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The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) networks plays a significant role in enhancing industrial automation systems by connecting industrial devices for real time data monitoring and predictive maintenance. However, this connectivity introduces new vulnerabilities which demand the development of advanced intrusion detection systems. The nuclear facilities are considered one of the closest examples of critical infrastructures that suffer from high vulnerability through the connectivity of IIoT networks. This paper develops a robust intrusion detection approach using machine and ensemble learning algorithms specifically determined for IIoT networks. This approach can achieve optimal performance with low time complexity suitable for real-time IIoT networks. For each algorithm, Grid Search is determined to fine-tune the hyperparameters for optimizing the performance while ensuring time computational efficiency. The proposed approach is investigated on recent IIoT intrusion detection datasets, WUSTL-IIOT-2021 and Edge-IIoT-2022 to cover a wider range of attacks with high precision and minimum false alarms. The study provides the effectiveness of ten machine and ensemble learning models on selected features of the datasets. Synthetic Minority Over-sampling Technique (SMOTE)-based multi-class balancing is used to manipulate dataset imbalances. The ensemble voting classifier is used to combine the best models with the best hyperparameters for raising their advantages to improve the performance with the least time complexity. The machine and ensemble learning algorithms are evaluated based on accuracy, precision, recall, F1 Score, and time complexity. This evaluation can discriminate the most suitable candidates for further optimization. The proposed approach is called the XCL approach that is based on Extreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), CatBoost (Categorical Boosting), and Light Gradient- Boosting Machine (LightGBM). It achieves high accuracy, lower false positive rate, and efficient time complexity. The results refer to the importance of ensemble strategies, algorithm selection, and hyperparameter optimization in enhancing the performance to detect the different intrusions across the IIoT datasets over the other models. The developed approach produced a higher accuracy of 99.99% on the WUSTL-IIOT-2021 dataset and 100% on the Edge-IIoTset dataset. Our experimental evaluations have been extended to the CIC-IDS-2017 dataset. These additional evaluations not only highlight the applicability of the XCL approach on a wide spectrum of intrusion detection scenarios but also confirm its scalability and effectiveness in real-world complex network environments.

The paper presents a hybrid artificial neural network model based on an architecture that incorporates a convolutional image encoder (CNN) and an attention module (Attention-based Multiple Instance Learning, Attention MIL). This module aggregates informative features from a sequence of frames capturing the flame spraying process. Additional technological parameters—air pressure, propane pressure, and standoff distance — are integrated into the model via a tabular channel, enabling it to account for the relationship between visual data and numerical process regime characteristics. The software implementation was developed using the Streamlit platform and the PyTorch library. It features an interactive interface for model training and result visualization, analysis of attention weights across frames, and a prediction mode for output characteristics: surface roughness ($R_a$) and the mass of the deposited coating ($m$). Experimental studies were conducted on data from real-world technological processes, and a comparative analysis of the accuracy of various model configurations was performed. The results demonstrate that the hybrid neural network, which combines visual and tabular features, achieves higher prediction accuracy compared to models using only a single modality. Furthermore, when comparing different implementations of the hybrid network, it was established that using the attention mechanism to process the series of flame spray images provides a significant increase in accuracy over a simple averaging of features without attention. The application includes an attention visualization module that creates a montage of the most significant frames and displays their attention weights, allowing users to identify which frames had the greatest influence on the prediction. The model’s capability for export to the ONNX format for integration into process control systems is also demonstrated. The proposed approach showcases the effectiveness of fusing visual and tabular information for manufacturing process monitoring tasks. The model can serve as a foundation for developing a decision support system or an automated quality control system for coatings produced by flame spraying. The limitations of the implemented model and prospects for its further development are also considered.

This article discusses the contribution of computing resources monitoring system to the work of a distributed computing system. Method of evaluation of this contribution and performance monitoring system based on measures of certainty the state-controlled system is proposed. The application of this methodology in the design and development of local monitoring of the Central Information and Computing Complex, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research is listed.