<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents data fusion algorithm of fault diagnosis considering sensor measurement uncertainty. Random-fuzzy variables (RFV) are used to model testing patterns (TPs) and fault template patterns (FTPs) respectively according to on-line sensor monitoring data and typical historical sensor data reflecting every fault mode. A similarity measure is given to calculate matching degree between a TP and each FTP in fault database such that Basic Probability Assignment (BPA) can be obtained by normalizing matching degree. Several BPAs provided by many sensor sources are fused by Dempster’s rule of combination. A diagnosis decision-making can be done according to the fusion results. Finally, the diagnosis examples of machine rotor system with vibration sensors show that the proposed method can enhance accuracy and reliability of data fusion-based diagnosis system.</p></abstract>

This paper presents data fusion algorithm of fault diagnosis considering sensor measurement uncertainty. Random-fuzzy variables (RFV) are used to model testing patterns (TPs) and fault template patterns (FTPs) respectively according to on-line sensor monitoring data and typical historical sensor data reflecting every fault mode. A similarity measure is given to calculate matching degree between a TP and each FTP in fault database such that Basic Probability Assignment (BPA) can be obtained by normalizing matching degree. Several BPAs provided by many sensor sources are fused by Dempster’s rule of combination. A diagnosis decision-making can be done according to the fusion results. Finally, the diagnosis examples of machine rotor system with vibration sensors show that the proposed method can enhance accuracy and reliability of data fusion-based diagnosis system.

Data Fusion Algorithm of Fault Diagnosis Considering Sensor Measurement Uncertainty

School of Automation Hangzhou Dianzi University Hangzhou

Institute of Industrial Process Control Zhejiang University Hangzhou

International Journal on Smart Sensing and Intelligent Systems

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This paper presents data fusion algorithm of fault diagnosis considering sensor measurement uncertainty. Random-fuzzy variables (RFV) are used to model testing...

Data Fusion Algorithm of Fault Diagnosis Considering Sensor Measurement Uncertainty

Pubblicato online: 20 feb 2013

Pagine: 171 - 190

Ricevuto: 30 ago 2012

Accettato: 11 gen 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/ijssis-2017-534

© 2013 Xu Xiaobin et al., published by Sciendo

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