Abstract: To reduce a power surplus of fluctuating renewable energy. Data center candidate management information indicates a characteristic of renewable energy supplied to each data center candidate. Application program type candidate management information indicates a characteristic of each application program type candidate. The system determines, with reference to the data center candidate management information and the application program type candidate management information, a plurality of combinations each including one or more data center candidates and one or more application program type candidates, determines a score of each combination based on a characteristic of renewable energy supplied to each of the one or more data center candidates and a characteristic of each of the one or more application program type candidates, and selects, based on the score, a combination to be presented.

Abstract: A method for generating simulations based on data. The method may include receiving internal data and external data which affect output data; differencing the internal data, the external data, and the output data to create first differenced data; training a machine learning model using the first differenced data: receiving scenario input data as input to the machine learning model, wherein the scenario input data comprises conditional data input from a user and/or input data obtained from a separately simulated machine learning data change model, the conditional data input including at least one feature dimension associated with at least one of the internal data or the external data, and the input data including at least one feature dimension associated with at least one of the internal data or the external data; and generating predicted output based on the scenario input data.

Abstract: A management apparatus includes operation influence information defining an influence a management operation exerts on a management target, a management operation log recording a management operation executed on the management target, and a management operation schedule indicating a management operation of which execution on the management target is planned or inferred; determines whether a difference between actual measurement monitoring data acquired from the management target and predicted monitoring data indicating a result of predicting the monitoring data exceeds a given threshold; defines the difference as a significant difference when the difference exceeds the threshold; determines whether the significant difference is temporary or perpetual, based on the operation influence information, management operation log, and management operation schedule; and when determining the significant difference to be perpetual, determines that retraining of a machine learning model should be executed.

Abstract: Techniques are provided that can perform appropriate resource allocation to systems such as chat bots and back-end-systems even when a user is engaged in conversations (such as text messages and speech messages) unrelated to service menus, without increasing the resources of the chat bots and back-end-systems. Means are provided for determining the allocation of chat bot and back-end-system resources based on the number of conversations associated with the service menu and the number of conversations unrelated to the service menu.

Abstract: Techniques are provided that can perform appropriate resource allocation to systems such as chat bots and back-end-systems even when a user is engaged in conversations (such as text messages and speech messages) unrelated to service menus, without increasing the resources of the chat bots and back-end-systems. Means are provided for determining the allocation of chat bot and back-end-system resources based on the number of conversations associated with the service menu and the number of conversations unrelated to the service menu.

Abstract: An information processing system includes performing inference by inputting data to one or more inference models, evaluating inference accuracy of inference units, generating a new inference model by training data input to a first inference unit when degradation of the inference accuracy is detected in the first inference unit, determining a factor of the degradation of the inference accuracy, and determining whether or not the new inference model is applied to a second inference unit other than the first inference unit on the basis that the determined factor is a change of an effective feature amount of the inference model or the trend change of the data input to the first inference unit.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide a lithium secondary battery having excellent battery characteristics and an electrode materializing the battery, by making it easy for an electrolyte solution or a solid electrolyte being an ionic conductor to penetrate between active materials even under a low porosity condition, in a technique for raising the electrode density by making the porosity of the electrode low in order to raise the energy density.

Abstract: A graphite-based negative electrode active material including a first graphite particle being spheroidized and a second graphite particle having a roundness lower than the roundness of the first graphite particle, wherein the content of the second graphite particle based on the sum of the first graphite particle and the second graphite particle is in the range of 1 to 30% by mass, the ratio of a median particle diameter (D50) to a particle diameter at 5 cumulative % (D5), D50/D5, in a cumulative distribution of the first graphite particle is smaller than the ratio of a median particle diameter (D50) to a particle diameter at 5 cumulative % (D5), D50/D5, in a cumulative distribution of the second graphite particle, and the tap density in saturation of the particle mixture of the first graphite particle and the second graphite particle is higher than both the tap density in saturation of the first graphite particle and the tap density in saturation of the second graphite particle.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods for using and updating performance thresholds based on application characteristics. Example implementations compare monitored performance metrics with thresholds having similar application characteristics as the one monitored. Example implementations further manage remediation plans to solve performance issues based on application characteristics. In example implementations, management software retrieves existing plans created for similar situations in response to an issued alert.

Abstract: A polymer gel electrolyte containing at least a lithium salt and an aprotic solvent, in which an amorphous polymer layer is formed on the surface of an electrode active material.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses described herein are directed to a management program that manages IT infrastructures and deploys applications on them while taking the maturity level of the applications into consideration. Example implementations also involve a management program that modifies configurations of IT resources while considering the maturity level and usage frequency of the application during application resizing.

