Relevance vector machine applied to slope stability analysis

International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 643-652

  Zhao, Hongbo ^a   Yin, Shunde ^b   Ru, Zhongliang ^a  

^a HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Relevance vector machine; Slope engineering; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; FRICTION ANGLES; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; INPUT VARIABLES; NON-LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; PORE-WATER PRESSURES; RELEVANCE VECTOR MACHINE; SLOPE ANGLES; SLOPE ENGINEERING; SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSIS; STABILITY ANALYSIS; VECTOR LEARNING;

FRICTION; SLOPE PROTECTION;

SLOPE STABILITY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; ERROR ANALYSIS; SLOPE DYNAMICS; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84858861972     PISSN: 03639061     EISSN: 10969853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nag.1037     Document Type: Article

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