This text shows the best way to build effective computer-based diagnostic systems for different types of diagnostic problems. It includes examples of different solutions to the problem of building effective diagnostic systems and how to use diagnostic fault trees.

1. Introduction.- 1.1 Diagnostic Systems.- 1.2 Diagnosis Using Diagnostic Fault Trees.- 1.3 Building a Diagnostic System from a Diagnostic Fault Tree.- 1.4 Problems with the Diagnostic Fault Tree Approach.- 2. Disciplines for Complex Diagnostic Systems.- 2.1 Adding Structure to the Fault Tree.- 2.2 Characterizing Troubleshooting Better.- 2.3 Sources of Diagnostic Material.- 2.4 Design for Diagnosability.- 3. Tools for Complex Fault Trees.- 3.1 Graphical Fault Tree Building: A Simple Example.- 3.2 TestBench.- 3.3 GRADE™.- 3.4 Summary and Conclusions.- 4. Case-Based Diagnostic Systems.- 4.1 What Is Case-Based Reasoning?.- 4.2 CBR for Help Desk Systems.- 4.3 CBR for Complex Diagnostic Systems.- 4.4 Summary of Case-Based Reasoning.- 5. Model-Based Diagnostic Systems.- 5.1 Choosing what to Model for Model-Based Diagnosis.- 5.2 Choosing which Aspects of the Domain to Model.- 5.3 Summary and Conclusions.- 6. Applying Model-Based Diagnosis.- 6.1 RAZ’R from OCC’M.- 6.2 Automotive Diagnosis from Design Models.- 6.3 Autonomous Spacecraft Diagnosis.- 7. Real-Time Diagnostic Systems.- 7.1 Characteristics of Real-Time Diagnosis.- 7.2 Monitoring Real-Time Applications.- 7.3 Diagnosing Real-Time Applications.- 7.4 Commercial Real-Time Tools.- 7.5 Tiger: Diagnosing Gas Turbines.- Appendix 1: Full Listing of Adviser Expert System.- Appendix 2: Details of GRAF2 Generated Programs.- Pascal Code Generated for Car Diagnosis Application.- C Code Generated for Car Diagnosis Application.- Execution of Text-Based Car Diagnosis Application.- Execution of PalmPilot-Based Car Diagnosis Application.- Appendix 3: Further Information.- Chapters 1 and 2: Rule-Based Diagnostic Tools.- 2: Diagnosability.- 3: Graphically Oriented Tool Builders.- 4: Case-Based Reasoning Tools.- Chapters 5 and 6:Model-Based Reasoning Tools.- 7: Real-Time Diagnostic Tools.- References.