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Feasibility of imperialist competitive algorithm to predict the surface settlement induced by tunneling

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Surface settlement is considered as an adverse effect induced by tunneling in the civil projects. This paper proposes the use of the imperialist competitive algorithm (ICA) for predicting the maximum surface settlement (MMS) resulting from the tunneling. For this work, three forms of equations, i.e., linear, quadratic and power are developed and their weights are then optimized/updated with the ICA. The requirement datasets were collected from the line No. 2 of Karaj urban railway, in Iran. In the ICA models, vertical to horizontal stress ratio, cohesion and Young’s modulus, as the effective parameters on the MSS, are adopted as the inputs. The statistical performance parameters such as root mean square error (RMSE), mean bias error (MBE), and square correlation coefficient (R2) are presented and compared to validate the performance. The findings indicate that the developed ICA-based models with the R2 of 0.979, 0.948 and 0.941, obtained from ICA power, ICA quadratic and ICA linear models, respectively, are the acceptable and accurate tools to estimate MSS, and furthermore prove their prediction capability for future research works in this field.

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The authors really appreciate Dr. Hossein Khamesi who allowed us to use his data.

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  1. Department of Surveying Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Transportation, University of Isfahan, Azadi Square, Isfahan, Iran

    Behnam Tashayo

  2. Department of Physics, College of Basic Sciences, Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Katayoun Behzadafshar

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Najafabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Najafabad, Iran

    Mehran Soltani Tehrani

  4. Department of Construction Management, Islamic Azad University of Ahar, Ahar, Iran

    Hamed Afkhami Banayem & Mir Heydar Hashemi

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran

    Mir Heydar Hashemi

  6. Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

    Sare Sadat Taghavi Nezhad

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Tashayo, B., Behzadafshar, K., Soltani Tehrani, M. et al. Feasibility of imperialist competitive algorithm to predict the surface settlement induced by tunneling. Engineering with Computers 35, 917–923 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-018-0641-3

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