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Granted Patent B2
US 11,494,247 · App. 17/274,276 · Granted Nov 8, 2022

Model generation apparatus, model generation method, and non-transitory storage medium

Inventor: Ryota Higa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06F11/008G06Q10/087G06Q30/0631
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Patent No.
US 11,494,247
App. No.
17/274,276
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A model generation apparatus ( 2000 ) acquires component failure data in which a usage status is associated with a failure record of a component. The model generation apparatus ( 2000 ) generates, for each of a plurality of component groups, a prediction model for predicting the number of failures of each component included in the component group by using the component failure data relating to the component belonging to the component group. The prediction model computes a prediction value of the total number of failures of the components belonging to a corresponding component group from the usage status, and computes a prediction value of the number of failures of each component belonging to the component group from the computed prediction value of the total number of failures.

Claims (31)

1. A model generation apparatus comprising:

at least one memory configured to store one or more instructions; and

at least one processor configured to execute the one or more instructions to:

acquire component failure data in which a usage status is associated with a failure record of a component; and

generate, for each of a plurality of component groups a prediction model for predicting a number of failures of each component belonging to the component group by using the component failure data relating to the component belonging to the component group,

wherein the prediction model computes a prediction value of a total number of failures of the components belonging to the corresponding component group from the usage status, and computes a prediction value of the number of failures of each component belonging to the component group from the prediction value of the computed total number of failures.

2. The model generation apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the prediction model comprises a first sub model that predicts the total number of failures of the components belonging to the component group from the usage status, and

wherein the processor is further configured to execute the one or more instructions to generate for each of the plurality of component groups, the first sub model by estimating a parameter of the first sub model by using the component failure data relating to each component belonging to the component group.

3. The model generation apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the prediction model comprises a second sub model that predicts the number of failures of each component belonging to the corresponding component group from the total number of failures predicted by the first sub model, and

the second sub model computes the prediction value of the number of failures of each component by using the predicted total number of failures and a predicted distribution which is a distribution of the number of failures or a failure rate of each component.

4. The model generation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of component groups are generated by performing classification on a plurality of components using domain knowledge relating to a relationship between the components.

5. The model generation apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the domain knowledge relates to a correlation between the respective components based on a geometric structure of arrangement or a correlation between the respective components based on an operation status.

6. A model generation method executed by a computer, the method comprising:

acquiring component failure data in which a usage status is associated with a failure record of a component; and

generating, for each of a plurality of component groups, a prediction model for predicting a number of failures of each component belonging to the component group by using the component failure data relating to the component belonging to the component group,

wherein the prediction model computes a prediction value of a total number of failures of the components belonging to the corresponding component group from the usage status, and computes a prediction value of the number of failures of each component belonging to the component group from the prediction value of the computed total number of failures.

7. The model generation method according to claim 6 , wherein

the prediction model comprises a first sub model that predicts the total number of failures of the components belonging to the component group from the usage status, and

the computer generates, for each of the plurality of component groups, the first sub model by estimating a parameter of the first sub model by using the component failure data relating to each component belonging to the component group.

8. The model generation method according to claim 7 , wherein

the prediction model comprises a second sub model that predicts the number of failures of each component belonging to the corresponding component group from the total number of failures predicted by the first sub model, and

the second sub model computes the prediction value of the number of failures of each component by using the predicted total number of failures and a predicted distribution which is a distribution of the number of failures or a failure rate of each component.

9. The model generation method according to claim 6 , wherein

the plurality of component groups are generated by performing classification on a plurality of components using domain knowledge relating to a relationship between the components.

10. The model generation method according to claim 9 , wherein

the domain knowledge relates to a correlation between the respective components based on a geometric structure of arrangement or a correlation between the respective components based on an operation status.

11. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to execute each step of the model generation method according to claim 6 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2022
From: HIGA, RYOTA
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060262/0413 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-169077 · Sep 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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