Genetic Programming Techniques for Modelling and Design

计算智能是人工智能的一个分支，它使用受自然现象启发的解决问题的算法。我的研究方向是遗传编程(GP)。这是一种受达尔文进化论启发的计算智能技术，用来自动“繁殖”计算机程序来解决各种问题。我对使用GP来解决进化设计中的问题很感兴趣。这是一个研究领域，涉及在不同领域发现的复杂设计问题，如3D建模、建筑、艺术、生物网络等。设计领域的一个共同主题是假设解决方案本身就需要高度的人类独创性和创造力。此外，与GP中研究的其他问题不同，对于给定的设计问题，许多不同的解决方案往往是可能的。例如，节能建筑有许多有用的设计。*我的研究将通过提高GP在进化设计中的有效性来解决日益复杂的设计问题，并将重点放在进化设计中的几个主要技术问题上。首先，复杂的设计问题通常涉及大量针对特定问题的考虑，如果要获得满意的解决方案，所有这些都需要解决。其中一些因素的计算也可能非常昂贵，例如，使用能源模拟软件估计建筑的能源使用量。我将探索在解决实际问题时如何有效地处理许多必要的设计目标。我还将使用显卡中的高性能计算能力，以帮助加快这些昂贵计算的性能。这将使处理能力得到极大的提高，这将使进化设计系统更加高效和强大。这种计算机速度的提高将允许创建软件支持工具，使用户能够与GP互动工作，以找到合适的设计。第二个研究方向将涉及创造新的设计语言，供遗传编程使用。这些语言将描述针对特定问题的许多特定领域的设计目标，并提高GP解决问题的能力。通过处理这两个问题，自动创建复杂的、现实世界设计问题的解决方案将成为可能。在研究过程中，我将在艺术应用的2D图形、3D建模、节能建筑和生物建模中探索新的设计问题。这些对GP的改进也将广泛适用于进化设计以外的问题领域。一个长期目标是使用这项技术为最终用户创建更智能的支持软件。**

Computational intelligence is a branch of artificial intelligence that uses problem-solving algorithms inspired by phenomena seen in nature. My research is in genetic programming (GP). This is a computational intelligence technique inspired by Darwin's theory of evolution, which is used to automatically "breed" computer programs to solve a variety of problems. I am interested in the use of GP to solve problems in evolutionary design. This is a research area involving complex design problems found in diverse areas such as 3D modelling, architecture, art, biological networks, and others. A common theme in design fields is the assumption that solutions inherently require a high degree of human ingenuity and creativity. Furthermore, unlike other problems studied in GP, many different solutions are often possible for a given design problem. For example, there are a multitude of useful designs for an energy-efficient building.******My research will solve increasingly complex design problems by improving the effectiveness of GP in evolutionary design, and will focus on a few major technical issues in evolutionary design. First, complex design problems usually involve a large number of problem-specific considerations, all of which need to be solved if satisfactory solutions are to be obtained. Some of these factors can be very expensive to compute as well, for example, estimating the energy usage of a building using energy simulation software. I will explore ways to effectively handle the many design goals necessary when solving real-world problems. I will also be using the high-performance computing power found in graphics cards, to help speed up the performance of these expensive computations. This will enable enormous increases in processing power, which will make the evolutionary design system much more efficient and powerful. This improvement in computer speed will permit the creation of software support tools that allow users to work interactively with the GP to find suitable designs. A second direction of research will involve creating new design languages to be used by genetic programming. These languages will describe many of the domain-specific design goals for specific problems, and improve the problem-solving abilities of GP. By tackling these two issues, the automatic creation of solutions to complex, real-world design problems will be possible. During the course of the research, I will explore new design problems throughout 2D graphics for art applications, 3D modelling, energy efficient architecture, and biological modelling. These improvements to GP will also be widely applicable to problem areas outside of evolutionary design. A long-term goal is to use this technology to create more intelligent support software for end-users.**