Use of interactive evolutionary computation with simplified modeling for computationally expensive layout design optimization

This paper presents the use of Interactive Evolutionary Computation (IEC) as a method to allow a human user to embed their expert domain knowledge and experience to overcome the deficiencies of Modified Nodal Analysis (MNA)-based EC in a fraction of the time associated with computationally expensive Finite Element Modeler (FEM)-based EC. From our comparison tests for the design of a MEMS resonating mass, results show that MNA-based IEC performance was within 10% of FEM-based EC, yet it performed in only 1/24
^th
of the computation time.