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AI InsightGP models, in form of explicit equations, show the influencing pa- rameters with reference to the presence of the relevant parameters in the equations.
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Concrete is a highly complex composite construction material and modeling using computing tools to predict concrete strength is a difficult task. In this work an effort is made to predict compressive strength of concrete after 28 days of curing, using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Genetic programming (GP). The data for analy- sis mainly consists of mix design parameters of concrete, coefficient of soft sand and maximum size of aggregates as input parameters. ANN yields trained weights and biases as the final model which sometime may impediment in its application at oper- ational level. GP on other hand yields an equation as its output making its plausible tool for operational use. Comparison of the prediction results displays the result the model accuracy of both ANN and GP as satisfactory, giving GP a working advantage owing to its output in an equation form. A knowledge extraction technique used with the weights and biases of ANN model to understand the most influencing parameters to predict the 28 day strength of concrete, promises to prove ANN as grey box rather than a black box. GP models, in form of explicit equations, show the influencing pa- rameters with reference to the presence of the relevant parameters in the equations.