Paper uses deep reinforcement learning for better control of rocket engines during start-up phases.
problem Lack of optimal control during transient phases of liquid rocket engines.
method Deep reinforcement learning approach for optimal control of a gas-generator engine's continuous start-up phase.
result Deep reinforcement learning controller achieves highest performance and minimal computational effort.
An innovative method optimizes engine calibration to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.
problem Complex engines with many tunable parameters require efficient calibration methods.
method Combines Principal Component Decomposition with constrained Bayesian Optimization to minimize pressure curve deviation.
result Optimal engine calibration found after 64.4s with a 0.017% efficiency gain.
Bayesian optimization simplifies bioprocess engineering experiments.
problem Complex biological systems and experimental uncertainty.
method Adapts classical Bayesian optimization for bioprocess engineering.
result Provides accessible introduction to Bayesian optimization for practitioners.
Deep learning speeds up engine calibration for varied driving conditions.
problem Optimizing engine operation during transient driving cycles for better fuel economy and emissions.
method Parallel simulation-driven machine learning using a physics-based engine simulator.
result Deep neural network surrogate model predicts engine performance and emissions accurately and quickly.
Study defines and optimizes bank reliability using LR and PSO.
problem Lack of reliability concept in financial services.
method Logistic Regression (LR) for initial estimation, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) for optimization.
result Optimal financial ratios maximize bank reliability.
Automates building structural design with reduced mass and carbon footprint.
problem Time-consuming and laborious manual design process for buildings.
method Formulated building structures as graphs, trained end-to-end pipeline with a differentiable simulator.
result Optimal structural designs comparable to GA, with reduced building mass and carbon footprint.
A new method optimizes complex engineering designs under uncertainty efficiently.
problem Optimizing large, uncertain engineering designs with limited resources.
method Multi-level informed optimization via decomposed Kriging.
result Significantly faster and more accurate optimization compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Deep learning models optimize protein sequences.
problem Optimizing protein properties through sequence design.
method Deep generative models guided by machine learning.
result Improved protein sequence generation from prior knowledge.
Deep learning models enhance engineering design automation.
problem Design optimization and customization across various industries.
method Leveraging deep neural networks, GANs, VAEs, and DRL for design synthesis.
result Recent advances in DGMs show promise in structural optimization, materials design, and shape synthesis.
Paper proposes a new model for better engine control.
problem Optimal control problems are non-convex and hard to solve online.
method Combines Hammerstein-Wiener model with input convex neural networks.
result Optimal control problems are effectively solvable due to convexity and partial linearity.
Automates feature extraction for IMU-based activity recognition.
problem Manual feature engineering is time-consuming and limits IMU-based applications.
method FRESH algorithm for automated feature extraction.
result Workflow automates feature extraction from synchronized IMU sensors.
Study uses machine learning to optimize seismic design parameters.
problem Optimizing seismic design parameters for performance-based design.
method Implementing explainable machine learning models to map design variables and performance metrics, integrated into a genetic optimization algorithm.
result Highly accurate surrogate models (R2> 90%) across diverse building types and hazards, identifying optimal member properties.
UQE uses LLMs to analyze unstructured data efficiently.
problem Efficient analytics on unstructured data.
method Proposes UQE, a query engine that uses LLMs to interpret UQL queries.
result Demonstrates efficient analytics on various unstructured data types.
Surveying risk measures for handling uncertainty in various fields.
problem Handling uncertainty in engineering and data-driven problems.
method Review of risk measures and their applications.
result Rapid development and widespread use of risk measures.
Bayesian optimization for probabilistic programs improves performance.
problem Optimizing probabilistic programs with arbitrary variable subsets.
method Code transformations and Bayesian optimization framework.
result Significant performance improvements over existing packages.
Safe Bayesian optimization tackles safety constraints in control engineering.
problem Handling safety constraints in parameter tuning of control systems.
method Lipschitz-only Safe Bayesian Optimization (LoSBO) and LoS-GP-UCB.
result SafeBO algorithms can violate safety constraints due to unreliable uncertainty bounds.
Paper uses neural nets for financial optimization problems.
problem Financial optimization and derivative pricing problems.
method Neural networks and deep reinforcement learning for solving PDEs and dynamic optimization.
result Efficient resolution of nonlinear PDEs and dynamic optimization in finance.
