Now, thanks to machine learning algorithms, it's becoming possible for smart software to scrutinize data from a variety of sources — sensors on machines or changes in supply chains, for instance — and redesign processes in real time.
A study group at the society, including professors and representatives from utilities like Tokyo Electric, scrutinized data from past tsunamis, as well as fresh research on fault lines and local geography, to come up with the guidelines, according to a member of the study group who spoke on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitivity of the situation.
Public health departments around the country have long scrutinized data from local hospitals for indications that diseases like influenza, tuberculosis, AIDS, syphilis and asthma might be on the rise, and to monitor the health consequences of heat waves, frigid weather or other natural phenomena.
Scrutinizing data collected from 2000 to 2006, the team found spots within the supernova remnant that occasionally glowed extra-brightly in x-rays for periods of about 1 year.
In fact, we should certainly keep in mind that these statistical optimization techniques are not shortcuts to broader medical reasoning and should not deter clinicians from carefully scrutinizing data so that to avoid inappropriate and naive use of these elegant analytical methods.
Scrutinizing data showed that item 22 (Steals from home, school or elsewhere) was the source of problem.
For example, urban planners in India are carefully scrutinizing data.
The integrity of trial data will be monitored by regularly scrutinizing data sheets for omissions and errors.
To do all this, the team scrutinizes data flowing from the app: what percentage of customers download it, how many register, how (and how often) they use it, how cooker use and meal type vary by geography, and, for those who stop using the app, at what point they defect.
Next, our purpose is to scrutinize data stemming from animal experiments.
"The public needs to scrutinize data," Jafari said.
