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Predicting the blast-induced vibration velocity using a bagged support vector regression optimized with firefly algorithm

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Ground vibration is the most detrimental effect induced by blasting in surface mines. This study presents an improved bagged support vector regression (BSVR) combined with the firefly algorithm (FA) to predict ground vibration. In other words, the FA was used to modify the weights of the SVR model. To verify the validity of the BSVR–FA, the back-propagation neural network (BPNN) and radial basis function network (RBFN) were also applied. The BSVR–FA, BPNN and RBFN models were constructed using a comprehensive database collected from Shur River dam region, in Iran. The proposed models were then evaluated by means of several statistical indicators such as root mean square error (RMSE) and symmetric mean absolute percentage error. Comparing the results, the BSVR–FA model was found to be the most accurate to predict ground vibration in comparison to the BPNN and RBFN models. This study indicates the successful application of the BSVR–FA model as a suitable and effective tool for the prediction of ground vibration.

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This paper is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51804299) and the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK20180646).

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Ding, X., Hasanipanah, M., Nikafshan Rad, H. et al. Predicting the blast-induced vibration velocity using a bagged support vector regression optimized with firefly algorithm. Engineering with Computers 37, 2273–2284 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-020-00937-9

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