Arslan Qayyum Khan1, Muhammad Dawood Rasheed2, Muhammad Huzaifa Naveed2, Amorn Pimanmas3,*
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.147, No.2, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2026.083654
- 27 May 2026
Abstract The construction industry’s substantial carbon footprint, primarily attributed to the production of Ordinary Portland Cement, necessitates a transition toward more sustainable alternatives. Geopolymer concrete (GPC), an innovative binder synthesized from industrial by-products like fly ash (FA), offers a promising low-carbon solution but is hindered by performance variability and a lack of standardized design protocols. This research addresses this critical barrier by developing robust predictive models for the compressive strength of FA-based GPC. Six machine learning algorithms, including Bagging, Categorical Boosting (CatBoost), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), LightGBM, Random Forest Regressor (RFR), and eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost), were… More >