Effectiveness assessment of Keras based deep learning with different robust optimization algorithms for shallow landslide susceptibility mapping at tropical area

This research aims at investigating the capability of Keras’s deep learning models with three robust optimization algorithms (stochastic gradient descent, root mean square propagation, and adaptive moment optimization) and two-loss functions for spatial modeling of landslide hazard at a regional scale. Shallow landslides at the Ha Long area (Vietnam) were selected as a case study. For this regard, set of ten influencing factors (slope, aspect, curvature, topographic wetness index, landuse, distance to road, distance to river, soil type, distance to fault, and lithology) and 193 landslide polygons were prepared to construct a Geographic Information System (GIS) database for the study area. Using the collected database, the DNN with its potential of realizing complex functional mapping hidden in the data is used to generalize a decision boundary that separates the learning space into two distinct categories: landslide (a positive class) and non-landslide (a negative class). Experimental results point out that the utilized the Keras’s deep learning model with the Adam optimization and the mean squared error lost function is the best with the prediction performance of 84.0%. The performance is better than those of the employed benchmark approaches of random forest, J48 decision tree, classification tree, and logistic model tree. We conclude that the Keras’s deep learning model is a new tool for shallow susceptibility mapping at landslide-prone areas.