Fuzzy control charts are proposed to solve the problem that traditional control charts cannot be applied to fuzzy quality characteristics. First, fuzzy quality characteristics are converted to representative statistics, which are fuzzy mode transformation, fuzzy level midrange transformation and fuzzy level median transformation. Control charts are designed based on the Poisson distribution. Second, the effects of the different statistics are analysed. Direct Fuzzy Control Charts are designed to avoid some information omission when translating fuzzy quality characteristics into representative statistics. The area ratio that falls within the control limits is used to conclude whether the process is relative out of control or in control. The performance of the control charts is analysed by MATLAB simulation. Finally, an example of an energy metre assembly is given to prove the proposed method.
{"title":"Research on fuzzy control charts for fuzzy multilevel quality characteristics","authors":"Juan Zhou, Yuhang Huang, Zonghuan Wu","doi":"10.1051/IJMQE/2021003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/IJMQE/2021003","url":null,"abstract":"Fuzzy control charts are proposed to solve the problem that traditional control charts cannot be applied to fuzzy quality characteristics. First, fuzzy quality characteristics are converted to representative statistics, which are fuzzy mode transformation, fuzzy level midrange transformation and fuzzy level median transformation. Control charts are designed based on the Poisson distribution. Second, the effects of the different statistics are analysed. Direct Fuzzy Control Charts are designed to avoid some information omission when translating fuzzy quality characteristics into representative statistics. The area ratio that falls within the control limits is used to conclude whether the process is relative out of control or in control. The performance of the control charts is analysed by MATLAB simulation. Finally, an example of an energy metre assembly is given to prove the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":38371,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57886344","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper analyses the effect of the variability of metrological characteristics of a set of low-cost Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for the acceleration measurement, on the calculation of typical features used for condition monitoring (CM) of automatic production lines. The knowledge of the contribution of the variability of metrological characteristics to the final accuracy of features is an aspect of interest when networks of low-cost sensors are used, in particular in case the variability of their characteristics is high. In fact, due to a mass production, the calibration is not carried out sensor by sensor, but the characteristics are determined on a sample basis and assigned to the entire batch. Neglecting the variability between sensors can lead to effects on the results of data analysis, which are not easily predictable. In this paper, the real variability of the sensor's characteristics, experimentally evaluated through the calibration of a set of 25 low-cost MEMS accelerometers, has been taken into account. Digital sensitivity, signal-to-noise ratio and data rate variability of each device have been considered for the analysis. The analysis has been carried out with reference to two different test cases of industrial interest, by modifying the real outputs of high performance piezoelectric accelerometers used for CM, in order to simulate the effect of the metrological characteristics of MEMS sensors. The results show which features, among those typically used for CM, are more affected and which characteristics of MEMS are more influencing the features themselves, with reference to the specific considered applications.
