Abstract
With the rise of data engineering-driven automatic annotation strategies, deep learning has demonstrated remarkable performance and strong competitiveness in intelligent fault diagnosis. However, the inherent limitations of automatic annotators inevitably introduce noisy labels, which in turn hinder the generalization and accuracy of diagnostic models. Although numerous Learning with Noisy Labels (LNL) methods attempt to alleviate the impact of label noise through sample selection or label correction, most rely heavily on model predictions to guide training. This self-reinforcing mechanism frequently leads to confirmation bias, especially under high-noise conditions, thereby limiting their effectiveness. To address these challenges while preserving the full data utility, this paper proposes a novel approach termed the Multi-granularity Evidence Labels (MgEL), inspired by the principles of quantum entanglement and collapse. In MgEL, we perform feature-space fusion between entangled sub-distributions to construct a superposition state, from which two auxiliary labels are derived: a pseudo-label obtained by selecting the class with the maximum amplitude and a collapsed label sampled probabilistically according to the class-wise amplitude distribution. The collapsed label represents an uncertainty-aware observation, while the pseudo-label represents the most confident class estimation. These are then fused with the original annotation to form multi-granularity evidence labels. This approach allows MgEL to suppress confirmation bias and improve robustness under noisy supervision. Extensive experiments validate the effectiveness and reliability of MgEL, particularly in high-noise scenarios (e.g., noise intensity $\eta \ge 80\%$), underscoring its potential for practical deployment in low-cost, data-driven intelligent fault diagnosis systems.
Keywords
learning with noisy labels
multi-granularity information fusion
fault diagnosis
deep learning
classification of time series signals
Data Availability Statement
Data will be made available on request.
Funding
This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 62233003 and Grant 62073072; in part by the Key Projects of Key R&D Program of Jiangsu Province under Grant BE2020006 and Grant BE2020006-1; in part by the Shenzhen Science and Technology Program under Grant JCYJ20210324132202005 and Grant JCYJ20220818101206014.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Dunkin, F., & Li, X. (2025). MgEL: Quantum Entanglement-Inspired Evidence Fusion for Learning with Noisy Labels. Chinese Journal of Information Fusion, 2(3), 253–274. https://doi.org/10.62762/CJIF.2025.151851
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