A Comparison of Optimization Methods for Compression Driver Design

Gasparini M, Capucci E, Cecchi S, Toppi R, Piazza F. A Comparison of Optimization Methods for Compression Driver Design. In: AES Convention 140. Audio Engineering Society; 2016. Paper 9508. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18207

@inproceedings{Gasparini2016_18207,
  author = {Gasparini, Michele and Capucci, Emiliano and Cecchi, Stefania and Toppi, Romolo and Piazza, Francesco},
  title = {{A Comparison of Optimization Methods for Compression Driver Design}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 140},
  note = {Paper 9508},
  year = {2016},
  month = may,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=18207}
}

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TI  - A Comparison of Optimization Methods for Compression Driver Design
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AU  - Cecchi, Stefania
AU  - Toppi, Romolo
AU  - Piazza, Francesco
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AB  - Finite element analysis is a powerful and widespread mathematical technique capable of modeling even very complex physical systems. The use of this method is quite common in loudspeaker design processes, although simulations may often become time consuming. In order to reduce the number of simulations needed to define an optimal design, some advanced metaheuristic algorithms can be employed. The use of these techniques is well known in many optimization tasks when an analytical description of the system is not available a priori. In this paper a comparison among three different optimization procedures in the design of a compression driver is presented. The algorithms will be evaluated in terms of both convergence time and residual error.
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