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U.S.
Department of Transportation
Operations
and Maintenance: Key Insights
(cont.)
§Determine level (granularity), amount, and
transmission frequency of data are needed
□Data
overload will negate the usefulness of the data
□Data
overload can cause critical messages to be overlooked
□Avoid
an overreaction or early reaction based on small sample sizes
§Determine what is critical to communicate
□In
airline industry, alert systems do not collect all continuously streamed data;
only data needed to
alert an operator of a problem
§Make data available as soon as feasible
□Even
if more processing needs to occur in the background, providing a real-time feed for current data is an attractive option to users