Pub Date : 2026-03-15Epub Date: 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108457
Xikui Liu , Yapeng Teng , Yan Li
This paper mainly addresses the finite-time mixed H2/H∞ control issue of stochastic T-S fuzzy networked control systems with semi-Markov switching by constructing a dynamic output feedback controller (DOFC). Firstly, a novel criterion of finite-time stability (FTS) is defined for stochastic systems, and by employing linear matrix inequality (LMI) and the free-weighting matrix methods, sufficient conditions for the system to satisfy this definition are given. Then, a new Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional (LKF) associated with the sojourn time is constructed for semi-Markov jump systems (semi-MJSs), this function encompasses the entire Markov switching process and augments the practical applicability of the results. Furthermore, considering the transition rates (TRs) matrix of semi-MJSs is time-varying, we suppose that the TRs matrix belongs to a bounded yet unfixed polytope to overcome the computational challenges induced by time-varying TRs. Next, in order to reduce communication burden of stochastic networked semi-MJSs and save network resources, the event-triggered mechanism (ETM) and the quantized output strategy are adopted simultaneously. Finally, a solution algorithm is proposed based on the obtained conditions, and the feasibility of this work is verified through the practical application of a mass-spring-damper mechanical system (MSDMS) and a comparative example.
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Pub Date : 2026-03-15Epub Date: 2026-02-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108463
Yuzhuo Zhao , Dan Ma
The thermoacoustic system with the thermal inertia in the Rijke tube is considered, where the thermal inertia between the unstable heat release and the velocity field in the Rijke tube refers to a time-delay. To suppress the thermoacoustic instability phenomenon, a time-delay bound-dependent active control is designed for the thermoacoustic system with the known and the unknown heat release rates. Unlike previous works, a time-delay bound-dependent active controller is proposed to make sure the velocity and pressure of the thermoacoustic system with the known and the unknown heat release rates to converge to a small neighborhood about the zero, in the case of the unknown upper bound on the unknown time-delay. Moreover, this control method can calculate the maximum allowable time-delay of the active controller. In addition, considering the known heat release rate, the maximum allowable time-delay of the active controller is related to the control gain or physical parameters of the thermoacoustic system; When considering the unknown heat release rate, the maximum allowable time-delay of the active controller is only related to the control gain. Finally, the effectiveness of the active control methods are proved through the simulation experiment.
{"title":"Thermal inertia analysis and its bound-dependent active control for thermoacoustic systems","authors":"Yuzhuo Zhao , Dan Ma","doi":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108463","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108463","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The thermoacoustic system with the thermal inertia in the Rijke tube is considered, where the thermal inertia between the unstable heat release and the velocity field in the Rijke tube refers to a time-delay. To suppress the thermoacoustic instability phenomenon, a time-delay bound-dependent active control is designed for the thermoacoustic system with the known and the unknown heat release rates. Unlike previous works, a time-delay bound-dependent active controller is proposed to make sure the velocity and pressure of the thermoacoustic system with the known and the unknown heat release rates to converge to a small neighborhood about the zero, in the case of the unknown upper bound on the unknown time-delay. Moreover, this control method can calculate the maximum allowable time-delay of the active controller. In addition, considering the known heat release rate, the maximum allowable time-delay of the active controller is related to the control gain or physical parameters of the thermoacoustic system; When considering the unknown heat release rate, the maximum allowable time-delay of the active controller is only related to the control gain. Finally, the effectiveness of the active control methods are proved through the simulation experiment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Franklin Institute-engineering and Applied Mathematics","volume":"363 5","pages":"Article 108463"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146122638","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-15Epub Date: 2026-02-02DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108459
Xianlei Zhang , Yan Zhang , Qing Hu , Zongyu Han
In this paper, an adaptive fixed-time preset performance control strategy is proposed for the upper limb exoskeleton (ULE) with arbitrary initial errors. By integrating a prescribed performance function with a switching function-based nonlinear transformation, this method eliminates the conventional requirement that the initial errors must satisfy specific constraints. Meanwhile, the tracking control of the ULE system is transformed into the boundedness problem of transformation functions. The ULE system will achieve its predetermined performance within a fixed time if the transformation functions are fixed-time bounded. Leveraging the backstepping control framework, an adaptive fixed-time controller is constructed. The tracking errors converge to a narrow range around zero within a fixed time without violating the predefined constraints. The effectiveness and practicability of the proposed control approach are validated by simulation and experiment.
