Artificial Intelligence in Geotechnical Engineering: Applications, Modeling Aspects, and Future Directions

Metaheuristics in Water, Geotechnical and Transport Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 169-204

  Shahin, Mohamed A ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-398296-4.00008-8     Document Type: Chapter

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