Genetic programming approach for estimating the deformation modulus of rock mass using sensitivity analysis by neural network

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1091-1103

  Beiki, Morteza ^a   Bashari, Ali ^b   Majdi, Abbas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b Iran Ministry of Road Transportation   (Iran)

Author keywords

Deformation modulus of rock mass; Genetic programming (GP); Relative strength of effect (RSE); Sensitivity analysis about the mean

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DEFORMATION; FORECASTING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

DEFORMATION MODULUS; DEFORMATION MODULUS OF ROCK MASS; GENETIC PROGRAMMING; GENETIC PROGRAMMING MODELING; RELATIVE STRENGTH; RELATIVE STRENGTH OF EFFECT; ROCK-MASS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSE ABOUT THE MEAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYZES; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 77956648398     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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