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Machine learning and soft voting ensemble classification for earthquake induced damage to bridges
Abstract Seismic vulnerability assessment of bridges is essential for both pre-earthquake planning and post-earthquake rapid loss assessment to facilitate maintenance planning and recovery initiatives. Given the impracticality of creating numerical models for every conceivable attribute variation within bridge classes, data-driven approaches offer a versatile solution to address such variations. While data-driven techniques are widely adopted in bridge engineering, many existing models rely on numerical or experimental datasets. However, such models may not adequately capture the dynamic and complex nature of seismic response of bridges. This presents an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of data-driven approaches using post-earthquake damage data. This paper assesses the efficacy of machine learning models and develops a robust framework for the classification of earthquake-induced damage incurred to some bridge classes. We deployed damage data collected following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, incorporating taxonomical, stiffness, and excitation variables as predictor variables. Considering three distinct damage classes—minor, major, and critical—in a heterogeneous bridge class environment, we evaluated multiple machine learning classifiers. To account for the influence of heterogeneous bridge classes in the dataset, we conducted separate assessments for the reinforced concrete (RCC) bridge class. The Random Forest classifier achieved a substantial accuracy improvement, reaching 83% when compared to the mixed bridge class accuracy of 79% reflected by the ANN classifier. Similarly, a minor improvement was observed when deploying soft voting classifiers for RCC only bridge data. The sum of observations suggest that tree-based classifiers consistently outperform other classifiers when considering single bridge classes. This study identifies stiffness variables as the most critical factor in bridge damage classification.
Highlights Parameterization of bridge attributes for machine learning applications. Formulation of machine learning and soft voting ensemble approaches for bridge damage classification. Quantification of data homogeneity/heterogeneity effect on machine learning applications. Hierarchization of categorical and numerical variables for bridge damage classification.
Machine learning and soft voting ensemble classification for earthquake induced damage to bridges
Abstract Seismic vulnerability assessment of bridges is essential for both pre-earthquake planning and post-earthquake rapid loss assessment to facilitate maintenance planning and recovery initiatives. Given the impracticality of creating numerical models for every conceivable attribute variation within bridge classes, data-driven approaches offer a versatile solution to address such variations. While data-driven techniques are widely adopted in bridge engineering, many existing models rely on numerical or experimental datasets. However, such models may not adequately capture the dynamic and complex nature of seismic response of bridges. This presents an opportunity to evaluate the effectiveness of data-driven approaches using post-earthquake damage data. This paper assesses the efficacy of machine learning models and develops a robust framework for the classification of earthquake-induced damage incurred to some bridge classes. We deployed damage data collected following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, incorporating taxonomical, stiffness, and excitation variables as predictor variables. Considering three distinct damage classes—minor, major, and critical—in a heterogeneous bridge class environment, we evaluated multiple machine learning classifiers. To account for the influence of heterogeneous bridge classes in the dataset, we conducted separate assessments for the reinforced concrete (RCC) bridge class. The Random Forest classifier achieved a substantial accuracy improvement, reaching 83% when compared to the mixed bridge class accuracy of 79% reflected by the ANN classifier. Similarly, a minor improvement was observed when deploying soft voting classifiers for RCC only bridge data. The sum of observations suggest that tree-based classifiers consistently outperform other classifiers when considering single bridge classes. This study identifies stiffness variables as the most critical factor in bridge damage classification.
Highlights Parameterization of bridge attributes for machine learning applications. Formulation of machine learning and soft voting ensemble approaches for bridge damage classification. Quantification of data homogeneity/heterogeneity effect on machine learning applications. Hierarchization of categorical and numerical variables for bridge damage classification.
Machine learning and soft voting ensemble classification for earthquake induced damage to bridges
Gautam, Dipendra (author) / Bhattarai, Ankit (author) / Rupakhety, Rajesh (author)
Engineering Structures ; 303
2024-01-14
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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