Landslide displacement prediction using the GA-LSSVM model and time series analysis: a case study of Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Predicting landslide displacement is challenging, but accurate predictions can prevent casualties and economic losses. Many factors can affect the deformation of a landslide, including the geological conditions, rainfall and reservoir water level. Time series analysis was used to decompose the c...

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Main Authors: T. Wen, H. Tang, Y. Wang, C. Lin, C. Xiong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2017-12-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/2181/2017/nhess-17-2181-2017.pdf
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H. Tang
H. Tang
Y. Wang
Y. Wang
C. Lin
C. Xiong
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Y. Wang
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description Predicting landslide displacement is challenging, but accurate predictions can prevent casualties and economic losses. Many factors can affect the deformation of a landslide, including the geological conditions, rainfall and reservoir water level. Time series analysis was used to decompose the cumulative displacement of landslide into a trend component and a periodic component. Then the least-squares support vector machine (LSSVM) model and genetic algorithm (GA) were used to predict landslide displacement, and we selected a representative landslide with episodic movement deformation as a case study. The trend component displacement, which is associated with the geological conditions, was predicted using a polynomial function, and the periodic component displacement which is associated with external environmental factors, was predicted using the GA-LSSVM model. Furthermore, based on a comparison of the results of the GA-LSSVM model and those of other models, the GA-LSSVM model was superior to other models in predicting landslide displacement, with the smallest root mean square error (RMSE) of 62.4146 mm, mean absolute error (MAE) of 53.0048 mm and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 1.492 % at monitoring station ZG85, while these three values are 87.7215 mm, 74.0601 mm and 1.703 % at ZG86 and 49.0485 mm, 48.5392 mm and 3.131 % at ZG87. The results of the case study suggest that the model can provide good consistency between measured displacement and predicted displacement, and periodic displacement exhibited good agreement with trends in the major influencing factors.
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spelling doaj.art-58c1ce48003e4b009118ad8ee61282a42022-12-21T23:28:56ZengCopernicus PublicationsNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences1561-86331684-99812017-12-01172181219810.5194/nhess-17-2181-2017Landslide displacement prediction using the GA-LSSVM model and time series analysis: a case study of Three Gorges Reservoir, ChinaT. Wen0H. Tang1H. Tang2Y. Wang3Y. Wang4C. Lin5C. Xiong6Faculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, People's Republic of ChinaFaculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, People's Republic of ChinaThree Gorges Research Center for Geohazards of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, People's Republic of ChinaFaculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, People's Republic of ChinaThree Gorges Research Center for Geohazards of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, People's Republic of ChinaFaculty of Engineering, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, People's Republic of ChinaThree Gorges Research Center for Geohazards of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, People's Republic of ChinaPredicting landslide displacement is challenging, but accurate predictions can prevent casualties and economic losses. Many factors can affect the deformation of a landslide, including the geological conditions, rainfall and reservoir water level. Time series analysis was used to decompose the cumulative displacement of landslide into a trend component and a periodic component. Then the least-squares support vector machine (LSSVM) model and genetic algorithm (GA) were used to predict landslide displacement, and we selected a representative landslide with episodic movement deformation as a case study. The trend component displacement, which is associated with the geological conditions, was predicted using a polynomial function, and the periodic component displacement which is associated with external environmental factors, was predicted using the GA-LSSVM model. Furthermore, based on a comparison of the results of the GA-LSSVM model and those of other models, the GA-LSSVM model was superior to other models in predicting landslide displacement, with the smallest root mean square error (RMSE) of 62.4146 mm, mean absolute error (MAE) of 53.0048 mm and mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) of 1.492 % at monitoring station ZG85, while these three values are 87.7215 mm, 74.0601 mm and 1.703 % at ZG86 and 49.0485 mm, 48.5392 mm and 3.131 % at ZG87. The results of the case study suggest that the model can provide good consistency between measured displacement and predicted displacement, and periodic displacement exhibited good agreement with trends in the major influencing factors.https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/2181/2017/nhess-17-2181-2017.pdf
spellingShingle T. Wen
H. Tang
H. Tang
Y. Wang
Y. Wang
C. Lin
C. Xiong
Landslide displacement prediction using the GA-LSSVM model and time series analysis: a case study of Three Gorges Reservoir, China
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
title Landslide displacement prediction using the GA-LSSVM model and time series analysis: a case study of Three Gorges Reservoir, China
title_full Landslide displacement prediction using the GA-LSSVM model and time series analysis: a case study of Three Gorges Reservoir, China
title_fullStr Landslide displacement prediction using the GA-LSSVM model and time series analysis: a case study of Three Gorges Reservoir, China
title_full_unstemmed Landslide displacement prediction using the GA-LSSVM model and time series analysis: a case study of Three Gorges Reservoir, China
title_short Landslide displacement prediction using the GA-LSSVM model and time series analysis: a case study of Three Gorges Reservoir, China
title_sort landslide displacement prediction using the ga lssvm model and time series analysis a case study of three gorges reservoir china
url https://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/17/2181/2017/nhess-17-2181-2017.pdf
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