Explainable AI-based generation of offshore substructure designs

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Abstract

Historically the design of Offshore Wind Turbines (OWT) depends on various influence factors which are set by engineers. Typically, most parameters are determined during the initial design phase and have less consideration on the influences of the entire life-cycle of a structure, leading to the over-exploitation of a single design, like monopiles. In this work, we define the design process as a multi-objective optimization problem and use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to discover multiple optimal solutions, while providing feedback, in the form of feature importance explanations for generated structures. Our approach results in efficient designs, while explanations can improve engineers' understanding of alternative design possibilities.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference, 2023
EditorsJin S. Chung, Decheng Wan, Satoru Yamaguchi, Shiqiang Yan, Igor Buzin, Hiroyasu Kawai, Hua Liu, Ivana Kubat, Bor-Feng Peng, Ali Reza, Venkatachalam Sriram, Suak Ho Van
PublisherInternational Society of Offshore and Polar Engineers
Pages286-292
Number of pages7
ISBN (print)9781880653807
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesProceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
ISSN1098-6189

Conference

Title33rd International Ocean and Polar Engineering Conference
Abbreviated titleISOPE 2023
Conference number33
Duration19 - 23 June 2023
Website
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationThe Westin
CityOttawa
CountryCanada

External IDs

ORCID /0000-0001-8735-1345/work/160479751
ORCID /0000-0002-3578-3098/work/160479856

Keywords

Keywords

  • Artificial Intelligence, Evolutionary Algorithm, Industrial Design, Machine Learning, Multi-objective Optimization, Offshore Wind Turbines