Determination of the critical failure surface for slope stability analysis using ant colony optimization

Engineering Geology

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 133-141

  Kahatadeniya, K S ^a   Nanakorn, P ^a   Neaupane, K M ^b  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Scott Wilson Group plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Critical failure surface; Factor of safety; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

ACO ALGORITHMS; ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; CRITICAL FAILURE SURFACE; FACTOR OF SAFETY; FACTORS OF SAFETIES; MINIMIZATION PROBLEMS; MOMENT EQUILIBRIA; MORGENSTERN-PRICE METHOD; PIECEWISE-LINEAR; SLIP SURFACES; SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS;

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR;

SLOPE STABILITY;

ALGORITHM; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL METHOD; OPTIMIZATION; SLOPE FAILURE; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 69249217716     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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