Time-series pattern recognition with an immune algorithm

In this paper, changes in sequences pattern describing damage-sensitive features of an object which undergoes a failure mode are recognized using an immune algorithm. A frequency response change is an effect for various failure modes occurrence. The objective of this paper is to present immune algorithm for pattern recognition which can discover dependencies between failure mode and effect - frequency response change. Changes in the effect are described with noise due to the fact that the object operates in external conditions. In the immune algorithm antibodies encode various changes in the effect after a given mode occurrence by a number of time. A pathogen encodes a noisy effect of the mode occurrence. Antibodies belonging to a given neighbourhood represent effects after a given type of failure mode occurrence. Antibodies from the neighbourhood undergo clonal selection and affinity maturation process. With the best matched antibody the type of failure mode is achieved..