{"title":"Adaptive fixed-time prescribed performance control for the upper limb exoskeleton with arbitrary initial errors","authors":"Xianlei Zhang , Yan Zhang , Qing Hu , Zongyu Han","doi":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108459","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108459","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this paper, an adaptive fixed-time preset performance control strategy is proposed for the upper limb exoskeleton (ULE) with arbitrary initial errors. By integrating a prescribed performance function with a switching function-based nonlinear transformation, this method eliminates the conventional requirement that the initial errors must satisfy specific constraints. Meanwhile, the tracking control of the ULE system is transformed into the boundedness problem of transformation functions. The ULE system will achieve its predetermined performance within a fixed time if the transformation functions are fixed-time bounded. Leveraging the backstepping control framework, an adaptive fixed-time controller is constructed. The tracking errors converge to a narrow range around zero within a fixed time without violating the predefined constraints. The effectiveness and practicability of the proposed control approach are validated by simulation and experiment.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Franklin Institute-engineering and Applied Mathematics","volume":"363 5","pages":"Article 108459"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146172563","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-15Epub Date: 2025-12-21DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2025.108351
Xiaonan Xia, Zihang Tong, Tianping Zhang, Jianwen Pan
A finite-time state event-triggered control strategy is developed based on adaptive dynamic surface control (DSC) approach for multi-agent nonlinear systems including unknown time-varying input delays and input quantization. The designed dynamic state-based event triggering mechanism is set to trigger the control signal when the system state error exceeds the dynamic threshold, and error calculation relies on partial neighbor agent information and local measurement information. A new input filtering error compensation system suitable for systems with input delay is designed. The semi-global finite-time stability of closed-loop systems with input delay is proven by constructing Lyapunov functionals, ensuring consensus error convergence and avoiding Zeno phenomenon. Finally, simulation results are presented to confirm the efficacy of the proposed control strategy.
{"title":"Event-triggered based finite-time adaptive control for multi-agent systems with unknown input delay and input quantization","authors":"Xiaonan Xia, Zihang Tong, Tianping Zhang, Jianwen Pan","doi":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2025.108351","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2025.108351","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>A finite-time state event-triggered control strategy is developed based on adaptive dynamic surface control (DSC) approach for multi-agent nonlinear systems including unknown time-varying input delays and input quantization. The designed dynamic state-based event triggering mechanism is set to trigger the control signal when the system state error exceeds the dynamic threshold, and error calculation relies on partial neighbor agent information and local measurement information. A new input filtering error compensation system suitable for systems with input delay is designed. The semi-global finite-time stability of closed-loop systems with input delay is proven by constructing Lyapunov functionals, ensuring consensus error convergence and avoiding Zeno phenomenon. Finally, simulation results are presented to confirm the efficacy of the proposed control strategy.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Franklin Institute-engineering and Applied Mathematics","volume":"363 5","pages":"Article 108351"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146172503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-15Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108483
Jiaxu Liu , Pengkai Wang , Song Chen , Shengze Cai , Chao Xu
This paper addresses distributed optimization problems with equality constraints within the framework of cooperation-competition network. Motivated by the exceptional performance of proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controllers, we propose an accelerated distributed optimization algorithm to decompose the distributed optimization problem on the cooperation-competition network into two cooperative subnetworks and address them. By leveraging the Lyapunov stability theorem, we establish the exponential convergence of our algorithm over undirected connected and structurally balanced cooperation-competition graphs when the parameters (e.g., kp, ki, kd) are selected within certain ranges, assuming that the local objective functions are smooth and strongly convex. Additionally, we provide guidelines for selecting appropriate parameter values (e.g., kp, ki, kd). Furthermore, we show that the D-PID-CCN has great potential for nonconvex distributed optimization over the cooperation-competition network. Finally, we present the effectiveness and superiority of our proposed algorithms on several numerical simulations.
