Design equations for prediction of pressuremeter soil deformation moduli utilizing expression programming systems

Neural Computing and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1771-1786

  Alavi, Amir Hossein ^b   Gandomi, Amir Hossein ^d   Nejad, Hadi Chahkandi ^a   Mollahasani, Ali ^c   Rashed, Azadeh ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Expression programming techniques; Pressuremeter test; Soil deformation modulus; Soil physical properties

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION PROGRAMMING; GENERALIZATION CAPABILITY; MULTI-EXPRESSION PROGRAMMING; PREDICTION PERFORMANCE; PRESSUREMETER TESTS; PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; SOIL DEFORMATION; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

FORECASTING; SOILS;

DEFORMATION;

EID: 84885938722     PISSN: 09410643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00521-012-1144-6     Document Type: Article

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