Estimating tendon excursion-joint angle relationships that define moment arm variations is a critical part of biomechanical modeling. The conventional approach has been to assume a specific mathematical form for these relationships and use experimental data to regress the parameters of these assumed mathematical functions. In contrast, here we propose a novel method that uses symbolic regression to simultaneously determine both the appropriate topology, i.e. the form of the mathematical expression, and the parameter values that best fit the experimental data. We demonstrate this method with synthetic data generated using a known model of the human index finger. Cross validation with realistic noise levels shows that this method can extract the correct form and parameter values for nonlinear tendon excursion-joint angle relationships even in the presence of noise.
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ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference
June 16–19, 2010
Naples, Florida, USA
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- Bioengineering Division
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978-0-7918-4403-8
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Extracting Appropriate Mathematical Expressions Defining Moment Arm Relationships Using Symbolic Regression
Manish U. Kurse,
Manish U. Kurse
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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Michael Schmidt,
Michael Schmidt
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas
Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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Manish U. Kurse
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Schmidt
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Hod Lipson
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Francisco J. Valero-Cuevas
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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SBC2010-19541, pp. 911-912; 2 pages
Published Online:
July 15, 2013
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Kurse, MU, Schmidt, M, Lipson, H, & Valero-Cuevas, FJ. "Extracting Appropriate Mathematical Expressions Defining Moment Arm Relationships Using Symbolic Regression." Proceedings of the ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference. ASME 2010 Summer Bioengineering Conference, Parts A and B. Naples, Florida, USA. June 16–19, 2010. pp. 911-912. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/SBC2010-19541
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