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The existing methods of sensor selection do not have an evaluation standard, which leads to different selection results. It is not helpful for the selection and layout of sensors. This paper proposes a comprehensive evaluation method of sensor selection for prognostics and health management (PHM) based on grey clustering. The described approach divides sensors into three grey classes, and defines and quantifies three grey indexes based on a dependency matrix. After a brief introduction to the whitening weight function, we propose a combination weight considering the objective data and subjective tendency to improve the effectiveness of the selection result. Finally, the clustering result of sensors is obtained by analyzing the clustering coefficient, which is calculated based on the grey clustering theory. The proposed approach is illustrated by an electronic control system, in which the effectiveness of different methods of sensor selection is compared. The result shows that the technique can give a convincing analysis result by evaluating the selection results of different methods, and is also very helpful for adjusting sensors to provide a more precise result. This approach can be utilized in sensor selection and evaluation for prognostics and health management.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20061710","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,19]],"date-time":"2020-03-19T10:01:35Z","timestamp":1584612095000},"page":"1710","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["A Comprehensive Evaluation Method of Sensor Selection for PHM Based on Grey Clustering"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Fei","family":"Guan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Beijing 100076, China"},{"name":"College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5063-754X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Wei-Wei","family":"Cui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Beijing 100076, China"}]},{"given":"Lian-Feng","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, Beijing 100076, China"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Aerospace Science and Engineering, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"711","DOI":"10.3724\/SP.J.1004.2013.00711","article-title":"A Survey on Anomaly Detection, Life Prediction and Maintenance Decision for Industrial Processes","volume":"39","author":"Zhou","year":"2014","journal-title":"Acta Autom. 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