Maintenance Diagnostic Aiding System (MDAS) Enhancements

Abstract

This report summarizes the research and development conducted to improve the effectiveness of the Maintenance Diagnostic Aiding System (MDAS). MDAS determines the next best action that should be taken to perform fault isolation and repair of a weapon system. This report provides information on key features that were added to MDAS such as the capability to suspend diagnostics; to provide a ranked, interleaved list of available test and repair actions; to diagnose multiple faults within a system; and to provide a summary of all actions taken during a troubleshooting sequence. The research effort also showed that the modified split-half equation used by MDAS is as effective as the entropy equation in determining the information gained from a particular test. The ability for MDAS to generate logistic support data was also examined. The results showed that MDAS record key information necessary to generate logistics data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA218204

Entities

People

  • Colleen Gumienny
  • Garth Cooke
  • Johnnie Jernigan
  • Michael Huntington
  • Theodore Myers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Algorithms
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Downtime
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Human Resources
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance
  • Maintenance Management
  • Management Personnel
  • Reliability
  • Software Testing
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Equipment

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