PHM for Ground Support Systems Case Study: From Requirements to Integration

Teubert, Chris

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PHM for Ground Support Systems Case Study: From Requirements to Integration

Teubert, Chris

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This session will detail the experience of members of the NASA Ames Prognostic Center of Excellence (PCoE) producing PHM tools for NASA Advanced Ground Support Systems, including the challenges in applying their research in a production environment. Specifically, we will 1) go over the systems engineering and review process used; 2) Discuss the challenges and pitfalls in this process; 3) discuss software architecting, documentation, verification and validation activities and 4) discuss challenges in communicating the benefits and limitations of PHM Technologies.

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Teubert, Chris. 2015-10-19. PHM for Ground Support Systems Case Study: From Requirements to Integration. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20150022995

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