TED-Turbine Engine Diagnostics. A practical application of a diagnostic expert system

Author

Ingham, Holly ; Helfman, Richard ; Hanratty, Timothy ; Dumer, John ; Baur, Edmund H.

Author_Institution

US Army Res. Lab., Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, USA

fYear

1997

Firstpage

438

Lastpage

444

Abstract

TED (Turbine Engine Diagnostics) is a diagnostic expert system to aid an M1 Abrams tank mechanic in finding and fixing problems in an AGT-1500 turbine engine. TED was designed to provide apprentice mechanics with the ability to diagnose and repair a turbine engine like an expert mechanic. This paper discusses the reasoning method used in TED, called the Procedural Reasoning System (PRS), as well as various design considerations throughout the life of the project. The expert system was designed and built by the US Army Research Laboratory and the US Army Ordnance Center. TED has been fielded to both the active Army and the National Guard

Keywords

diagnostic expert systems; diagnostic reasoning; maintenance engineering; mechanical engineering computing; military computing; military equipment; turbines; AGT-1500 turbine engine; M1 Abrams tank; Procedural Reasoning System; TED; Turbine Engine Diagnostics; US Army; US National Guard; apprentice mechanics; design considerations; diagnostic expert system; engine repair; problem finding; problem fixing; Artificial intelligence; Costs; Diagnostic expert systems; Engines; Expert systems; Forestry; Laboratories; Robots; Turbines; Weapons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1997. Proceedings., Ninth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Newport Beach, CA

ISSN

1082-3409

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8203-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TAI.1997.632286

Filename

632286