This book is designed to help readers gain a working-level knowledge of machine learning-based dynamic process modeling techniques that have proven useful in process industry. Readers can leverage the concepts learned to build advanced solutions for process monitoring, soft sensing, inferential modeling, predictive maintenance, and process control for dynamic systems. The application-focused approach of the book is reader friendly and easily digestible to the practicing and aspiring process engineers, and data scientists. The authors of this book have drawn from their years of experience in developing data-driven industrial solutions to provide a guided tour along the wide range of available ML methods and declutter the world of machine learning for dynamic process modeling. Applications on time series analysis, process disturbance modeling, system identification, and process fault detection are illustrated with examples. Upon completion, readers will be able to confidently navigate the system identification literature and make judicious selection of modeling approaches suitable for their problems.

This book has been divided into three parts. Part 1 of the book provides perspectives on the importance of ML for dynamic process modeling and lays down the basic foundations of ML-DPM (machine learning for dynamic process modeling). Part 2 provides in-detail presentation of classical ML techniques (such as ARX, FIR, OE, ARMAX, ARIMAX, CVA, NARX, etc.) and has been written keeping in mind the different modeling requirements and process characteristics that determine a model’s suitability for a problem at hand. These include, amongst others, presence of multiple correlated outputs, process nonlinearity, need for low model bias, need to model disturbance signal accurately, etc. Part 3 is focused on artificial neural networks and deep learning.

The following topics are broadly covered:

·       Exploratory analysis of dynamic dataset

·       Best practices for dynamic modeling

·       Linear and discrete-time classical parametric and non-parametric models

·       State-space models for MIMO systems

·       Nonlinear system identification and closed-loop identification

·       Neural networks-based dynamic process modeling 

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This book is designed to help readers quickly gain a working knowledge of machine learning-based techniques that are widely employed for building equipment condition monitoring, plantwide monitoring, and predictive maintenance solutions in process industry. The book covers a broad spectrum of techniques ranging from univariate control charts to deep learning-based prediction of remaining useful life. Consequently, the readers can leverage the concepts learned to build advanced solutions for fault detection, fault diagnosis, and fault prognosis. The application focused approach of the book is reader friendly and easily digestible to the practicing and aspiring process engineers and data scientists. Upon completion, readers will be able to confidently navigate the Prognostics and Health Management literature and make judicious selection of modeling approaches suitable for their problems.

This book has been divided into seven parts. Part 1 lays down the basic foundations of ML-assisted process and equipment condition monitoring, and predictive maintenance. Part 2 provides in-detail presentation of classical ML techniques for univariate signal monitoring. Different types of control charts and time-series pattern matching methodologies are discussed. Part 3 is focused on the widely popular multivariate statistical process monitoring (MSPM) techniques. Emphasis is paid to both the fault detection and fault isolation/diagnosis aspects. Part 4 covers the process monitoring applications of classical machine learning techniques such as k-NN, isolation forests, support vector machines, etc. These techniques come in handy for processes that cannot be satisfactorily handled via MSPM techniques. Part 5 navigates the world of artificial neural networks (ANN) and studies the different ANN structures that are commonly employed for fault detection and diagnosis in process industry. Part 6 focusses on vibration-based monitoring of rotating machinery and Part 7 deals with prognostic techniques for predictive maintenance applications.

Broadly, the book covers the following:

• Exploratory analysis of process data
• Best practices for process monitoring and predictive maintenance solutions
• Univariate monitoring via control charts and time series data mining
• Multivariate statistical process monitoring techniques (PCA, PLS, FDA, etc.)
• Machine learning and deep learning techniques to handle dynamic, nonlinear, and multimodal processes
• Fault detection and diagnosis of rotating machinery using vibration data
• Remaining useful life predictions for predictive maintenance

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