Kernel Selection for Support Vector Machines for System Identification of a CNC Machining Center

Abstract

Advanced learning methods enable the model-based control of systems with complex unknown dependencies. Within the German cluster of excellence “Internet of Production”, a configuration for an interconnected data-base is proposed, where data-driven model-based control strategies can be applied using the collective knowledge and adapted online according to data. For the exchanged data it is imperative to establish a generalizing learning technique for the controller design. A machine learning technique with inherent generalization ability is the Support Vector Machines (SVM) algorithm, where the choice of kernel is crucial for the resulting model quality. In the related literature, usually a radial basis function (RBF) is chosen as kernel, although many studies show the necessity of a more sophisticated kernel selection. This work tackles the point of a kernel selection based on composite kernel search in context of data-driven model-based control of a CNC machining center. The results support the capability of the presented approach to further automate and improve the identification of the controller model for the machining center.