Abstract: A processor-implemented method of assessing, via a processor, a purpose connectivity for a user within an organization includes sequentially displaying a set of prompts to the user, via an interface, and based on an engagement schema. A second prompt and each subsequent prompt from the set of prompts being based on a response, from a set of responses, received in response to a preceding prompt from the set of prompts. The assessing also includes calculating the purpose connectivity based on the plurality of responses. In response to detecting that a value of the purpose connectivity is below a predefined threshold, a signal is sent to cause a remedial action.

Abstract: A system and method that provides predictions about the propensity of customers to answer a communication, pay an outstanding bill, and remain a customer. Furthermore, the system and method use propensity predictions to optimize the order of tasks that are carried out by integrated business systems. During a specific time-block, an optimization may reconfigure an auto-dialer to contact only the most likely customers who are both willing to pay and who are most likely to answer, as one example. Another example may be the reordering of tasks provided to a call agent's computing device. The system uses machine learning for the predictions and optimizations, and continuously and automatically updates the machine learning models over time.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method of facilitating production of a multimedia project involving multiple entities and defined at least in part by a plurality of production sets. Set information including set names and dates corresponding to the production sets is received at a web server. Notifications relating to changes associated with the production sets are sent to electronic devices of the multiple entities. A search for potential set locations corresponding to one of the production sets is then performed based upon the set information. This may include providing a search query to an application programming interface (API) of a location search service and receiving a corresponding list of one or more set locations returned by the location search service in response to the search query. Suggested production locations corresponding to the selected set location are generated in response to the selected set location.

Abstract: An order quantity calculation apparatus configured to predict a demand for replacement or repair of predetermined parts used for each of a plurality of vehicles linked with a predetermined area and to calculate an order quantity of the predetermined parts, includes: an average demand quantity calculation unit configured to calculate an average demand quantity of the predetermined parts for a predetermined period based on a result of a past order quantity of the predetermined parts; a vehicle information acquisition unit configured to acquire vehicle information of each of the plurality of vehicles for the predetermined period; an order quantity calculation unit configured to calculate a future order quantity of the predetermined parts in the predetermined area based on the average demand quantity calculated by the average demand quantity calculation unit and the vehicle information acquired by the vehicle information acquisition unit.

Abstract: In an aspect, an apparatus for generating resource allocation recommendations is presented. An apparatus includes at least a processor. An apparatus includes a memory communicatively connected to at least a processor configuring the at least a processor to receive resource allocation data. At least a processor is configured to compare resource allocation data to an allocation improvement metric. At least a processor is configured to determine, as a function of a comparison, resource feedback. At least a processor is configured to provide a resource allocation recommendation to a user as a function of resource feedback.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments may provide a unified computing platform for multiple units of an organization that may interface with different clients, management and other stakeholders. The computing platform may include a unifying layer that provides personalization of access to computing resources across business areas and enables access to legacy computing resources. A unified experience is provided for the clients, management and stakeholders by the unifying layer. Common reusable code may be used across organizational units via the unifying layer. Exemplary embodiments may provide an onboarding software tool that improves onboarding of clients to a business organization, including interfacing with the unified computing platform. Exemplary embodiments may provide intelligent handling of trade or transaction exceptions in the unified computing platform across business lines.

Abstract: To provide a non-destructive inspection judgment data management device with which the workability of a judge is improved and a burden on a client of a judgment task is reduced, the device includes: a first database registration module which registers image data of a weld point in a first database; a second database registration module which registers judge information on a judge undertaking a judgment task of judging whether a weld defect is present at the weld point based on the image data, in a second database; and an access control module which allows, based on contract information indicating a contract for the judgment task has been established with the judge selected as a contractor of the judgment task among the judges registered in the second database, the contractor to access the image data related to the judgment task in the image data registered in the first database via Internet.

Abstract: In a management apparatus, an information acquirer acquires information from at least one of lavatory equipment and a sensor installed in a lavatory space. A work necessity determination unit determines, based on the acquired information, the lavatory equipment that requires work including cleaning and at least one of replenishment of a consumable and removal of an abnormality. A priority calculator calculates a priority of the work for the lavatory equipment determined to require the work based on the acquired information. An output unit outputs the calculated priority.

