Component failure prediction

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

collect data from a sensor monitoring a component of a system, wherein the component is one of an electrical component and a mechanical component;

analyze a plurality of features, wherein each of the features corresponds to the data collected from the sensor;

determine which of the plurality of features to use to generate failure models of the component based on a correlation to a first failure type, wherein features with a first correlation above a threshold correlation are utilized to generate the failure models and features with a second correlation below the threshold correlation are discarded;

generate a plurality of models to model the first failure type of the component;

assemble the plurality of models into a single model for predicting a failure of the first failure type of the component;

extract data associated with the failure predicted by the single model;

correlate data associated with a detected failure with the single model; and

determine when the plurality of features has successfully predicted the failure of the first failure type of the component.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to assemble the plurality of models include instructions to assemble the plurality of models based on a determined range of failures for the component.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to determine which of the plurality of features to be used include instructions to select a portion of the plurality of features based on a determined quantity of features for generating the plurality of models.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising instructions to:

predict, based on the single model, the failure of the component; and

transmit an alert that the component is predicted to fail.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1 , comprising instructions to:

determine whether each of the plurality of features has successfully predicted a failure of the component;

calculate a correlation between each feature and its successful prediction of component failure; and

determine a rate at which each of the plurality of features fails to successfully predict component failure.

6. A system, comprising:

a data collector to collect data from a plurality of sensors monitoring a component of a system, wherein the component is one of an electrical component and a mechanical component;

a feature analyzer to analyze a plurality of features based on the data collected from the plurality of sensors;

a feature composer to determine and select which of the plurality of features to use based on a correlation to a failure type, wherein features with a first correlation above a threshold correlation are selected to generate failure models of the component and features with a second correlation below the threshold correlation are discarded;

a model generator to generate a plurality of failure models to model the first failure type of the component based on the selected features;

a model composer to assemble the plurality of failure models into a single failure model for predicting a failure of the failure type of the component by:

receiving an output from the plurality of generated failure models; and

combining the output from the plurality of generated failure models into a single output;

an extractor to extract data associated with the failure predicted by the single model; and

a correlator to correlate data associated with a detected failure with the single failure model; and determine when the plurality of features has successfully predicted the failure of the failure type of the component.

7. The system of claim 6 , further comprising the failure extractor to:

determine that a component failure has occurred;

extract data corresponding to the failed component;

generate association information for the component based on the corresponding data; and

provide the association information to the feature generator.

8. The system of claim 6 , further comprising the model composer to:

determine an aspect of data represented by each of the plurality of failure models;

analyze a combination of the plurality of failure models to determine a coverage of the aspect by the combination of the failure models;

determine that a combination of the plurality of failure models provides a coverage of the aspect above a threshold; and

select the combination of the plurality of failure models.

9. The system of claim 6 , further comprising the feature composer to:

determine, based on the analysis of the plurality of features, that a feature has a correlation to a failure that is below a threshold correlation; and

discard the feature based on the determination that the correlation is below the threshold correlation.

10. The system of claim 6 , further comprising the model generator to:

determine a weight value of each of the plurality of generated failure models;

determine that the weight value of a generated failure model is below a threshold weight value; and

discard the generated failure model based on the determination that the weight value is below the threshold weight value.

11. A method, comprising:

extracting data from a plurality of sensors in a system monitoring a component, wherein the component is one of an electrical component and a mechanical component;

generating a plurality of features based on the extracted data;

analyzing a relevance of each of the plurality of generated features;

selecting a subset of the plurality of features;

determining that a feature of the plurality of generated features be used to generate failure models of the component based on a correlation to a failure type, wherein features with a first correlation above a threshold correlation are utilized to generate the failure models and features with a second correlation below the threshold correlation are discarded;

generating a plurality of models to model the first failure type of the component;

assembling the plurality of models into a single model for predicting a failure of the first failure type of the component;

extracting data associated with the failure predicted by the single model;

correlating data associated with a detected failure with the single model; and

determining when the plurality of features has successfully predicted the failure of the first failure type of the component.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising evaluating the health report for an accuracy of predicted component failures.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein evaluating the health report includes:

extracting data associated with component failures; and

correlating the data associated with component failures with the health report.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein generating the health report includes generating a predicted type of failure for a particular component.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein analyzing the relevance of a feature comprises:

determining whether the feature predicts a selected failure; and

calculating the correlation of the feature to the prediction of the selected failure.