Data Augmentation-Based Manufacturing Quality Prediction Approach in Human Cyber-Physical Systems

Abstract The vigorous development of the human cyber-physical system (HCPS) and the next generation of artificial intelligence provide new ideas for smart manufacturing, where manufacturing quality prediction is an important issue in the manufacturing system. However, the small-scale data from humans in emerging HCPS-enabled manufacturing restrict the development of traditional quality prediction methods. To address this question, a data augmentation-based manufacturing quality prediction approach in human cyber-physical systems is proposed in this paper. Specifically, a Data Augmentation-Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (DA-GBDT) model is developed for quality prediction under the HCPS context. In addition, an adaptive selection algorithm of data augmentation rate is designed to balance the trade-off between the training time of the prediction model and the prediction accuracy. Finally, the experimental results of automobile covering products demonstrate that the proposed method can improve the average prediction error of the model compared with the prevailing quality prediction methods. Moreover, the predicted quality information can provide guidance for product optimization decisions in smart manufacturing systems.