METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING FAULT LOG DATA FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND REPAIRS OF LOCOMOTIVES

摘要

The present invention discloses a system (10) and method for analyzing fault log data from a malfunctioning locomotive or other large land-based, self- powered transport equipment. The method allows for receiving new fault log data (232) comprising a plurality of faults from the malfunctioning equipmen t. The method further allows for selecting a plurality of distinct faults (233) from the new fault log data. Respective generating steps allow for generatin g at least one distinct fault cluster (236) from the plurality of distinct faults and for generating a plurality of weighted repair and distinct fault cluster combinations. An identifying step allows for identifying at least on e repair (238) for the at least one distinct fault cluster using the plurality of weighted repair and distinct fault cluster combinations.