Although machine learning models for predicting concrete creep have been numerous studied, but only a few studies have distinguished concrete strength. Firstly, based on NU-ITI database, three machine learning models BPANN, SVR and XGBoost are used to build a prediction model for concrete creep. The results indicate that XGBoost can effectively predict the creep of concrete (R2=0.972 9). Secondly, through the analysis of correlations among parameters of high strength concrete, the parameter groups with the highest and lowest correlation coefficients were identified. Based on the parameter selection, the XGBoost models was recalculated for high strength concrete creep, revealing that excluding weakly correlated parameters significantly reduces the robustness of the computational results. This study demonstrates that there are varying degrees of correlation among parameters affecting the creep of high strength concrete. The exclusion of strongly correlated parameters has a minor impact on the accuracy of the model calculations, while the exclusion of weakly correlated parameters has a more significant effect. The research findings can serve as a reference for modeling the creep of high strength concrete.
以上研究表明,ANN和SVR模型没有提供各参数的相对重要性信息[16],导致关于输入和输出变量间关系以及输入变量对模型预测性能影响的研究仍然不足。因此,有必要比较不同机器学习模型在混凝土徐变预测中的准确性,同时研究输入与输出变量的关系,明确输入变量对输出变量的影响。在数据量和数据维度增加的情况下,传统方法难以处理数据之间的相关性。Reshef等[17]提出了一种基于信息熵的最大信息相关系数(Maximal information coefficient, MIC)分析方法。Li等[18]通过对徐变参数的MIC计算,证明了混凝土强度与骨料水泥比、水灰比和水泥用量有很强的相关性,其中水灰比与混凝土徐变的相关性最强。
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