abstract = "In the evaluation of bearing performance degradation,
discovering a good HI (Health Indicator) is one of the
most crucial parts, because it determines whether a
precise result can be obtained in the prediction of
remaining useful life. In this paper, GP (Genetic
Programming), which is a heuristic iterative search
algorithm inspired by the theory of biological
evolution, is improved in genetic operation and fitness
function, and a feature weighted matrix is used in GP
innovatively. The improved GP is applied to discover a
HI by fusing multiple features, which is very close to
linearity. Furthermore, by optimizing the discovered
HIs, an optimization HI is obtained, which has a higher
fitness and can get a more precise result in the
prediction of RUL. The proposed approach is verified in
the experimental data for the entire life of the
bearing provided by 2012 IEEE PHM challenge, and a
total of three bearings are used in the verification.",
notes = "State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and
Vibration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai
200000, China