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Recycled aggregate concrete is used as an alternative material in construction engineering, aiming to environmental protection and sustainable development. However, the compressive strength of this concrete material is considered as a crucial parameter and an important concern for construction engineers regarding its application. In the present work, the 28-days compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete is investigated through four artificial intelligence techniques based on a meta-heuristic search of sociopolitical algorithm (i.e. ICA) and XGBoost, called the ICA-XGBoost model. Based on performance indices, the optimum among these developed models proved to be ICA-XGBoost model. Namely, findings demonstrated that the proposed ICA-XGBoost model performed better than the other models (i.e. ICA-ANN, ICA-SVR, and ICA-ANFIS models) in estimating compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete. The suggested model can be used in construction engineering in order to ensure adequate mechanical performance of the recycled aggregate concrete and allow its safe use for building purposes.
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This research was supported by Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG), Hanoi, Vietnam and the Center for Mining, Electro-Mechanical Research of HUMG.
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Duan, J., Asteris, P.G., Nguyen, H. et al. A novel artificial intelligence technique to predict compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete using ICA-XGBoost model. Engineering with Computers 37, 3329–3346 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00366-020-01003-0
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