Assessment of shallow landslide susceptibility using artificial neural networks in Jabonosa River Basin, Venezuela

In recent years, Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have proven their merit in being able to simulate the changes in groundwater levels, using as inputs other parameters of the water budget, e.g. precipitation, temperature, etc.. In this study, ANNs have been used to simulate hydraulic head in a large number of wells throughout the Danube River Basin, taking as inputs, precipitation, temperature, and evapotranspiration data in the region. Different ANN architectures have been examined, to minimize the simulation error of the testing data-set. Among the different training algorithms, Levenberg-Marquardt and Bayesian Regularization are used to train the ANNs, while the different activation functions of the neurons that were deployed include tangent sigmoid, logarithmic sigmoid and linear. The initial application comprised of data from 128 wells between 1 January 2000 and 31 October 2014. The best performance was achieved by the algorithm Bayesian Regularization with a error of the order &#160;based on all observation wells. A second application, compared the results of the first one, with the results of an ANN used to simulate a single well. The pros and cons of the two approaches, and the synergies of using both of them is further discussed in order to distinguish the differences, and guide researchers in the field for further applications.

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Methods of Evaluation for Region’s Landslide Susceptibility. Short Overview

Safety in Technosphere ◽

10.12737/22192 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 57-60

Author(s):

Денис Кривогуз ◽

Denis Krivoguz

Keyword(s):

Neural Networks ◽

Logistic Regression ◽

Artificial Neural Networks ◽

Discriminant Analysis ◽

Linear Discriminant Analysis ◽

Landslide Susceptibility ◽

Susceptibility Assessment ◽

Linear Discriminant ◽

Landslide Susceptibility Assessment ◽

Artificial Neural

Modern approaches to the region’s landslide susceptibility assessment are considered in this paper. Have been presented descriptions of the most used techniques for landslide susceptibility assessment: logistic regression, indicator validity, linear discriminant analysis and application of artificial neural networks. These techniques’ advantages and disadvantages are discussed in the paper. The most suitable techniques for various conditions of analysis have been marked. It has been concluded that the most acceptable techniques of analysis for a large number of input data related to the studied region are the method of logistic regression and indicator validity method. With these methods the most accurate results are achieved. When there is a lack of information, it is more expedient to use linear discriminant analysis and artificial neural networks that will minimize potential analysis inaccuracies.

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Monthly flow forecast for Mississippi River basin using artificial neural networks

Neural Computing and Applications ◽

10.1007/s00521-013-1419-6 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 24 (7-8) ◽

pp. 1785-1793 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

C. Sivapragasam ◽

S. Vanitha ◽

Nitin Muttil ◽

K. Suganya ◽

S. Suji ◽

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Keyword(s):

Neural Networks ◽

Artificial Neural Networks ◽

River Basin ◽

Mississippi River ◽

Mississippi River Basin ◽

Artificial Neural ◽

Flow Forecast

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LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF OUDKA, NORTHERN MOROCCO: A COMPARISON BETWEEN LOGISTIC REGRESSION AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS MODELS

ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences ◽

10.5194/isprs-archives-xlii-4-w12-41-2019 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol XLII-4/W12 ◽

pp. 41-49 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

S. Benchelha ◽

H. Chennaoui Aoudjehane ◽

M. Hakdaoui ◽

R. El Hamdouni ◽

H. Mansouri ◽

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Keyword(s):

Neural Networks ◽

Artificial Neural Networks ◽

Success Rate ◽

Landslide Susceptibility ◽

Model Building ◽

Landslide Susceptibility Mapping ◽

Slope Aspect ◽

Susceptibility Map ◽

Prediction Rate ◽

Artificial Neural

Abstract. The Rif is among the areas of Morocco most susceptible to landslides, because of the existence of relatively young reliefs marked by a very important dynamics compared to other regions. These landslides are one of the most serious problems on many levels: social, economic and environmental. The increase in the frequency and impact of landslides over the past decade has demonstrated the need for an in-depth study of these phenomena, allowing the identification of areas susceptible to landslides. The main objective of this study is to identify the optimal method for the mapping of the area susceptible to landslides in municipality of Oudka. This area has been marked by the largest landslide in the region, caused by heavy rainfall in 2013. Two Statistical Methods i) Regression Logistics (LR) ii) Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), were used to create a landslide susceptibility map. The realization of this susceptibility map required, first, the mapping of old landslides by the aerial photography, the data of the geological map and by the data obtained using field surveys using GPS. A total of 105 landslides were mapped from these various sources. 50% of this database was used for model building and 50% for validation. Eight independent landslide factors are exploited to detect the most sensitive areas: altitude, slope, aspect, distance of faults, distance streams, distance from roads, lithology and vegetation index (NDVI). The results of the landslide susceptibility analysis were verified using success and prediction rates. The success rate (AUC&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.918) and the prediction rate (AUC&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.901) of the LR model is higher than that of the ANN model (success rate (AUC&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.886) and prediction rate (AUC&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.877). These results indicate that the Regression Logistic (LR) model is the best model for determining landslide susceptibility in the study area.

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