INCREMENTAL LEARNING OF NONLINEAR REGRESSION NETWORKS FOR MACHINE CONDITION MONITORING

A method for identifying a potential fault in a system includes obtaining a set of training data. A first kernel is selected from a library of two or more kernels and the first kernel is added to a regression network. A next kernel is selected from the library of two or more kernels and the next kernel is added to the regression network. The regression network is refined. A potential fault is identified in the system using the refined regression network.