READ ME File For 'Dataset for Machine learning for multi-dimensional optimisation and predictive visualisation of laser machining' Dataset DOI:https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D1687 ReadMe Author: Michael Mcdonnell, University of Southampton This dataset supports the publication: Michael D. T. McDonnell, Daniel Arnaldo, Etienne Pelletier, James A. Grant-Jacob, Matthew Praeger, Dimitris Karnakis, Robert W. Eason, Ben Mills Machine learning for multi-dimensional optimisation and predictive visualisation of laser machining Journal of Inteligent Manufacturing Description: The excel file contains all experimental data used for generating figures 4-7 The figures are as follows: Fig. 1 The laser machining setup Fig. 2 Example surface profiles Fig. 3 ANN block schematic Fig. 4 ANN Performance Fig. 5 ANN percentage error with varying size Fig. 6 The effect of varying number of pulses Fig. 7 ANN predictions Fig. 8 Generic GAN schematic Fig. 9 GAN block schematic Fig. 10 GAN example results The text sturucture files contain psuedo code to create the structures of the neural networks used Geographic location of data collection: University of Southampton, U.K. Date of data collection 2019-01-01 to 2020-07-30 Related projects: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (EP/N03368X/1). Dataset available under a CC BY 4.0 licence Publisher: University of Southampton, U.K. Date: January 2021