Technical Communique: A note on nonparametric kernel smoothing for model-free fault symptom generation

  • Authors:
  • G. Fenu;T. Parisini

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Electrical, Electronic, and Computer Engineering, University of Trieste, Via Valerio 10, 34175 Trieste, Italy;Department of Electronic Engineering and Information Sciences, Politecnico di Milano, P.za Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

This note describes a novel approach to the generation of fault symptoms in nonlinear systems. The method is model-free, in that no analytical model of a plant is needed. The kernel smoother makes it possible to detect abrupt changes in the plant dynamics, possibly due to some malfunction. A simple sufficient condition for fault detectability is proved and experimental results on a real benchmark are reported.