Data Science for Industry 4.0. Theory and Applications

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Diverse multidisciplinary approaches are being continuously developed and advanced to address the challenges that Big Data research raises. In particular, the current academic and professional environments are working to produce algorithms, theoretical advances in big data science, to enable the full utilisation of its potential, and better applications. This Special Issue focuses on the dissemination of original contributions to discuss and explore theoretical concepts, principles, tools, techniques, and deployment models in the context of Big Data. Via the contribution of both academics and industry practitioners, the current approaches for the acquisition, interpretation, and assessment of relevant information will be addressed to advance the state-of-the-art Big Data technology.

This Special Issue aims to collect state-of-the-art breakthroughs, including but not limited to the following topics:

  • Statistical and dynamical properties of Big Data;
  • Applications of machine learning for information extraction;
  • Hadoop and Big Data;
  • Data and text mining techniques for Big Data;
  • Novel algorithms in classification, regression, clustering, and analysis;
  • Distributed systems and cloud computing for Big Data;
  • Big Data applications;
  • Big Textual/Natural Language Data;
  • Theory, applications and mining of networks associated with Big Data;
  • Large-scale network data analysis;
  • Data reduction, feature selection, and transformation algorithms;
  • Data visualisation;
  • Distributed data analysis platforms;
  • Scalable solutions for pattern recognition;
  • Stream and real-time processing of Big Data;
  • Information quality within Big Data;
  • Threat detection in Big Data.

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Keywords

  • Big Data
  • Data science
  • Mathematical modelling
  • Text mining
  • Natural language processing
  • AI
  • Data mining

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Reliability of Historical Car Data for Operating Speed Analysis along Road Networks
by Giuseppe Cantisani, Giulia Del Serrone and Paolo Peluso
Sci 2022, 4(2), 18; https://doi.org/10.3390/sci4020018 - 21 Apr 2022
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In recent years, innovative progress in information and communication technology (ICT) has introduced new sources for traffic data collection and analysis. On-board sensors like GPS-GPRS boxes, generally installed for insurance purposes, communicate information from circulating vehicles to data centers. Geographic location, date and [...] Read more.
In recent years, innovative progress in information and communication technology (ICT) has introduced new sources for traffic data collection and analysis. On-board sensors like GPS-GPRS boxes, generally installed for insurance purposes, communicate information from circulating vehicles to data centers. Geographic location, date and time, vehicles’ speed and direction, are systematically transmitted and stored as Historical Car Data (HCD) from probe vehicles in the traffic stream. These databases provide a good opportunity to analyze the vehicles’ motion both in the temporal and spatial domains. The aim of this study is to pay attention to the reliability of this kind of data gathering. Since instrumented vehicles account for a small percentage of the entire vehicle fleet, it is important to understand if they can be considered as a sample representative of the whole population. The paper presents a comparison of speed data obtained from HCD with the ones recorded by inductive-loop detectors and microwave radar sensors; the performed analysis required the definition of specific methodologies and procedures. The obtained results show a high correspondence between the two sets of data. Therefore, HCD can be proposed for the detailed monitoring of, and studies on, the operating conditions of mobility along road networks. Full article
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A Hybrid Approach: Dynamic Diagnostic Rules for Sensor Systems in Industry 4.0 Generated by Online Hyperparameter Tuned Random Forest
by Ahlam Mallak and Madjid Fathi
Sci 2020, 2(4), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/sci2040075 - 9 Oct 2020
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In this work, a hybrid component Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) approach for industrial sensor systems is established and analyzed, to provide a hybrid schema that combines the advantages and eliminates the drawbacks of both model-based and data-driven methods of diagnosis. Moreover, it [...] Read more.
In this work, a hybrid component Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) approach for industrial sensor systems is established and analyzed, to provide a hybrid schema that combines the advantages and eliminates the drawbacks of both model-based and data-driven methods of diagnosis. Moreover, it shines light on a new utilization of Random Forest (RF) together with model-based diagnosis, beyond its ordinary data-driven application. RF is trained and hyperparameter tuned using three-fold cross validation over a random grid of parameters using random search, to finally generate diagnostic graphs as the dynamic, data-driven part of this system. This is followed by translating those graphs into model-based rules in the form of if-else statements, SQL queries or semantic queries such as SPARQL, in order to feed the dynamic rules into a structured model essential for further diagnosis. The RF hyperparameters are consistently updated online using the newly generated sensor data to maintain the dynamicity and accuracy of the generated graphs and rules thereafter. The architecture of the proposed method is demonstrated in a comprehensive manner, and the dynamic rules extraction phase is applied using a case study on condition monitoring of a hydraulic test rig using time-series multivariate sensor readings. Full article
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