Abstract: Simulation of vehicle telematics events is provided by a vehicle telematics simulator. The simulator performs a simulation of vehicle telematics events based on user-defined parameters to generate simulation data. The simulation data is formatted according to a reporting protocol to obtain formatted simulation data. The reporting protocol may be the same reporting protocol used by vehicle-based telematics devices to format and report measurement data for real-world vehicle telematics events. The formatted simulation data is provided to a vehicle telematics service hosted at a server system for processing. The formatted simulation data is processed along with formatted measurement data representing measurements of real-world telematics events via a common processing pipeline of the vehicle telematics service. The vehicle telematics simulator may reside at a client computing device or at the server system that hosts the vehicle telematics service.

Abstract: A storage medium stores an identifying program that causes a computer to execute selecting, from a molecule in a structurally stable state, a second atom and a third atom that combine with a first atom; calculating a first angle between a first straight line passing through the first atom and the selected second atom and a second straight line passing through the first atom and the selected third atom, by referring to a first storage unit in which position information of each atom in the molecule is stored; and identifying a hybrid orbital type of the first atom based on the calculated first angle, by referring to a second storage unit which is stored a condition satisfied by a bond angle formed by the atom and two atoms that combine with the atom being stored in the second storage unit in association with a hybrid atomic orbital type.

Abstract: Systems and methods for analyzing and designing a customized pulse fracturing operation for fracturing a wellbore in a reservoir formation are disclosed. Pulsed fracturing can create multiple fractures that radiate away from the wellbore while minimizing near wellbore damage. This network can further be extended into the reservoir by utilizing an optimized pumping rate over a predetermined amount of time. The optimized pulse rate and duration can be determined by using a geomechanical and a reservoir simulator which can help in quantifying the production efficiency of the induced fracture network.

Abstract: According to various aspects and embodiments, a system and method for use with a raised floor data center is provided. The method according to one aspect includes receiving input data, including data related to at least one data center design parameter, determining tile airflow uniformity using the input data and at least one empirical correlation, implementing an analytical model to determine airflow distribution, the analytical model including at least one empirical formula, and using the tile airflow uniformity and the airflow distribution to evaluate airflow in a data center design.

Abstract: A method for performing a field operation within a geologic basin having rock formations and a reservoir that includes fluids includes generating, by forward modeling using a petroleum system model (PSM), an estimate of a fluid property distribution of a fluid within the reservoir of the geologic basin. The method further includes detecting, from fluid samples, a fluid property gradient within the geologic basin. The fluid samples are extracted from within at least one wellbore drilled through the rock formations. The method further includes, comparing the estimate of the fluid property distribution with the detected fluid property gradient to generate a comparison result, iteratively adjusting, based on the comparison result, the PSM to generate an adjusted PSM, and performing, based on the adjusted PSM, the field operation within the geologic basin.

Abstract: A system for fault detection and diagnostics of equipment. The system may also be capable of disaggregation and/or virtual submetering of energy consumption by equipment, such as that of heating, ventilation and air conditioning, lighting, and so forth, in a building. Vibration and current sensors, along with one or more algorithms, may be utilized for fault detection and diagnostics of equipment. Models may be developed to aid in deducing energy consumption of individual components of equipment, and the like, for a building.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of simulating an initial component of a signal to approximate a component of a reference signal, the method characterized by the steps of: i. generating a source signal which includes at least one harmonic component, and ii. determining the average amplitude and duration of the source signal, and iii. referencing the amplitude of the reference signal component to be simulated, and iv. integrating the source signal over a period of time sufficient to produce a value for the signal component amplitude approximate to the reference signal component amplitude.

Abstract: Systems and methods for optimizing parameters of an orthopaedic procedure for a particular patient, including parameters relating to the anatomic and biomechanic fit of an implant or implant system implanted into the patient's joint. These systems and methods may utilize patient-specific information gathered pre-operatively in conjunction with optimization algorithms to determine an optimal implant design and an optimal position and orientation for implantation of the implant into the particular patient's joint.

Abstract: A process for analyzing incomplete fuel oxidation in an internal combustion engine is provided. The process includes simulating a cylinder with a cylinder wall and a piston within the cylinder for the internal combustion engine. Based on the simulation of the internal combustion engine operation, a pressure and a temperature are determined at a predetermined location within the cylinder for at least one piston crank angle. In addition, combustion of fuel at the predetermined location within the cylinder is simulated and a determination of combustion products is provided. In this manner, simulation of incomplete oxidants produced during operation of the internal combustion engine is afforded and can be used for the design of engine components such as cylinder walls, piston heads, piston rings, valves, spark plugs, and the like.

