A Methodology for Multiple-Fault Diagnosis Based on the Independent Choice Logic

  • Authors:
  • Luis E. Garza;Francisco J. Cantu-Ortiz;Salvador Acevedo

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IBERAMIA-SBIA '00 Proceedings of the International Joint Conference, 7th Ibero-American Conference on AI: Advances in Artificial Intelligence
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

We propose a methodology to diagnose multiple faults in complex systems. The approach is based on the Independent Choice Logic (ICL) and comprises two phases. In phase 1 we generate the explanations of the observed symptoms and handle the combinatorial explosion with a heuristic. In phase 2 we observe process signals to detect abnormal behavior that can lead us to identify the real faulted components. A proposal is made to automate this task with Dynamic Bayesian Networks (DBNs) embedded in the ICL formalism. The overall scheme is intended to give a definite diagnosis. ICL is a framework, which comprises a theory and a development environment. We show that ICL can be scaled-up to real-world, industrial-strength problems by using it in diagnosing faults in an electrical power transmission network.