Method and system for processing repair data and fault log data to facilitate diagnostics

A system for processing repair data comprising a plurality of repairs and fault log data comprising a plurality of faults from one or more machines to facilitate analysis of a malfunctioning machine, comprising:

• means for generating a plurality of cases from the repair data and the fault log data, each case comprising a repair and a plurality of distinct faults;
• means for generating, for each of the plurality of cases, at least one repair and distinct fault cluster combination;
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• means for assigning, to each of the repair and distinct fault cluster combinations, a weight, whereby weighted repair and distinct fault cluster combinations facilitate prediction of at least one repair for the malfunctioning machine.

A system for processing repair data comprising a plurality of repairs and fault log data comprising a plurality of faults from one or more machines to facilitate analysis of a malfunctioning machine, comprising:

• a repair log data storage unit adapted to store a plurality of repairs;
• a fault log data storage unit adapted to store a plurality of faults;
• a processor adapted to generate a plurality of cases from the repair data and the fault log data, each case comprising a repair and a plurality of distinct faults;
• the processor adapted to generate, for each of the plurality of cases, at least one repair and distinct fault cluster combination;
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• the processor adapted to assign, to each of the repair and distinct fault cluster combinations, a weight determined by dividing a number of times the combination occurs in cases comprising related repairs by a number of times the combination occurs in the plurality of cases, whereby weighted repair and distinct fault cluster combinations facilitate prediction of at least one repair for the malfunctioning machine.

An article of manufacture comprising:

• a computer program product comprising computer usable medium having computer readable program code means embodied therein for causing the processing of repair data comprising a plurality of repairs and fault log data comprising a plurality of faults from one or more machines to facilitate analysis of a malfunctioning machine, the computer readable program code means in said article of manufacture comprising:
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate a plurality of cases from the repair data and the fault log data, each case comprising a repair and a plurality of distinct faults;
• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to generate, for each of the plurality of cases, at least one repair and distinct fault cluster combination;
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• computer readable program code means for causing a computer to assign, to each of the repair and distinct fault cluster combinations, a weight determined by dividing a number of times the combination occurs in cases comprising related repairs by a number of times the combination occurs in the plurality of cases, whereby weighted repair and distinct fault cluster combinations facilitate prediction of at least one repair for the malfunctioning machine.