Prediction of maximum scour depth around piers with debris accumulation using EPR, MT, and GEP models

Journal of Hydroinformatics

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 867-884

  Najafzadeh, Mohammad ^a   Balf, Mohammad Rezaie ^a   Rashedi, Esmat ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bridge piers; Debris accumulation; Evolutionary polynomial regression; Gene expression programming; Model tree; Scour depth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989936072     PISSN: 14647141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/hydro.2016.212     Document Type: Article

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