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Method for associating text in automatic diagnostic system to produce recommended actions automatically

  • US 5,081,598 A
  • Filed: 02/21/1989
  • Issued: 01/14/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of automatically determining a recommended action in response to diagnosis of a malfunction in equipment, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) defining a correspondence between each possible diagnosis and a recommended action set including at least one action(b) producing a diagnosis, having recommended actions associated therewith, in dependence upon a first set of evidence of conditions currently existing in the equipment; and

    (c) selecting, using a computerized process, one of the recommended actions in the recommended action set corresponding to the diagnosis produced in step (b) in dependence upon a second set of evidence of conditions, different from the first set of evidence, both required and assumed evidence being includable in the second set of evidence, using a computerized process including the steps of(c1) comparing data representing actual conditions associated with the equipment being diagnosed to the second set of evidence; and

    (c2) determining an appropriate action when the data indicates that the conditions corresponding to any required evidence exist and any assumed evidence is uncontradicted by the data.

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