Title
Automatically Detecting Excavator Anomalies Based on Machine Learning.
Abstract
Excavators are one of the most frequently used pieces of equipment in large-scale construction projects. They are closely related to the construction speed and total cost of the entire project. Therefore, it is very important to effectively monitor their operating status and detect abnormal conditions. Previous research work was mainly based on expert systems and traditional statistical models to detect excavator anomalies. However, these methods are not particularly suitable for modern sophisticated excavators. In this paper, we take the first step and explore the use of machine learning methods to automatically detect excavator anomalies by mining its working condition data collected from multiple sensors. The excavators we studied are from Sany Group, the largest construction machinery manufacturer in China. We have collected 40 days working condition data of 107 excavators from Sany. In addition, we worked with six excavator operators and engineers for more than a month to clean the original data and mark the anomalous samples. Based on the processed data, we have designed three anomaly detection schemes based on machine learning methods, using support vector machine (SVM), back propagation (BP) neural network and decision tree algorithms, respectively. Based on the real excavator data, we have carried out a comprehensive evaluation. The results show that the anomaly detection accuracy is as high as 99.88%, which is obviously superior to the previous methods based on expert systems and traditional statistical models.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.3390/sym11080957
SYMMETRY-BASEL
Keywords
Field
DocType
excavator,anomaly detection,machine learning,SVM,BP neural network,decision tree
Anomaly detection,Decision tree,Support vector machine,Expert system,Excavator,Statistical model,Artificial intelligence,Backpropagation,Artificial neural network,Machine learning,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
11
8
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Qingqing Zhou100.34
Guo Chen2157.69
Wenjun Jiang335624.25
Kenli Li41389124.28
Keqin Li52778242.13