A DOE based approach for the design of RBF artificial neural networks applied to prediction of surface roughness in AISI 52100 hardened Steel turning

The use of artificial neural networks for prediction in hard turning has received considerable attention in literature. An often quoted drawback of ANNs is the lack of a systematic way for the design of high performance networks. This study presents a DOE based approach for the design of ANNs of Rad...

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Autores: Pontes, Fabrcio Jose [UNESP], Silva, Messias Borges [UNESP], Ferreira, Joao Roberto, de Paiva, Anderson Paulo, Balestrassi, Pedro Paulo, Schoenhorst, Gustavo Bonnard
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/9480
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1678-58782010000500010
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/9480
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:surface roughness
design of experiments
radial basis function neural networks
hard turning
AISI 52100 hardened steel
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Sumario:The use of artificial neural networks for prediction in hard turning has received considerable attention in literature. An often quoted drawback of ANNs is the lack of a systematic way for the design of high performance networks. This study presents a DOE based approach for the design of ANNs of Radial Basis Function (RBF) architecture applied to surface roughness prediction in turning of AISI 52100 hardened steel. Experimental factors are the number of radial units on the hidden layer, the algorithm employed to calculate the spread factor of radial units and the algorithm employed to calculate radial function centers. DOE is employed to select levels of factors that benefit network prediction skills. Experiments with data sets of distinct sizes were conducted and network configurations leading to high performance were identified. ANN models obtained proved capable to predict roughness in accurate, precise and affordable way. Results pointed significant factors for network design and revealed that interaction effects between design parameters have significant influence on network performance for the task proposed. The work concludes that the DOE methodology constitutes a better approach to the design of RBF networks for roughness prediction than the most common trial and error approach.