Stability evaluation of geotechnical engineering slopes is of great significance for the risk control and safe operation of many engineering. Machine learning methods can effectively establish the potential relationship between geological features and slope behavior under complex environments, to accurately evaluate the stability of slope rock and soil. This work investigated the performance of eight commonly used machine learning models to predict slope safety factors. First, the prediction system of slope safety factors based on machine learning was established by combining historical data of slopes for parameter optimization and cross-validation. Then, four accuracy evaluation indexes, MSE, RMSE, MAE, and Pearson correlation, were objectively weighted, and objective weighting-TOPSIS models were constructed to comprehensively quantify the performance of each model. Finally, the best machine learning model was used in the slope stability analysis of the Sino–Russian natural gas control section. The research results show that there are obvious differences in the prediction accuracy of the slope safety factor among different models. The ANN model has the highest evaluation accuracy, and the ensemble learning method performs well in the data set. The machine learning model can better predict the safety factor of the slope under different working conditions. The discrepancies with the numerical simulation results are related to the limitations of data sets and the differences in analysis methods. The analysis method of this study not only provides a new research idea and solution for the construction and evaluation of the model predicting slope safety factors, but also applies to other geotechnical engineering instability problems.

Microseismic monitoring system is one of the effective means to monitor ground stress in deep mines. The accuracy and speed of microseismic signal identification directly affect the stability analysis in rock engineering. At present, manual identification, which heavily relies on manual experience, is widely used to classify microseismic events and blasts in the mines. To realize intelligent and accurate identification of microseismic events and blasts, a microseismic signal identification system based on machine learning was established in this work. The discrimination of microseismic events and blasts was established based on the machine learning framework. The microseismic monitoring data was used to optimize the parameters and validate the classification methods. Subsequently, ten machine learning algorithms were used as the preliminary algorithms of the learning layer, including the Decision Tree, Random Forest, Logistic Regression, SVM, KNN, GBDT, Naive Bayes, Bagging, AdaBoost, and MLP. Then, training set and test set, accounting for 50% of each data set, were prospectively examined, and the ACC, PPV, SEN, NPV, SPE, FAR and ROC curves were used as evaluation indexes. Finally, the performances of these machine learning algorithms in microseismic signal identification were evaluated with cross-validation methods. The results showed that the Logistic Regression classifier had the best performance in parameter identification, and the accuracy of cross-validation can reach more than 0.95. Random Forest, Decision Tree, and Naive Bayes also performed well in this data set. There were some differences in the accuracy of different classifiers in the training set, test set, and all data sets. To improve the accuracy of signal identification, the database of microseismic events and blasts should be expanded, to avoid the inaccurate data distribution caused by the small training set. Artificial intelligence identification methods, including Random Forest, Logistic Regression, Decision Tree, Naive Bayes, and AdaBoost algorithms, were applied to signal identification of the microseismic monitoring system in mines, and the identification results were consistent with the actual situation. In this way, the confusion caused by manual classification between microseismic events and blasts based on the characteristics of waveform signals is solved, and the required source parameters are easily obtained, which can ensure the accuracy and timeliness of microseismic events and blasts identification.

Identifying and classifying microseismic signals is essential to warn of mines’ dangers. Deep learning has replaced traditional methods, but labor-intensive manual identification and varying deep learning outcomes pose challenges. This paper proposes a transfer learning-based convolutional neural network (CNN) method called microseismic signals-convolutional neural network (MS-CNN) to automatically recognize and classify microseismic events and blasts. The model was instructed on a limited sample of data to obtain an optimal weight model for microseismic waveform recognition and classification. A comparative analysis was performed with an existing CNN model and classical image classification models such as AlexNet, GoogLeNet, and ResNet50. The outcomes demonstrate that the MS-CNN model achieved the best recognition and classification effect (99.6% accuracy) in the shortest time (0.31 s to identify 277 images in the test set). Thus, the MS-CNN model can efficiently recognize and classify microseismic events and blasts in practical engineering applications, improving the recognition timeliness of microseismic signals and further enhancing the accuracy of event classification.