Modeling the mechanical behavior of carbonate sands using artificial neural networks and support vector machines

International Journal of Geomechanics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Kohestani, V R ^a   Hassanlourad, M ^a  

^a IMAM KHOMEINI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Artificial neural network (ANN); Carbonate sand; Mechanical behavior; Support vector machine (SVM)

Indexed keywords

CARBONATION; FORECASTING; NEURAL NETWORKS; SOILS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES;

CARBONATE SAND; CASE-STUDIES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR;

SAND;

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 84954349767     PISSN: 15323641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GM.1943-5622.0000509     Document Type: Article

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