Abstract: A method for computer modeling a retail environment includes: calculating a space elasticity for an item of an item category in a retail store, using a constrained linear regression model; calculating a cross-space elasticity for the item of the item category in the retail store, using a multiple regression model; generating a number for horizontal facings for the item of the item category in the retail store, using a non-linear multiple-constraint mixed integer optimization model, based on the space elasticity of the item and the cross-space elasticity of the item; and generating an electronic planogram of the item category for the retail store, based on the number of the horizontal facings of the item.

Abstract: A method for computer modeling a retail environment includes: calculating a space elasticity for an item category in a retail store, using a constrained linear regression model; calculating a cross-space elasticity for the item category in the retail store, using a multiple non-linear regression model; generating a category space allocation for the item category in the retail store, using a non-linear multiple-constraint mixed integer optimization model, based on the space elasticity of the item category and the cross-space elasticity of the item category; and generating an electronic planogram for the retail store, based on the category space allocation of the item category.

Abstract: A walking mud handling system may include a walking mud tank and a plurality of hydraulic walkers coupled to the walking mud tank. Each hydraulic walker may include a walking foot, a hydraulic lift, and a sliding actuator. The hydraulic lift may include a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the walking foot such that extension of the hydraulic cylinder extends the walking foot into contact with the ground. The sliding actuator may include one or more hydraulic cylinders coupled to the walking foot such that extension of the sliding actuator moves the walking foot laterally relative to the hydraulic lift.

Abstract: A drilling rig includes a rig floor, first and second support structures, a mast, a lower drilling machine, a continuous drilling unit, an upper drilling machine, and an upper mast assembly. The rig floor includes a V-door defining a V-door axis extending perpendicularly from the side of the rig floor that includes the V-door. The first and second support structures define a traverse corridor having a traverse corridor axis, wherein the traverse corridor axis is perpendicular to the V-door axis. The drilling rig may be used for continuous drilling of a wellbore.

Abstract: A mast assembly for a drilling rig includes a mast formed from a plurality of mast subunits. The mast assembly includes a lower drilling machine, upper drilling machine, and upper mud assembly, each of which is coupled to and movable vertically relative to the mast. The mast subunits are separable when the mast is in a transport configuration such that the LDM is positioned in a first subunit and the UDM is in a second subunit of the mast when the mast is in the transport configuration. The mast assembly may be used during a continuous drilling operation.

Abstract: A physical layer (PHY) is coupled to a serial, differential link that is to include a number of lanes. The PHY includes a transmitter and a receiver to be coupled to each lane of the number of lanes. The transmitter coupled to each lane is configured to embed a clock with data to be transmitted over the lane, and the PHY periodically issues a blocking link state (BLS) request to cause an agent to enter a BLS to hold off link layer flit transmission for a duration.

Abstract: Systems and methods for the automated execution of batch job workflows are provided. The system may generate a batch job workflow having one or more jobs with each job having one or more tasks. The system may retrieve scheduler data corresponding to each task and indicating job dependencies, task dependencies, and technology wrappers needed to execute each task. The system may generate a task schedule based on the scheduler data. The system may execute each task in accordance with the scheduler data by transmitting each task to a wrapper environment to invoke a technology wrapper. The technology wrapper may enable each task to be executed across systems of varying technologies.

Abstract: A land-based drilling rig includes a plurality of columns. Each of the columns is a polyhedron having a square base or is cylindrical. The land-based drilling rig further includes a drill rig floor coupled to the plurality of columns. The land-based drilling rig also includes a mast, the mast mechanically coupled to the drill rig floor.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes defining an input data space, defining a directed graph (DG) connecting a plurality of transformation blocks to represent an experiment workflow, wherein at least one of the plurality of transformation blocks includes logic to dynamically modify the DG during execution of the experiment workflow, formatting the DG and the input data space into a data structure such that the data structure is interpretable by a plurality of different computation platforms, scheduling a distributed computation platform selected from the plurality of different computation platforms to execute the experiment workflow according to the input data space and the DG, and imperatively programming computing nodes of the distributed computation platform to execute the experiment workflow based on the DG if at least one of the transformation blocks dynamically modifies the DG during the execution of the experiment workflow.

Abstract: Re-initialization of a link can take place without termination of the link, where the link includes, a transmitter and a receiver are to be coupled to each lane in the number of lanes, and re-initialization of the link is to include transmission of a pre-defined sequence on each of the lanes.

