[HTML][HTML] Shear Wave Velocity Prediction with Hyperparameter Optimization

G Bekdaş, Y Aydın, U Işıkdağ, SM Nigdeli, D Hajebi… - Information, 2025 - mdpi.com
Shear wave velocity (Vs) is an important soil parameter to be known for earthquake-resistant
structural design and an important parameter for determining the dynamic properties of soils …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling Soil Behavior with Machine Learning: Static and Cyclic Properties of High Plasticity Clays Treated with Lime and Fly Ash

G Bekdaş, Y Aydın, SM Nigdeli, İS Ünver, WW Kim… - Buildings, 2025 - mdpi.com
Soils may not always be suitable to fulfill their intended function. Soil improvement can be
achieved by mechanical or chemical methods, especially in transportation facilities. L and …

Determination of the Effect of XGBoost's Parameters on a Structural Problem

Y Aydın, SM Nigdeli, G Bekdaş - New Advances in Soft Computing in Civil …, 2024 - Springer
Retaining walls are special engineering structures widely used in civil engineering
applications for different purposes. Reinforced concrete retaining walls have both structural …

Enhancing Soil Shear Strength Prediction Using Optimized Lightgbm and Explainable Ai

Y Aydın, C Cakiroglu, G Bekdaş, U Işıkdağ… - Available at SSRN … - papers.ssrn.com
In this study the shear strength of soil was predicted using 5 different inputs using ML. For
this purpose, 990 soil samples were collected and used for the validation of different ML …