MACHINE LEARNING BASED RAPID PARAMETER DEVELOPMENT FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING AND RELATED METHODS

An additive manufacturing system may include an additive manufacturing device and a process map generation system. The process map generation system may generate an operational process map responsive to mathematical simulations of an additive manufacturing device, cause the additive manufacturing device to print a plurality of test structures responsive to the operational process map, detect one or more defects in each of the plurality of test structures, automatically update the operational process map responsive to the defects, and modify one or more operating parameters of the additive manufacturing device responsive to the updated operational process map.