This paper shows the application of a counterpropagation neural networ
k (CPNN) to detect single faults and their magnitudes. The performance
of CPNN has been evaluated by considering a variety of faults occurri
ng in a nonisothermal continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR). The resu
lts presented here indicate that CPNN provides an attractive alternati
ve to error-back-propagation (EBP) networks due to its faster teaming
ability for fault detection and diagnosis. Copyright (C) 1996 Elsevier
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