Title
A Cognitive Fault Diagnosis System for Distributed Sensor Networks
Abstract
This paper introduces a novel cognitive fault diagnosis system (FDS) for distributed sensor networks that takes advantage of spatial and temporal relationships among sensors. The proposed FDS relies on a suitable functional graph representation of the network and a two-layer hierarchical architecture designed to promptly detect and isolate faults. The lower processing layer exploits a novel change detection test (CDT) based on hidden Markov models (HMMs) configured to detect variations in the relationships between couples of sensors. HMMs work in the parameter space of linear time-invariant dynamic systems, approximating, over time, the relationship between two sensors; changes in the approximating model are detected by inspecting the HMM likelihood. Information provided by the CDT layer is then passed to the cognitive one, which, by exploiting the graph representation of the network, aggregates information to discriminate among faults, changes in the environment, and false positives induced by the model bias of the HMMs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/TNNLS.2013.2253491
Neural Networks and Learning Systems, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
distributed sensors,fault diagnosis,graph theory,hidden Markov models,CDT layer,FDS,HMM likelihood,change detection test,cognitive fault diagnosis system,distributed sensor networks,functional graph representation,hidden Markov models,linear time-invariant dynamic systems,two-layer hierarchical architecture,Distributed sensor network,fault diagnosis,hidden Markov model,intelligent sensors
Graph theory,Change detection,Pattern recognition,Computer science,Parameter space,Artificial intelligence,Hidden Markov model,Wireless sensor network,Machine learning,Dynamical system,Graph (abstract data type),False positive paradox
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
24
8
2162-237X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
21
1.09
23
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Cesare Alippi11040115.84
Stavros Ntalampiras216616.15
Manuel Roveri327230.19