Comparing GIS-based support vector machine kernel functions for landslide susceptibility mapping     

Bakhtiar Feizizadeh  Majid Shadman Roodposhti  Thomas Blaschke  Jagannath Aryal 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2017,10(5):122

This study compares the predictive performance of GIS-based landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM) using four different kernel functions in support vector machines (SVMs). Nine possible causal criteria were considered based on earlier similar studies for an area in the eastern part of the Khuzestan province of southern Iran. Different models and the resulting landslide susceptibility maps were created using information on known landslide events from a landslide inventory dataset. The models were trained using landslide inventory dataset. A two-step accuracy assessment was implemented to validate the results and to compare the capability of each function. The radial basis function was identified as the most efficient kernel function for LSM with the resulting landslide susceptibility map showing the highest predictive accuracy, followed by the polynomial kernel function. According to the obtained results, it concluded that using SVMs can generally be considered to be an effective method for LSM while it demands careful consideration of kernel function. The results of the present research will also assist other researchers to select the best SVM kernel function to use for LSM.  相似文献   

Application of the coupled TOPSIS–Mahalanobis distance for multi-hazard-based management of the target districts of the Golestan Province,Iran     

Sheikh  Vahedberdi  Kornejady  Aiding  Ownegh  Majid 《Natural Hazards》2019,96(3):1335-1365

Natural Hazards - This study is aimed at producing an improved ranking method by coupling the technique for the order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) and Mahalanobis distance...  相似文献   

Application of sediment rating curves to evaluate efficiency of EPM and MPSIAC using RS and GIS     

Mohammad Saeid Mirakhorlo  Majid Rahimzadegan 《Environmental Earth Sciences》2018,77(20):723

Erosion potential method (EPM) and Modified Pacific Southwest Interagency Committee (MPSIAC) are two empirical models for estimating soil erosion and sediment delivery. These models use a relatively simple formulation, but they are still applied in various areas with different environmental conditions. However, evaluation of their efficiency is challenging. Accordingly, the main purpose of this study is investigating the performance of EPM and MPSIAC in estimating soil erosion and sediment yield using sediment rating curve (SRC) methods. Talar watershed in Iran was selected as the study area and suspended sediment load (SSL) of two Shirgah–Talar and Valikbon stations were used to assess the output of the models. Remote sensing and geographic information system were utilized in implementing the models. The estimated sediment yield values by the models were evaluated using the results of least square error regression and quantile regression (QR) SRC methods. Then, sediment yield values were obtained from 20-year discharge data (1992–2011). Despite the high uncertainty of QR results, the annual sediment delivery values of the models were achieved in an acceptable range. The most likely (with a probability of 0.5) average annual SSL values were between 713?×?10³ and 840?×?10³ ton for Shirgah–Talar station. Those values for Valikbon station were between 3142?×?10¹ and 3702?×?10¹. Moreover, the estimated average sediment yield in Shirgah–Talar station using MPSIAC and EPM were 591392 and 514054 ton/year, respectively. Those values for Valikbon station were 51881 and 27449 ton/year. Then, the results proved the better performance of MPSIAC in estimating SSL in the study area compared with EPM.  相似文献   

Cadmium (Cd) concentration in wheat (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Triticum aestivum</Emphasis>) grown in Cd-spiked soil varies with the doses and biochar feedstock     

Muhammad Zia ur Rehman  Muhammad Rizwan  Shafaqat Ali  Muhammad Irfan Sohail  Amjad Hussain  Muhammad Farooq Qayyum  Hinnan Khalid  Muhammad Zeeshan  Naveeda Majid 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2018,11(21):685

