Investigating the efficacy of physics-based metaheuristic algorithms in combination with explainable ensemble machine-learning models for landslide susceptibility mapping
摘要
This research aimed to investigate the effectiveness of using physics-based metaheuristic algorithms in combination with ensemble machine-learning models for landslide susceptibility mapping (LSM). By optimizing two ensemble machine learning models (Random Forest (RF) and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost)) using three physically based metaheuristic algorithms (Archimedes Optimization Algorithm (ArchOA), Chernobyl Disaster Optimizer (CDO), and Simulated Annealing (SA)), the study demonstrated the potential of this approach to improve the accuracy of landslide susceptibility maps significantly. This research employed an Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) method, namely SHAP (SHapley Additive explanations), to interpret developed models. Additionally, an uncertainty quantification approach was utilized to assess the reliability of susceptibility maps. The landslide susceptibility map was prepared using 153 landslide occurrence points and 15 effective criteria on landslides in Khalkhal town of Iran. The results revealed that XGBoost-CDO, XGBoost-ArchOA, RF-CDO, XGBoost-SA, XGBoost, RF-SA, and RF models, respectively, were the most accurate, with the area under the curve (AUC) of the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) values of 0.952, 0.958, 0.951, 0.938, 0.929, 0.847, and 0.842. The results of the uncertainty map showed that areas with higher landslide susceptibility have lower uncertainty, with 65.35% of all landslides occurring in regions characterized by high landslide susceptibility and lower uncertainty.