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Classification of Seismic-Liquefaction Potential Using Friedman’s Stochastic Gradient Boosting Based on the Cone Penetration Test Data

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The analysis of liquefaction potential of soil due to an earthquake is a classical problem for civil and geotechnical engineers. In this paper, Friedman’s stochastic gradient boosting (FSGB) method is introduced and investigated for the prediction of seismic liquefaction potential of soil based on the cone penetration test (CPT) data. The SGB models were developed and validated on a relatively large dataset comprising 226 field records of liquefaction performance and CPT measurements. The database contains the information about effective vertical stress, cone tip resistance, total vertical stress, sleeve friction ratio, depth of potentially liquefiable soil layer, earthquake magnitude and maximum horizontal ground surface acceleration. To find the most suitable model, several different combinations of above input parameters were tested to assess the usefulness of SGBs for liquefaction assessment using CPT data. SGBs are based on classification & regression trees with ensemble learning strategy and found to work well in comparison to artificial neural network and support vector machine models. The developed SGB provides a viable tool for practicing engineers to determine the liquefaction potential of soil.

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The authors appreciate the support of the State Key Research Development Program of China (Grants 2016YFC0600706 and 2017YFC0602902) and the Sheng Hua Lie Ying Program of Central South University (Principle Investigator: Jian Zhou).

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    Jian Zhou, Xin Chen, Mingzhen Wang, Enming Li, Hui Chen & Xiuzhi Shi

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Zhou, J., Chen, X., Wang, M., Li, E., Chen, H., Shi, X. (2019). Classification of Seismic-Liquefaction Potential Using Friedman’s Stochastic Gradient Boosting Based on the Cone Penetration Test Data. In: Barman, M., Zaman, M., Chang, JR. (eds) Transportation and Geotechniques: Materials, Sustainability and Climate. GeoChina 2018. Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95768-5_7

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