A study of slope stability prediction using neural networks

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 419-445

  Sakellariou, M G ^a   Ferentinou, M D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Back propagation; Factor of safety; Geotechnical parameters; Slope stability; Threshold logic units

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEURAL NETWORKS; SAFETY FACTOR; THRESHOLD LOGIC;

GEOTECHNICAL PARAMETERS; SLOPE STABILITY PREDICTION;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; SLOPE STABILITY;

EID: 23844474449     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-004-8680-5     Document Type: Article

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