<p>The goal was to extract knowledge from data that is logged by the electronic system of</p><p>every Volvo truck. This allowed the evaluation of large populations of trucks without requiring additional measuring devices and facilities.</p><p>An evaluation cycle, similar to the knowledge discovery from databases model, was</p><p>developed and applied to extract knowledge from data. The focus was on extracting</p><p>information in the logged data that is related to the class labels of different populations,</p><p>but also supported knowledge extraction inherent from the given classes. The methods</p><p>used come from the field of unsupervised learning, a sub-field of machine learning and</p><p>include the methods self-organizing maps, multi-dimensional scaling and fuzzy c-means</p><p>clustering.</p><p>The developed evaluation cycle was exemplied by the evaluation of three data-sets.</p><p>Two data-sets were arranged from populations of trucks differing by their operating</p><p>environment regarding road condition or gross combination weight. The results showed</p><p>that there is relevant information in the logged data that describes these differences</p><p>in the operating environment. A third data-set consisted of populations with different</p><p>engine configurations, causing the two groups of trucks being unequally powerful.</p><p>Using the knowledge extracted in this task, engines that were sold in one of the two</p><p>configurations and were modified later, could be detected.</p><p>Information in the logged data that describes the vehicle's operating environment,</p><p>allows to detect trucks that are operated differently of their intended use. Initial experiments</p><p>to find such vehicles were conducted and recommendations for an automated</p><p>application were given.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hh-1147 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Grubinger, Thomas |
| Publisher | Halmstad University, School of Information Science, Computer and Electrical Engineering (IDE), Högskolan i Halmstad/Sektionen för Informationsvetenskap, Data- och Elektroteknik (IDE) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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