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A neural network construction method for surrogate modeling of physics-based analysis
A neural network construction method for surrogate modeling of physics-based analysis
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Sung, Woong Je
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Mavris, Dimitri N.
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A connectivity adjusting learning algorithm, Optimal Brain Growth (OBG) was proposed. Contrast to the conventional training methods for the Artificial Neural Network (ANN) which focus on the weight-only optimization, the OBG method trains both weights and connectivity of a network in a single training process. The standard Back-Propagation (BP) algorithm was extended to exploit the error gradient information of the latent connection whose current weight has zero value. Based on this, the OBG algorithm makes a rational decision between a further adjustment of an existing connection weight and a creation of a new connection having zero weight. The training efficiency of a growing network is maintained by freezing stabilized connections in the further optimization process. A stabilized computational unit is also decomposed into two units and a particular set of decomposition rules guarantees a seamless local re-initialization of a training trajectory. The OBG method was tested for the multiple canonical, regression and classification problems and for a surrogate modeling of the pressure distribution on transonic airfoils. The OBG method showed an improved learning capability in computationally efficient manner compared to the conventional weight-only training using connectivity-fixed Multilayer Perceptrons (MLPs).
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2012-04-04
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