Adaptive knowledge management system for vehicle trend monitoring, health management and preventive maintenance

Abstract

A method and an Adaptive Knowledge Management is provided. The Adaptive Knowledge Management System is used for assisting a user with decision making by providing real-time, on-line automated recommendations for actions in a monitored vehicle troubleshooting, performance trend monitoring, health management and preemptive maintenance domain diagnostics and prognostics. The system creates a Structured Knowledge Repository, constructed from models, historical data, and heuristics for organizing a model domain knowledge. It uses a plurality of Analytical and Machine Learning tools for capturing knowledge from data sources and populating cells of the Structured Knowledge Repository. A Mixed-Initiative Planning module is used for interpreting operation goals for the monitored vehicle and utilizing the Structure Knowledge Repository for developing recommendations for user decision making. A plurality of Mixed-initiative Decision Support tools use the feedback from the Mixed-initiative Planning module and query the Structured Knowledge Repository for incorporating the extracted knowledge and information into outputs dealing with current issues and contingencies.