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Main Authors: Sotto, Leo Francoso Dal Piccol, Mayer, Sebastian, Janarthanam, Hemanth, Butz, Alexander, Garcke, Jochen
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.19775
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author Sotto, Leo Francoso Dal Piccol
Mayer, Sebastian
Janarthanam, Hemanth
Butz, Alexander
Garcke, Jochen
author_facet Sotto, Leo Francoso Dal Piccol
Mayer, Sebastian
Janarthanam, Hemanth
Butz, Alexander
Garcke, Jochen
contents We consider optimizing for different production requirements from the viewpoint of a bio-inspired framework for system flexibility that allows us to study the ability of an algorithm to transfer solutions from previous optimization tasks, which also relates to dynamic evolutionary optimization. Optimizing manufacturing process parameters is typically a multi-objective problem with often contradictory objectives such as production quality and production time. If production requirements change, process parameters have to be optimized again. Since optimization usually requires costly simulations based on, for example, the Finite Element method, it is of great interest to have means to reduce the number of evaluations needed for optimization. Based on the extended Oxley model for orthogonal metal cutting, we introduce a multi-objective optimization benchmark where different materials define related optimization tasks. We use the benchmark to study the flexibility of NSGA-II, which we extend by two variants: 1) varying goals, which optimizes solutions for two tasks simultaneously to obtain in-between source solutions expected to be more adaptable, and 2) active-inactive genotype, which accommodates different possibilities that can be activated or deactivated. Results show that adaption, i.e. transferring a solution from a previous optimization task, with standard NSGA-II greatly reduces the number of evaluations required for optimization to a target goal in comparison to starting from scratch. The proposed variants further improve the adaption costs, although further work is needed towards making the methods advantageous for real applications.
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spellingShingle Studying Evolutionary Solution Adaption Using a Flexibility Benchmark Based on a Metal Cutting Process
Sotto, Leo Francoso Dal Piccol
Mayer, Sebastian
Janarthanam, Hemanth
Butz, Alexander
Garcke, Jochen
Neural and Evolutionary Computing
We consider optimizing for different production requirements from the viewpoint of a bio-inspired framework for system flexibility that allows us to study the ability of an algorithm to transfer solutions from previous optimization tasks, which also relates to dynamic evolutionary optimization. Optimizing manufacturing process parameters is typically a multi-objective problem with often contradictory objectives such as production quality and production time. If production requirements change, process parameters have to be optimized again. Since optimization usually requires costly simulations based on, for example, the Finite Element method, it is of great interest to have means to reduce the number of evaluations needed for optimization. Based on the extended Oxley model for orthogonal metal cutting, we introduce a multi-objective optimization benchmark where different materials define related optimization tasks. We use the benchmark to study the flexibility of NSGA-II, which we extend by two variants: 1) varying goals, which optimizes solutions for two tasks simultaneously to obtain in-between source solutions expected to be more adaptable, and 2) active-inactive genotype, which accommodates different possibilities that can be activated or deactivated. Results show that adaption, i.e. transferring a solution from a previous optimization task, with standard NSGA-II greatly reduces the number of evaluations required for optimization to a target goal in comparison to starting from scratch. The proposed variants further improve the adaption costs, although further work is needed towards making the methods advantageous for real applications.
title Studying Evolutionary Solution Adaption Using a Flexibility Benchmark Based on a Metal Cutting Process
topic Neural and Evolutionary Computing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.19775