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  • Computer Science

Background:

  • Traditional Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) methods are inadequate for complex systems due to short production cycles and rapid technological advancements.
  • Testability and maintainability design present significant challenges within existing PHM frameworks, often requiring extensive labor and leading to inefficient sensor data utilization.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an optimized test strategy for Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) that addresses the limitations of traditional approaches.
  • To create a closed-loop system integrating testability and maintenance for enhanced fault diagnostics.

Main Methods:

  • Proposed a novel test strategy optimization based on soft-sensing and ensemble belief measurements.
  • Developed an adaptive fault diagnostic tree incorporating soft-sensor nodes, utilizing Extreme Learning Machine (ELM) and Affinity Propagation (AP).
  • Constructed a closed-loop system connecting testability and maintenance, moving beyond serial PHM design.

Main Results:

  • The proposed method achieved superior performance compared to state-of-the-art techniques in fault diagnostics.
  • Demonstrated increased diagnostic flexibility and significant reduction in human labor for testability design.
  • The adaptive diagnostic tree generated proved highly efficient and flexible.

Conclusions:

  • The developed soft-sensing and ensemble belief measurement-based PHM strategy offers a more effective and adaptable solution for complex systems.
  • This approach overcomes the practical limitations of traditional PHM, enhancing both diagnostic capabilities and design efficiency.
  • Significant savings in human labor and improved diagnostic flexibility are key benefits of the proposed method.