Neural network-based model for assessing failure potential of highway slopes in the Alishan, Taiwan Area: Pre- and post-earthquake investigation

Engineering Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 280-289

  Lin, Hung Ming ^a   Chang, Shun Kung ^b   Wu, Jian Hong ^b   Juang, C Hsein ^c,d  

^a LEADER UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c AMRL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Chi Chi earthquake; Geology; Highway slope; Hydrology; Probability of slope failure; Slope stability; Topography

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; EARTHQUAKES; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; HYDROLOGY; NEURAL NETWORKS; WATER;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS; BEFORE AND AFTER; CHI-CHI , TAIWAN; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE; EMPIRICAL MODELS; FAILURE CHARACTERISTICS; HIGHWAY SLOPE; LARGE DATABASE;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; MODELING; PROBABILITY; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY;

ALI MOUNTAIN; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 61349138155     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2008.11.007     Document Type: Article

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