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Cone penetration test-based assessment of liquefaction potential using machine and hybrid learning approaches

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In soil mechanics, liquefaction is the phenomenon that occurs when saturated, cohesionless soils temporarily lose their strength and stiffness under cyclic loading shaking or earthquake. The present work introduces an optimal performance model by comparing two baselines, thirty tree-based, thirty support vector classifier-based, and fifteen neural network-based models in assessing the liquefaction potential. One hundred and seventy cone penetration test results (liquefied and non-liquefied) have been compiled from the literature for this aim. Earthquake magnitude, vertical-effective stress, mean grain size, cone tip resistance, and peak ground acceleration parameters have been used as input parameters to predict the soil liquefaction potential for the first time. Performance metrics, accuracy, an area under the curve (AUC), precision, recall, and F1 score have measured the training and testing performances. The comparison of performance metrics reveals that the model Runge–Kutta optimized extreme gradient boosting (RUN_XGB) has assessed the liquefaction potential with an overall accuracy of 99%, AUC of 0.99, precision of 0.99, recall value of 1, and F1 score of 1. Moreover, model RUN_XGB has a true negative rate of 0.98, negative predictive value of 1, Matthews correlation coefficient of 0.98, and average classification accuracy of 0.99, close to the ideal values and presents the robustness of the RUN_XGB model. Finally, the RUN_XGB model has been recognized as an optimal performance model for predicting the liquefaction potential. It has been noted that a low multicollinearity level affects the prediction accuracy of models based on conventional soft computing techniques, i.e., logistic regression. This research will help researchers choose suitable hybrid algorithms and enhance the accuracy of seismic soil liquefaction potential models.

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Jitendra Khatti and Yewuhalashet Fissha: Main author, conceptualization, literature review, manuscript preparation, methodological development, statistical analysis, detailing, and overall analysis; Kamaldeep Singh Grover, Hajime Ikeda, Hisatoshi Toriya, Tsuyoshi Adachi, and Youhei Kawamura: Main author, detailing, overall analysis; conceptualization, comprehensive analysis, manuscript finalization, detailed review, and editing.

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Khatti, J., Fissha, Y., Grover, K.S. et al. Cone penetration test-based assessment of liquefaction potential using machine and hybrid learning approaches. Multiscale and Multidiscip. Model. Exp. and Des. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41939-024-00447-x

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