Algorithm learns diverse rankings for search engines.
problem Designing algorithms for search engines to rank diverse items.
method LDR (Learning Diverse Rankings) algorithm, efficient learning based on users' feedback.
result Algorithm achieves optimal ranking performance with O((N−L)log(T)) regret. Optimizing an interactive system against a predefined online metric is particularly challenging, when the metric is computed from user feedback such as clicks and payments. The key challenge is the counterfactual nature: in the case of Web search, any change to a component of the search engine may result in a different…
This monograph presents a class of algorithms called coordinate descent algorithms for mathematicians, statisticians, and engineers outside the field of optimization. This particular class of algorithms has recently gained popularity due to their effectiveness in solving large-scale optimization problems in machine lea…
Framework for renewable energy forecasting and feature engineering.
problem Forecasting and feature extraction for multivariate processes in renewable energy.
method Derivative-free optimization, ensemble of sequence-to-sequence networks, additive resampling, Bootstrap aggregating.
result The proposed method outperforms other machine learning techniques in long-term forecasts and feature selection.
This paper evaluates AutoML tools for ML tasks.
problem Efficiency in machine learning for ML engineers.
method Evaluation and comparison of AutoML tools on various datasets.
result Performance and advantages/disadvantages of AutoML tools.
Aircraft engine manufacturers collect large amount of engine related data during flights. These data are used to detect anomalies in the engines in order to help companies optimize their maintenance costs. This article introduces and studies a generic methodology that allows one to build automatic early signs of anomal…
Transforms web content for better visibility in AI-driven search engines.
problem Disruption of traditional SEO by generative AI search engines.
method Fine-tunes a BART-base transformer on synthetically generated training data.
result Significant improvements in ROUGE-L and BLEU scores, and substantial visibility gains in generative search responses.
EDU method finds diverse optimal solutions for expensive simulators.
problem Optimizing expensive black-box simulators for diverse solutions.
method EDU method searches for diverse locally-optimal solutions within a tolerance level.
result EDU yields a closed-form acquisition function facilitating efficient sequential queries.
This research optimizes fluid-dynamic designs using deep learning and active learning.
problem Expensive and limited empirical design verification for fluid dynamics.
method Applied a deep learning architecture to predict and optimize fluid dynamics performance.
result Reduced the number of required simulation data points from ~8000 to 625.
This paper presents efficient sampling methods for Gaussian processes.
problem High cost of global sensitivity analysis and optimization due to limited high-quality observations.
method Two sampling methods: random Fourier features and pathwise conditioning.
result Efficient generation of posterior samples from Gaussian processes at reduced computational cost.
Detecting early signs of failures (anomalies) in complex systems is one of the main goal of preventive maintenance. It allows in particular to avoid actual failures by (re)scheduling maintenance operations in a way that optimizes maintenance costs. Aircraft engine health monitoring is one representative example of a fi…
A novel efficient method for computing the Knowledge-Gradient policy for Continuous Parameters (KGCP) for deterministic optimization is derived. The differences with Expected Improvement (EI), a popular choice for Bayesian optimization of deterministic engineering simulations, are explored. Both policies and the Upper …
Polish hate speech detection team second in PolEval 2019.
problem Low-resource hate speech detection in Polish.
method Fine-tuning ULMFiT and BERT models, automated feature engineering with TPOT.
result TPOT's shallow model achieved second place in PolEval 2019.
ANN with GA optimizes flexible disc design for lower mass and stress.
problem Design flexible disc elements for lower mass and stress without compromising torque transmission and misalignment.
method Artificial Neural Network (ANN) coupled with Genetic Algorithm (GA) for design exploration.
result Optimized designs meet specified criteria with minimum mass and stress.
New framework for 3D spatial topology enumeration and identification.
problem Efficient navigation through complex engineering system topologies.
method Mathematical spatial graph theory to represent, enumerate, and identify unique topological classes.
result Identification of distinctive 3D topological classes for engineering systems.
Meta-learning helps models learn quickly from few samples.
problem Deep learning requires many samples, which are hard to get.
method Meta-learning optimizes models to adapt quickly to new tasks.
result Meta-learning can improve model efficiency and adaptability.
