@article{KumariHarirchianLahmeretal.,
  author    = {Kumari, Vandana and Harirchian, Ehsan and Lahmer, Tom and Rasulzade, Shahla},
  title     = {Evaluation of Machine Learning and Web-Based Process for Damage Score Estimation of Existing Buildings},
  series = {Buildings},
  volume    = {2022},
  journal   = {Buildings},
  number    = {Volume 12, issue 5, article 578},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  doi       = {10.3390/buildings12050578},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20220509-46387},
  pages     = {1 -- 23},
  abstract  = {The seismic vulnerability assessment of existing reinforced concrete (RC) buildings is a significant source of disaster mitigation plans and rescue services. Different countries evolved various Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) techniques and methodologies to deal with the devastating consequences of earthquakes on the structural characteristics of buildings and human casualties. Artificial intelligence (AI) methods, such as machine learning (ML) algorithm-based methods, are increasingly used in various scientific and technical applications. The investigation toward using these techniques in civil engineering applications has shown encouraging results and reduced human intervention, including uncertainties and biased judgment. In this study, several known non-parametric algorithms are investigated toward RVS using a dataset employing different earthquakes. Moreover, the methodology encourages the possibility of examining the buildings' vulnerability based on the factors related to the buildings' importance and exposure. In addition, a web-based application built on Django is introduced. The interface is designed with the idea to ease the seismic vulnerability investigation in real-time. The concept was validated using two case studies, and the achieved results showed the proposed approach's potential efficiency},
  subject      = {Maschinelles Lernen},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HarirchianLahmerKumarietal.,
  author    = {Harirchian, Ehsan and Lahmer, Tom and Kumari, Vandana and Jadhav, Kirti},
  title     = {Application of Support Vector Machine Modeling for the Rapid Seismic Hazard Safety Evaluation of Existing Buildings},
  series = {Energies},
  volume    = {2020},
  journal   = {Energies},
  number    = {volume 13, issue 13, 3340},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  doi       = {10.3390/en13133340},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20200707-41915},
  pages     = {15},
  abstract  = {The economic losses from earthquakes tend to hit the national economy considerably; therefore, models that are capable of estimating the vulnerability and losses of future earthquakes are highly consequential for emergency planners with the purpose of risk mitigation. This demands a mass prioritization filtering of structures to identify vulnerable buildings for retrofitting purposes. The application of advanced structural analysis on each building to study the earthquake response is impractical due to complex calculations, long computational time, and exorbitant cost. This exhibits the need for a fast, reliable, and rapid method, commonly known as Rapid Visual Screening (RVS). The method serves as a preliminary screening platform, using an optimum number of seismic parameters of the structure and predefined output damage states. In this study, the efficacy of the Machine Learning (ML) application in damage prediction through a Support Vector Machine (SVM) model as the damage classification technique has been investigated. The developed model was trained and examined based on damage data from the 1999 D{\"u}zce Earthquake in Turkey, where the building's data consists of 22 performance modifiers that have been implemented with supervised machine learning.},
  subject      = {Erdbeben},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HarirchianKumariJadhavetal.,
  author    = {Harirchian, Ehsan and Kumari, Vandana and Jadhav, Kirti and Rasulzade, Shahla and Lahmer, Tom and Raj Das, Rohan},
  title     = {A Synthesized Study Based on Machine Learning Approaches for Rapid Classifying Earthquake Damage Grades to RC Buildings},
  series = {Applied Sciences},
  volume    = {2021},
  journal   = {Applied Sciences},
  number    = {Volume 11, issue 16, article 7540},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  doi       = {10.3390/app11167540},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:gbv:wim2-20210818-44853},
  pages     = {1 -- 33},
  abstract  = {A vast number of existing buildings were constructed before the development and enforcement of seismic design codes, which run into the risk of being severely damaged under the action of seismic excitations. This poses not only a threat to the life of people but also affects the socio-economic stability in the affected area. Therefore, it is necessary to assess such buildings' present vulnerability to make an educated decision regarding risk mitigation by seismic strengthening techniques such as retrofitting. However, it is economically and timely manner not feasible to inspect, repair, and augment every old building on an urban scale. As a result, a reliable rapid screening methods, namely Rapid Visual Screening (RVS), have garnered increasing interest among researchers and decision-makers alike. In this study, the effectiveness of five different Machine Learning (ML) techniques in vulnerability prediction applications have been investigated. The damage data of four different earthquakes from Ecuador, Haiti, Nepal, and South Korea, have been utilized to train and test the developed models. Eight performance modifiers have been implemented as variables with a supervised ML. The investigations on this paper illustrate that the assessed vulnerability classes by ML techniques were very close to the actual damage levels observed in the buildings.},
  subject      = {Maschinelles Lernen},
  language  = {en}
}