A neural network-evolutionary computational framework for remaining useful life estimation of mechanical systems

This paper presents a framework for estimating the remaining useful life (RUL) of mechanical systems. The framework consists of a multi-layer perceptron and an evolutionary algorithm for optimizing the data-related parameters. The framework makes use of a strided time window along with a piecewise linear model to estimate the RUL for each mechanical component. Tuning the data-related parameters in the optimization framework allows for the use of...