Process state and progress visualization using self-organizing map

Authors:
Risto Hakala;Timo Similä;Miki Sirola;Jukka Parviainen
Affiliations:
Laboratory of Computer and Information Science, Helsinki University of Technology, HUT, Finland;Laboratory of Computer and Information Science, Helsinki University of Technology, HUT, Finland;Laboratory of Computer and Information Science, Helsinki University of Technology, HUT, Finland;Laboratory of Computer and Information Science, Helsinki University of Technology, HUT, Finland
Venue:
IDEAL'06 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning
Year:
2006

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Abstract

The self-organizing map (SOM) [1] is used in data analysis for resolving and visualizing nonlinear relationships in complex data. This paper presents an application of the SOM for depicting state and progress of a real-time process. A self-organizing map is used as a visual regression model for estimating the state configuration and progress of an observation in process data. The proposed technique is used for examining full-scope nuclear power plant simulator data. One aim is to depict only the most relevant information of the process so that interpretating process behaviour would become easier for plant operators. In our experiments, the method was able to detect a leakage situation in an early stage and it was possible to observe how the system changed its state as time went on.