Plant Services

Using crest factor analysis for early failure detection of progressive cavity pumps

In my 19 years of experience with vibration analysis in refinery and chemical plants and 15 years in the oil and gas sector, I have set up, managed, or supervised numerous vibration programs for ...

Minitab Acquires Effex to Advance Modern Design of Experiments Using a Proprietary Design Catalog and Artificial Intelligence

The Effex solution provides advanced optimal design algorithms, extensive design catalogs, and sophisticated optimization techniques that significantly enhance Minitab’s existing DOE offerings. Using ...
IEEE

Learning Error Refinement in Stochastic Gradient Descent-Based Latent Factor Analysis via Diversified PID Controllers

Abstract: In Big Data-based applications, high-dimensional and incomplete (HDI) data are frequently used to represent the complicated interactions among numerous nodes. A stochastic gradient descent ...
IEEE

A Proportional Integral Controller-Enhanced Non-Negative Latent Factor Analysis Model

Abstract: A non-negative latent factor (NLF) model is able to be built efficiently via a single latent factor-dependent, non-negative and multiplicative update (SLF-NMU) algorithm for performing ...
Consumer Reports

I Hated Every Minute of My Two Weeks With Factor

Every year, I have a lengthy list of New Year’s resolutions. This year, like most others, at the top of my list was “eat better.” I skip breakfast often, and while I enjoy cooking, I don’t always make ...