The phrase "based on an understanding of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase to indicate that something is determined or based on an analysis of something else. For example, "Based on an understanding of the risks associated with the project, we came to the conclusion to abandon it."
Prolepsis was used to anticipate study outcomes, thus helping specialists understand the current context based on an understanding of their final goal.
An understanding of HAIs should be based on an understanding of the organisms that cause infection and determine prevention.
But it was based on an understanding of Islam.
And their methods were not based on an understanding of how people acquire languages.
Steiner schools are based on an understanding of child development rooted in the spiritual movement of "anthroposophy", first created by the (unarguably racist) Austrian philosopher Rudolf Steiner.
Another form is brief, dynamic psychotherapy, in which the clinician makes recommendations based on an understanding of the situation and the reasons for resisting change.
Like the reflections of David Brooks, these pieces of advice are based on an understanding of our culture over the last quarter-century or so.
All have this in common: they are biological solutions, based on an understanding of the living organisms that they seek to control, and of the whole fabric of life to which these organisms belong.
Subsequent to that elevation, we were able to neutralize that cell in upstate New York, and based on an understanding of that, together with other information about the threat, we were able to take the threat level back down.
IoT promises to automate many more things based on an understanding of the environment, be that location, time of day, the needs of a user and even their sleep pattern.
The result is a unified vision, based on an understanding of our client's need resulting in a product and service strategy and design brief, focused on achieving our client's business objectives.