Bayesian Optimization tackles hidden constraints in architecture optimization.
problem Optimizing system architectures with hidden constraints using expensive physics-based simulations.
method Surrogate-based optimization with Gaussian Process models, including strategies for handling failed evaluations.
result Best performance achieved with a mixed-discrete GP predicting Probability of Viability (PoV) and minimum PoV threshold selection.
PrefOpt simplifies optimization with human preference feedback.
problem Design and optimization guided by human preferences.
method Extends latent variable model for binary preferences to include equivalent preference observations.
result Simplified sequential optimization tasks incorporating human feedback.
Chess engines Stockfish and LCZero differ in their approach to solving endgame puzzles.
problem Comparing machine and human chess problem-solving abilities.
method Used Plaskett's Puzzle to compare Stockfish and LCZero's performance.
result Stockfish outperforms LCZero on the puzzle.
Optimizes web publisher revenues from RTB auctions.
problem Maximizing revenue from RTB auctions with limited information.
method Incremental time-weighted matrix factorization for user and placement profiles; Aalen's Additive model for censored bid predictions.
result Significant revenue increase for web publishers.
ANN predicts methane heat transfer in rocket engines efficiently.
problem Accurate heat transfer prediction for supercritical methane in rocket engine cooling channels.
method Artificial neural networks trained on CFD simulation data.
result ANN model predicts maximum wall temperature with convincing precision.
MESMOC optimizes constrained multi-objective problems efficiently.
problem Constrained multi-objective optimization with expensive function evaluations.
method Max-value Entropy Search in the output space.
result MESMOC selects high-quality Pareto solutions efficiently.
Framework learns to optimize tensor programs for various hardware.
problem Manual optimization of tensor operators for deep learning limits applicability and increases engineering costs.
method Learning-based statistical cost models guide tensor operator implementations over billions of variants.
result Framework delivers performance competitive with hand-tuned libraries across multiple hardware targets.
Differentiable pipeline replaces non-differentiable CAE components for shape optimization.
problem Gradient-based optimization is limited by non-differentiable components in CAE workflows.
method Surrogate models replace non-differentiable pipeline components, enabling gradient-based optimization.
result Gradient-based shape optimization possible without differentiable solvers.
ART automates synthetic biology design with machine learning.
problem Long development times in synthetic biology due to ad-hoc engineering.
method Machine learning and probabilistic modeling for systematic design.
result ART provides optimized strain recommendations and production levels.
SMILES2Vec learns chemical properties from SMILES strings without feature engineering.
problem Predicting chemical properties from SMILES strings without manual feature engineering.
method Deep RNN (SMILES2Vec) learns features from SMILES strings, optimized using Bayesian optimization.
result Optimized SMILES2Vec outperforms MLP neural networks and achieves 88% accuracy in predicting solubility.
Paper examines financial engineering problems and introduces AlphaZero for better replication strategies.
problem Replication portfolio construction in incomplete markets with non-convex constraints.
method Introduces AlphaZero-based system to compare with deep hedging method.
result AlphaZero outperforms deep hedging in non-convex environments, finding near-optimal strategies.
Two approaches reduce computational costs for Gaussian process regression with large datasets.
problem High computational costs in Gaussian process regression for large datasets.
method Nyström approximation and intelligent usage of low-fidelity function evaluations.
result Proposed approaches significantly reduce computational burden for Gaussian process regression.
ease.ml/ci integrates machine learning models rigorously with minimal labeling effort.
problem Lack of rigorous continuous integration for machine learning models.
method Design of a domain-specific language and novel optimizations to reduce labeling effort.
result Achieved single accuracy point error tolerance with 0.999 reliability using minimal labeling effort.
Using virtual stock markets with artificial interacting software investors, aka agent-based models (ABMs), we present a method to reverse engineer real-world financial time series. We model financial markets as made of a large number of interacting boundedly rational agents. By optimizing the similarity between the act…
Paper proposes a holistic optimization for civil structures considering uncertainties.
problem Designing civil structures requires integration of material and structural design.
method Holistic optimization combining concrete mixture design and structural simulations.
result Inverted workflow allows consideration of new mixtures and uncertainties.