Author(s)

A. Marques, V. Sebastian, F. Caudet & J.C. de la Rosa

Abstract

Breakdowns and malfunctions in Public Transport (PT) vehicles have serious impact in terms of traffic safety, financial profitability, and, very specially, environmental damage. Due to these reasons, fleet maintenance is a big share of PT companies' budget. DIAMANTE is a project that develops a fleet maintenance aid system to improve this task and so a reduction of negative effects derived from badly engine working. 1 Introduction DIAMANTE (ESPRIT-PASO Programme), a 24 months R&D project started in January 1994, aims to develop an Integral Maintenance System for PT fleets. It is carried out by a multidisciplinary consortium leaded by t

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