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Embedding domain knowledge for machine learning of complex material systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2019

Christopher M. Childs  and
Newell R. Washburn
Christopher M. Childs
Affiliation:
Washburn Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Newell R. Washburn*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 4400 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
*
Address all correspondence to Newell R. Washburn at washburn@andrew.cmu.edu
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Abstract

Machine learning (ML) has revolutionized disciplines within materials science that have been able to generate sufficiently large datasets to utilize algorithms based on statistical inference, but for many important classes of materials the datasets remain small. However, a rapidly growing number of approaches to embedding domain knowledge of materials systems are reducing data requirements and allowing broader applications of ML. Furthermore, these hybrid approaches improve the interpretability of the predictions, allowing for greater physical insights into the factors that determine material properties. This review introduces a number of these strategies, providing examples of how they were implemented in ML algorithms and discussing the materials systems to which they were applied.

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Artificial Intelligence Prospectives
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MRS Communications , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , September 2019 , pp. 806 - 820
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