J4 ›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 161-167.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2012.05.027

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Multi-disciplinary design method for the matched response surface based on the hybrid neural network

LIU Daohua;WANG Shuli;XUE Rui   

  1. (School of Computer and Information Technology, Xinyang Normal Univ., Xinyang  464000, China)
  • Received:2011-06-10 Online:2012-10-20 Published:2012-12-13
  • Contact: LIU Daohua E-mail:ldhzzx@163.com

Abstract:

In order to improve the solving performance of Multi-disciplinary design optimization (MDO), a multi-disciplinary design method for the matched response surface based on the hybrid neural network is proposed. By combining the advantages of the back-propagation (BP) network with the adaptive resonance theory (ART) network and making full use of the target results sample through discipline-level optimization to adaptively change the traditional response surface structure, the proposed method improves the accuracy of the response surface and reduces the number of times of iteration of the discipline-level optimization, which leads to a better solving efficiency for the multi-disciplinary optimization methods. The optimization method is validated by a specific example. Comparison studies in terms of solving accuracy, discipline optimization times, average number of times of iteration and iterative occupancy hours of obtaining the optimization solution indicate that the method for the multi-disciplinary design  of the matched response surface based on the hybrid neural network has a few advantages such as higher solution accuracy and higher computational efficiency.

Key words: back-propagation network, adaptive resonance theory network, multi-disciplinary design, response surface

CLC Number: 

  • TP301