Method and system for creating a simulation plan for training personnel on system maintenance

A computer system for creating a simulation plan required for development of an interactive computer simulation of an interactive simulated multi-component system, the computer system comprising:

• a storage unit storing:
• a maintenance manual, provided by an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), comprising a content describing maintenance actions to be performed on real components of a real multi-component OEM system;
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• the simulation plan of the interactive simulated multi-component system preserving the content comprising section markers from the maintenance manual of the real multi-component OEM system, wherein each of the section markers corresponds to one or more of the real components of the real multi-component OEM system, wherein the simulation plan is required for development of an interactive computer simulation for training personnel on maintenance of the real multi-component OEM system corresponding to the interactive simulated multi-component system of the interactive computer simulation;
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• a processor module that:
• a) identifies a section in the simulation plan considering the section markers, the identified section comprising a maintenance-action content from the maintenance manual of the real multi-component OEM system;
• b) associates, with the identified section, a plurality of simulated components of the interactive simulated system corresponding to the one or more real components of the real multi-component OEM system identified in the maintenance-action content from the maintenance manual for the one or more components of the real multi-component OEM system;
• c) assigns a unique section descriptor to each individual simulated component of the plurality of simulated components;
• d) assigns, to each of the unique section descriptors, a simulation-specification for developing an interactive simulated maintenance procedure of the interactive computer simulation from the maintenance-action content from the maintenance manual of the real multi-component OEM system;
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• e) updates, into the storage unit, the stored simulation plan comprising each one of the simulation-specifications for each one of the identified sections, wherein development of the interactive computer simulation of the interactive system necessitates completion of every one of the simulation-specifications and wherein the training of the personnel on maintenance of the real multi-component OEM system necessitates completion of the development of the interactive computer simulation of the interactive system.