Abstract: Systems and methods for determining pressure within a sealed annulus based on the conservation of mass to test the structural integrity of the sealed annulus. The conservation of mass is applied to fluid(s) in a sealed annulus by using the total mass of the fluid(s) in the sealed annulus, instead of volume changes, as the basis for estimating pressure changes due to temperature changes.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems and methods optimizing geometries. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method is provided. The method includes receiving, at a programmed computing device, a geometry comprising a plurality of edges and selecting a set of edges from the plurality of edges based on an intersecting location in which two or more the edges intersect. For each edge of the set of edges, a density is determined that corresponds to the intersecting location for the set of edges. The method further includes determining a target density related to the intersecting location in view of an aggregate of the density associated with respective edges of the set of edges. The target density indicates a gradient of a falloff for the intersecting location.

Abstract: A processor calculates, in accordance with a convex hull configuration algorithm, an interface of a fluid model expressing the fluid as a collection of particles according to an input boundary condition and initial condition. The processor calculates surface energy of the calculated interface. The processor calculates surface tension of the interface according to the calculated surface energy. The processor outputs, for each predetermined time interval, a state of the fluid according to the calculated surface tension.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for position decoding of three dimensional mesh models are described including predicting a symbol probability of a non-empty-child-cell Cl,k, where Cl,k denotes the kth cell at layer l, wherein the symbol probability is estimated based on an accuracy of a fitted plane P, decoding the non-empty-child-cell responsive to the received predicted probability of the non-empty-child-cell, subdividing the non-empty-child-cell, if the non-empty-child-cell has more than one vertex, determining if there are more unprocessed non-empty-child-cells at layer l, determining if a lowest layer of non-empty-child-cells has been reached, if there are no more unprocessed non-empty-child-cells at layer l and regenerating the three dimensional mesh model, if the lowest layer of non-empty-child-cells has been reached.

Abstract: A method includes receiving input information related to devices of an integrated circuit. A first simulation of the integrated circuit is performed over a first time period. Average temperature changes of the devices over the first time period are calculated. A second simulation of the integrated circuit is performed over a second time period using the average temperature changes of the devices. The first simulation and the second simulation are executed by a processor unit.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for three-dimensional modeling of building roofs using three-dimensional point cloud data. Point cloud data of a roof of a building is received, and roof data points are selected or extracted from the point cloud data. Semantic type classifications are calculated for each selected roof data point. Roof styles are determined from the semantic type classifications, and a synthetic model of the roof and building is rendered based on the determined roof style.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for determining an amount of hydrocarbon fluid present in a rock of a hydrocarbon-producing reservoir is provided. The rock comprises organic matter and porous and permeable inorganic matter. The method comprises the steps of receiving data relating to chemical and kinetic properties of the organic matter, rock lithology data, rock thickness and reservoir temperature and pressure data, inputting the received data into a computer-implemented model, and operating the model. The model operates to a) simulate hydrocarbon fluid generation in the rock based on the input data and thereby determine an amount of generated hydrocarbon fluid, b) generate predicted data, and c) determine a total amount of hydrocarbon fluid present in the rock based on the predicted data.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a layout of equipment in a data center, the equipment including a plurality of equipment racks, and at least one rack-based cooling provider. In one aspect, the method includes receiving data regarding airflow consumption for each of the plurality of equipment racks and cooling capacity of the at least one cooling provider, determining a layout of the data center, displaying the layout of the data center. In the method determining a layout can include pairing each equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks with another equipment rack of the plurality of equipment racks based on airflow consumption of each of the plurality of equipment racks to create a plurality of pairs of equipment racks, arranging the pairs of equipment racks to form a two-row cluster of equipment racks based on the airflow consumption value of the equipment racks.

Abstract: Method and system are described for modeling one or more geophysical properties of a subsurface volume (102). The present disclosure provides method of modeling the subsurface comprising obtaining one or more subsurface volumes and performing at least two operations (104) on the subsurface volumes. A graph of operations is determined (106) based on each of the at least two operations in which the graph of operations includes a description of each of the at least two operations and a flow path for the each of the at least two operations (108). The graph of operation is stored (110). A specific operation within the graph of operations may then be identified (112). An additional operation may be created and connected to the graph of operations at a node associated with the specific operation to provide an additional branch to the graph of operations (114).

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for weather station data usage based on weather data confidence. In the context of a method, the method includes receiving historical weather data associated with a candidate weather station and plurality of weather stations, determining distances between a candidate weather station and respective ones of the plurality of weather stations, and generating a station to station location based model of weather attribute errors associated with the distances between the candidate weather station and the respective weather stations of the plurality of weather stations.

Abstract: A simulation system that includes interconnected simulation blocks which use process models to perform simulation activities for a process plant is integrated into a process control environment for the process plant in a manner that makes the simulation system easy to use and easily updated for on-line process simulation. The disclosed simulation system enables future predicted values as well as the current predicted values of process parameters produced by the simulation system to be made available for performance evaluation as well as to guide plant operations. Additionally, the simulation system is connected to the operating process plant to receive various on-line process plant measurements, and uses these measurements to automatically update the process models used in the simulation system, to thereby keep the simulation system coordinated with the actual operating conditions of the process plant.