Applications of particle swarm optimization in geotechnical engineering: a comprehensive review

M Hajihassani, D Jahed Armaghani… - Geotechnical and …, 2018 - Springer
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is an evolutionary computation approach to solve
nonlinear global optimization problems. The PSO idea was made based on simulation of a …

Particle swarm optimization variants for solving geotechnical problems: review and comparative analysis

AR Kashani, R Chiong, S Mirjalili… - Archives of Computational …, 2021 - Springer
Optimization techniques have drawn much attention for solving geotechnical engineering
problems in recent years. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is one of the most widely used …

A three-dimensional slope stability analysis method based on finite element method stress analysis

Z Su, L Shao - Engineering Geology, 2021 - Elsevier
A new three-dimensional slope stability analysis method based on stress calculation by the
finite element method is proposed. This method conforms to the uniform assumption of the …

NURBS surface-altering optimization for identifying critical slip surfaces in 3D slopes

T Ma, R Mafi, B Cami, S Javankhoshdel… - International Journal of …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
The evaluation of slope stability of a three-dimensional slope requires identifying the critical
slip surface with the minimum factor of safety, which is a complex optimization problem …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulation of one-dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger equation using PSO with exponential B-spline

R Rani, G Arora, H Emadifar, M Khademi - Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a widely adopted, rapid, efficient, and computer-friendly
technique for optimization in various fields, including computer science, engineering, and …

Comparing machine learning approaches for estimating soil saturated hydraulic conductivity

AA Moosavi, MA Nematollahi, M Omidifard - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Characterization of near (field) saturated hydraulic conductivity (Kfs) of the soil environment
is among the crucial components of hydrological modeling frameworks. Since the …

Grey wolf optimization approach for searching critical failure surface in soil slopes

N Himanshu, V Kumar, A Burman, D Maity… - Engineering with …, 2021 - Springer
Detection of critical failure surface and associated minimum factor of safety (F) constitutes a
constrained global optimization problem during the task of slope analysis. Morgenstern …

Determination of critical failure surface of slopes using particle swarm optimization technique considering seepage and seismic loading

N Himanshu, A Burman - Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2019 - Springer
Searching for critical failure surface (CFS) with minimum factor of safety (FOS) of any slope
require application of optimization. A particle swarm optimization (PSO) based MATLAB …

PSO-based stability analysis of unreinforced and reinforced soil slopes using non-circular slip surface

M Shinoda, Y Miyata - Acta Geotechnica, 2019 - Springer
Slope stability analysis is one of the most intricate problems of geotechnical engineering
because it is mathematically difficult to search the critical slip surface of earth slopes with …

An efficient slope stability algorithm with physically consistent parametrisation of slip surfaces

LM Lalicata, A Bressan, S Pittaluga, L Tamellini… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
This paper presents an optimised algorithm implementing the method of slices for slope
stability analysis. The algorithm features a novel physically based parameterisation of slip …