In this paper, a novel similarity classifier which synthesizes the adaptive resonance theory (ART) and the similarity classifier based on the Yu’s norm is proposed. The proposed ART-similarity classifier can not only carry out training without forgetting previously trained patterns but also be adaptive to changes in the environment. In order to test the proposed classifier, it is applied to the fault diagnosis of rolling element bearings. Before application to the fault diagnosis of bearings, considering computation burden principal component analysis (PCA) is proposed to reduce the number of features. The PCs are input the proposed classifier to diagnose the faulty bearings. The experiment results testify that the proposed classifier can identify the faults accurately. Furthermore, in order to validate the effectiveness of the proposed classifier further, it compares with other neural networks, such as the fuzzy ART, self-organising feature maps (SOFMs) and radial basis function (RBF) neural network through diagnosing the bearings under the same conditions. The comparison results confirm the superiority of the proposed method.

A novel selective ensemble of multiple fuzzy ARTMAP (FAM) classifiers based on the correlation measure method and Bayesian belief method is proposed to apply to the fault diagnosis of rolling element bearings in this paper. The test results show that the selective ensemble of four optimal FAM classifiers can identify the different fault categories accurately and has a better classification performance compared to the single FAM and ensemble of all FAM classifiers.

A novel prediction method which combined evolutionary strategy with least-square support vector machine is presented and applied to the trend prediction of hydraulic liquid leakage in this paper. In order to improve the prediction performance, the evolutionary strategy is employed to optimize the internal parameters of least-square support vector machine. Through the experiment study, the result validated the effectiveness of the prediction method, and it is also demonstrated that the method is able to do the short-term fault prediction for the hydraulic system.

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