Abstract
One of the primary areas of application of Artificial Intelligence is diagnosis. Diagnosis from first principles is a diagnostic technique which uses knowledge of the designed structure and function of a device to determine the possible causes of the malfunction.
This work builds on the foundation of a theory of diagnosis by implementing and extending the theory. A correction to the algorithm which defines the theory is presented. The theory is extended for multiple sets of observations of the system and measurement data.
A fundamental problem in diagnosis is selecting the measurement which will be of the most benefit in reducing the number of competing diagnoses for a system. A heuristic which selects a component whose measurement is likely to be beneficial in isolating the actual diagnosis is also presented.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Barbara A. and Wilkerson, Ralph W., "A System for the Diagnosis of Faults using a First Principles Approach" (1988). Computer Science Technical Reports. 85.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/comsci_techreports/85
Department(s)
Computer Science
Report Number
CSc-88-10
Document Type
Technical Report
Document Version
Final Version
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 1988 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
December 1988
Comments
This report is substantially the Ph.D. dissertation of the first author, completed December 1988.