A new framework for prognostics in decentralized industries: Enhancing fairness, security, and transparency through Blockchain and Federated Learning

As global industries transition towards Industry 5.0 predictive maintenance PM remains crucial for cost effective operations resilience and minimizing downtime in increasingly smart manufacturing environments In this chapter we explore how the integration of Federated Learning FL and blockchain BC technologies enhances the prediction of machinerys Remaining Useful Life RUL within decentralized and human centric industrial ecosystems Traditional centralized data approaches raise concerns over privacy security and scalability especially as Artificial intelligence AI driven smart manufacturing becomes more prevalent This chapter leverages FL to enable localized model training across multiple sites while utilizing BC to ensure trust transparency and data integrity across the network This BC integrated FL framework optimizes RUL predictions enhances data privacy and security establishes transparency and promotes collaboration in decentralized manufacturing It addresses key challenges such as maintaining privacy and security ensuring transparency and fairness and incentivizing participation in decentralized networks Experimental validation using the NASA CMAPSS dataset demonstrates the model effectiveness in real world scenarios and we extend our findings to the broader research community through open source code on GitHub inviting collaborative development to drive innovation in Industry 5.0

@article{pham2025_2503.05725,
  title={ A new framework for prognostics in decentralized industries: Enhancing fairness, security, and transparency through Blockchain and Federated Learning },
  author={ T.Q.D. Pham and K.D. Tran and Khanh T. P. Nguyen and X.V. Tran and L. Köehl and K.P. Tran },
  journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2503.05725},
  year={ 2025 }
}