Reply to discussion by Alavi and Gandomi on Models to predict the deformation modulus and the coefficient of subgrade reaction for earth filling structures by Ismail Diner [Adv. Eng. Software 42 (2011) 160171]
Alavi and Gandomi [1] indicated that there are some controversial points regarding the reliability and applicability of the presented ANN models proposed by Diner [2]. According to these criticisms, complementary explanations, tables and figures were given.
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