On Paradigm of Industrial Big Data Analytics: From Evolution to Revolution

The arrival of the intelligent manufacturing and industrial internet era brings more and more opportunities and challenges to modern industry. Specifically, the revolution of the production mode of traditional manufacturing is undergoing thanks to the techniques including but not limited to digits, network, intelligence, and industrial automation fields. As the core link between intelligent manufacturing and industrial internet platform, industrial Big Data analytics has been paid more and more attention by academia and industry. The efficient mining of the high-value information covered under industrial Big Data and the utilization of the real-life industrial process are among the hottest topics at present. Meanwhile, with the advanced development of industrial automation toward knowledge automation, the learning paradigm of industrial Big Data analytics is also evolving accordingly. Therefore, starting from the perspective of industrial Big Data analytics and aiming at the corresponding industrial scenarios, this article actively explores the revolution of the learning paradigm under the background of industrial Big Data: 1) The evolution of the industry Big Data analytics paradigm is analyzed, that is, from isolated learning to lifelong learning, and their relationships are further summarized; 2) Mainstream directions of lifelong learning are listed, and their applications in industrial scenarios are discussed in detail; 3) Prospects and future directions are given.