer corresponding to the mobile computing device identifier, obtaining information regarding the customer that is identified, determining a likely intent of the customer from the information regarding the customer, and providing, using the likely intent of the customer, information that helps a provider.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for helping service providers. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining a mobile computing device identifier, identifying a customer corresponding to the mobile computing device identifier, obtaining information regarding the customer that is identified, determining a likely intent of the customer from the information regarding the customer, and providing, using the likely intent of the customer, information that helps a provider.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for helping service providers. The methods, systems, and apparatus include actions of obtaining a mobile computing device identifier, identifying a customer corresponding to the mobile computing device identifier, obtaining information regarding the customer that is identified, determining a likely intent of the customer from the information regarding the customer, and providing, using the likely intent of the customer, information that helps a provider.