Improving the performance of CMFD applications using multiple classifiers and a fusion framework

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-144

  Parikh, Chinmay R ^a   Pont, Michael J ^a   Jones, N Barrie ^a   Schlindwein, Fernando S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

classifier; CMFD; combination techniques; condition monitoring; data fusion; Dempster Shafer; expert system; neural network

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFIERS; DATA FUSION; DIAGNOSIS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; FAULT DETECTION; NEURAL NETWORKS; CONDITION MONITORING; COOLING SYSTEMS; PATTERN MATCHING; SENSOR DATA FUSION; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

CMFD; COMBINATION TECHNIQUES; DEMPSTER-SHAFER; DEMPSTER-SHAFER THEORY; ENGINE COOLING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL DIAGNOSTICS; MISCLASSIFICATIONS; MULTIPLE CLASSIFIERS; CONDITION MONITORING AND FAULT DIAGNOSIS (CMFD) SYSTEM;

CONDITION MONITORING; COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0037648799     PISSN: 01423312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0142331203tm080oa     Document Type: Article

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