@article{MD5CF60AE, title = "Evaluating the Efficiency of Models for Predicting Seismic Building Damage", journal = "KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering", year = "2024", issn = "2287-5905", doi = "https://doi.org/10.3745/TKIPS.2024.13.5.217", author = "Chae Song Hwa, Yujin Lim", keywords = "Earthquake, Earthquake Damage Prediction, Machine Learning(ml)", abstract = "Predicting earthquake occurrences accurately is challenging, and preparing all buildings with seismic design for such random events is a difficult task. Analyzing building features to predict potential damage and reinforcing vulnerabilities based on this analysis can minimize damages even in buildings without seismic design. Therefore, research analyzing the efficiency of building damage prediction models is essential. In this paper, we compare the accuracy of earthquake damage prediction models using machine learning classification algorithms, including Random Forest, Extreme Gradient Boosting, LightGBM, and CatBoost, utilizing data from buildings damaged during the 2015 Nepal earthquake." }