Using MLP-GABP and SVM with Wavelet Packet Transform Based Feature
Extraction for Fault Diagnosis of a Centrifugal Pump
Abstract
In this paper, a hybrid training method for Multilayer Perceptron (MLP)
is proposed based on combining Back Propagation (BP) and Genetic
Algorithm (GA). The proposed scheme is compared with the Support Vector
Machine approach to classify six fault conditions and the normal
condition of a centrifugal pump. Two training algorithms were tested and
compared. Features were extracted using Wavelet Packet Transform (WPT)
with three levels decomposition, and two mother wavelets were used to
investigate their effectiveness on feature extraction. Furthermore, GA
is also used to optimize the number of hidden layers and neurons of MLP.
The results obtained, show improved performance on the feature
extraction, GA based hidden layers and neurons selection, training
algorithm, and classification performance using the proposed scheme.