Knowledge graph-based representation and recommendation for surrogate modeling method

Surrogate models have been widely used in engineering design for approximating a simulation system with high computational cost. Complex system design typically is a multi-stage and multi-discipline design problem, which requires a large number of surrogate models. The choice of surrogate modeling method (SMM) is critical as it directly impacts the performance of both the surrogate models and the designed systems. With the growing variety of SMMs, designers face challenges in selecting the appropriate methods for their specific applications. To address this, we propose a representation and recommendation framework for surrogate modeling methods based on knowledge graph. Firstly, we develop an ontology to formally represent core concepts involved in the recommendation for surrogate modeling methods, including surrogate modeling method, surrogate model, and data sets,etc. Secondly, we extract 460 samples from 46 benchmark functions using Latin hypercube sampling to construct a knowledge graph with 8,343 nodes and 16,100 relationships, which involves 7,820 surrogate models generated from 17 surrogate modeling methods. Finally, we propose a knowledge graph-based recommendation method for surrogate modeling method named KGRSMM to facilitate the selection of an appropriate surrogate modeling method. We test the efficacy of KGRSMM using examples of theoretical problems and engineering problems of hot rod rolling respectively. It is shown in the results that KGRSMM is capable of recommending surrogates with appropriate accuracy, robustness, and time to satisfy designers’ preferences.