Model Fusion via a Master Fuzzy System with Special Application to Engineering Materials

To improve the modelling performance, one should either propose new modelling methodologies or make the best of existing models. In this paper, the study is concentrated on the latter solution, where a structure-free modelling paradigm is proposed to combine various modelling techniques in ‘symbiosis’ using a ‘master fuzzy system’. This approach is shown to be able to include the advantages of different modelling techniques altogether by minimising efforts relating optimisation of final structure. The proposed approach is then successfully applied to predict machining induced residual stresses for aerospace alloy components as well as mechanical properties of heat-treated alloy steels.