{"title":"Use of MEMS sensors for condition monitoring of devices: discussion about the accuracy of features for diagnosis","authors":"G. D'Emilia, E. Natale","doi":"10.1051/IJMQE/2021011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/IJMQE/2021011","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyses the effect of the variability of metrological characteristics of a set of low-cost Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for the acceleration measurement, on the calculation of typical features used for condition monitoring (CM) of automatic production lines. The knowledge of the contribution of the variability of metrological characteristics to the final accuracy of features is an aspect of interest when networks of low-cost sensors are used, in particular in case the variability of their characteristics is high. In fact, due to a mass production, the calibration is not carried out sensor by sensor, but the characteristics are determined on a sample basis and assigned to the entire batch. Neglecting the variability between sensors can lead to effects on the results of data analysis, which are not easily predictable. In this paper, the real variability of the sensor's characteristics, experimentally evaluated through the calibration of a set of 25 low-cost MEMS accelerometers, has been taken into account. Digital sensitivity, signal-to-noise ratio and data rate variability of each device have been considered for the analysis. The analysis has been carried out with reference to two different test cases of industrial interest, by modifying the real outputs of high performance piezoelectric accelerometers used for CM, in order to simulate the effect of the metrological characteristics of MEMS sensors. The results show which features, among those typically used for CM, are more affected and which characteristics of MEMS are more influencing the features themselves, with reference to the specific considered applications.","PeriodicalId":38371,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57886615","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study evaluates the results of efficiency and consumption tests on gas household appliances and their influence on the classification of the Brazilian Labeling Program. Historically, based on results in interlaboratory comparisons, there is a doubt concerning if the algorithms correct properly the differences among different altitudes. Data from efficiency and consumption tests were collected in two cities with different altitudes, and the proposed calculation methodology is compared with the traditional one. The results show that the arithmetic average, used in the calculation of the efficiency of the burners on the stove table, justifies being replaced by the weighted average, after evaluating the behaviour of the data and treating outliers. The uncertainty of the efficiency and consumption tests was not enough to change the classification range of the product's energy efficiency label. It is concluded that statistically a difference is observed between the results at sea level and at altitude above sea level; since the tests were applied by the same operator using the same apparatus, the only parameter that leaves a doubt is the algorithms for the correction of the altitude. Shortly, this study will be part of a revised Brazilian standard.
{"title":"Metrological evaluation of efficiency and consumption of domestic gas cooking appliances","authors":"Rosana Medeiros Moreira, E. C. de Oliveira","doi":"10.1051/ijmqe/2021015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/ijmqe/2021015","url":null,"abstract":"This study evaluates the results of efficiency and consumption tests on gas household appliances and their influence on the classification of the Brazilian Labeling Program. Historically, based on results in interlaboratory comparisons, there is a doubt concerning if the algorithms correct properly the differences among different altitudes. Data from efficiency and consumption tests were collected in two cities with different altitudes, and the proposed calculation methodology is compared with the traditional one. The results show that the arithmetic average, used in the calculation of the efficiency of the burners on the stove table, justifies being replaced by the weighted average, after evaluating the behaviour of the data and treating outliers. The uncertainty of the efficiency and consumption tests was not enough to change the classification range of the product's energy efficiency label. It is concluded that statistically a difference is observed between the results at sea level and at altitude above sea level; since the tests were applied by the same operator using the same apparatus, the only parameter that leaves a doubt is the algorithms for the correction of the altitude. Shortly, this study will be part of a revised Brazilian standard.","PeriodicalId":38371,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57886726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In accordance with the recent version of ISO 376:2011, the classification of the force transducers is based on the relative errors calculated from the calibration results. This classification approach doesn't take the uncertainty of measurement into consideration. It becomes one of the most important factors that must be utilized when making a classification decision based on of ISO/IEC 17025:2017. In this study a proposed approach for force proving instrument classification was developed. This approach is based on taking into account the calibration results uncertainty of the instruments as a decision rule for classifications. Since the expanded budget uncertainty is a combination of different parameters that may affect the classifications decisions so it is more realistic and more accurate for decision making. The results of this paper demonstrate a recommendation for ISO 376:2011 to modify its classification criteria for the force proving instruments in the upcoming version of this standard.
