INFORMATION THEORY APPLIED TO MAINTENANCE DATA

THE RESULTS OF AN APPLICATION OF INFORMATION THEORY CONCEPTS AS A CORRELATIONAL TOOL ARE DESCRIBED. THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE WHICH PORTIONS OF VERBAL MALFUNCTION REPORTS ARE MOST USEFUL TO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL IN THE PERFORMANCE OF MAINTENANCE, AND WHICH ASPECTS OF THE MAINTENANCE SITUATION ARE MOST HIGHLY RELATED TO TOTAL MAINTENANCE EFFICIENCY. THE MAJOR FINDINGS WERE' /1/ THAT VARIABILITY IN SYMPTOM REPORTING/ AN OPERATOR CHARACTERISTIC/ IS A MAJOR DETERMINER IN THE PROBABILITY OF SUCCESSFUL EQUIPMENT PERFORMANCE FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE, /2/ THAT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL HAVE ACCESS TO CONSIDERABLY MORE INFORMATION THAN THAT CONTAINED IN THE SYMPTOM, BUT /3/ THAT THEY DO NOT USE THIS INFORMATION AS EFFICIENTLY AS THEY MIGHT AND /4/ THAT THE INFORMATION IN VERBAL MALFUNCTION REPORTS IS NON-UNIFORMLY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THOSE REPORTS. THE RESULTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION DEMONSTRATED THE EXISTENCE OF STRUCTURE IN MAINTENANCE DATA, AND THE PRACTICALITY OF INFORMATION THEORY AS A TOOL FOR ANALYZING DATA AND QUANTIFYING EFFECTS. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 15,supp 1,P B-95
• Authors:
  • Leuba, H R
• Publication Date: 1967

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Operations Res Soc American Bulletin

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Analysis; Economic efficiency; Innovation; Maintenance; Maintenance facilities; Maintenance personnel; Maintenance practices; Mechanical failure; Quantitative analysis; Reports; Standards; Theory; Variables
• Uncontrolled Terms: Data; Efficiency; Quantifying; Reporting
• Old TRIS Terms: Concepts; Maintenance standards; Practicality
• Subject Areas: Economics; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218175
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 1 1994 12:00AM