Fault diagnosis by multisensor data: A data-driven approach based on spectral clustering and pairwise constraints

This paper deals with clustering based on feature selection of multisensor data in high-dimensional space. Spectral clustering algorithms are efficient tools in signal processing for grouping datasets sampled by multisensor systems for fault diagnosis. The effectiveness of spectral clustering stems from constructing an embedding space based on an affinity matrix. This matrix shows the pairwise similarity of the data points. Clustering is then obtained by determining the spectral decomposition of the Laplacian graph. In the manufacturing field, clustering is an essential strategy for fault diagnosis. In this study, an enhanced spectral clustering approach is presented, which is augmented with pairwise constraints, and that results in efficient identification of fault scenarios. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is described using a real case study about a diesel injection control system for fault detection.