Biochar is considered a promising amendment for the reduction of metal concentration in plants; however, the effects of biochar in terms of dose and feedstock on metal uptake by plants remain widely unclear. In the current study, three individual biochars were prepared at 450 °C from different feedstocks (wheat straw, sukh chain (Pongamia pinnata), and cotton sticks). The main aim was to evaluate their ability to remediate cadmium (Cd)-spiked soil in terms of growth response and Cd uptake by wheat (Triticum aestivum) tissues. Biochars were separately applied at 0, 1, and 2% (w/w) in Cd-spiked soil and wheat was grown until maturity in pots and then morphological and physiological parameters and Cd concentrations in grains, roots, and shoots were determined. The post-harvest soil was analyzed for extractable Cd concentrations. Plants grown in Cd-spiked soil treated with biochars had higher seed germination, lengths of roots, shoots, and spikes, grains per spike and leaf relative water contents, chlorophyll contents, and dry weight of roots, shoots, and grains as compared to the untreated control. Biochar treatments significantly decreased the Cd concentrations in shoots, roots, and grains as well as total Cd uptake by grains. Soil extractable Cd concentrations were significantly decreased with biochar treatments. The application of 2.0% wheat straw biochar was the most efficient treatment in increasing grain yield and decreasing Cd in grains as well as soil extractable Cd than the other two biochars and doses applied.  相似文献   

Scour and flow field around a spur dike in a 90° bend   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

Majid FAZLI  Masoud GHODSIAN  Seyed Ali Akbar Salehi NEYSHABOURI 《国际泥沙研究》2008,(1)

Spur dike is an important element in river training that creates rapid variations in flow field, sediment transport and bed topography. The mechanism of flow and sediment transport in a channel bend is very complex, especially when a spur dike is constructed in a bend. Most of previous investigations on flow behavior and scour around spur dike were carried out in straight channels. In this paper results of experiments on flow field and scour around a spur dike in a 90 degree channel bend are presented. Sand with uniform grain size was used as the bed material. Experiments were conducted for different locations and different lengths of spur dikes at the bend with different values of discharge. The three dimensional flow fields around a spur dike were investigated. The maximum depth of scour was correlated to the Froude numbers, lengths and the locations of spur dike in the bend.  相似文献   

Seismic hazard assessment of Tehran,Iran with emphasis on near-fault rupture directivity effects          下载免费PDF全文

Ehsan Bazarchi  Reza Saberi  Majid Alinejad 《地震科学（英文版）》2018,31(1):1-11

Many destructive earthquakes happened in Tehran, Iran in the last centuries. The existence of active faults like the North Tehran is the main cause of seismicity in this city. According to past investigations, it is estimated that in the scenario of activation of the North Tehran fault, many structures in Tehran will collapse. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate the near field rupture directivity effects of this fault into the seismic hazard assessment of important sites in Tehran. In this study, using calculations coded in MATLAB,Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis(PSHA) is conducted for an important site in Tehran. Following that, deaggregation technique is performed on PSHA and the contribution of seismic scenarios to hazard is obtained in the range of distance and magnitude. After identifying the North Tehran fault as the most hazardous source affecting the site in 10000-year return period, rupture directivity effects of this fault is incorporated into the seismic hazard assessment using Somerville et al.(1997) model with broadband approach and Shahi and Baker(2011) model with narrowband approach. The results show that the narrowband approach caused a 27% increase in the peak of response spectrum in 10000-year return period compared with the conventional PSHA. Therefore, it is necessary to incorporate the near fault rupture directivity effects into the higher levels of seismic hazard assessment attributed to important sites.  相似文献   

Effect of ENSO on annual maximum floods and volume over threshold in the southwestern region of Iran     

Bahram Saghafian  Amin Haghnegahdar  Majid Dehghani 《水文科学杂志》2017,62(7):1039-1049

In this paper, the effects of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) on the annual maximum flood (AMF) and volume over threshold (VOT) in two major neighbouring river basins in southwest Iran are investigated. The basins are located upstream of the Dez and Karun-I dams and cover over 40?000 km² in total area. The effects of ENSO on the frequency, magnitude and severity (frequency times magnitude) of flood characteristics over the March–April period were analysed. ENSO indices were also correlated with both AMF and VOT. The results indicate that, in the Dez and Karun basins, the El Niño phenomenon intensifies March–April floods compared with neutral conditions. The opposite is true in La Niña conditions. The degree of the effect is more intense in the El Niño period.  相似文献   

