posted on 2025-08-01, 11:29authored byYabing Liu, Juncheng Wu, Jin Zhang, Man-Fai Leung
In modern industrial environments, quickly and accurately identifying faults is crucial for ensuring the smooth operation of production processes. Non-negative Matrix Factorization (NMF)-based fault detection technology has garnered attention due to its wide application in industrial process monitoring and machinery fault diagnosis. As an effective dimensionality reduction tool, NMF can decompose complex datasets into non-negative matrices with practical and physical significance, thereby extracting key features of the process. This paper presents a novel approach to fault detection in industrial processes, called Graph-Regularized Orthogonal Non-negative Matrix Factorization with Itakura–Saito Divergence (GONMF-IS). The proposed method addresses the challenges of fault detection in complex, non-Gaussian industrial environments. By using Itakura–Saito divergence, GONMF-IS effectively handles data with probabilistic distribution characteristics, improving the model’s ability to process non-Gaussian data. Additionally, graph regularization leverages the structural relationships among data points to refine the matrix factorization process, enhancing the robustness and adaptability of the algorithm. The incorporation of orthogonality constraints further enhances the independence and interpretability of the resulting factors. Through extensive experiments, the GONMF-IS method demonstrates superior performance in fault detection tasks, providing an effective and reliable tool for industrial applications. The results suggest that GONMF-IS offers significant improvements over traditional methods, offering a more robust and accurate solution for fault diagnosis in complex industrial settings.<p></p>