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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Gregory A. Harrison, Oviedo, FL (US);
Harold W. Nelson, San Diego, CA (US);
Ross Hall, Orlando, FL (US);
Lorie R. Ingraham, Orlando, FL (US);
Gregory A. Harrison, Oviedo, FL (US);
Harold W. Nelson, San Diego, CA (US);
Ross Hall, Orlando, FL (US);
Lorie R. Ingraham, Orlando, FL (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Orlando, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for determining a root cause of a problem in a multiple-element system includes correlating an incoming alarm signal with an element x in a multiple-element system and accessing an implication list comprising a list of all elements upstream of element x. At least one element on the implication list is weighted with data relating to the at least one element. Taking into account the weighting step, a probability is calculated that an element on the implication list comprises a most-probable root cause of the subsequent alarm signal. The identified most-probable root cause of the incoming alarm signal is output.