Metamodels for Computer-based Engineering Design: Survey and recommendations

Engineering with Computers - Tập 17 - Trang 129-150 - 2014
T.W. Simpson1, J.D. Poplinski2, P. N. Koch3, J.K. Allen4
1Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA, USA
2The Statistical Design Institute, Garland, Texas, USA, USA
3Engineous Software, Inc., Cary, NC, USA, USA
4Systems Realization Laboratory, Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA, USA

Tóm tắt

The use of statistical techniques to build approximations of expensive computer analysis codes pervades much of today’s engineering design. These statistical approximations, or metamodels, are used to replace the actual expensive computer analyses, facilitating multidisciplinary, multiobjective optimization and concept exploration. In this paper, we review several of these techniques, including design of experiments, response surface methodology, Taguchi methods, neural networks, inductive learning and kriging. We survey their existing application in engineering design, and then address the dangers of applying traditional statistical techniques to approximate deterministic computer analysis codes. We conclude with recommendations for the appropriate use of statistical approximation techniques in given situations, and how common pitfalls can be avoided.