Some Contribution of Statistical Techniques in Big Data: A Review

Big Data is a popular topic in research work. Everyone is talking about big data, and it is believed that science, business, industry, government, society etc. will undergo a through change with the impact of big data.Big data is used to refer to very huge data set having large, more complex, hidden pattern, structured and unstructured nature of data with the difficulties to collect, storage, analysing for process or result. So proper advanced techniques to use to gain knowledge about big data. In big data research big challenge is created in storage, process, search, sharing, transfer, analysis and visualizing. To deeply discuss on introduction of big data, issue, management and all used big data techniques. Also in this paper present a review of various advanced statistical techniques to handling the key application of big data have large data set. These advanced techniques handle the structure as well as unstructured big data in different area

Management of a Complex Case during COVID-19 Time Using One-day Digital Dentistry: A Case Report

Aim and objective: The aim of the present case report is to describe the digital management of an implant prosthetic rehabilitation performed by the use of different digital technologies, which allowed to successfully perform in 1 day both the surgical and the prosthetical stages with a minimally invasive approach and a high standard of care. Background: Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting dental everyday practice. Clinicians have to reduce the number of patients per day and the time they spend in the dental office. Minimally invasive and digital approaches, with less possible exposure and interaction, are suggested to reduce the risk of infection. Case description: The failure of a short-span implant prosthetic rehabilitation combined with pain and mobility of the involved teeth was the main complaint reported by a 78-year-old male patient, who asked an urgent appointment to solve the problem. An intraoral scanner allowed the clinician to immediately take a preliminary digital impression of the arch to be treated. The resulting 3D files were sent by e-mail to the dental technician who provided a digital wax-up for the computerized workflow. Computer-aided implantology (CAI) performed using an in-office cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) allowed clinician to guide the surgical approach in a prosthetic manner. Such an integration inside a well-defined workflow was the key for a successful and rapid treatment. Conclusion: By using new innovative digital technology, the treatment was completed in 1 day, reducing the risk of COVID-19 by limiting the number of appointments and reducing contacts in confined environments like the dental office and public transportations. It also helped to reduce materials production and people movement in the treatment of dental emergency. Clinical significance: The possibility of performing an effective treatment saving time by using efficient technology and a minimally invasive procedure highlights the importance of digital planning in order to optimize every single step of the treatment. Digital workflow reduces also the movement of potentially infected materials from the office to the dental laboratory

Internet of Things Strategic Research Roadmap

Internet of Things (IoT) is an integrated part of Future Internet including existing and evolving Internet and network developments and could be conceptually defined as a dynamic global network infrastructure with self configuring capabilities based on standard and interoperable communication protocols where physical and virtual “things” have identities, physical attributes, and virtual personalities, use intelligent interfaces, and are seamlessly integrated into the information network

Running Agent-based-models Simulations Synchronized with Reality to Control Transport Systems

Adaptable, flexible and evolvable manufacturing systems and warehouses are so complex to manage that control systems have to be divided into several aspects. One of these is internal transportation, which has to do with all tasks involved in fulfilling a set of so-called transportation orders, i.e. commands to collect and deliver material from origin to destination spots. A common approach to design the controllers for these applications begins by modeling them as multi-agent systems and continues to final deployment through a cascade of transformations. To minimize development costs of internal transportation controllers, we have proposed a model of construction that includes components that synchronize the events from reality simulation and the ones from actual reality. By using these \textit{synchronizers}, further development is required only for those parts of the initial multi-agent controller models with real counterparts. In this paper, we review the model and the architecture of the proposed internal transportation system controllers and we illustrate the whole design process through the development of a controller for an automated laboratory. Indirectly, we prove the validity of the architecture and of its key component, the synchronizer

Creating Tomorrow, Fall 2012

Annual magazine for the College of Engineering at Utah State University.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/engineering_magazines/1004/thumbnail.jp

Smart supply chain management in Industry 4.0

The emerging information and communication technologies (ICT) related to Industry 4.0 play a critical role to enhance supply chain performance. Employing the smart technologies has led to so-called smart supply chains. Understanding how Industry 4.0 and related ICT affect smart supply chains and how smart supply chains evolve with the support of the advanced technologies are vital to practical and academic communities. Existing review works on smart supply chains with ICT mainly rely on the academic literature alone. This paper presents an integrated approach to explore the effects of Industry 4.0 and related ICT on smart supply chains, by combining introduction of the current national strategies in North America, the research status analysis on ICT assisted supply chains from the major North American national research councils, and a systematic literature review of the subject. Besides, we introduce a smart supply chain hierarchical framework with multi-level intelligence. Furthermore, the challenges faced by supply chains under Industry 4.0 and future research directions are discussed as well

Sustainability Information Services for Agri-Food Supply Networks : Closing Gaps in Information Infrastructures

