Temporally Distributed Symptoms in Technical Diagnosis DJVU

Temporally Distributed Symptoms in Technical Diagnosis By Klaus Nökel
Publisher: Sp..rin..ger 1991 | 173 Pages | ISBN: 3540543163 , 0387543163 | DJVU | 2 MB

Complex machines can fail in complex ways. Often the nature of the fault can be determined only through the interpretation of machine behavior over time. This book presents a novel approach to the representation and recognition of temporally distributed symptoms. Existing diagnostic expert systems usually operate under a set of simplifying assumptions that limit their applicability. A common assumption is that the device to be diagnosed has a static behavior, with the relation between inputs and outputs constant over time. In most realistic application domains this assumption is violated and both the normal, intended function of the device and the potential malfunctions are complex behaviors over time. This book addresses the problem of systematically treating information about fault symptoms that are spread out over periods of time.