本文研究了合作-竞争网络框架下具有平等约束的分布式优化问题。基于比例-积分-导数(PID)控制器的优异性能,提出了一种加速分布式优化算法,将合作-竞争网络上的分布式优化问题分解为两个合作子网络,并对其进行求解。利用Lyapunov稳定性定理,在局部目标函数光滑且强凸的条件下,当参数(如kp, ki, kd)在一定范围内选择时,我们建立了算法在无向连接且结构平衡的合作竞争图上的指数收敛性。此外,我们还提供了选择适当参数值(例如,kp, ki, kd)的指南。此外,我们还证明了D-PID-CCN在合作-竞争网络上具有很大的非凸分布优化潜力。最后,在几个数值模拟中证明了所提算法的有效性和优越性。
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Pub Date : 2026-03-15Epub Date: 2026-02-09DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108497
Qing-Hao Zhang , Xiao-Chuang Jin , Jun-Guo Lu , Zhen Zhu
Complex Industrial Internet systems are often challenged by communication delays, posing significant threats to the stability of the systems. This paper conducts an in-depth investigation into the stability problems of a representative model, fractional-order time-delay systems, in Industrial Internet. The paper aims to provide theoretical support for enhancing the stability in interconnected industrial systems. To conclude this goal, the stability problem of fractional-order time-delay systems is transformed to the robust stability problem of delay-free interconnected uncertain systems. By applying the small gain theorem and fractional-order bounded real lemma, a delay-dependent stability condition is derived. Then, different covering sets and well-designed filters that capture the phase and gain information of the uncertainties are utilized to further reduce the conservatism of the proposed stability condition. The results are formulated as linear/bilinear matrix inequalities (LMIs/BMIs), and the proposed LMI/BMI criteria yield enlarged delay margins compared with previously reported conditions in the literature. Finally, two examples are analyzed and the results indicate that the new proposed conditions are effective and have less conservatism than other existing criteria.
{"title":"Less conservative stability conditions of fractional-order time-delay systems using covering sets and filters","authors":"Qing-Hao Zhang , Xiao-Chuang Jin , Jun-Guo Lu , Zhen Zhu","doi":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108497","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108497","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Complex Industrial Internet systems are often challenged by communication delays, posing significant threats to the stability of the systems. This paper conducts an in-depth investigation into the stability problems of a representative model, fractional-order time-delay systems, in Industrial Internet. The paper aims to provide theoretical support for enhancing the stability in interconnected industrial systems. To conclude this goal, the stability problem of fractional-order time-delay systems is transformed to the robust stability problem of delay-free interconnected uncertain systems. By applying the small gain theorem and fractional-order bounded real lemma, a delay-dependent stability condition is derived. Then, different covering sets and well-designed filters that capture the phase and gain information of the uncertainties are utilized to further reduce the conservatism of the proposed stability condition. The results are formulated as linear/bilinear matrix inequalities (LMIs/BMIs), and the proposed LMI/BMI criteria yield enlarged delay margins compared with previously reported conditions in the literature. Finally, two examples are analyzed and the results indicate that the new proposed conditions are effective and have less conservatism than other existing criteria.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Franklin Institute-engineering and Applied Mathematics","volume":"363 5","pages":"Article 108497"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146172564","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-15Epub Date: 2026-01-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2025.108398
Hongwei Chen , Shengmei Xiang , Hengyu Gu
This article deals with the state estimation problem for a class of time-varying systems subject to stochastic nonlinearities and channel noise over sensor networks. A binary encoding scheme (BES) is employed in the filter design to overcome distortions caused by the limited communication capacity. In addition, stochastic perturbations are introduced into the filter gain to characterize the resilience of the filter. Measurements are transmitted as bit strings over a binary symmetric channel, taking into account the stochastic bit flips. An upper bound of estimation error covariance is derived with the help of the inductive approach, and such an upper bound is subsequently minimized to design the filter parameters at each time instant. Finally, a numerical example is employed to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed approach.
