Here’s a surefire way to annoy your coworkers: Pick something most people believe, say it ain’t so, and prove it! Data scientists are particularly good at that kind of irritation. It comes with the domain, of course. Their job is to see what others miss or dismiss what others take for granted. It’s a feature, …
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Forecasting, especially the future
“It’s difficult to make predictions,” said Niels Bohr, “especially about the future”. This remark strikes as funny, almost oxymoronic. After all, what else is there to predict, except the unknown future? However, the famous physicist had a point. His quip encapsulates our age-old frustration in our quest for foretelling the future.We need to know the …
How AI predicts turbine component breakdowns: Predictive Maintenance Part II
In part one of our Predictive Maintenance series, we talked about the philosophies and history of maintenance (Click here for Part I). The second part of the series focuses on wind turbines and includes examples of how Kavaken’s solution identified a possible major component breakdown in advance to avoid production loss and equipment costs totaling …