Variance Shifts Identification Model of Bivariate Process Based on LS-SVM Pattern Recognizer

Multivariate Statistical Process Control (MSPC) techniques are effective tools for detecting the abnormalities of multivariate process variation. MSPC techniques are based on overall statistics; this has caused the difficulties in interpretation of the alarm signal, that is, MSPC charts do not provide the necessary information about which process variables (or subset of them) are responsible for the signal, and this task is left up to the quality engineers in production field. This article proposes a model based on LS-SVM pattern recognizer to diagnose the bivariate process abnormality in covariance matrix. The main property of this model is a supplement of MSPC |S| chart to identify the variable(s) which is (are) responsible for the process abnormality when |S| chart issue a warning signal. Through simulation experiment, the performance of the model is evaluated by accuracy rate of pattern recognition. The results indicate that the proposed model is an effective method to interpret the root causes of the process abnormality. A bivariate example is presented to illustrate the application of the proposed model.

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