Entropy, as a complexity measure, has been widely applied for time series analysis. One preeminent example is the design of machine condition monitoring and industrial fault-diagnostic systems. The occurrence of failures in a machine will typically lead to nonlinear characteristics in the measurements, caused by instantaneous variations, which can increase the complexity in the system response. Entropy measures are suitable to quantify such dynamic changes in the underlying process, distinguishing between different system conditions. However, notions of entropy are defined differently in various contexts (e.g., information theory and dynamical systems theory), which may confound researchers in the applied sciences. In this article, we have systematically reviewed the theoretical development of some fundamental entropy measures and clarified the relations among them. Then, typical entropy-based applications of machine fault-diagnostic systems are summarized. Furthermore, insights into possible applications of the entropy measures are explained, as to where and how these measures can be useful toward future data-driven fault diagnosis methodologies. Finally, potential research trends in this area are discussed, with the intent of improving online entropy estimation and expanding its applicability to a wider range of intelligent fault-diagnostic systems.

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Entropy Measures in Machine Fault Diagnosis: Insights and Applications

This study introduces an explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) approach of convolutional neural networks (CNNs) for classification in vibration signals analysis First, vibration signals are transformed into images by short-time Fourier transform (STFT) A CNN is applied as classification model, and Gradient class activation mapping (Grad-CAM) is utilized to generate the attention of model By analyzing the attentions, the explanation of classification models for vibration signals analysis can be carried out Finally, the verifications of attention are introduced by neural networks, adaptive network-based fuzzy inference system (ANFIS), and decision trees to demonstrate the proposed results By the proposed methodology, the explanation of model using highlighted attentions is carried out

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Vibration Signals Analysis by Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Approach: Application on Bearing Faults Diagnosis

Qunfang Hu

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