{"title":"Proposed approach for force transducers classification","authors":"G. M. Mahmoud, Seif. M. Osman, R. Hegazy","doi":"10.1051/IJMQE/2021001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/IJMQE/2021001","url":null,"abstract":"In accordance with the recent version of ISO 376:2011, the classification of the force transducers is based on the relative errors calculated from the calibration results. This classification approach doesn't take the uncertainty of measurement into consideration. It becomes one of the most important factors that must be utilized when making a classification decision based on of ISO/IEC 17025:2017. In this study a proposed approach for force proving instrument classification was developed. This approach is based on taking into account the calibration results uncertainty of the instruments as a decision rule for classifications. Since the expanded budget uncertainty is a combination of different parameters that may affect the classifications decisions so it is more realistic and more accurate for decision making. The results of this paper demonstrate a recommendation for ISO 376:2011 to modify its classification criteria for the force proving instruments in the upcoming version of this standard.","PeriodicalId":38371,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57886286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Priyanka Bharti, Qingping Yang, A. Forbes, Yacine Koucha
Measurement technology has made an enormous progress in the last decade. With the advent of knowledge representation, various object-oriented models for measurement systems have been developed in the past. Most common limitations of all these models were not incorporating the uncertainty in the measurement process. In this paper, we proposed an object-oriented model depicting the information and knowledge flow in the measurement process, including the measurement uncertainty. The model has three major object classes, namely measurement planning, measurement system and analysis & documentation. These are further classified into sub-classes and relationships amongst them. Attributes and operations are also defined within the classes. This gives a practical and conceptual view of knowledge in the form of object-model for measurement processes. A case study is presented which evaluates the uncertainty of the measurement of a 100 mm gauge block, using both Type A and Type B evaluation methods of the GUM approach.This case study is very similar to the evaluation of calibration uncertainty of CMM. This model can be converted into semantic knowledge representation such as ontology of measurement process domain. Other use of this model is to support the quality engineering in manufacturing industry and research.
{"title":"UML knowledge model for measurement process including uncertainty of measurement","authors":"Priyanka Bharti, Qingping Yang, A. Forbes, Yacine Koucha","doi":"10.1051/ijmqe/2021024","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/ijmqe/2021024","url":null,"abstract":"Measurement technology has made an enormous progress in the last decade. With the advent of knowledge representation, various object-oriented models for measurement systems have been developed in the past. Most common limitations of all these models were not incorporating the uncertainty in the measurement process. In this paper, we proposed an object-oriented model depicting the information and knowledge flow in the measurement process, including the measurement uncertainty. The model has three major object classes, namely measurement planning, measurement system and analysis & documentation. These are further classified into sub-classes and relationships amongst them. Attributes and operations are also defined within the classes. This gives a practical and conceptual view of knowledge in the form of object-model for measurement processes. A case study is presented which evaluates the uncertainty of the measurement of a 100 mm gauge block, using both Type A and Type B evaluation methods of the GUM approach.This case study is very similar to the evaluation of calibration uncertainty of CMM. This model can be converted into semantic knowledge representation such as ontology of measurement process domain. Other use of this model is to support the quality engineering in manufacturing industry and research.","PeriodicalId":38371,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57886372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corrigendum to: Variable data measurement systems analysis: advances in gage bias and linearity referencing and acceptability","authors":"Mahjoub Abdelgadir, C. Gerling, J. L. Dobson","doi":"10.1051/IJMQE/2021013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/IJMQE/2021013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":38371,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering","volume":"12 1","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57886671","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
With the widespread application of genetically modified technology, the proportion of genetically modified crops in the food sector has gradually increased. Of all of China's imported crops, genetically modified soybeans account for more than 75%. However, the safety issue associated with daily consumption, the contamination issue related to planting, as well as the attendant scientific and ethical issues have posed new challenges to the regulatory system of food safety of China. By examining the judicial and administrative management cases concerned, this author finds that the power to exercise effective safety control in regard to Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) rests with the low tier of government under the current system. In addition, the managerial measures are not well defined and targeted. The rules and regulations of China apparently fall short of the standards required of by international treaties. As a result, it is imperative for the higher tier of government to be empowered to handle the management of GMO and fine-tune the management and make some useful improvements. It is also necessary for Chinese authorities to devise a targeted system and make Chinese rules and regulations move closer to international treaties.
