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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2008
Anbessie A. Yitbarek, Renton, WA (US);
I-li LU, Issaquah, WA (US);
Ranjan K. Paul, Sammamish, WA (US);
Farshad Dopulatshahi, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Elizabeth A. Whalen, Seattle, WA (US);
Shuying Zhu, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter A. Fiddler, Seattle, WA (US);
Anbessie A. Yitbarek, Renton, WA (US);
I-Li Lu, Issaquah, WA (US);
Ranjan K. Paul, Sammamish, WA (US);
Farshad Dopulatshahi, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Elizabeth A. Whalen, Seattle, WA (US);
Shuying Zhu, Seattle, WA (US);
Peter A. Fiddler, Seattle, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying an interval for performing a maintenance task. The process retrieves scheduled maintenance data and un-scheduled in-service maintenance data for a given apparatus type. The process maps the un-scheduled in-service maintenance data to the scheduled maintenance data for the given apparatus type to form mapped maintenance data. The process performs a statistical analysis on the mapped maintenance data. The process identifies an optimal interval for performing the maintenance task based on a result of the statistical analysis to form a recommended maintenance interval.