An agent-based inference engine for efficient and reliable automated car failure diagnosis assistance

There are many difficulties and challenges involved in cars failure and malfunction diagnosis. The diagnosis process involves heuristic and complex series of activities and requires specific skills and expertise. A basic toolkit and assistance software are imperatives to help the car drivers to at l...

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Main Authors: A. Mostafa, Salama, Mustapha, Aida, Hazeem, Ahmed Abdulbasit, Hamad Khaleefah, Shihab, Abed Mohammed, Mazin
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Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2018
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author A. Mostafa, Salama
Mustapha, Aida
Hazeem, Ahmed Abdulbasit
Hamad Khaleefah, Shihab
Abed Mohammed, Mazin
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Mustapha, Aida
Hazeem, Ahmed Abdulbasit
Hamad Khaleefah, Shihab
Abed Mohammed, Mazin
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description There are many difficulties and challenges involved in cars failure and malfunction diagnosis. The diagnosis process involves heuristic and complex series of activities and requires specific skills and expertise. A basic toolkit and assistance software are imperatives to help the car drivers to at least identify the source of car failure or malfunction, especially, when the location of the event does not permit immediate help. It enables the car driver to take an initiative in knowing the car condition and try to repeat the car. Expert systems are widely used to embody the diagnosis expertise into machines. However, improving the expert systems’ inferencing capability and diagnosis accuracy are still open research topics. Consequently, this paper proposes an agent-based inference engine for the car failure diagnosis expert system that is named automated car failure diagnosis assistance (ACFDA). The agents’ goal is to maximize the efficiency of the overall performance of the ACFDA system by deliberating a number of inferencing tasks and tuning the inferencing logical flow. Additionally, the agents’ collective effort provides reliable solutions that best fit the users’ inputs. The ACFDA system is experimentally tested by 15 relevant candidates. The test results show that the system efficiently and reliably performs the diagnosis to the most given car failure cases. The system can be integrated into cars or can be used as a separate gadget to assist the car drivers in car failure diagnosis and repair.
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spelling uthm-49002021-12-23T06:34:57Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4900/ An agent-based inference engine for efficient and reliable automated car failure diagnosis assistance A. Mostafa, Salama Mustapha, Aida Hazeem, Ahmed Abdulbasit Hamad Khaleefah, Shihab Abed Mohammed, Mazin QA76 Computer software T Technology (General) There are many difficulties and challenges involved in cars failure and malfunction diagnosis. The diagnosis process involves heuristic and complex series of activities and requires specific skills and expertise. A basic toolkit and assistance software are imperatives to help the car drivers to at least identify the source of car failure or malfunction, especially, when the location of the event does not permit immediate help. It enables the car driver to take an initiative in knowing the car condition and try to repeat the car. Expert systems are widely used to embody the diagnosis expertise into machines. However, improving the expert systems’ inferencing capability and diagnosis accuracy are still open research topics. Consequently, this paper proposes an agent-based inference engine for the car failure diagnosis expert system that is named automated car failure diagnosis assistance (ACFDA). The agents’ goal is to maximize the efficiency of the overall performance of the ACFDA system by deliberating a number of inferencing tasks and tuning the inferencing logical flow. Additionally, the agents’ collective effort provides reliable solutions that best fit the users’ inputs. The ACFDA system is experimentally tested by 15 relevant candidates. The test results show that the system efficiently and reliably performs the diagnosis to the most given car failure cases. The system can be integrated into cars or can be used as a separate gadget to assist the car drivers in car failure diagnosis and repair. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4900/1/AJ%202018%20%28136%29.pdf A. Mostafa, Salama and Mustapha, Aida and Hazeem, Ahmed Abdulbasit and Hamad Khaleefah, Shihab and Abed Mohammed, Mazin (2018) An agent-based inference engine for efficient and reliable automated car failure diagnosis assistance. IEEE Access, 6. 8322 -8331. ISSN 2169-3536 https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2803051
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Abed Mohammed, Mazin
An agent-based inference engine for efficient and reliable automated car failure diagnosis assistance
title An agent-based inference engine for efficient and reliable automated car failure diagnosis assistance
title_full An agent-based inference engine for efficient and reliable automated car failure diagnosis assistance
title_fullStr An agent-based inference engine for efficient and reliable automated car failure diagnosis assistance
title_full_unstemmed An agent-based inference engine for efficient and reliable automated car failure diagnosis assistance
title_short An agent-based inference engine for efficient and reliable automated car failure diagnosis assistance
title_sort agent-based inference engine for efficient and reliable automated car failure diagnosis assistance
topic QA76 Computer software
T Technology (General)
url http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4900/
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http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/4900/1/AJ%202018%20%28136%29.pdf