A comparison in a back-bead prediction of gas metal arc welding using multiple regression analysis and artificial neural network

This research was done on the basis of prediction that there is a relationship between welding parameters and geometry of the back-bead in are welding which is a gap. Multiple regression analysis and artificial neural network were used as methods for predicting the geometry of the back-bead. The multiple regression analysis and the artificial neural network were formed, and the analysis data or verification data which were used in the formation process of the multiple regression, and the training data or test data which were used in the formation process of the artificial neural network, were used to perform the prediction of the back-bead. Through this research, it was found that the error rate predicted by the artificial neural network was smaller than that predicted by the multiple regression analysis, in terms of the width and depth of the back-bead. It was also found that between the two predictions, the prediction of the width of the back-bead was superior to the prediction of the depth in both methods. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd.