Methods and apparatus to predict machine failures

An article of manufacture comprising instructions, which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

• text mine first alert data to identify a first machine failure within the first alert data;
• identify a first alert sequence associated with the first machine failure;
• determine a conditional probability of the first alert sequence leading to failure based on i) a number of work machines in which the first alert sequence ended in failure and ii) a number of work machines in which the first alert sequence did not end in failure;
• and
• update a model by correlating the first alert sequence with the first machine failure and first probable parts used to repair the first machine failure.

A method, comprising:

• text mining first alert data to identify a first machine failure within the first alert data;
• identifying a first alert sequence associated with the first machine failure;
• determining a conditional probability of the first alert sequence leading to failure based on i) a number of work machines in which the first alert sequence ended in failure and ii) a number of work machines in which the first alert sequence did not end in failure;
• and
• updating a model by correlating the first alert sequence with the first machine failure and first probable parts used to repair the first machine failure.