Prediction of soil-water characteristic curve using genetic programming

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 661-665

  Johari, A ^a   Habibagahi, G ^a   Ghahramani, A ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Computer models; Geotechnical models; Numerical models; Soil suction; Soil water; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; WATER;

DATA DIGITIZATION; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; GEOTECHNICAL MODELS; SOIL SUCTION; SOIL WATER; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; UNSATURATED SOILS;

SOILS;

GENETIC ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL TEST; SOIL WATER; SUCTION; WATER CONTENT;

COMPUTER PROGRAM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL;

EID: 33645818583     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:5(661)     Document Type: Article

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