System state monitoring using recurrent local learning machine
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring a system instrumented with one or more sensors that measure a plurality of variables characterizing performance of the system, said system having at least one additional varying parameter descriptive of its circumstances, comprising the steps of:
- acquiring a current observation of the plurality of variables;
generating an estimate of an expected value for at least one of said plurality of variables;
comparing at least one said estimate to its corresponding measured variable; and
storing in computer-readable form in a memory device an indication of the performance of said system based at least in part on a result of the comparing step;
wherein said step of generating an estimate comprises;
providing a reference set of observations characteristic of expected performance of said system, each such reference set observation comprising at least a subset of the plurality of variables, and each such reference set observation further being associated with a value of the at least one additional varying parameter;
providing a measure of the at least one additional varying parameter relating to the acquired current observation;
selecting from said reference set a subset of observations that have an associated value of the at least one additional varying parameter sufficiently close to the measure of the at least one additional parameter relating to the acquired current observation;
forming a model set of observations from the selected subset of observations;
computing said estimate using the acquired current observation and the model set of observations in a similarity-based model; and
repeating these steps for generating an estimate for at least some of subsequently acquired current observations.
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Abstract
Reference data observations for given system are used to develop a reference set of such observations. Subsequent observations (comprising, in one embodiment, current observations) are then used to facilitate selection of portions of this reference set to yield a resultant set of observations that serves as a model. This model can then be used in comparison to actual system performance to detect, for example, a trend towards a faulty condition. Pursuant to a preferred approach, the model is recomputed from time to time and, pursuant to a particular embodiment, is recomputed with each new set of current observations.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring a system instrumented with one or more sensors that measure a plurality of variables characterizing performance of the system, said system having at least one additional varying parameter descriptive of its circumstances, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a current observation of the plurality of variables; generating an estimate of an expected value for at least one of said plurality of variables; comparing at least one said estimate to its corresponding measured variable; and storing in computer-readable form in a memory device an indication of the performance of said system based at least in part on a result of the comparing step; wherein said step of generating an estimate comprises; providing a reference set of observations characteristic of expected performance of said system, each such reference set observation comprising at least a subset of the plurality of variables, and each such reference set observation further being associated with a value of the at least one additional varying parameter; providing a measure of the at least one additional varying parameter relating to the acquired current observation; selecting from said reference set a subset of observations that have an associated value of the at least one additional varying parameter sufficiently close to the measure of the at least one additional parameter relating to the acquired current observation; forming a model set of observations from the selected subset of observations; computing said estimate using the acquired current observation and the model set of observations in a similarity-based model; and repeating these steps for generating an estimate for at least some of subsequently acquired current observations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for monitoring a system instrumented with one or more sensors that measure a plurality of variables characterizing performance of the system, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a current observation of the plurality of variables; generating an estimate of an expected value for at least one of said plurality of variables; comparing at least one said estimate to its corresponding measured variable; and storing in computer-readable form in a memory device an indication of the performance of said system based at least in part on a result of the comparing step; wherein said step of generating an estimate comprises; providing a reference set of observations characteristic of expected performance of said system, each such reference set observation comprising at least a subset of the plurality of variables; selecting from said reference set a subset of observations that have a similarity to the acquired current observation above a specified threshold; forming a model set of observations from the selected subset of observations; computing said estimate using the acquired current observation and the model set of observations in a similarity-based model; and repeating these steps for generating an estimate for at least some of subsequently acquired current observations. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus for monitoring a system instrumented with one or more sensors that measure a plurality of variables characterizing performance of the system, comprising:
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means for acquiring a current observation of the plurality of variables; a memory for storing a reference set of observations characteristic of expected performance of said system, each such reference set observation comprising at least a subset of the plurality of variables; a processor-executed module for selecting a subset of said reference set of observations having sufficient similarity to the acquired current observation and forming a model set of observations from the selected subset of observations; a processor-executed module for generating an estimate of an expected value for at least one of said plurality of variables using the acquired current observation and the model set of observations in a similarity-based model; a processor-executed module for comparing at least one said estimate to its corresponding measured variable to form a residual and determining an indication of the performance of said system based at least in part thereon; and a processor-executed module for examining the acquired current observation and for augmenting the reference set of observations stored in said memory with the data of the acquired current observation when at least one value from the acquired current observation is outside of a specified range, by adding the acquired current observation to the reference set of observations. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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