A method and an Adaptive Knowledge Management is provided. The Adaptive Knowledge
Management System is used for assisting a user with decision making by providing
real-time, on-line automated recommendations for actions in a monitored vehicle
troubleshooting, performance trend monitoring, health management and preemptive
maintenance domain diagnostics and prognostics. The system creates a Structured
Knowledge Repository, constructed from models, historical data, and heuristics
for organizing a model domain knowledge. It uses a plurality of Analytical and
Machine Learning tools for capturing knowledge from data sources and populating
cells of the Structured Knowledge Repository. A Mixed-Initiative Planning module
is used for interpreting operation goals for the monitored vehicle and utilizing
the Structure Knowledge Repository for developing recommendations for user decision
making. A plurality of Mixed-initiative Decision Support tools use the feedback
from the Mixed-initiative Planning module and query the Structured Knowledge Repository
for incorporating the extracted knowledge and information into outputs dealing
with current issues and contingencies.
