Research Article

Prediction of Compressive Strength of Concrete and Rock Using an Elementary Instance-Based Learning Algorithm

Table 2

Descriptive statistics of datasets.

PredictorMinAveMaxStd

Dataset 1
OutputConcrete compressive strength, CS (MPa)7.856.63107.823.77
InputFly ash replacement ratio, FA (%)0.025.0055.019.11
Silica fume replacement ratio, SF (%)0.01.885.02.43
Total cementitious material, TCM (kg/m3)400.0436.67500.045.13
Fine aggregate, ssa (kg/m3)536.0639.38724.054.87
Coarse aggregate, ca (kg/m3)1086.01125.001157.029.51
Water content, W (lt/m3)150.0171.67205.024.00
High rate water reducing agent, HRWRA (lt/m3)0.04.8713.04.05
Age of samples, age (days)3.060.67180.061.31

Dataset 2
OutputConcrete compressive strength, CS (MPa)10.238.5273.514.13
InputCement content, C (kg/m3)160.0271.75427.066.25
Fly ash content, FA (kg/m3)0.0151.03261.061.24
Fine aggregate (sand) content, ssa (kg/m3)478.0836.901079.0107.34
Coarse aggregate content, ca (kg/m3)621.0856.05923.044.06
Water to powder ratio, W/P (%)33.052.0587.013.12
Superplasticizer dosage, SP (%)0.035.43100.020.09

Dataset 3
OutputConcrete compressive strength, CS (MPa)38.052.6874.09.43
InputWater to binder ratio, W/B (%)30.037.6045.05.57
Water content, W (kg/m3)160.0170.00180.08.24
Fine aggregate ratio, s/a (%)37.046.0053.03.64
Fly ash replacement ratio, FA (%)0.010.1020.08.30
Air-entraining agent content, AE (kg/m3)0.0360.0540.0780.015
Superplasticizer content, SP (kg/m3)1.894.488.52.30

Dataset 4
OutputConcrete compressive strength, CS (MPa)6.64104.77303.6764.93
InputPoint load strength index, Is (MPa)1.155.4415.733.00
P-wave velocity, Vp (km/s)0.854.706.661.40
Brazilian tensile strength, BTS (MPa)1.028.4521.324.34
Schmidt hardness, SHH16.8547.3165.1211.31
Shore hardness, SSH7.259.0699.021.98
Unit weight, UW (g/cm3)1.052.492.960.36

Dataset 5: sample size: 71
OutputGranite compressive strength, CS (MPa)28.0115.86211.942.23
Young’s modulus, E (GPa)22.087.99183.335.17
InputPorosity, n (%)0.10.370.570.13
Schmidt hammer rebound number, Rn37.049.5861.06.01
P-wave velocity, Vp (m/s)2823.05586.317943.01097.18
Point load strength index, Is (MPa)0.893.327.11.51

Dataset 6
OutputRock compressive strength, CS (MPa)6.2168.69160.3238.24
InputSchmidt rebound hardness number, SHN17.031.5347.06.23
Block punch index, BPI (MPa)1.897.8419.023.75
Point load strength index, Is (MPa)1.132.874.80.76
P-wave velocity, Vp (m/s)2592.04345.396231.01137.96