Prediction of unconfined compressive strength of rock surrounding a roadway using artificial neural network

Neural Computing and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 381-389

  Majdi, Abbas ^a   Rezaei, Mohammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network; Multivariable regression; Sensitivity analysis; Unconfined compressive strength

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HARDNESS; POROSITY; PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

DESIGN PARAMETERS; DETERMINATION COEFFICIENTS; EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; MEAN ABSOLUTE ERROR; MEAN RELATIVE ERROR; MULTIVARIABLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIABLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCONFINED COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84880751933     PISSN: 09410643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00521-012-0925-2     Document Type: Article

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