Active Manifold and Model Order Reduction to Accelerate Multidisciplinary Analysis and Optimization
Prof. Charbel Farhat
Summary (AI generated)
PR is a data-driven physics-based machine learning method that is more versatile than data-driven regression. It is resilient to data dependency and overfitting due to the physics it incorporates, making it perform better in conditions outside of the training bounds. It is also interpretable because it learns from both models and data. However, it may seem complex as publicly available software for model reduction is not readily accessible like other machine learning tools.
In research, popularity is not a concern. Training costs are affected by the curse of dimensionality, especially in higher-dimensional parameter spaces. Adaptive training, such as the greedy procedure, can help alleviate this issue but may not fully mitigate it. An Active manifold can be used to learn the mathematical structure of the problem and accelerate the solution of MDAO problems by identifying appropriate regions for problem-solving. This approach has shown significant acceleration in solving realistic MDAO problems.
One downside of the Active manifold approach is that it currently only works with local optimization, which may require additional effort to reformulate in certain contexts.