[HTML][HTML] Geotechnical uncertainty, modeling, and decision making

KK Phoon, ZJ Cao, J Ji, YF Leung, S Najjar… - Soils and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Modeling only constitutes one aspect of decision making. The prevailing limitation of
applying modeling to practice is the absence of explicit consideration of uncertainties. This …

What geotechnical engineers want to know about reliability

KK Phoon - ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
The purpose of this paper is to address the “what,”“why,” and “how” questions posed by
engineers who are not familiar with geotechnical reliability and have not kept abreast of …

Time capsule for geotechnical risk and reliability

M Chwała, KK Phoon, M Uzielli, J Zhang… - … and management of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper is motivated by the Time Capsule Project (TCP) of the International Society for
Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE). The historical developments of …

Future-proofing geotechnics workflows: accelerating problem-solving with large language models

S Wu, Y Otake, D Mizutani, C Liu, K Asano… - … and Management of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, into the
workflows of geotechnical engineering has a high potential to transform how the discipline …

GeoLLM: A specialized large language model framework for intelligent geotechnical design

HR Xu, N Zhang, ZY Yin, PGA Njock - Computers and Geotechnics, 2025 - Elsevier
Large language models (LLMs) have achieved remarkable success in various industrial and
research fields, enhancing work efficiency by assisting machines in comprehending human …

[HTML][HTML] Bayesian inverse analysis with field observation for slope failure mechanism and reliability assessment under rainfall accounting for nonstationary …

X Liu, SH Jiang, J **e, X Li - Soils and Foundations, 2025 - Elsevier
Slope failure mechanism and reliability assessment under rainfall usually not only ignores
the nonstationary characteristics of soil hydraulic and shear strength parameters, but also …

[HTML][HTML] Pathway to a fully data-driven geotechnics: Lessons from materials informatics

S Wu, Y Otake, Y Higo, I Yoshida - Soils and Foundations, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper elucidates the challenges and opportunities inherent in integrating data-driven
methodologies into geotechnics, drawing inspiration from the success of materials …

Geospatial modeling of heterogeneous geotechnical data using conventional and enhanced conception of modified Shepard method-based IDW algorithms …

Z Ijaz, C Zhao, N Ijaz, Z Rehman, A Ijaz… - Bulletin of Engineering …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Characterization and accurate assessment of subsurface soil information from
geological and geotechnical perspectives are the major challenges considering urban …

[HTML][HTML] What defines a “site” in geotechnical engineering?: A comparative study between local and global big indirect databases

T Saito, Y Otake, S Wu, D Takano, Y Sugiyama… - Computers and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Geotechnical engineering continuously faces the challenge of accurately assessing a wide
array of physical properties from limited soil data. To solve this problem using a data-driven …

Data-driven approximation of geotechnical dynamics to an equivalent single-degree-of-freedom vibration system based on dynamic mode decomposition

A Shioi, Y Otake, I Yoshida, S Muramatsu… - … and Management of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The application of data science technologies in geotechnical and earthquake engineering is
a hot topic. This study aimed to identify the macroscopic dynamic properties of the soil from …