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Monitoring the health of control system componentsOne characteristic of intelligent behavior is recognition of impaired capability. So an intelligent system should be able to monitor its own performance and determine when one of its components has failed - causing it to lose some degree of capability. This is especially important in autonomous operation which is one of the primary motivations for intelligent systems. This paper briefly reviews the principal approaches that have been suggested for monitoring control systems for failures of its sensors and actuators. The important characteristics of these methods are noted and two are selected for further consideration. These two methods, the failure detection filter and generalized parity relations, are described. Results of experiments are then given of detection and isolation of sensor failures using data taken on the Mini-Mast facility at the NASA Langley Research Center. The effects of certain design options are illustrated. The paper concludes with some observations about the general problem of monitoring the health of control systems.
Document ID
19910036592
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Vander Velde, W. E.
(MIT Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1990
Subject Category
Cybernetics
Accession Number
91A21215
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG1-968
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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