Aftershock collapse fragility curves for non‐ductile RC buildings: a scenario‐based assessment          下载免费PDF全文

Marco Gaetani d'Aragona  Maria Polese  Kenneth J. Elwood  Majid Baradaran Shoraka  Andrea Prota 《地震工程与结构动力学》2017,46(13):2083-2102

Recent studies have addressed the computation of fragility curves for mainshock (MS)‐damaged buildings. However, aftershock (AS) fragilities are generally conditioned on a range of potential post‐MS damage states that are simulated via static or dynamic analyses performed on an intact building. Moreover, there are very few cases where the behavior of non‐ductile reinforced concrete buildings is analyzed. This paper presents an evaluation of AS collapse fragility conditioned on various return periods of MSs, allowing for the rapid assessment of post‐earthquake safety variations based solely on the intensity of the damaging earthquake event. A refined multi‐degree‐of‐freedom model of a seven‐storey non‐ductile building, which includes brittle failure simulations and the evaluation of a system level collapse, is adopted. Aftershock fragilities are obtained by performing an incremental dynamic analysis for a number of MS–AS ground motion sequences and a variety of MS intensities. The AS fragilities show that the probability of collapse significantly increases for higher return periods for the MS. However, this result is mainly ascribable to collapses occurred during MSs. When collapse cases that occur during a MS are not considered in the assessment of AS collapse probability, a smaller shift in the fragility curves is observed as the MS intensity increases. This result is justified considering the type of model and collapse modes introduced, which strongly depend on the brittle behavior of columns failing in shear or due to axial loads. The analysis of damage that is due to MSs when varying the return period confirms this observation. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Bacteria Elimination and SO2 Filtration Using Spacer Fabric Loaded With Natural Zeolite‐Nanosilver Composites          下载免费PDF全文

Mohammad Mehdi Shirmohammadi‐Bahadoran  Majid Montazer  Mehdi Kamali Dolatabadi  Abbas Bahador 《洁净——土壤、空气、水》2018,46(9)

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Modeling habitat suitability of range plant species using random forest method in arid mountainous rangelands     

Hossein Piri Sahragard  Majid Ajorlo  Peyman Karami 《山地科学学报》2018,15(10):2159-2171

Mountainous rangelands play a pivotal role in providing forage resources for livestock, particularly in summer, and maintaining ecological balance. This study aimed to identify environmental variables affecting range plant species distribution, ecological analysis of the relationship between these variables and the distribution of plants, and to model and map the plant habitats suitability by the Random Forest Method(RFM) in rangelands of the Taftan Mountain, Sistan and Baluchestan Province, southeastern Iran. In order to determine the environmental variables and estimate the potential distribution of plant species, the presence points of plants were recorded by using systematic random sampling method(90 points of presence) and soils were sampled in 5 habitats by random method in 0–30 and 30–60 cm depths. The layers of environmental variables were prepared using the Kriging interpolation method and Geographic Information System facilities. The distribution of the plant habitats was finally modelled and mapped by the RFM. Continuous maps of the habitat suitability were converted to binary maps using Youden Index(?) in order to evaluate the accuracy of the RFM in estimation of the distribution of species potentialhabitat. Based on the values of the area under curve(AUC) statistics, accuracy of predictive models of all habitats was in good level. Investigating the agreement between the predicted map, generated by each model, and actual maps, generated from fieldmeasured data, of the plant habitats, was at a high level for all habitats, except for Amygdalus scoparia habitat. This study concluded that the RFM is a robust model to analyze the relationships between the distribution of plant species and environmental variables as well as to prepare potential distribution maps of plant habitats that are of higher priority for conservation on the local scale in arid mountainous rangelands.  相似文献