Research Article

Application of Gene Expression Programming to Evaluate Strength Characteristics of Hydrated-Lime-Activated Rice Husk Ash-Treated Expansive Soil

Table 4

Parameters setting for GEP algorithms.

ParametersSettings
CBR, UCS28, RValue

General
Training records81
Validation/Testing records40
Number of chromosomes50
Number of genes3
Head size8
Linking functionAddition
Function set+, −, ×, ÷, exp, Sqrt, ln

Numerical constants
Constants per gene10
Type of dataFloating point
Maximum complexity10
Ephemeral random constant[−10, 10]

Genetic operators
Mutation0.00138
Inversion rate0.00546
IS transposition rate0.00546
RIS transposition rate0.00546
One-point recombination rate0.00277
Two-point recombination rate0.00277
Gene recombination rate0.00277
Uniform recombination0.00755