A Bayesian approach for control loop diagnosis with missing data

This article is concerned with determination of the underlying source of problematic control performance through a data‐driven Bayesian approach. This approach synthesizes information from different monitoring algorithms to isolate possible problem sources. A main issue encountered in the application of the data‐driven approach is the problem of missing data or missing monitor reading. By introducing the concept of missing pattern, data missing problems are classified into single and multi missing patterns. A novel method based on marginalization over underlying complete evidence matrix is proposed to circumvent missing data problems. Performance of the proposed Bayesian approach is examined through simulations as well as an industrial application example to verify its ability of information synthesis.