Abstract:

In this paper, a multi-model soft sensor method based on Dempster-Shafer theory (DS) and Gaussian process regression (GPR) was proposed. Firstly, GPR was used to build the sub-models of the proposed soft sensor after clustering training dataset. Secondly, the initial weightings were designed based on membership functions and output posteriori probabilities of GPR based sub-models, respectively. And the initial weightings were fused using the combination rule of DS. Finally, the weighted sum of sub-models with the fused weightings was used to output predictive means and uncertainty. The proposed method was validated on simulation data of a penicillin fermentation process and industrial data of an erythromycin fermentation process. For comparisons, single model-based soft sensor and traditional multi-model soft sensor were also studied. Simulations showed that the proposed method had better predictive accuracy and lower predictive uncertainty.

Key words: soft sensor, multi-model, Gaussian process regression, Dempster-Shafer theory, instrumentation, fermentation, algorithm

摘要：

针对生物发酵过程,提出了一种基于证据理论的高斯过程回归多模型软测量方法,其中多模型融合策略同时考虑了数据聚类特性和软测量子模型统计特性。首先,对聚类后的各子类建立高斯过程回归子模型;然后,基于聚类隶属度函数和高斯过程回归子模型后验概率分别设计子模型权值,并利用证据合成规则将两类权值进行证据合成得到融合权值;最后,将该融合权值作为加权因子对子模型进行融合。通过青霉素发酵过程仿真数据和红霉素发酵过程工业数据研究表明, 相比单一模型和传统多模型高斯过程回归软测量方法,本文所提方法具有较高的预测精度和较小的预测不确定度。

关键词: 软测量, 多模型, 高斯过程回归, 证据理论, 仪表, 发酵, 算法