NEW APPROACHES FOR SHIPS FLEET-WIDE MANAGEMENT AND NAVAL MISSION PROGNOSTICS

摘要

Ships are large complex systems composed of multiple heterogeneous subsystems and equipments interconnected to accomplish various missions. In civilian and defense' naval domains, ships are usually operated as a fleet. Thus, in order to enhance maintenance efforts and facilitate the decision-making process, it is necessary at the fleet level to provide managers and engineers with a complete summary of information and keep them updated regarding both the global health of the fleet and the present status of their maintenance efforts. Moreover, fleet-wide performance is a daily concern for which mission readiness and maintenance management need to implement proactive strategies, mainly supported by a prognostic process. This paper deals with generic approaches of fleet-wide management and mission-based prognostic in order to anticipate the health of fleet equipments.