A multiple spiking neural network architecture based on fuzzy intervals for anomaly detection

a case study of rail defects

Conference paper (2022)

Authors

W. Phusakulkajorn Railway Engineering - CEG
J.M. Hendriks Railway Engineering - CEG
J. Moraal Railway Engineering - CEG
R.P.B.J. Dollevoet Railway Engineering - CEG
Z. Li Railway Engineering - CEG
Alfredo Nunez Railway Engineering - CEG
Research Group
Railway Engineering (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2022 W. Phusakulkajorn, J.M. Hendriks, J. Moraal, R.P.B.J. Dollevoet, Z. Li, Alfredo Nunez
Interpretability Anomaly detection Spiking neural network Parameter uncertainty Prediction interval
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Published Date

2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Engineering Structures

Research Group

Railway Engineering

Abstract

In this paper, a fuzzy interval-based method is proposed for solving the problem of rail defect detection relying on an on-board measurement system and a multiple spiking neural network architecture. Instead of outputting binary values (defect or not defect), all data will belong to both classes with different spreads that are given by two fuzzy intervals. The multiple spiking neural networks are used to capture different sources of uncertainties. In this paper, we consider uncertainties in the parameters of spiking neural networks during the training phase. The proposed method comprises two steps. In the first step,
multiple sets of the firing times for both classes are obtained from multiple spiking neural networks. In the second step, the obtained multiple sets of firing times are fuzzy numbers and they are used to construct fuzzy intervals. The proposed method is showcased with the problem of rail defect detection. The
numerical analysis indicates that the fuzzy intervals are suitable to make use of the information provided by the multiple spike neural networks. Finally, with the proposed method, we improve the interpretability of the decision making regarding the detection of anomalies.