Anomaly detection in particulate matter sensor using hypothesis pruning generative adversarial network

The World Health Organization provides guidelines for managing the particulate matter (PM) level because a higher PM level represents a threat to human health. To manage the PM level, a procedure for measuring the PM value is first needed. We use a PM sensor that collects the PM level by laser‐based light scattering (LLS) method because it is more cost effective than a beta attenuation monitor‐based sensor or tapered element oscillating microbalance‐based sensor. However, an LLS‐based sensor has a higher probability of malfunctioning than the higher cost sensors. In this paper, we regard the overall malfunctioning, including strange value collection or missing collection data as anomalies, and we aim to detect anomalies for the maintenance of PM measuring sensors. We propose a novel architecture for solving the above aim that we call the hypothesis pruning generative adversarial network (HP‐GAN). Through comparative experiments, we achieve AUROC and AUPRC values of 0.948 and 0.967, respectively, in the detection of anomalies in LLS‐based PM measuring sensors. We conclude that our HP‐GAN is a cutting‐edge model for anomaly detection.