A novel adaptive weighted kernel extreme learning machine algorithm and its application in wind turbine blade icing fault detection

Abstract

The conventional weighted kernel extreme learning machine (WKELM) is a typical cost-sensitive learning algorithm, which can provide a solution for the data imbalance problem in wind turbine blade icing fault detection. However, WKELM algorithm uses a fixed weighting strategy that only considers the number of samples to achieve imbalanced learning, which leads to its insufficient performance in data imbalance classification and fault detection. In this study, the support vector data description (SVDD) method is used to obtain sample distribution information to construct a novel adaptive weighting strategy. The adaptive weighting strategy is combined with the conventional fixed weighting strategy to construct an adaptive weighted kernel extreme learning machine (AWKELM) algorithm. The effectiveness and superiority of the AWKELM algorithm is verified through three benchmark cases, it is demonstrated that AWKELM algorithm can effectively solve the problem of data imbalance and further improve the effect of wind turbine blade icing detection.