Optimization algorithm performance in determining optimal controls in human movement analyses

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Neptune, R. R.¹

Optimization algorithm performance in determining optimal controls in human movement analyses

J Biomech Eng. April 1999;121(2):249-252

©1999 ASME

Affiliations

¹Human Performance Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4 Canada
Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of different multivariate optimization algorithms by solving a “tracking” problem using a forward dynamic model of pedaling. The tracking problem was defined as solving for the muscle controls (muscle stimulation onset, offset, and magnitude) that minimized the error between experimentally collected kinetic and kinematic data and the simulation results of pedaling at 90 rpm and 250 W. Three different algorithms were evaluated: a downhill simplex method, a gradient-based sequential quadratic programming algorithm, and a simulated annealing global optimization routine. The results showed that the simulated annealing algorithm performed far superior to the conventional routines by converging more rapidly and avoiding local minima.
Links

DOI: 10.1115/1.2835111

PubMed: 10211461

WoS: 000079930400016
History

Received: 1997-09-03

Revised: 1998-09-13

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