Patent ID: 8116933
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G06N,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A diagnostic tool for performing a reverse failure analysis, comprising: a diagnostic test selector module configured to select a first diagnostic test related to a component of a vehicle from a pool of diagnostic tests; a symptom to component associator module configured to associate a first symptom with the component based on the first diagnostic test; an observed symptoms receiving module configured to receive a plurality of observed symptoms of the vehicle; and a symptom to component correlator module configured to correlate the observed symptoms to the component based on the observed symptoms corresponding to at least the first symptom, wherein the diagnostic test selector module is further configured to select a second diagnostic test related to the component from the pool of diagnostic tests and the symptom to component associator module is further configured to associate a second symptom with the component based on the second diagnostic test.