{"title":"Resilient state estimation for nonlinear systems: A binary encoding scheme under stochastic bit flips","authors":"Hongwei Chen , Shengmei Xiang , Hengyu Gu","doi":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2025.108398","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2025.108398","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This article deals with the state estimation problem for a class of time-varying systems subject to stochastic nonlinearities and channel noise over sensor networks. A binary encoding scheme (BES) is employed in the filter design to overcome distortions caused by the limited communication capacity. In addition, stochastic perturbations are introduced into the filter gain to characterize the resilience of the filter. Measurements are transmitted as bit strings over a binary symmetric channel, taking into account the stochastic bit flips. An upper bound of estimation error covariance is derived with the help of the inductive approach, and such an upper bound is subsequently minimized to design the filter parameters at each time instant. Finally, a numerical example is employed to confirm the effectiveness of the proposed approach.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Franklin Institute-engineering and Applied Mathematics","volume":"363 5","pages":"Article 108398"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146172575","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-15Epub Date: 2026-02-02DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108455
Mohamed Kharrat
This work addresses the finite-time adaptive control of a class of strict-feedback nonlinear cyber-physical systems (CPSs) subject to external disturbances, sensor deception attacks, and actuator hysteresis. To handle unmeasured states caused by malicious sensor interference, a fuzzy logic-based state observer is designed, exploiting its approximation capability to reconstruct the unknown states. An output-feedback control scheme is developed by incorporating a Nussbaum-type function, ensuring stability despite unknown control gains. The proposed approach guarantees that all closed-loop signals remain bounded and system states converge to desired trajectories within a finite-time. Simulation results on a third-order electromechanical system demonstrate accurate state estimation and rapid tracking performance. Comparative analysis with an existing adaptive resilient control method shows the proposed scheme achieves faster convergence and higher estimation accuracy, highlighting its robustness and effectiveness in mitigating sensor attacks and actuator nonlinearities.
{"title":"Adaptive fuzzy finite-time observer-based control for nonlinear cyber-physical systems with actuator hysteresis and sensor deception attacks","authors":"Mohamed Kharrat","doi":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108455","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108455","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This work addresses the finite-time adaptive control of a class of strict-feedback nonlinear cyber-physical systems (CPSs) subject to external disturbances, sensor deception attacks, and actuator hysteresis. To handle unmeasured states caused by malicious sensor interference, a fuzzy logic-based state observer is designed, exploiting its approximation capability to reconstruct the unknown states. An output-feedback control scheme is developed by incorporating a Nussbaum-type function, ensuring stability despite unknown control gains. The proposed approach guarantees that all closed-loop signals remain bounded and system states converge to desired trajectories within a finite-time. Simulation results on a third-order electromechanical system demonstrate accurate state estimation and rapid tracking performance. Comparative analysis with an existing adaptive resilient control method shows the proposed scheme achieves faster convergence and higher estimation accuracy, highlighting its robustness and effectiveness in mitigating sensor attacks and actuator nonlinearities.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Franklin Institute-engineering and Applied Mathematics","volume":"363 5","pages":"Article 108455"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146172572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-15Epub Date: 2026-02-10DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108494
Wanning Peng , Chen Chen , Zhengrong Xiang
In this article, a practical prescribed-time (PPT) formation control strategy is proposed for multiple nonholonomic mobile robots (NMRs). Due to the limited communication range of devices and the physical size of robots, the connectivity maintenance and collision avoidance are considered. Firstly, a bounded and differentiable saturated prescribed-time adjustment (SPTA) function is introduced, allowing users to specify the settling time. Subsequently, a virtual multi-robot system is constructed by employing a potential function that incorporates both the communication range and the safe distance, which generates reference trajectories for the actual mobile robots. Additionally, fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) are employed to approximate the unknown dynamics of the NMR model. In particular, adaptive techniques are further introduced to compensate for the approximation errors, thus improving the accuracy of the approximation. The control scheme ensures that multiple NMRs achieve a desired formation pattern within a prescribed time while satisfying the connectivity and collision avoidance requirements. Finally, simulations are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.