Abstract: An electrode for a lithium-ion battery (100) of the present invention is a high-density electrode for a lithium-ion battery (100) including a collector layer (101), and a negative electrode active material layer (103) which is provided on at least one surface of the collector layer (101) and includes a negative electrode active material, a water-based binder resin, a thickener, and a conductive auxiliary agent, in which a density of the negative electrode active material layer (103) is equal to or more than 1.55 g/cm3, and an electrolytic solution soaking time into an electrode, which is measured using the following method 1, is equal to or longer than 10 seconds and equal to or shorter than 55 seconds. (Method 1: In a temperature environment of 25° C., 5 ?L of an electrolytic solution obtained by dissolving LiPF6 as an electrolyte in a solvent mixture of ethylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate (a volume ratio between ethylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate is 3:7) so as to obtain a concentration of 1.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses described herein are directed to a management program that manages IT infrastructures and deploys applications on them while taking the maturity level of the applications into consideration. Example implementations also involve a management program that modifies configurations of IT resources while considering the maturity level and usage frequency of the application during application resizing.

Abstract: An aspect of the invention is directed to a management server coupled to a first storage array which executes a given function and coupled to a plurality of second storage arrays. The management server comprises: a memory being configured to store information of hardware configurations of the plurality of second storage arrays and to store information of one or more configuration patterns which realize the given function using a plurality of storage arrays, the plurality of storage arrays including zero or more first storage arrays and zero or more second storage arrays; and a processor, in response to receipt of a request to create configuration for the given function on the plurality of second storage arrays, being configured to select at least one configuration pattern, of the one or more configuration patterns, which can be realized by the hardware configurations of the plurality of second storage arrays.

Abstract: In example implementations, when a management program deploys new virtual machines, the management program may identify candidate virtual machines for replacement, score the possibilities of replacement and relate the new virtual machines to candidate virtual machines if it determines the probability of replacement is high. The management program may also migrate virtual machines and storage volumes used by the virtual machines to other physical servers and storage arrays by related pairs of virtual machines. The management program may also inherit management policies from existing virtual machines being replaced and leverage them to manage new virtual machines, which replace the existing virtual machines.

Abstract: Example implementations are directed to systems and methods for how an application defines storage infrastructure. Such example implementations described herein may be used by application programmers to develop applications quickly and flexibly, without having to communicate with storage administrators to make storage infrastructure changes. In an example implementation, there is an application configured to perform storage management operations that change the storage resources allocated to the application.

Abstract: A management computer comprises: a memory configured to store server information identifying functionalities which can be executed by each of a plurality of servers and applications running on each of the servers, and storage system information identifying functionalities which can be executed by each of a plurality of storage systems and application data stored in each of the storage systems; and a processor configured to: select a server, in which an application is to be deployed, from the plurality of servers, and a storage system, on which a volume either contains data to be used to deploy the application or maps to another volume that contains the data to be used to deploy the application, from the plurality of storage systems, based on the server information and the storage system information, and request to deploy the application on the selected server and create the volume on the selected storage system.

Abstract: Example implementations described herein are directed to systems and methods for using and updating performance thresholds based on application characteristics. Example implementations compare monitored performance metrics with thresholds having similar application characteristics as the one monitored. Example implementations further manage remediation plans to solve performance issues based on application characteristics. In example implementations, management software retrieves existing plans created for similar situations in response to an issued alert.

Abstract: A method for producing a negative electrode for a lithium ion secondary battery, the negative electrode comprising a current collector, and a negative electrode active material layer disposed on the current collector, the method comprises: preparing a slurry comprising a negative electrode active material, a binder, a water-soluble polymeric thickener, and an aqueous solvent; and forming a coating layer to be used as the negative electrode active material layer by applying the slurry on the current collector and drying the slurry for removing the aqueous solvent, and the preparing a slurry comprises: preparing a dispersion comprising the water-soluble polymeric thickener dissolved and an acrylic binder dispersed; and preparing and stirring a mixture comprising a powder material comprising the negative electrode active material, and the dispersion.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide method and apparatus for deploying new systems agilely without preventing stable operation of existing IT systems. In one embodiment, a management computer is coupled to a first system. The management computer includes a memory and a processor. The processor is configured, in receipt of a request to deploy a second system which will issue an access to the first system, to create a constraint which limits the access to the first system issued by the second system, and deploy the second system, to which the created constraint is set, to operate the second system with the created constraint.