Abstract: A system and method for dynamic business workflow monitoring and regulation with third party application integration into browser client application, utilizing a workflow engine configured to monitor a plurality of client application data to detect a workflow event, select an appropriate modal dialog associated with the detected workflow event, and display the selected modal dialog in the browser client application until a workflow engine determines a valid action associated with the displayed modal dialog has occurred.

Abstract: A computing platform is configured to: obtain a set of data objects representing construction-project-related action items; evaluate the obtained set of data objects and thereby identify two or more budget-code-specific subsets of data objects, where each respective budget-code-specific subset of data objects corresponds to a respective one of two or more budget codes; for each respective one of the two or more budget codes, evaluate the respective budget-code-specific subset of data objects and thereby identify one or more budget-code-specific metrics for the respective one of the two or more budget codes; based at least on the identified budget-code-specific metrics for the two or more budget codes, determine one or more construction-related insights; and transmit, to a client station, data defining the one or more construction-related insights and thereby cause an indication of the one or more construction-related insights to be presented at a user interface of the client station.

Abstract: When customizing a sales prediction model for a particular client, there exists a cold-start problem when the client's training data is of low quality and/or quantity. Disclosed embodiments solve this cold-start problem by normalizing the data based on weighted or unweighted recency and/or trend. In addition, the data from a wide range of clients may be used to train a base sales prediction model, which can then be fine-tuned using a particular client's data to produce a client-specific sales prediction model. A self-monitoring mechanism may be used to continually retrain the client-specific sales prediction model on new client data, to gradually improve upon the accuracy of the client-specific sales prediction model as more data become available.

Abstract: A collaborative analytical pursuit system includes a data repository and server with memory and processor. The system includes opportunity assessment, capture, and proposal planning modules. The processor collects and assesses data on issues and decision factors associated with a bid and competitiveness, identifies discriminators; identifies partners, a leadership team, staffing solution, facilities, tools, certifications, and techniques; develops bid technical and management approaches and a pricing strategy; calculates and stores a value associated with the data; and produces a report including a temporal graph of the value. The data repository stores a data lake of competitive intelligence, intellectual capital, and proprietary data.

Abstract: Various computer-implemented methods for utilizing a modified upper confidence bound (UCB) in an agent-simulator environment in well placement planning for oil fields are disclosed herein. A set of well placement sequences for placing well in a geographical region may be received, where each well placement sequent defines a sequence of multiple oil wells to be placed within the geographical region. A computer-implemented simulation may be executed on each of the well placement sequences to determine, for each of the well placement sequences, a reward based upon a calculated hydrocarbon recovery and a cost of the calculated hydrocarbon recovery. The well placement sequences may be iteratively selected for the computer-implemented simulations using the modified UCB algorithm and based upon the rewards determined for each of the plurality of well placement sequences.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for measuring organizational productivity are described. A software platform of a device may obtain performance information associated with an organization from a plurality of sources. The software platform may output analytics corresponding to a performance of the organization based on the performance information and one or more rules. The one or more rules may be based on a relationship between a rate of outcomes, an output-outcome efficiency, an organizational potential, and an organizational resistance.

Abstract: A system for performing real time data analytics in a supply chain environment. The system receives data file from a user. The system then identifies a plurality of data definitions present in the data file upon analysing the software system installed on the user's machine. Further, the system compares the plurality of data definitions with a master definitions based on the metadata corresponding to the software system and a trained data definition model. Subsequently, the system transforms the plurality of data definitions into the master definitions using a set of data transformation techniques. A transformed data file based on the transformation of the plurality of data definitions is created. Finally, the system links the transformed data file with the master data in real time to remotely access the transformed data file in real time for performing data analytics in a supply chain environment.

Abstract: Systems and methods for routing requests to a plurality of server clusters are disclosed, especially in a workflow management context. A first server cluster handles requests concerning a first software version and a second server cluster responds to requests concerning a second version of that same software. Upon receiving a request to change default routing of requests, a configuration of a gateway router is updated and subsequent requests concerning the first software are routed to the second server cluster while subsequent request concerning the second software remain routed to the first server cluster. A first graphical user interface (GUI) is provided to be used in defining a series of steps in a workflow and to creating a secondary GUI that will be used when performing the series of steps. Tools for automation and data extraction during the workflow are provided and workflow state is tracked until completion of the workflow.

Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments, systems, methods, and media for managing education processes in a distributed education environment are provided.

Abstract: A method for conducting a vulnerability show that is disclosed in three variations. The first variation of the show has a protagonist who visits a location and determines how prone to terrorist or other attack, or natural or man-made disaster the location is, and subsequently, how vulnerable people at the location are should a negative event occur. The second variation has at least one participant and at least one host interacting during or after a simulated terrorist or other attack, or other form of exposure that results in vulnerability, which could be an attack on a location, a hijacking or a hostage taking scenario. In the third variation instead of a terrorist or other attack, the vulnerability situation consists of a natural or man-made disaster. Some examples of these disasters include an earthquake, a fire, a tornado, a hurricane, a flood, a structure collapse or any other disaster that could occur often with little or no warning.

Abstract: An information processing method by an information processing apparatus, the information processing method includes acquiring, for a single object to be used by a plurality of users, order data indicating order of use by the plurality of users, upon acquiring an acquisition request for the order data from a first user terminal operated by a first user, transmitting the order data to the first user terminal, and upon accepting an evaluation for a second user among the plurality of users indicated in the order data, notifying a second user terminal operated by the second user of the evaluation.

Abstract: Provided is a device for performing simulation for work schedule of a factory includes an experiment design module for generating experiment design data by selecting one or more factors from a plurality of factors included in reference information as target factors, and setting levels of the selected target factors, the reference information being an input value to a model that serves as a target of a what-if simulation experiment, and an experiment execution module for outputting an experiment execution result by executing the what-if simulation experiment for the model in parallel by using an executor including a plurality of execution engines based on the experiment design data.

Abstract: An apparatus and methods for determining carbon emissions of a requested shipment are provided. A computing device of apparatus may be configured to receive a customer request for a shipment of a moveable good. In one or more embodiments, computing device may be configured to provide shipment elements of the shipment as a function of customer request. In one or more embodiments, carbon emission data describing carbon emissions of shipment may be determined by computing device as a function of carbon emission data and/or shipment elements.

Abstract: A system and a method to create clusters in an area. The system comprises obtaining a plurality of location data points associated with a plurality of entities in an area. It may be noted that each location data point includes geographic coordinates. Further, the system comprises computing a range of location data points required in each cluster. Furthermore, the system comprises forming a farthest point cluster by determining a farthest location data point from a centroid based on an angular distance. It may be noted that the farthest point cluster comprises a set of location data points having a farthest distance lesser than a centroid distance. The system iteratively forms a new farthest point cluster by excluding the set of location data points present in the farthest point cluster from the plurality of location data points.

Abstract: According to one aspect, a method includes propelling a vehicle to a location. The vehicle includes at least one compartment configured to contain at least one delivery item and at least one transfer mechanism, the transfer mechanism arranged to be activated to cause the delivery item to be purged from the at least one compartment. The method also includes determining when the vehicle is authorized to deliver the delivery item at the location, aligning the vehicle with respect to a target at the location, opening a door to the at least one compartment, and activating the transfer mechanism after opening the door. Activating the transfer mechanism includes causing the transfer mechanism to purge the delivery item such that the delivery item is obtained by the target. The target is arranged to receive the delivery item when the delivery item is purged from the at least one compartment.

Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure is an information-based intelligent quality traceability system for fresh milk, which includes a database module configured to store information of the system, a data encryption module configured to encrypt obtained information, an enterprise information module, a raw material information module, a first measurement module, a destruction information module, a transportation information module, a second measurement module, a processing information module, and a delivery information module. Each information module obtains information, a data decryption module is configured to decrypt obtained information, a vehicle condition analysis module is configured to analyze a relation between a vehicle running condition and product quality, and a data analysis module is configured to analyze the data of the system.

