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A deep belief rule base-based fault diagnosis method for complex systems.

BoYing Zhao¹, QingXi Zhang¹, Wei He¹

¹Harbin Normal University, Harbin 150025, China.

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|May 22, 2024

Summary

This study introduces a deep belief rule base (DBRB) to address complex system fault diagnosis. The DBRB effectively reduces parameters and improves classification performance, tackling combinatorial explosion.

Keywords:

Combinatorial explosion Complex systems Deep belief rule base Fault diagnosis

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Background:

Complex systems face stability issues due to intricate structures and component interdependence.
Fault diagnosis is critical for maintaining operational stability in these systems.
The combinatorial explosion problem in traditional belief rule base (BRB) models hinders their efficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose an improved belief rule network structure, the deep belief rule base (DBRB), to address the combinatorial explosion problem.
To enhance the efficiency and performance of fault diagnosis in complex systems.
To improve the logic and readability of fault diagnosis models.

Main Methods:

Employed extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost) for feature selection to identify important variables.
Developed a progressive network structure by inputting features at different levels.
Implemented a reasoning and optimization process for the DBRB model.

Main Results:

The DBRB model demonstrated consistent improvement in classification performance with increased network depth.
Significantly reduced the number of parameters compared to traditional BRB models.
Effectively captured various fault features, enhancing model logic and readability.

Conclusions:

The proposed DBRB method effectively tackles combinatorial explosion in complex system fault diagnosis.
DBRB offers improved efficiency and classification performance over traditional BRB models.
This approach provides a novel perspective for diagnosing faults in intricate systems.