Federated Learning for Predictive Maintenance and Quality Inspection in Industrial Applications
This work addresses privacy-preserving machine learning for industrial applications, but it is incremental as it compares existing methods without major breakthroughs.
The paper evaluated federated learning aggregation methods for predictive maintenance and quality inspection, finding that performance depends on data distribution and FL can sometimes match central or local training, and introduced a new real-world dataset.
Data-driven machine learning is playing a crucial role in the advancements of Industry 4.0, specifically in enhancing predictive maintenance and quality inspection. Federated learning (FL) enables multiple participants to develop a machine learning model without compromising the privacy and confidentiality of their data. In this paper, we evaluate the performance of different FL aggregation methods and compare them to central and local training approaches. Our study is based on four datasets with varying data distributions. The results indicate that the performance of FL is highly dependent on the data and its distribution among clients. In some scenarios, FL can be an effective alternative to traditional central or local training methods. Additionally, we introduce a new federated learning dataset from a real-world quality inspection setting.