Computer programs that mimic human ...

Computer programs that mimic human problem-solving techniques put forward the transit industry a potential for substantial expense savings by using advanced software technology to diagnose puzzles and decrease transit equipment repair time, according to the report "Artificial Intelligence for Transit Railcar Diagnostics."

course of lifeed by the Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) and sponsored by the agency of the Federal Transit Administration, the report states that rail car maintenance is a excitable candidate for Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology, which is commonly used in telecommunications, nuclear power, health care, automobile, spacecraft and electronics industries.

The technology also is used to assist technicians in the diagnosis of railcar connected view problems.

"Properly perform the operations indicated ined software can literally be loaded onto a laptop computer and used, in quick order, by means of the maintenance mechanics," says American Public Transit Association (APTA) Vice President-Rail Transit Peter Stangl.

"For the transit customer, this means the presumption of more railcars being available for service