Computer-Based Diagnostic Systems : Computer-Based Troubleshooting (Practitioner Series) (1999. X, 156 p. w. figs. 23,5 cm)

Computer-based diagnostic systems are among the most successful applications of knowledge-based systems (KBS) technology. Chris Price shows the best way to build effective diagnostic systems for different types of diagnostic problems by: - giving examples of different solutions to the problem of building effective diagnostic systems - helping you to decide on an appropriate strategy for building a diagnostic system to aid troubleshooting of that diagnostic problem - showing how to use diagnostic fault trees as a common representation for discussing different ways of approaching diagnosis. Computer-Based Diagnostic Systems is written in such a way as to make the material easy to understand even when you do not have easy access to the commercial tools. Computer-based diagnostic systems are among the most successful applications of knowledge-based systems (KBS) technology. Chris Price shows the best way to build effective diagnostic systems for different types of diagnostic problems by: - giving examples of different solutions to the problem of building effective diagnostic systems - helping you to decide on an appropriate strategy for building a diagnostic system to aid troubleshooting of that diagnostic problem - showing how to use diagnostic fault trees as a common representation for discussing different ways of approaching diagnosis. Computer-Based Diagnostic Systems is written in such a way as to make the material easy to understand even when you do not have easy access to the commercial tools. 1. Introduction.- 1.1 Diagnostic Systems.- 1.2 Diagnosis Using Diagnostic Fault Trees.- 1.3 Building a Diagnostic System from a Diagnostic Fault Tree.- 1.4 Problems with the Diagnostic Fault Tree Approach.- 2. Disciplines for Complex Diagnostic Systems.- 2.1 Adding Structure to the Fault Tree.- 2.2 Characterizing Troubleshooting Better.- 2.3 Sources of Diagnostic Material.- 2.4 Design for Diagnosability.- 3. Tools for Complex Fault Trees.- 3.1 Graphical Fault Tree Building: A Simple Example.- 3.2 TestBench.- 3.3 GRADE(TM).- 3.4 Summary and Conclusions.- 4. Case-Based Diagnostic Systems.- 4.1 What Is Case-Based Reasoning?.- 4.2 CBR for Help Desk Systems.- 4.3 CBR for Complex Diagnostic Systems.- 4.4 Summary of Case-Based Reasoning.- 5. Model-Based Diagnostic Systems.- 5.1 Choosing what to Model for Model-Based Diagnosis.- 5.2 Choosing which Aspects of the Domain to Model.- 5.3 Summary and Conclusions.- 6. Applying Model-Based Diagnosis.- 6.1 RAZ'R from OCC'M.- 6.2 Automotive Diagnosis from Design Models.- 6.3 Autonomous Spacecraft Diagnosis.- 7. Real-Time Diagnostic Systems.- 7.1 Characteristics of Real-Time Diagnosis.- 7.2 Monitoring Real-Time Applications.- 7.3 Diagnosing Real-Time Applications.- 7.4 Commercial Real-Time Tools.- 7.5 Tiger: Diagnosing Gas Turbines.- Appendix 1: Full Listing of Adviser Expert System.- Appendix 2: Details of GRAF2 Generated Programs.- Pascal Code Generated for Car Diagnosis Application.- C Code Generated for Car Diagnosis Application.- Execution of Text-Based Car Diagnosis Application.- Execution of PalmPilot-Based Car Diagnosis Application.- Appendix 3: Further Information.- Chapters 1 and 2: Rule-Based Diagnostic Tools.- 2: Diagnosability.- 3: Graphically Oriented Tool Builders.- 4: Case-Based Reasoning Tools.- Chapters 5 and 6:Model-Based Reasoning Tools.- 7: Real-Time Diagnostic Tools.- References.