Fricke, C. D., Wolff, D., Kemmerling, M., & Elgeti, S. (2023, May 31). Investigation of Reinforcement Learning in Shape Optimization [Conference Presentation]. Math 2 Product (M2P) 2023, Taormina, Italy. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/191070
E317-01-2 - Forschungsgruppe Struktur- und Werkstoffsimulation E317-01-1 - Forschungsgruppe Numerische Analyse- und Designmethoden
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Date (published):
31-May-2023
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Event name:
Math 2 Product (M2P) 2023
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Event date:
30-May-2023 - 1-Jun-2023
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Event place:
Taormina, Italy
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Keywords:
reinforcement learning; shape optimization
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Abstract:
Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a subfield of Machine Learning that aims to mimic the way how humans learn to accomplish a new task. This process is mostly guided by experience, i.e., by trying out how to act in a specific situation in order to achieve a certain goal. Once enough experience has been gathered, it can be utilized to make more educated decisions to accomplish this task efficiently. In this work, we apply RL as a shape optimization driver. Based on a variety of basic examples lent from production engineering, we were able to show that an RL agent can indeed learn to optimize a geometry. In particular, we compare a variety of algorithms from the two general categories direct optimization approach and incremental optimization approach.
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Research Areas:
Computer Science Foundations: 30% Modeling and Simulation: 40% Computational System Design: 30%