Reduced Gaussian process regression for fault detection of chemical processes

In this paper, a reduced Gaussian process regression (RGPR)-based generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) is proposed for fault detection in industrial systems. In contrast to the classical GPR technique, the RGPR model can handle domains with a large number of activities that require very large training sets. The developed RGPR-based GLRT method aims first to build a RGPR model, then, it consists to apply GLRT to the monitored residuals obtained from PGPR for fault detection purposes. The fault detection performance of the developed RGPR-based GLRT method is illustrated through the Tennessee Eastman process. The simulation results show that the RGPR-based GLRT method outperforms the conventional GPR-based GLRT technique in terms of miss detection rate and CPU-time.