{"title":"The study of the impact of genetically modified soybean imports on China's food safety management","authors":"Yi Yu","doi":"10.1051/ijmqe/2021016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/ijmqe/2021016","url":null,"abstract":"With the widespread application of genetically modified technology, the proportion of genetically modified crops in the food sector has gradually increased. Of all of China's imported crops, genetically modified soybeans account for more than 75%. However, the safety issue associated with daily consumption, the contamination issue related to planting, as well as the attendant scientific and ethical issues have posed new challenges to the regulatory system of food safety of China. By examining the judicial and administrative management cases concerned, this author finds that the power to exercise effective safety control in regard to Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) rests with the low tier of government under the current system. In addition, the managerial measures are not well defined and targeted. The rules and regulations of China apparently fall short of the standards required of by international treaties. As a result, it is imperative for the higher tier of government to be empowered to handle the management of GMO and fine-tune the management and make some useful improvements. It is also necessary for Chinese authorities to devise a targeted system and make Chinese rules and regulations move closer to international treaties.","PeriodicalId":38371,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57886739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xian-gang Cao, Mengfei Zhang, Yujiao Gong, X. Jia, R. Zhang
In coal mining industry, equipment safety and reliability during operation are essential in the production process. In recent years, along with the continuous improvement of intelligent coal mining equipment, reliable production requirements have simultaneously increased. Therefore, this article aims to study the maintenance decision making method that considers the safety inspection of a fully mechanized mining equipment group. The goal is to establish a maintenance decision making model that considers the safety overhaul of fully mechanized mining equipment group in order to minimize the total maintenance, production costs and safety risks. Firstly, the regular safety inspection procedure and the maintenance process were introduced. Then, a model guideline method that considers a fully mechanized mining equipment group's safety inspection was established. Finally, through the comparison of algorithms and maintenance strategies, it is proved that the maintenance decision optimization method proposed in this paper is of great significance for improving equipment reliability, improving comprehensive operation rate, reducing maintenance costs, and ensuring coal mine safety production.
{"title":"Maintenance decision method considering inspection of mining equipment","authors":"Xian-gang Cao, Mengfei Zhang, Yujiao Gong, X. Jia, R. Zhang","doi":"10.1051/ijmqe/2021018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/ijmqe/2021018","url":null,"abstract":"In coal mining industry, equipment safety and reliability during operation are essential in the production process. In recent years, along with the continuous improvement of intelligent coal mining equipment, reliable production requirements have simultaneously increased. Therefore, this article aims to study the maintenance decision making method that considers the safety inspection of a fully mechanized mining equipment group. The goal is to establish a maintenance decision making model that considers the safety overhaul of fully mechanized mining equipment group in order to minimize the total maintenance, production costs and safety risks. Firstly, the regular safety inspection procedure and the maintenance process were introduced. Then, a model guideline method that considers a fully mechanized mining equipment group's safety inspection was established. Finally, through the comparison of algorithms and maintenance strategies, it is proved that the maintenance decision optimization method proposed in this paper is of great significance for improving equipment reliability, improving comprehensive operation rate, reducing maintenance costs, and ensuring coal mine safety production.","PeriodicalId":38371,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57886785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is a systematic method to evaluate the actual building performance against the theoretical design intents after the building has been occupied for some time, to understand how the building is performing and to capture lessons learned. The POE offers an opportunity to investigate the buildings' actual performance based upon the occupants' satisfaction levels in the aspects of building overall design, indoor environmental quality, thermal comfort, etc. However, as the key part of POE, occupant satisfaction assessment (OSA) is a missing link in the building performance evaluation (BPE) domain, and there is not a systematic evaluation method for the OSA. Moreover, it is time-consuming and error-prone to conduct the OSA manually. This paper presents from the end-user's satisfaction perspective a semantic post-occupancy evaluation ontology (POEontology) to facilitate the occupant satisfaction assessment of buildings, with the ultimate aim of optimizing building operation guidelines, and improving occupants' use experience quality and well-being. An ontology-based knowledge model has been developed to capture the fragmented knowledge of building use satisfaction assessment in the POE domain, with the benchmarking evaluation rules encoded in Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL) to enable automatic rule-based rating and reasoning. This ontology model also enables the effective OSA-related knowledge retrieving and sharing, and promotes its implementation in the POE domain. A field study has been conducted based upon the Building Use Study (BUS) methodology to validate the proposed ontology framework.