Abstract: A delivery support method executed by a processor with a storage medium in order to support a delivery process by a delivery vehicle for articles to be cooled in a delivery box includes: reading, from the storage medium, a cold insulation analysis model for analyzing a cooling time according to an arrangement pattern of the articles in the delivery box; and outputting optimum data in which the cooling time and the arrangement pattern are optimized by the cold insulation analysis model to which a delivery condition of the article is input.

Abstract: Systems and methods for using machine learning to dynamically determine shipping information are disclosed. According to certain aspects, an electronic device may receive location data for a set of vehicles that may be associated with a shipping agreement, wherein the electronic device may input the location data and shipping agreement parameters into a machine learning model which outputs a set of likelihoods of the respective set of vehicles actually transporting products associated with the shipping agreement. The electronic device may enable a customer computing device to access this information along with any determined updates to the shipping agreement.

Abstract: In general, the present disclosure describes inventory management systems and methods which track all inventory of items within a retail supply chain. A computerized system aggregates inventory movement events to produce a common source of truth for the location and disposition of items within a supply chain. Order events and inventory events are received from multiple data sources. Additionally, a current inventory level for each item at each location within the supply chain is provided according to the data source. The computerized system normalizes the information in the event messages before it is stored in the centralized inventory database. The inventory information in the database can be accessed by multiple consumers through an API to obtain the most up-to-date information about the disposition and location of an item.

Abstract: A detention system comprising first, second, and third devices respectively associated with a driver device, an electronic logging device (ELD), and a dispatcher device that are in communication with each other. The driver device may include a hardware processor and physical memory having a computer program including instructions that upon execution of the hardware processor provide operations. The operations may include to receive pre-defined geofences respectively associated with a shipper location and a receiver location, receive user selections related to the detention information and pre-defined geofences, determine whether the user selections have met a difference threshold, and adapt the detention information in response to meeting the difference threshold.

Abstract: A route management method includes dividing an area into a plurality of main areas for delivering goods and receiving information where one of the plurality of main areas is set as a delivery area for delivery to a route management server, dividing, by the route management server, the delivery area into a plurality of sub-areas and transmitting information on one or more of the plurality of sub-areas to a user terminal owned by a user performing delivery, calculating, by the route management server, a parking/stop available location in which a vehicle of the user may be parked in the delivery area and transmitting the calculated parking/stop available location to the user terminal, and calculating, by the route management server, a delivery route for delivery in one or more of the plurality of sub-areas and transmitting the calculated delivery route to the user terminal.

Abstract: A system and method for providing a listing service for farmers in rural areas. A farmer may be able to “drop a pin” on an interactive map to a location, such as a barn, to where supplies may be delivered by a delivery driver. By providing such a map, natural barriers to entry into a marketplace may be broken down for suppliers, thereby enabling a marketplace to expand with suppliers.

Abstract: Automated item management techniques are disclosed. For example, for an item type obtainable from one or more sources and storable as inventory at one of a first site or a second site and based on a first demand forecast, a method computes a discrepancy value for the item type for each of the first site and the second site based on a second demand forecast, wherein the second demand forecast is computed more recently in time than the first demand forecast. The method generates, based on the discrepancy value computed for each of the first site and the second site, a recommendation operation to mitigate the discrepancy value at one or more of the first site and the second site. The method causes the recommendation operation to be executed in order to mitigate the discrepancy value at one or more of the first site and the second site.

Abstract: Systems and methods of verifying pairings of price tag labels and products at a product storage facility include an image capture device that moves about and captures images of product storage structures at the product storage facility, and a database that stores inventory data associated with the products stocked at the product storage facility. A computing device processes the images to extract one or more characters from the price tag labels and products detected in the images, correlates the extracted characters to the inventory data to identify a product code and a product name that matches the characters extracted from the price tag labels and the products. If the characters extracted from the price tag and from the on-shelf product to which the price tag label is allocated match, the database is updated to reflect that the price tag label is properly allocated to the appropriate on-shelf product.

Abstract: An inventory planning system and an inventory planning method for short expiration goods are provided. The inventory planning system includes: a demand forecast model configured to provide a future sales prediction of the at least one short expiration goods according to an expiration period information, a promotion information and a historical sales information of at least one short expiration goods; a promotion forecast model configured to provide a future promotions sales of the at least one short expiration goods according to the expiration period information, the promotion information and the historical sales information of the at least one short expiration goods; and an inventory planning model configured to provide a purchase quantity recommendation of the at least one short expiration goods according to a current stock, the future sales prediction and the future promotions sales of the at least one short expiration goods.

