Using a Time Delay Neural Network Approach to Diagnose the Out-of-Control Signals for a Multivariate Normal Process with Variance Shifts

With the rapid development of advanced sensor technologies, it has become popular to monitor multiple quality variables for a manufacturing process. Consequently, multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) charts have been commonly used for monitoring multivariate processes. The primary functio...

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Main Authors: Yuehjen E. Shao, Shih-Chieh Lin
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
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description With the rapid development of advanced sensor technologies, it has become popular to monitor multiple quality variables for a manufacturing process. Consequently, multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) charts have been commonly used for monitoring multivariate processes. The primary function of MSPC charts is to trigger an out-of-control signal when faults occur in a process. However, because two or more quality variables are involved in a multivariate process, it is very difficult to diagnose which one or which combination of quality variables is responsible for the MSPC signal. Though some statistical decomposition methods may provide possible solutions, the mathematical difficulty could confine the applications. This study presents a time delay neural network (TDNN) classifier to diagnose the quality variables that cause out-of-control signals for a multivariate normal process (MNP) with variance shifts. To demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed approach, a series of simulated experiments were conducted. The results were compared with artificial neural network (ANN), support vector machine (SVM) and multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) classifiers. It was found that the proposed TDNN classifier was able to accurately recognize the contributors of out-of-control signal for MNPs.
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spelling doaj.art-7371b4e2690240629dcc4e3a4ca4da682022-12-22T03:19:54ZengMDPI AGMathematics2227-73902019-10-0171095910.3390/math7100959math7100959Using a Time Delay Neural Network Approach to Diagnose the Out-of-Control Signals for a Multivariate Normal Process with Variance ShiftsYuehjen E. Shao0Shih-Chieh Lin1Department of Statistics and Information Science, Fu Jen Catholic University Xinzhuang Dist., New Taipei City 24205, TaiwanDepartment of Statistics and Information Science, Fu Jen Catholic University Xinzhuang Dist., New Taipei City 24205, TaiwanWith the rapid development of advanced sensor technologies, it has become popular to monitor multiple quality variables for a manufacturing process. Consequently, multivariate statistical process control (MSPC) charts have been commonly used for monitoring multivariate processes. The primary function of MSPC charts is to trigger an out-of-control signal when faults occur in a process. However, because two or more quality variables are involved in a multivariate process, it is very difficult to diagnose which one or which combination of quality variables is responsible for the MSPC signal. Though some statistical decomposition methods may provide possible solutions, the mathematical difficulty could confine the applications. This study presents a time delay neural network (TDNN) classifier to diagnose the quality variables that cause out-of-control signals for a multivariate normal process (MNP) with variance shifts. To demonstrate the effectiveness of our proposed approach, a series of simulated experiments were conducted. The results were compared with artificial neural network (ANN), support vector machine (SVM) and multivariate adaptive regression splines (MARS) classifiers. It was found that the proposed TDNN classifier was able to accurately recognize the contributors of out-of-control signal for MNPs.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/7/10/959time delay neural networksmultivariate normal processvariance shiftout-of-control signalsoft computing
spellingShingle Yuehjen E. Shao
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Using a Time Delay Neural Network Approach to Diagnose the Out-of-Control Signals for a Multivariate Normal Process with Variance Shifts
Mathematics
time delay neural networks
multivariate normal process
variance shift
out-of-control signal
soft computing
title Using a Time Delay Neural Network Approach to Diagnose the Out-of-Control Signals for a Multivariate Normal Process with Variance Shifts
title_full Using a Time Delay Neural Network Approach to Diagnose the Out-of-Control Signals for a Multivariate Normal Process with Variance Shifts
title_fullStr Using a Time Delay Neural Network Approach to Diagnose the Out-of-Control Signals for a Multivariate Normal Process with Variance Shifts
title_full_unstemmed Using a Time Delay Neural Network Approach to Diagnose the Out-of-Control Signals for a Multivariate Normal Process with Variance Shifts
title_short Using a Time Delay Neural Network Approach to Diagnose the Out-of-Control Signals for a Multivariate Normal Process with Variance Shifts
title_sort using a time delay neural network approach to diagnose the out of control signals for a multivariate normal process with variance shifts
topic time delay neural networks
multivariate normal process
variance shift
out-of-control signal
soft computing
url https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/7/10/959
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