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A comparative study of sequential minimal optimization-based support vector machines, vote feature intervals, and logistic regression in landslide susceptibility assessment using GIS

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Landslide susceptibility assessment using GIS has been done for part of Uttarakhand region of Himalaya (India) with the objective of comparing the predictive capability of three different machine learning methods, namely sequential minimal optimization-based support vector machines (SMOSVM), vote feature intervals (VFI), and logistic regression (LR) for spatial prediction of landslide occurrence. Out of these three methods, the SMOSVM and VFI are state-of-the-art methods for binary classification problems but have not been applied for landslide prediction, whereas the LR is known as a popular method for landslide susceptibility assessment. In the study, a total of 430 historical landslide polygons and 11 landslide affecting factors such as slope angle, slope aspect, elevation, curvature, lithology, soil, land cover, distance to roads, distance to rivers, distance to lineaments, and rainfall were selected for landslide analysis. For validation and comparison, statistical index-based methods and the receiver operating characteristic curve have been used. Analysis results show that all these models have good performance for landslide spatial prediction but the SMOSVM model has the highest predictive capability, followed by the VFI model, and the LR model, respectively. Thus, SMOSVM is a better model for landslide prediction and can be used for landslide susceptibility mapping of landslide-prone areas.

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Authors are thankful to the Director, Bhaskarcharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics (BISAG), Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, for providing facilities to carry out this research work.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Gujarat Technological University, Nr.Visat Three Roads, Visat - Gandhinagar Highway, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 382424, India

    Binh Thai Pham

  2. Department of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Transport Technology, 54 Trieu Khuc, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Binh Thai Pham

  3. Geographic Information System Group, Department of Business Administration and Computer Science, Telemark University College, Hallvard Eikas Plass 1, 3800, Bø, Telemark, Norway

    Dieu Tien Bui

  4. Department of Science and Technology, Bhaskarcharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-Informatics (BISAG), Government of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, India

    Indra Prakash

  5. University of Transport Technology, 54 Trieu Khuc, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, Vietnam

    Long Hoang Nguyen

  6. Department of Civil Engineering, LDCE, Gujarat Technological University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380015, India

    M. B. Dholakia

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Pham, B.T., Tien Bui, D., Prakash, I. et al. A comparative study of sequential minimal optimization-based support vector machines, vote feature intervals, and logistic regression in landslide susceptibility assessment using GIS. Environ Earth Sci 76, 371 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-017-6689-3

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Keywords

  • Landslides
  • GIS
  • Sequential minimal optimization (SMO)
  • Support vector machines (SVM)
  • Vote feature intervals (VFI)
  • India