Research Article

Optimising the Selection of Input Variables to Increase the Predicting Accuracy of Shear Strength for Deep Beams

Table 1

Examples of different SC models and empirical equations in modelling the shear strength.

ReferenceUsed methodStatistical parameterData divisionFindings

[19]ANN with training algorithms
ANN-LM
ANN-QN
ANN-GG
ANN-GD
R, RMSE, MAE, MAPE70% for training and 30% for testing.
106 data.
ANN-GG has the best prediction accuracy.
[20]NNR70% for training and 30% for testing.
233 data.
The results of the proposed model show great similarity with the test results
[3]OSVM-AEW
LS-SVM with SOS
R, MAE, MAPE, RMSE67% for training and 33% for testing using a triple cross-validation approach.OSVM-AEW has the best prediction accuracy
[21]SVR-GA
SVR
ANN
GBDTs
RMSE, MAE, NSE, WI70% for training and 30% for testing.
217 test records.
SVR-GA gives better predictions than the other models.
[22]GEP
ANN
R, RMSE, MAE70% for training, 10% for validation, and 20% for testing.
214 test records.
GEP has better prediction accuracy than ACI and CSA and shows very good agreement with the ANN model.
[4]LS-SVR and SFAR, RMSE, MAE, MAPE70% for training and 30% for testing.
214 data set
LS-SVR with SFA has better prediction accuracy compared to the standard SVR.
[23]ANNMean, STD, COVā€”ANN performed better than the ACI code, EURO code, zsutty method, and russo method.
[24]Strut-and-tie modelAVG, COV16 test specimens.The results of the proposed model show great similarity with the test results.
[25]CSTMMean, COV355 test specimens.The performance of CSTM is better than other STM models.
[26]New analytical expression using strut-and-tie model (STM)Mean, COV111 test specimens.The proposed model has better prediction accuracy compared to ACI 318-14 code.
[27]GAAVG, STD50% for training and 50% for testing.
371 data records.
GA has better prediction accuracy compared to ACI 318-14 code.
[28]Feedforward NNMean, STD50% for training, 25% for validation, and 25% for testing.
433 data records.
The results of the proposed model are in agreement with the experimental and analytical data.
[29]EMARS
BPNN
RBFNN
SVM
RMSE, MAPE10-fold cross-validation.
106 data set
The performance of EMARS is better than BPNN, RBFNN, and SVM.
[15]RF
AdaBoost
GBRT
XGBoost
RMSE, MAE, MAPE10-fold cross-validation.
271 test records
The performance of the proposed models is better than the traditional machines single learning methods (DT, SVM, ANN)
[30]SVR with RBF and polynomial kernelR, RMSE10-fold cross-validationSVR with RBF and polynomial kernel gives better prediction accuracy compared to backpropagation neural network and empirical relations.