Summary of Sensor-fusion Based Prognostics Framework For Complex Engineering Systems Exhibiting Multiple Failure Modes, by Benjamin Peters et al.
Sensor-fusion based Prognostics Framework for Complex Engineering Systems Exhibiting Multiple Failure Modes
by Benjamin Peters, Ayush Mohanty, Xiaolei Fang, Stephen K. Robinson, Nagi Gebraeel
First submitted to arxiv on: 19 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG); Systems and Control (eess.SY); Applications (stat.AP)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a simultaneous clustering and sensor selection approach for predicting the remaining useful life (RUL) of complex engineering systems that can exhibit multiple failure modes. The method uses unlabeled training datasets to first diagnose the active failure mode and then predict the RUL. This is achieved by analyzing sensor signals, which exhibit discriminatory behavior in the presence of multiple failure modes. The approach is validated using a simulated dataset and the NASA turbofan degradation dataset. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us make better predictions about when machines will break down. Right now, it’s hard to know why machines are failing because we don’t have enough information. This problem gets even harder if we don’t know what caused past failures. Sensors can help us figure out what’s going on inside the machine by looking at how they behave as the machine starts to fail. The sensors might show different patterns depending on which failure mode is happening. In this paper, scientists developed a new way to use all these sensor signals together to first figure out what kind of failure is happening and then predict when the machine will stop working altogether. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Clustering
