On-line parameter estimation for a partially observable system subject to random failure

On-line parameter estimation for a partially observable system subject to random failure

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Article ID: iaor20072834
Country: United States
Volume: 53
Issue: 5
Start Page Number: 477
End Page Number: 483
Publication Date: Aug 2006
Journal: Naval Research Logistics
Authors: ,
Keywords: statistics: inference
Abstract:

In this paper, we study the on-line parameter estimation problem for a partially observable system subject to deterioration and random failure. The state of the system evolves according to a continuous time homogeneous Markov process with a finite state space. The system state is not observable, except for the failure state. The information related to the system state is available at discrete times through inspections. A recursive maximum likelihood (RML) algorithm is proposed for the on-line parameter estimation of the model. The RML algorithm proposed in the paper is considerably faster and easier to apply than other RML algorithms in the literature, because it does not require projection into the constraint domain and calculation of the gradient on the surface of the constraint manifolds. The algorithm is illustrated by an example using real vibration data.

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