Abstract: System, methods and apparatus related to surgical sponges and surgical sponge counting and detection systems. The system, methods and apparatus may include features such as a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) scanner adapted to detect entry and exit of a surgical sponge RFID identifier associated with each of a plurality of surgical sponges. In addition, an Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) scanner may be included that is adapted to detect the presence of a surgical sponge having an EAS identifier associated with each of the plurality of surgical sponges. A control circuit may be configured to determine and provide an indication that all the sponges have been removed from the patient, or that one or more sponges still remain in the patient.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques associated with facilitating location-aware collaboration communications among multiple users. In one example a method is provided that may include determining that a non-primary user of a first collaboration device is proximate to the first collaboration device; and based on determining that a primary user of the first collaboration device is not proximate to the first collaboration device, enabling the non-primary user to utilize the first collaboration device to initiate communication with at least one second collaboration device of the primary user.

Abstract: A system for patient data exchange is provided and includes a plurality of sensors monitoring a patient according to a default sensor configuration, and a patient data exchange engine that receives a request comprising one or more parameters, identifies at least one applicable sensor from the plurality of sensors based on the one or more parameters, and reconfigures the at least one applicable sensor from the default sensor configuration to a different sensor configuration in accordance with the one or more parameters to generate applicable sensor data responsive to the request. In specific embodiments, the patient data exchange engine further computes a monetary value for the generated sensor data based at least on an attribute of the patient and an attribute of the sensor data.

Abstract: A collaboration system automatically detects an achievement, milestone, state change, and/or other triggering event associated with a particular recipient, solicits contributions to recognize or celebrate the triggering event from a select set of individuals that have established relevant relationships with the particular recipient, and generates a collaboration board by arranging the contributions based on the relationships and the sentiment expressed in the contributions. The resulting collaboration board presents the contributions in a single view, at the same time, and in an arrangement that elicits the strongest emotional response from the particular recipient based on expressive contributions from contributors having the most important relationships with the particular recipient being topmost and frontmost in the collaboration board.

Abstract: A computing system includes a processor; and a memory having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to: receive content migration project parameters, resource migration project parameters and one or more services parameters of a user; scan a tenant computing environment; process the parameters by applying a multiplier display the costs, profits and pricing information. A method includes receiving content migration project parameters, resource migration projecting parameters and one or more services parameters of a user; scanning a tenant computing environment; processing the parameters by applying a multiplier displaying the costs, profits and pricing information.

Abstract: In a method for determining an area milled by at least one construction machine or at least one mining machine by means of a milling drum (2) by means of working a predetermined area in several milling trajectories by at least one machine (1), determining the length of the milling trajectories along which a milling operation has taken place by evaluating the continuous machine positions, adding up the previously milled partial areas taking into account the length of the milling trajectory and the installed width of the milling drum (2), wherein the partial area currently milled along the milling trajectory is checked, either continuously or subsequently, for overlapping or multiple overlapping with any previously milled partial areas, and any partial areas which overlap are deducted, as overlapping areas, from the added-up previously milled partial areas, the total added-up partial areas milled minus the total overlapping areas established give the milled area.

Abstract: In one aspect, an example methodology implementing the disclosed techniques includes, by a computing device, receiving activity data corresponding to an activity of an employee and deriving context and information from the activity data. The method also includes, by the computing device, associating the context and information to a job position and storing the context and information within a repository. The method further includes, by the computing device, responsive to a request to generate a job profile for the job position, retrieving, from the repository, the context and information associated with the job position and generating the job profile based on the retrieved context and information.

Abstract: A computerized method performed on digital data stored in a database, the method including obtaining one or more job requirements and a list of candidate resumes, extracting tasks from the resumes in the list of candidate resumes or employee profiles, converting the extracted tasks into a mathematical representation, executing a similarity function between the extracted tasks and tasks in the job requirements, assigning a score to jobs in the list of jobs according to the output of the similarity function, assigning a score to a specific candidate in the list of candidates according to the output of the similarity function.

