Author(s): Yabin Wang, Jianmin Zhao and Xisheng Jia
Article publication date: 2013-12-01
Vol. 31 No. 1 (special), pp. 325-335.
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Keywords

Maintenance tools; Integration; Case analysis; Grey situation decision-making; Case retrieval.

Abstract

As systems designed toward larger scale and more complex, more and more maintenance tools are needed in equipment support process. This, however, brings a greater difficulty in making decision to guarantee efficient equipment support actions. In this paper, a category integration analysis method for maintenance tools, which can classify the maintenance tools scientifically by its main characters, is developed. A maintenance tools integration strategy based on the grey situation decision-making method is also introduced. In this method, the integration flow and steps of implementation are given to improve the efficiency of the integration method. The effectiveness of the method is demonstrated via a numerical example.