Method for determining habitat descriptor values providing a target biodegradability of a polymer

An apparatus for determining habitat descriptor values providing a target biodegradability for a predetermined polymer, wherein the apparatus comprises:

• a target biodegradability providing unit for providing a target biodegradability,
• wherein the biodegradability is indicative of a biodegradation characteristic of a polymer,
• a digital representation providing unit for providing a digital representation of a polymer indicative of or associated with physicochemical characteristics of the polymer,
• a habitat providing unit for providing a biodegradation habitat, wherein the biodegradation habitat is indicative of habitat descriptors influencing a biodegradation of a polymer in the respective habitat, wherein the habitat descriptors are indicative of environmental characteristics of the habitat,
• a model providing unit for providing a biodegradation model based on the provided biodegradation habitat, wherein the biodegradation model is adapted to determine habitat descriptor values that allow for a biodegradation of the polymer meeting the target biodegradability in the biodegradation habitat, wherein the biodegradation model is a data driven model parameterized with respect to the biodegradation habitat such that it determines based on the target biodegradability and the polymer physicochemical characteristics the habitat descriptor values, and
• a determining unit for determining the habitat descriptor values for the polymer based on the selected biodegradation model, the target biodegradability and the polymer description.

A training apparatus for training a data driven based biodegradation model for parameterizing the biodegradation model, wherein the training apparatus comprises:

• a training data providing unit for providing training data associated with a predetermined biodegradation habitat, wherein the training data comprises a) digital representations of a plurality of training polymers indicative of physicochemical characteristics for each of the training polymers, b) habitat descriptor values for the respective habitat descriptors of the biodegradation habitat, and c) a biodegradability for the respective biodegradation habitat descriptor values associated with each training polymer,
• a trainable model providing unit for providing a data driven based trainable biodegradation model,
• a training unit for training the provided data driven based biodegradation model based on the provided training data such that the trained biodegradation model is adapted to determine habitat descriptor values based on a biodegradability and polymer physicochemical characteristics, and
• a trained model providing unit for providing the trained biodegradation model.