Internet-based remote diagnosis: concept, system architecture and prototype

This paper proposes a new diagnostic system framework about Internet-based remote diagnosis system (IRDS). The IRDS's meaning, specific properties, basic functions, system composition and work models are introduced. A computing model based on a three-layer structure is presented also. In the model, the diagnostic network is realized with the embedded Web nets, and the remote diagnostic reasoning engine (RDE) is constructed by two methods: knowledge-based RDE and Java Applet-based BNN RDE agent. An IRDS prototype has been constructed to realize the framework effectively.