Prognostics: The Science of Making Predictions

Prognostics is the science of making predictions of engineering systems. It is part of a suite of techniques that determine whether a system is behaving within nominal operational performance and – if it does not – that determine what is wrong and how long it will take until the system no longer fulfills certain functional requirements. This book presents the latest developments and research findings on the topic of prognostics by the Prognostics Center of Excellence at NASA Ames Research Center. The book is intended to provide a practitioner with an understanding of the foundational concepts as well as practical tools to perform prognostics and health management on different types of engineering systems and in particular to predict remaining useful life.

預測學是一門預測工程系統的科學。它是一套技術的一部分，用於確定系統是否在正常運行性能範圍內，並且如果不是，則確定問題出在哪裡以及需要多長時間才能使系統不再滿足某些功能要求。本書介紹了NASA艾姆斯研究中心預測卓越中心在預測學領域的最新發展和研究成果。本書旨在為從業人員提供基礎概念的理解，以及在不同類型的工程系統上進行預測和健康管理的實用工具，特別是預測剩餘使用壽命。