Abstract: A method of calculating a personal value of a Benefit offer including considering specific customer probabilities to Grant and\or Redeem the specific Benefit offer, and applying weight factors to distinguish between probabilities values to consider customer risk profile and preference.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for delivering and receiving messages. An embodiment operates by allowing users to subscribe to various chat panels of a messaging system. Users will be able to utilize the chat panels to send and receive messages. In a corporate context, an administrator may be able to quickly send unidirectional messages to employees as well as assign users to mandatory divisions based on job function. In an embodiment, the messaging system also allows for email integration and graphical user interface workspace configuration.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a system and method for data management whereby a data management application manages data across a managed service environment, a mail server environment, and a client environment. The present invention allows a customer to optimize data management functions such as archiving, recovering, monitoring, authenticating, synchronizing, transferring, copying, stubbing, chunking, harvesting, and securing.

Abstract: A road deterioration diagnosis device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: at least one memory configured to store instructions, deterioration information including a detection status of a pothole, and a maintenance status of the detected pothole in each section, the each section obtained by dividing a predetermined region by a predetermined size; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to cause a display to display a map indicating the deterioration information in the each section.

Abstract: Included is a data management unit that acquires and holds data including map data, sensing data, and repair actual result data, a map display unit that displays information regarding a state of an infrastructure determined on the basis of the sensing data in a superimposed manner on a map image, a repair support unit that predicts a future degree of deterioration of each infrastructure on the basis of data including the sensing data and presents a candidate for an infrastructure to be repaired on the basis of information including the prediction, and an operation/management unit that displays a result of aggregation of the sensing data and maintenance management related data on a dashboard.

Abstract: Methods and systems for recommending safe vehicle seats and/or predicting the replacement time of vehicle seats. The systems and methods may include (1) training a machine learning model for predicting a replacement time of one or more vehicle seats using (i) a set of characteristics of a previously recommended vehicle seat and/or (ii) replacement times for the previously recommended vehicle seat; (2) receiving input data related to a previously recommended vehicle seat; (3) determining a set of characteristics of the input data; (4) applying the set of characteristics of the input data to the machine learning model to determine the predictive replacement time for replacing the one or more vehicle seats; and/or (5) providing an indication of the predictive replacement time for display on a client device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to scheduling maintenance services for a special-purpose vehicle. An example method for scheduling a service for a special-purpose vehicle includes: obtaining usage information for the special-purpose vehicle of a user, determining, based on the usage information, that the special-purpose vehicle is due for vehicle maintenance, providing, to a computing device of a service provider, a request to schedule the vehicle maintenance for the special-purpose vehicle according to an available service method type for the vehicle maintenance, receiving, from the computing device of the service provider, an indication that the service has been scheduled, and providing, in response to the received indication the service has been scheduled, an indication to a device of the user that the vehicle maintenance has been scheduled for the special-purpose vehicle.

Abstract: A multi-channel payment method for a multi-channel payment system comprises the payer or the payee who initiated the payment request logs in to the multi-channel payment system; the payer or the payee who initiated the payment request placing an order in the multi-channel payment system, wherein the order comprises a designated payment gateway; the multi-channel payment system determining a predicted fee of the order according to the designated payment gateway, past order records, and a real-time exchange rate; the multi-channel payment system performing an anti-money laundering verification of the order; the payer reviewing the order and the predicted fee through a multiple auditing method; and the multi-channel payment system executing payment from the payer to the payee according to the order and the designated payment gateway, and storing a payment detail of the order.

Abstract: A distributed computing platform for isolating transaction nodes for managing energy post-trade processing. Plural participant computing systems each have a participant node module which executes a participant node on a decentralized computing network executing a smart contract in accordance with a decentralized protocol over a communication network. A reconciling computing system includes a reconciling module, a master database, a reconciling node module, and a reconciling distributed ledger interface module configured as an interface between the reconciling node module and other modules of the reconciling computing system. The reconciling node module is a node on the decentralized computing network. The reconciling computing system defines a domain of participant nodes on the decentralized computing network for each specific transaction which have access to trade data.