Least-square support vector machine applied to settlement of shallow foundations on cohesionless soils

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 2033-2043

  Samui, Pijush ^a   Sitharam, T G ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Cohesionless soil; Least square support vector machine; Settlement; Shallow foundation

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; COHESIONLESS SOIL; EMBEDMENT DEPTH; INEQUALITY CONSTRAINT; INPUT VARIABLES; INTERPRETATION METHODS; LEAST-SQUARE SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; LEAST-SQUARES COST FUNCTIONS; LOSS FUNCTIONS; RIDGE REGRESSION; SETTLEMENT; SHALLOW FOUNDATIONS; STANDARD PENETRATION TEST;

BEARING CAPACITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COST FUNCTIONS; FORECASTING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SETTLEMENT OF STRUCTURES; SOILS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; VECTORS;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

COHESIONLESS SOIL; FOOTING; FOUNDATION; GEOMETRY; GROUND SETTLEMENT; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; PENETRATION TEST; PREDICTION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; VECTOR;

EID: 77949350130     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.731     Document Type: Article

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