... Reliability Mean time between failure Weibull analysis Fuzzy set Analytic hierarchy process Knowledge-based systems Effective maintenance strategies are fundamental in minimizing costs, reducing failure rates, improving quality, and increasing overall productivity (Bashiri et al., 2011...

... which is possible only through the careful exploitation of information technology. Briefs the design of a knowledge base system and the development and performance of its pre‐auditing module. Presents a few sample screen outputs of this module. Concludes by suggesting the ways of productively exploiting...

... to evaluate all maintenance activity times. In addition, an approach is offered to estimate fault diagnosis activity times using knowledge‐based systems. Finally, the paper offers a vision outline in applying the technology and techniques to provide cost‐effective and timely fault diagnosis. spares...