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  • Publication number: 20130218518
    Abstract: An automated, 3D mappable environmental sampling system and methods of use is disclosed herein. The method includes routing one or more sensors throughout a facility. The method further includes collecting environmental data on a continuous basis from the one or more sensors at various locations throughout the facility. The method further includes determining whether discrepancies exist between the collected environmental data and acceptable levels of environmental data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jennifer L. DIMITRI, Wilfredo FERRE, William T. PETRY, Ernest L. TIMLIN, JR., Marc P. YVON
  • Publication number: 20130041894
    Abstract: A method of identifying a substitute chemical includes receiving, at a computer, a trial set of properties that describes a function in a desired chemical process of a chemical for substitution, performing a distributed search using objective similarity criteria based on the trial set of properties to identify a first set of candidate chemicals, prioritizing the first set of candidate chemicals into a second set of candidate chemicals, determining Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) data parameter values for each chemical of the second set of candidate chemicals, normalizing disparate EHS data parameter values into associated EHS properties, prioritizing the second set of candidate chemicals into a third set of candidate chemicals, and prioritizing the third set of candidate chemicals into a fourth set of candidate chemicals according to the risk posed by the desired chemical process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kathleen A. DiZio, John A. Fitzsimmons, Richard J. Melville, David E. Speed, Ernest L. Timlin, JR., Connie-Nga T. Truong
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