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This paper proposes a data-driven approach to parameterizing shape spaces for Bayesian optimization, replacing manual design with PCA-based learning of deformation modes. By establishing a linear and interpretable search space across diverse physics domains like aerodynamics and electromagnetics, the method improves sample efficiency and avoids the infeasible regions common in hand-crafted baselines. The work advances machine learning techniques for solving expensive, non-differentiable engineering optimization problems.
Example-driven Parametrisations for Bayesian Shape Optimisation
arXiv:2610.11984v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Bayesian optimisation is the natural tool for shape design when objectives are expensive and non-differentiable, but it needs a compact yet expressive parameterisation of the search space. Hand-crafting one is a complex endeavour requiring domain expertise, and often yields implicit infeasible regions, artificial bounds, and coupled, unordered coordinates. We instead learn the parameterisation from a collection of existing designs, applying principal component analysis to the deformations between shapes. The result is a linear, interpretable search space in which the number of components explicitly trades expressivity against dimensionality. Across aerofoils, wings, and radio-frequency cavities, spanning 2D geometry to 3D aerodynamics and electromagnetics, we show improved sample efficiency and the ability to explore beyond the confines of hand-crafted baselines.
Abstract:Bayesian optimisation is the natural tool for shape design when objectives are expensive and non-differentiable, but it needs a compact yet expressive parameterisation of the search space. Hand-crafting one is a complex endeavour requiring domain expertise, and often yields implicit infeasible regions, artificial bounds, and coupled, unordered coordinates. We instead learn the parameterisation from a collection of existing designs, applying principal component analysis to the deformations between shapes. The result is a linear, interpretable search space in which the number of components explicitly trades expressivity against dimensionality. Across aerofoils, wings, and radio-frequency cavities, spanning 2D geometry to 3D aerodynamics and electromagnetics, we show improved sample efficiency and the ability to explore beyond the confines of hand-crafted baselines.
Machine Learning (cs.LG)
arXiv:2610.11984 [cs.LG]
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