Maintenance assisting apparatus for complex system e.g. avionics, marine equipment, missiles or rockets, comprises system for setting up hierarchical database representative of system to be maintained

摘要

Apparatus comprises system for input and processing of system definition data. System comprises function elements arranged in a layered structure, with database elements, sub-assemblies and assemblies, together with links between them. It also comprises system for creating a hierarchical table that includes a tree-type structure of material elements that describes the links between hardware elements. An independent claim is also included for a method for creating and optimizing the maintenance assisting apparatus for a complex system.