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Professor Judy Jin receives Ford Motor Company funding

by Rod Capps
Industrial and Operations Engineering
April 3, 2018
Title: Big Data Analytics for Smart Maintenance Decision Support Systems (SMDSS)| Short Read

Title: Big Data Analytics for Smart Maintenance Decision Support Systems (SMDSS)

Funding Source: Ford Motor Company

Project description: This project aims to develop big data analytics methods for improving user experience with a Decision Support System for statistics driven condition-based maintenance instead of physics derived maintenance. The research emphasizes on integrative analysis of vehicle’s operational/repairing and driving condition data for SMDSS.

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