{"title":"Practical prescribed-time formation control of nonholonomic mobile robots with connectivity maintenance and collision avoidance","authors":"Wanning Peng , Chen Chen , Zhengrong Xiang","doi":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108494","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108494","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In this article, a practical prescribed-time (PPT) formation control strategy is proposed for multiple nonholonomic mobile robots (NMRs). Due to the limited communication range of devices and the physical size of robots, the connectivity maintenance and collision avoidance are considered. Firstly, a bounded and differentiable saturated prescribed-time adjustment (SPTA) function is introduced, allowing users to specify the settling time. Subsequently, a virtual multi-robot system is constructed by employing a potential function that incorporates both the communication range and the safe distance, which generates reference trajectories for the actual mobile robots. Additionally, fuzzy logic systems (FLSs) are employed to approximate the unknown dynamics of the NMR model. In particular, adaptive techniques are further introduced to compensate for the approximation errors, thus improving the accuracy of the approximation. The control scheme ensures that multiple NMRs achieve a desired formation pattern within a prescribed time while satisfying the connectivity and collision avoidance requirements. Finally, simulations are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control method.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Franklin Institute-engineering and Applied Mathematics","volume":"363 5","pages":"Article 108494"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146172562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-03-15Epub Date: 2026-02-07DOI: 10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108471
Hao Guocheng , Wang Pei , Guo Juan , Li Xiangbo , Liu Cong , Wang Lei
To address anomaly detection challenge in industrial manufacturing, this paper proposes a modified Blaschke product decomposition method based on the maximal selection principle of the greedy algorithm for extracting deep graph signal features, with application to vibration signal anomaly detection. The method employs the greedy algorithm to determine the eigenroots of the Blaschke product and constructs graph signals during the feature root unwinding decomposition process. The topological and spectral characteristics of these graph signals are characterized using Total Variation (TV) and Graph Fourier Total Trends (GFTT) to evaluate signal anomalies. Simulation experiments demonstrate that the extracted graph signal features effectively capture changes in feature distribution induced by artificial anomalies. The derived TV and GFTT values successfully characterize the topology, intensity distribution, and fluctuation patterns of graph signals, enabling reliable fault discrimination. In practical validation, the method was applied to vibration signals collected from micro-motors of electro-hydraulic bridge plug sealing tools, where it effectively distinguished faulty motors from normal ones and achieved more accurate abnormality diagnosis. Comparative studies with traditional anomaly detection algorithms, including Principal Component Analysis, Wavelet Transform, Support Vector Machines, and Back Propagation Neural Networks, demonstrate that the proposed method achieves substantial improvements in anomaly detection accuracy while exhibiting lower computational complexity and shorter execution times. These advantages establish the method as an effective approach for vibration fault detection in industrial applications.
{"title":"A modified Blaschke product decomposition method for deep graph signal feature extraction and its application on anomaly detection","authors":"Hao Guocheng , Wang Pei , Guo Juan , Li Xiangbo , Liu Cong , Wang Lei","doi":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108471","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jfranklin.2026.108471","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>To address anomaly detection challenge in industrial manufacturing, this paper proposes a modified Blaschke product decomposition method based on the maximal selection principle of the greedy algorithm for extracting deep graph signal features, with application to vibration signal anomaly detection. The method employs the greedy algorithm to determine the eigenroots of the Blaschke product and constructs graph signals during the feature root unwinding decomposition process. The topological and spectral characteristics of these graph signals are characterized using Total Variation (TV) and Graph Fourier Total Trends (GFTT) to evaluate signal anomalies. Simulation experiments demonstrate that the extracted graph signal features effectively capture changes in feature distribution induced by artificial anomalies. The derived TV and GFTT values successfully characterize the topology, intensity distribution, and fluctuation patterns of graph signals, enabling reliable fault discrimination. In practical validation, the method was applied to vibration signals collected from micro-motors of electro-hydraulic bridge plug sealing tools, where it effectively distinguished faulty motors from normal ones and achieved more accurate abnormality diagnosis. Comparative studies with traditional anomaly detection algorithms, including Principal Component Analysis, Wavelet Transform, Support Vector Machines, and Back Propagation Neural Networks, demonstrate that the proposed method achieves substantial improvements in anomaly detection accuracy while exhibiting lower computational complexity and shorter execution times. These advantages establish the method as an effective approach for vibration fault detection in industrial applications.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":17283,"journal":{"name":"Journal of The Franklin Institute-engineering and Applied Mathematics","volume":"363 5","pages":"Article 108471"},"PeriodicalIF":4.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146172506","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}