Data-efficient exploration, optimization, and modeling of diverse designs through surrogate-assisted illumination

A Gaier, A Asteroth, JB Mouret - Proceedings of the Genetic and …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
The MAP-Elites algorithm produces a set of high-performing solutions that vary according to
features defined by the user. This technique to'illuminate'the problem space through the lens …

Towards an evolvable cancer treatment simulator

RJ Preen, L Bull, A Adamatzky - Biosystems, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of high-fidelity computational simulations promises to enable high-throughput
hypothesis testing and optimisation of cancer therapies. However, increasing realism comes …

[HTML][HTML] Freeform generative design of complex functional structures

GG Pereira, D Howard, P Lahur, M Breedon, P Kilby… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Generative machine learning is poised to revolutionise a range of domains where rational
design has long been the de facto approach: where design is practically a time consuming …

An uncertainty measure for prediction of non-Gaussian process surrogates

C Hu, S Zeng, C Li - Evolutionary Computation, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Abstract Model management is an essential component in data-driven surrogate-assisted
evolutionary optimization. In model management, the solutions with a large degree of …

Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Design Using Surrogate-assisted Optimization with Physical Experiments In-loop

M Lette, KH Rahi, HK Singh, T Ray - Proceedings of the Genetic and …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Most of the existing wind power comes from the use of traditional Horizontal-Axis Wind
Turbines (HAWT), which typically require installation over vast countryside areas (in wind …

[HTML][HTML] Design mining microbial fuel cell cascades

RJ Preen, J You, L Bull, IA Ieropoulos - Soft Computing, 2019 - Springer
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) perform wastewater treatment and electricity production through
the conversion of organic matter using microorganisms. For practical applications, it has …

On design mining: Coevolution and surrogate models

RJ Preen, L Bull - Artificial Life, 2017 - direct.mit.edu
Abstract Design mining is the use of computational intelligence techniques to iteratively
search and model the attribute space of physical objects evaluated directly through rapid …

[PDF][PDF] Accelerating Evolutionary Design Exploration with Predictive and Generative Models

A Gaier - 2020 - researchgate.net
Optimization plays an essential role in industrial design, but all too often it boils down to a
simple function to be minimized, such as cost or strength. More difficult considerations such …

[PDF][PDF] Natural computing based wind turbine blade design performance optimization

P NA, P Sujatha - Int J Appl Eng Res, 2017 - researchgate.net
In this paper, wind turbine blade design parameters chord length and local pitch angle have
been optimized through dynamic particle swarm optimization and differential evolution …

Neural estimation of interaction outcomes

P Liskowski, B Wieloch, K Krawiec - Proceedings of the Genetic and …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
We propose Neural Estimation of Interaction Outcomes (NEIO), a method that reduces the
number of required interactions between candidate solutions and tests in test-based …