Research on Hard Rock Pillar Stability Prediction Based on SABO-LSSVM Model

The increase in mining depth necessitates higher strength requirements for hard rock pillars, making mine pillar stability analysis crucial for pillar design and underground safety operations. To enhance the accuracy of predicting the stability state of mine pillars, a prediction model based on the subtraction-average-based optimizer (SABO) for hyperparameter optimization of the least-squares support vector machine (LSSVM) is proposed. First, by analyzing the redundancy of features in the mine pillar dataset and conducting feature selection, five parameter combinations were constructed to examine their effects on the performance of different models. Second, the SABO-LSSVM prediction model was compared vertically with classic models and horizontally with other optimized models to ensure comprehensive and objective evaluation. Finally, two data sampling methods and a combined sampling method were used to correct the bias of the optimized model for different categories of mine pillars. The results demonstrated that the SABO-LSSVM model exhibited good accuracy and comprehensive performance, thereby providing valuable insights for mine pillar stability prediction.