A modified gradient-search training technique for neural-network structural control

This paper discusses a neural-network controller used to reduce the seismic response of building structures. The training process is carried out throu gh a novel gradient-search technique that minimizes a desired cost function defined in terms of a set of structural response quantities. The proposed training approach does not require an additional neural network for the ide ntification of the structural system. The training method is quite flexible with regard to the choice of the cost function to be minimized. A series o f earthquake, base-acceleration time histories are considered to train the network. The effectiveness of the controller is demonstrated through severa l sets of numerical results obtained for a multistory building equipped wit h an active tuned mass damper.