Rockburst prediction is of crucial importance to the design and construction of many underground projects. Insufficient knowledge, lack of characterizing information, and noisy data restrain rock mechanics engineers from achieving optimal prediction results. In this paper, a data set of 246 rockburst events was examined for rockburst classification using supervised learning (SL) methods. The data set was analyzed with 8 potentially relevant indicators. Eleven algorithms from 10 categories of SL algorithms were evaluated for their ability to learn rockburst, including linear discriminant analysis (LDA), quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA), partial least-squares discriminant analysis (PLSDA), naïve Bayes (NB), k-nearest neighbor (KNN), multilayer perceptron neural network (MLPNN), classification tree (CT), support vector machine (SVM), random forest (RF), and gradient-boosting machine (GBM). The data set was randomly split into two parts: training (70%) and test (30%). A 10-fold cross-validation (...

Ground settlements above a tunnel as a result of tunnel construction can be predicted with the help of input variables that have direct physical significance. Several empirical and artificial intelligence methods for estimating ground settlements have been established by researchers. However, these methods have some limitations because the large number of influential factors involved makes tunnel–ground interaction complicated. In this work, a random forest (RF) was developed and employed to predict ground settlements above tunnels. To achieve this goal, tunnel geometry, geological properties, and construction parameters were investigated as input variables to utilize in the RF modeling, resulting in the maximum surface settlement value (Smax) and trough width (i) as the ground surface settlement index. To demonstrate the applicability of the RF model, two data sets associated with different features, which were obtained from a detailed investigation of different tunnel projects published in litera...