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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 14, 2021
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Hyogo, JP;
Hikaru Hamada, Takasago, JP;
Yasuaki Yamane, Takasago, JP;
Norifumi Yamada, Takasago, JP;
Kazuo Miyasaka, Takasago, JP;
KOBE STEEL, LTD., Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A machine learning method includes: acquiring a state variable including at least one first evaluation parameter related to performance evaluation of a kneaded product and at least one kneading condition; calculating a reward for a decision result of the at least one kneading condition based on the state variable; updating a function for deciding the at least one kneading condition from the state variable based on the reward; and by repeating the update of the function, deciding a kneading condition under which the reward obtained becomes maximum, in which the at least one first evaluation parameter includes at least one of physical properties and shape characteristics related to the kneaded product.