Real-Time Structural Analysis Based on Machine Learning for Custom Product Design: A Case Study of Orthopedic Fixator Product

Abstract

Mass customization is related to increasing the balance between the needs of companies that are focused on customers on conditions of production flexibility and efficiency. Product adjustment according to customer needs can increase the company's competitiveness. However, special production processes and adjustments are time consuming and cost inefficient. Parametric product modeling is a fairly popular technique for dealing with this problem. However, it still has challenges related to the high cost of software and a workforce that has special expertise in the field of quality control. In addition, product-specific designs cannot be tested quickly, resulting in a long production time. This study proposes a machine learning (ML) method that aims to obtain a fast time structure to analyze the production of orthopedic fixators. This research process requires a collection of training data with product attributes, physical characteristics, quality, selected ML techniques, and determination of the appropriate set of hyperparameters. Optimization results were obtained using the gradient boosting method with a value of . With these results, the orthopedic fixation device can be used in the case study of developing this machine learning model.