Patent ID: 6728658
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: G01H,G01N,G05B

Abstract:
A method for determining a health indicator associated with a component, comprising:determining a plurality of health classifications; determining at least one condition indicator guantifying a characteristic of said component; determining a probability associated with each of said health classifications, said probability being an estimation that said component is of a particular health classification given said at least one condition indicator; and determining, for a given set of observed values, which of said plurality of health classifications is associated with said component using said probabilities associated with said health classifications, wherein said determining at least one condition indicator, said determining a probability, and said determining which of said health classifications is associated with said component, are performed upon two of said plurality of health classifications, and wherein, if a determination is made that a first of said health classifications is not associated with said component, repeating said determining at least one condition indicator, said determining a probability, and said determining which of said health classifications is associated with said component using two other health classifications.