“…According to the current literature (Gulledge, Hiroshige, & Iyer, 2010;Hao, Xue, Shen, Jones, & Zhu, 2010;Jardine et al, 2006;Muller et al, 2008), there has been improvements in the development of Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) technology in a range of the industrial areas (Utne, Brurok, & Rødseth, 2012). Different approaches have been adopted and implemented in CBM including web technology (Glasgow, Burkholder, Reed, Lewitus, & Kleinman, 2004;Livshitz, Chudnovsky, & Bukengolts, 2004), multi-agent systems (Chunhua, Xinze, Zongqi, & Xinping, 2006;Jing-Gao, Xin-Bin, & Dao, 2002), and mobile agents (Buse, Feng, & Wu, 2003;Buse & Wu, 2004).…”