Using predictive analytics in electrochemical and electromechanical systems

Terms and Phrases

[0023]The following definitions are intended to be exemplary and illustrative, not necessarily limiting in any way:

[0024]The term “confidence,” and variants thereof, generally refer to a degree of certainty in the results of an empirical model, and the control of uncertainty associated with a prediction.

[0025]The term “correlation,” and variants thereof, generally refer to a tendency of two data points to change together. Positively correlated data points increase and decrease together. Negatively correlated data points increase in contrary motion; when one increases, the other decreases. Uncorrelated data points do not change together; when one point increases, the other may stay constant, or increase or decrease. There are also different types of correlation to be considered: for example, there could be “static” (sometimes referred to as “absolute”) correlation between pairs of distinct data points, and there could be “dynamic” correlation (sometimes referred to as “