Diagnosing Munition Faults: The EMMA (Expert Missile Maintenance Aid) Approach

Abstract

The Expert Missile Maintenance Aid (EMMA) program is discussed in this paper. The paper address such issues as how the field-level expert prototypes were structured and evaluated as well as the excellent results of the evaluations. It was found that the use of expert systems is very amenable and beneficial to diagnosing munition faults in the field. Current work on the depot-level prototypes is discussed as well as issues related to using DOD-STD- 2167 to document the development of expert systems. When properly tailored, DOD- STD-2167 can be an effective means of documenting and monitoring the work performed in developing an expert system. The paper concludes with a discussion of future plans for a follow-on program and other areas of concern. Keywords: Computer aided diagnosis; Reprints; Artificial intelligence; Expert systems; Integrated diagnostics; Maintenance and diagnostics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA202442

Entities

People

  • Barry E. Mullins

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Expert Systems
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Personnel
  • Manpower Utilization
  • Munitions
  • Personnel Management
  • Prototypes
  • Software Development
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment
  • Test Sets
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

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  • AI & ML
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