Several global developments (e.g. diminishing production resources, growing demand for bio-energy) and numerous sector-wide crises (e.g. BSE, swine fever, dioxin) have led to a changing attitude of society towards the consequences of the agri-food system‘s activities for social, economic and environmental issues, captured in the term of sustainability. Consumers in their role as final customers, and as a consequence also enterprises within agri-food supply networks, show increasing interest in the characteristics of food, and in turn, on the availability of related information and guarantees. New solutions for determination and communication of sustainability are needed for the agri-food sector, covering single aspects of sustainability as well as sustainability in a broader sense, including social, economic and environmental issues. The present doctoral thesis introduces a structured approach for developing sustainability information services for agri-food supply networks and presents a framework that integrates these services into existing network-wide production and decision processes. The approach is presented using the example of European pork production and the three selected information domains food safety (representing social sustainability), quality (representing economic sustainability) and global warming potential (representing environmental sustainability). Resulting information reference models give an aggregated overview on information availability and exchange in European pork supply networks, additional information demands of possible service users and deficiencies in the existing information infrastructures. Integrated service solutions which are based on the identified information sources, demands and deficiencies are introduced to exemplify the approach. The thesis supports different stakeholders involved in agri-food production, such as service developers, enterprise decision makers and management consultants, in developing enterprise- and supply network-specific solutions which meet customers’ and consumers’ demands by providing appropriate sustainability information and guarantees.Nachhaltigkeitsinformationsdienste für Netzwerke der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft - Eliminierung von Defiziten in Informationsinfrastrukturen Eine Vielzahl globaler Entwicklungen (z. B. abnehmende Produktionsressourcen, wachsender Bedarf an Bioenergie) und die zahlreichen sektorweiten Krisen der vergangenen Jahrzehnte (z. B. BSE, Schweinepest, Dioxin) haben zu einem Umdenken innerhalb der Gesellschaft hinsichtlich der sozialen, ökonomischen und ökologischen Auswirkungen der Lebensmittelproduktion geführt, die sich unter dem Begriff der Nachhaltigkeit zusammenfassen lassen. Konsumenten in ihrer Rolle als Endverbraucher, und infolgedessen auch Unternehmen in lebensmittelerzeugenden Netzwerken, zeigen ein zunehmendes Interesse an Eigenschaften von Lebensmitteln und somit auch an der Verfügbarkeit von entsprechenden Informationen und Garantien. Die Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft benötigt neue Lösungsansätze zur Bestimmung und Kommunikation der Nachhaltigkeit ihrer Produkte und Prozesse, die sowohl einzelne Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit abdecken, als auch Nachhaltigkeit als Ganzes, indem soziale, ökonomische und ökologische Aspekte erfasst werden. Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt eine strukturierte Vorgehensweise zur Entwicklung von Nachhaltigkeitsinformationsdiensten für Netzwerke der Agrar- und Ernährungswirtschaft vor und beschreibt wie diese Informationsdienste in bestehende Produktions- und Entscheidungsprozesse integriert werden können. Die Vorgehensweise wird anhand der europäischen Schweinefleischerzeugung und den drei ausgewählten Anwendungsbeispielen Lebensmittelsicherheit (soziale Nachhaltigkeit), Qualität (ökonomische Nachhaltigkeit) und globale Erwärmung (ökologische Nachhaltigkeit) demonstriert. Die resultierenden Informationsreferenzmodelle geben einen aggregierten Überblick über die Informationsverfügbarkeit und den -austausch in europäischen schweinefleischerzeugenden Netzwerken, zusätzliche Informationsbedarfe von potentiellen Informationsdienstnutzern und Defizite in den bestehenden Informationsinfrastrukturen. Aufbauend auf den identifizierten Informationsquellen, -bedarfen und -defiziten werden integrierte Lösungsbeispiele vorgestellt, um die Vorgehensweise zu veranschaulichen. Die vorliegende Arbeit bietet unterschiedlichen, an der Agrar- und Lebensmittelproduktion beteiligten Interessengruppen, wie z. B. Informationsdienstentwicklern, Entscheidungsträgern in Unternehmen und Unternehmensberatungen, eine Hilfestellung bei der Entwicklung von unternehmens- und netzwerkspezifischen Lösungen, die es ermöglichen sollen sowohl Unternehmen innerhalb von lebensmittelerzeugenden Netzwerken als auch Konsumenten bedarfsgerechte Nachhaltigkeitsinformationen und -garantien bereitzustellen

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, 1989, volume 1

The 1989 Johnson Space Center (JSC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)/American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Summer Faculty Fellowship Program was conducted by Texas A and M University and JSC. The 10-week program was operated under the auspices of the ASEE. The program at JSC, as well as the programs at other NASA Centers, was funded by the Office of University Affairs, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. The objectives of the program, which began nationally in 1964 and at JSC in 1965, are: (1) to further the professional knowledge of qualified engineering and science faculty members; (2) to stimulate an exchange of ideas between participants and NASA; (3) to enrich and refresh the research and teaching activities of participants' institutions; and (4) to contribute to the research objective of the NASA Centers