Abstract: A walking mud handling system may include a walking mud tank and a plurality of hydraulic walkers coupled to the walking mud tank. Each hydraulic walker may include a walking foot, a hydraulic lift, and a sliding actuator. The hydraulic lift may include a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the walking foot such that extension of the hydraulic cylinder extends the walking foot into contact with the ground. The sliding actuator may include one or more hydraulic cylinders coupled to the walking foot such that extension of the sliding actuator moves the walking foot laterally relative to the hydraulic lift.

Abstract: A land-based drilling rig includes a plurality of columns. Each of the columns is a polyhedron having a square base or is cylindrical. The land-based drilling rig further includes a drill rig floor coupled to the plurality of columns. The land-based drilling rig also includes a mast, the mast mechanically coupled to the drill rig floor.

Abstract: A ground handling system includes a main skid. The main skid has a main skid frame that includes a main tubular handling cradle. The main skid also includes a catwalk mechanically coupled to the main skid frame. In addition, the ground handling system includes a secondary skid mechanically coupled to the main skid. The second skid includes a second skid frame that includes a second tubular handling cradle. The second skid also includes a second catwalk mechanically coupled to the secondary skid frame. Tubulars may be transferred from the second tubular handling cradle to the main tubular handling cradle. The main skid further may include a pipe treatment carriage slidably coupled to the main skid frame and supporting one or more of a cleaning canister, doping canister, roller clamp, or tire clamp.

Abstract: Various embodiments include a classification platform system. A user can define a classification experiment on the classification platform system. For example, the user can define an input data space by selecting at least one of data sources interfaced with the classification platform system and defining a workflow configuration including a directed graph (DG) connecting a plurality of transformation blocks to represent an experiment workflow. The DG can specify how one or more outputs of each of the transformation blocks are fed into one or more other transformation blocks. The DG can be defined graphically. The classification platform system can schedule the experiment workflow to be executed on a distributed computation platform according to the input data space and the workflow configuration.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a communication circuitry, a processor electrically connected with the communication circuitry, a memory electrically connected with the processor. The memory stores instructions, when executed, causing the processor to connect the electronic device and a first network using the communication circuitry, determine a first user context among user contexts which are data associated with an operation state of the electronic device, and maintain a connection with the first network based on whether communication quality of the first network meets first communication quality corresponding to the determined first user context or switch from the first network to a second network different from the first network. Various other embodiments recognized from the specification are also possible.

Abstract: A system comprises a wellsite including a wellbore location and a BOP positioned at the wellbore location, a drilling rig in the wellsite and including a rig floor and at least one substructure, the substructure having a longitudinal axis, and a first access area defined as the area between a pair of lines extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of the substructure such that the BOP is between the lines, the first access area being free of equipment that is not in transit. The first access area may include a left access area on a first side of the rig, which area may be free of equipment that is not in transit. A method for drilling may include maintaining the left access area free of equipment during rig-up and may further include moving the rig within the wellsite while maintaining at least the left access area free of equipment.

Abstract: The drilling rig includes a first substructure and a second substructure. The second substructure is positioned generally parallel to and spaced apart from the first substructure and generally the same height as the first substructure. The drilling rig further includes a drill floor coupled to the first and second substructures, where the drill floor positioned substantially at the top of the first and second substructures.

Abstract: Re-initialization of a link can take place without termination of the link, where the link includes, a transmitter and a receiver are to be coupled to each lane in the number of lanes, and re-initialization of the link is to include transmission of a pre-defined sequence on each of the lanes.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the development of high performance light weight carbon fiber fabric-electrospun carbon nanofibers hybrid polymer composites and a process thereof. In this process continuous carbon nanofiber sheets of diameter in the range of few hundred nanometers are developed from electrospun PAN nanofibers and sandwich between the carbon fiber fabric epoxy resin prepregs to develop hybrid polymer composites by compression molding technique with low content of carbon fibers.

Abstract: The state of a system is determined in which data sets are generated that include a plurality of data instances representing states of one or more components of a computer system. The data instances generated by one or more data set sources that are configured to output a data instance in response to a trigger associated with the one or more components. The data instances are normalized by the application of one or more rules. The data instances from individual data set sources are separately collated to generate groups of time-specific collated data instances. State types may be assigned to each of the collated data instance groups. Distributions of state-types across the groups may be determined and a list of infrequent state-types may be generated based on the determined distributions of state-types across the groups.