Application of several non-linear prediction tools for estimating uniaxial compressive strength of granitic rocks and comparison of their performances

Engineering with Computers

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 189-206

  Jahed Armaghani, Danial ^a   Tonnizam Mohamad, Edy ^a   Hajihassani, Mohsen ^a   Yagiz, Saffet ^b   Motaghedi, Hossein ^c  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adaptive neuro fuzzy inference system; Artificial neural network; Granite; Non linear multiple regression; Uniaxial compressive strength

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FORECASTING; FUZZY INFERENCE; FUZZY SYSTEMS; GRANITE; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; NEURAL NETWORKS; SEISMIC WAVES; STATISTICAL TESTS; TRACKING (POSITION); WAVE PROPAGATION;

ADAPTIVE NEURO-FUZZY INFERENCE SYSTEM; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; NON LINEAR; NON-LINEAR PREDICTIONS; PERFORMANCE INDICES; RANKING PROCEDURES; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH;

ROCKS;

EID: 84961061738     PISSN: 01770667     EISSN: 14355663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00366-015-0410-5     Document Type: Article

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