Interpretable prediction of dynamic compressive strength of red sandstone under wetting-drying cycles using ensemble learning

Bin Du; Wei Qi; Haibo Bai

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0348902

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Interpretable prediction of dynamic compressive strength of red sandstone under wetting-drying cycles using ensemble learning

Bin Du ,

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: dubin_china@163.com

Affiliations School of Architectural Construction, Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Architectural Technology, Xuzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8170-4864

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Wei Qi,

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation School of Architectural Construction, Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Architectural Technology, Xuzhou, China
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Haibo Bai

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China
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Interpretable prediction of dynamic compressive strength of red sandstone under wetting-drying cycles using ensemble learning

Bin Du,
Wei Qi,
Haibo Bai

Published: May 14, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0348902

About the Authors

Bin Du

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: dubin_china@163.com

Affiliations School of Architectural Construction, Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Architectural Technology, Xuzhou, China, State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8170-4864

Wei Qi

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation School of Architectural Construction, Jiangsu Vocational Institute of Architectural Technology, Xuzhou, China

Haibo Bai

Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Construction and Healthy Operation and Maintenance of Deep Underground Engineering, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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