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SIDES - Segment Interconnect Diagnostic Expert System

Conference · · IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6273550
It is well known that the FASTBUS Segment Interconnect (SI) provides a communication path between two otherwise independent, asynchronous bus segments. The SI is probably the most important module in any FASTBUS data acquisition network since it's failure to function can cause whole segments of the network to be inaccessible and sometimes inoperable. This paper describes SIDES, an intelligent program designed to diagnose SI's both in situ as they operate in a data acquisition network, and in the laboratory in an acceptance/repair environment. The paper discusses important issues such as knowledge acquisition; extracting knowledge from human experts and other knowledge sources. SIDES can benefit high energy physics experiments, where SI problems can be diagnosed and solved more quickly. Equipment pool technicians can also benefit from SIDES, first by decreasing the number of SI's erroneously turned in for repair, and secondly as SIDES acts as an intelligent assistant to the technician in the diagnosis and repair process.
Research Organization:
Fermi National Accelerator Lab. (US)
OSTI ID:
6273550
Report Number(s):
CONF-881103-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) Journal Volume: 36:1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English