Methods and apparatus for customizing and using a reusable database framework for fault processing applications

A reusable fault processing system, comprising:

• a fault processing module, configured to initiate execution of a set of reconfigurable logical rules associated with fault detection and fault isolation in a complex system;
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• a fault detection database module, configured to provide a framework for customization and use of the reusable fault processing system, the fault detection database module comprising:
• a plurality of logic entities, configured to store the set of reconfigurable logical rules;
• a plurality of variable entities, configured to store definitions for a plurality of variables for use by the at least one logic entity;
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• at least one input/output (I/O) entity, configured to store a definition for at least one connection within the complex system and external to the fault detection database module.

A computer-based fault processing system comprising a non-transitory, computer-readable medium containing instructions thereon, which, when executed by a processor, define a reusable database structure comprising:

• a first framework for a set of executable logical rules, the set of executable logical rules configured for execution by the computer-based fault processing system, the set of executable logical rules configured to detect and isolate a fault in a complex system of line-replaceable units (LRUs);
• a second framework for a plurality of variables, the plurality of variables configured to:
• specify one or more input values to each of the set of executable logical rules;
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• specify one or more output values from each of the set of executable logical rules;
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• a third framework for an external interface, the external interface configured to define at least one connection between the reusable database structure and the complex system.