{"title":"Development of an ontology-based semantic building post-occupancy evaluation framework","authors":"Yuanhong Zhao, QingPing Yang","doi":"10.1051/ijmqe/2021019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/ijmqe/2021019","url":null,"abstract":"Post-occupancy evaluation (POE) is a systematic method to evaluate the actual building performance against the theoretical design intents after the building has been occupied for some time, to understand how the building is performing and to capture lessons learned. The POE offers an opportunity to investigate the buildings' actual performance based upon the occupants' satisfaction levels in the aspects of building overall design, indoor environmental quality, thermal comfort, etc. However, as the key part of POE, occupant satisfaction assessment (OSA) is a missing link in the building performance evaluation (BPE) domain, and there is not a systematic evaluation method for the OSA. Moreover, it is time-consuming and error-prone to conduct the OSA manually. This paper presents from the end-user's satisfaction perspective a semantic post-occupancy evaluation ontology (POEontology) to facilitate the occupant satisfaction assessment of buildings, with the ultimate aim of optimizing building operation guidelines, and improving occupants' use experience quality and well-being. An ontology-based knowledge model has been developed to capture the fragmented knowledge of building use satisfaction assessment in the POE domain, with the benchmarking evaluation rules encoded in Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL) to enable automatic rule-based rating and reasoning. This ontology model also enables the effective OSA-related knowledge retrieving and sharing, and promotes its implementation in the POE domain. A field study has been conducted based upon the Building Use Study (BUS) methodology to validate the proposed ontology framework.","PeriodicalId":38371,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57886793","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Qijian Tang, Qingping Yang, Xiangjun Wang, A. Forbes
Pointing accuracy is an important indicator for electro-optical detection systems, as it significantly affects the system performance. However, as a result of misalignment, nonperpendicularity in the manufacturing and assembly processes, as well as the sensor errors such as camera distortion and angular sensor error, the pointing accuracy is significantly affected. These errors should be compensated before using the system. Parametric models are firstly proposed to compensate for the errors, whilst the semi-parametric models with the nonlinearity added are also put forward. Both methods should analyse the parametric part first, which is a complicated and inaccurate process. This paper presents a nonparametric model, without any prior information about mechanical dimensions, etc. It depends only on the test data. Gaussian Process regression is used to represent the relationship between data and predict the compensated output. The test results have shown that the regression variances have decreased by more than an order of magnitude, and the means have also been significantly reduced, with the pointing error well improved. The nonparametric model based on Gaussian Process is thus demonstrated to be an effective and powerful tool for the pointing error compensation.
{"title":"Pointing error compensation of electro-optical detection systems using Gaussian process regression","authors":"Qijian Tang, Qingping Yang, Xiangjun Wang, A. Forbes","doi":"10.1051/ijmqe/2021020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1051/ijmqe/2021020","url":null,"abstract":"Pointing accuracy is an important indicator for electro-optical detection systems, as it significantly affects the system performance. However, as a result of misalignment, nonperpendicularity in the manufacturing and assembly processes, as well as the sensor errors such as camera distortion and angular sensor error, the pointing accuracy is significantly affected. These errors should be compensated before using the system. Parametric models are firstly proposed to compensate for the errors, whilst the semi-parametric models with the nonlinearity added are also put forward. Both methods should analyse the parametric part first, which is a complicated and inaccurate process. This paper presents a nonparametric model, without any prior information about mechanical dimensions, etc. It depends only on the test data. Gaussian Process regression is used to represent the relationship between data and predict the compensated output. The test results have shown that the regression variances have decreased by more than an order of magnitude, and the means have also been significantly reduced, with the pointing error well improved. The nonparametric model based on Gaussian Process is thus demonstrated to be an effective and powerful tool for the pointing error compensation.","PeriodicalId":38371,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Metrology and Quality Engineering","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"57886806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}