Table 3 NSGAN-generated non-dominated solutions mapped from latent space to design space with predicted mechanical properties

From: NSGAN: a non-dominant sorting optimisation-based generative adversarial design framework for alloy discovery

Latent space (10 dimensions)

Design space (35 dimensions)

Predicted properties

Latent variables

Element composition

Processing condition

Elongation (%)

UTS (MPa)

[−1.6, 0.9, 0.8,

−2.2, 2.7, −1.4, 2.5, −2.8, 1.9, 2.1]

\({{\rm{Al}}}_{0.852}{{\rm{Cu}}}_{0.0135}{{\rm{Mg}}}_{0.0245}\,{{\rm{Sc}}}_{0.0022}{{\rm{Zn}}}_{0.107}{{\rm{Zr}}}_{0.0009}\)

Solutionised + artificially peak aged

9.40

775.43

[−1.9, 0.9, 1.7,

−2.2, 2.7, −1.2,

−1.7, −2.8, 2.2. 2.1]

\({{\rm{Al}}}_{0.849}{{\rm{Cu}}}_{0.061}{{\rm{Fe}}}_{0.0057}\,{\rm{M}}{{\rm{g}}}_{0.011}{\rm{T}}{{\rm{i}}}_{0.0012}{\rm{Z}}{{\rm{n}}}_{0.07}\)

Solutionised + cold worked + naturally aged

18.40

623.24

[0.8, 0.6, 2.7,

−0.9, −1.6, 1.8, −2,

2.5, −0.2, 1.2]

\({\rm{A}}{{\rm{l}}}_{0.955}{\rm{C}}{{\rm{u}}}_{0.038}{\rm{L}}{{\rm{i}}}_{0.0057}\,{\rm{Z}}{{\rm{r}}}_{0.0017}\)

Solutionised + naturally aged

23.10

499.04

[−2.5, −1.6, −2.4,

−1.2, −0.04, −2.1,

−0.7, −2.7, −2.2,

−1.9]

\({\rm{A}}{{\rm{l}}}_{0.943}{\rm{M}}{{\rm{g}}}_{0.056}{\rm{M}}{{\rm{n}}}_{0.0013}\)

No processing

28.87

321.82

[−1.7, −0.5, 1.7,

2.1, 2.9, −1.6, 2.2,

2.6, −0.3, 0.5]

\({\rm{A}}{{\rm{l}}}_{0.9994}{\rm{C}}{{\rm{u}}}_{0.0005}{\rm{F}}{{\rm{e}}}_{0.0001}\)

No processing

44.24

69.94