7 research outputs found
Physics-Informed Transfer Learning Strategy to Accelerate Unsteady Fluid Flow Simulations
Since the derivation of the Navier Stokes equations, it has become possible
to numerically solve real world viscous flow problems (computational fluid
dynamics (CFD)). However, despite the rapid advancements in the performance of
central processing units (CPUs), the computational cost of simulating transient
flows with extremely small time/grid scale physics is still unrealistic. In
recent years, machine learning (ML) technology has received significant
attention across industries, and this big wave has propagated various interests
in the fluid dynamics community. Recent ML CFD studies have revealed that
completely suppressing the increase in error with the increase in interval
between the training and prediction times in data driven methods is
unrealistic. The development of a practical CFD acceleration methodology that
applies ML is a remaining issue. Therefore, the objectives of this study were
developing a realistic ML strategy based on a physics-informed transfer
learning and validating the accuracy and acceleration performance of this
strategy using an unsteady CFD dataset. This strategy can determine the timing
of transfer learning while monitoring the residuals of the governing equations
in a cross coupling computation framework. Consequently, our hypothesis that
continuous fluid flow time series prediction is feasible was validated, as the
intermediate CFD simulations periodically not only reduce the increased
residuals but also update the network parameters. Notably, the cross coupling
strategy with a grid based network model does not compromise the simulation
accuracy for computational acceleration. The simulation was accelerated by 1.8
times in the laminar counterflow CFD dataset condition including the parameter
updating time. Open source CFD software OpenFOAM and open-source ML software
TensorFlow were used in this feasibility study.Comment: 16 pages, 15 figure
Convolutional Neural Network Classifies Pathological Voice Change in Laryngeal Cancer with High Accuracy
Voice changes may be the earliest signs in laryngeal cancer. We investigated whether automated voice signal analysis can be used to distinguish patients with laryngeal cancer from healthy subjects. We extracted features using the software package for speech analysis in phonetics (PRAAT) and calculated the Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients (MFCCs) from voice samples of a vowel sound of /a:/. The proposed method was tested with six algorithms: support vector machine (SVM), extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost), light gradient boosted machine (LGBM), artificial neural network (ANN), one-dimensional convolutional neural network (1D-CNN) and two-dimensional convolutional neural network (2D-CNN). Their performances were evaluated in terms of accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity. The result was compared with human performance. A total of four volunteers, two of whom were trained laryngologists, rated the same files. The 1D-CNN showed the highest accuracy of 85% and sensitivity and sensitivity and specificity levels of 78% and 93%. The two laryngologists achieved accuracy of 69.9% but sensitivity levels of 44%. Automated analysis of voice signals could differentiate subjects with laryngeal cancer from those of healthy subjects with higher diagnostic properties than those performed by the four volunteers.11Ysciescopu