e-SimFT: Alignment of Generative Models with Simulation Feedback for Pareto-Front Design Exploration

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Main Authors: Cheong, Hyunmin, Ataei, Mohammadmehdi, Khasahmadi, Amir Hosein, Jayaraman, Pradeep Kumar
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author Cheong, Hyunmin
Ataei, Mohammadmehdi
Khasahmadi, Amir Hosein
Jayaraman, Pradeep Kumar
author_facet Cheong, Hyunmin
Ataei, Mohammadmehdi
Khasahmadi, Amir Hosein
Jayaraman, Pradeep Kumar
contents Deep generative models have recently shown success in solving complex engineering design problems where models predict solutions that address the design requirements specified as input. However, there remains a challenge in aligning such models for effective design exploration. For many design problems, finding a solution that meets all the requirements is infeasible. In such a case, engineers prefer to obtain a set of Pareto optimal solutions with respect to those requirements, but uniform sampling of generative models may not yield a useful Pareto front. To address this gap, we introduce a new framework for Pareto-front design exploration with simulation fine-tuned generative models. First, the framework adopts preference alignment methods developed for Large Language Models (LLMs) and showcases the first application in fine-tuning a generative model for engineering design. The important distinction here is that we use a simulator instead of humans to provide accurate and scalable feedback. Next, we propose epsilon-sampling, inspired by the epsilon-constraint method used for Pareto-front generation with classical optimization algorithms, to construct a high-quality Pareto front with the fine-tuned models. Our framework, named e-SimFT, is shown to produce better-quality Pareto fronts than existing multi-objective alignment methods.
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spellingShingle e-SimFT: Alignment of Generative Models with Simulation Feedback for Pareto-Front Design Exploration
Cheong, Hyunmin
Ataei, Mohammadmehdi
Khasahmadi, Amir Hosein
Jayaraman, Pradeep Kumar
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Deep generative models have recently shown success in solving complex engineering design problems where models predict solutions that address the design requirements specified as input. However, there remains a challenge in aligning such models for effective design exploration. For many design problems, finding a solution that meets all the requirements is infeasible. In such a case, engineers prefer to obtain a set of Pareto optimal solutions with respect to those requirements, but uniform sampling of generative models may not yield a useful Pareto front. To address this gap, we introduce a new framework for Pareto-front design exploration with simulation fine-tuned generative models. First, the framework adopts preference alignment methods developed for Large Language Models (LLMs) and showcases the first application in fine-tuning a generative model for engineering design. The important distinction here is that we use a simulator instead of humans to provide accurate and scalable feedback. Next, we propose epsilon-sampling, inspired by the epsilon-constraint method used for Pareto-front generation with classical optimization algorithms, to construct a high-quality Pareto front with the fine-tuned models. Our framework, named e-SimFT, is shown to produce better-quality Pareto fronts than existing multi-objective alignment methods.
title e-SimFT: Alignment of Generative Models with Simulation Feedback for Pareto-Front Design Exploration
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02628