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  1. Integrating Multidisciplinary Observations and AI-Driven Modeling for Land Subsidence Management in Taiwan

    Article • March 2026, Copernicus GmbH

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  2. AI-Enhanced Soil Classification Using Machine Learning Models within the AASHTO Framework

    Article • Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, January 2026, Tsinghua University Press

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  3. Advancing rock mass classification using machine learning approach

    Article • Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  4. AI-Driven Optimization for Efficient Public Bus Operations

    Article • Mathematics, October 2025, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  5. A Multiple-Scale Space–Time Collocation Trefftz Method for Two-Dimensional Wave Equations

    Article • Mathematics, September 2025, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  6. Advancing Groundwater Management Strategies to Mitigate Land Subsidence

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  7. Innovative AI Strategies for Groundwater and Subsidence Management in Taiwan

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  8. Solving Inverse Wave Problems Using Spacetime Radial Basis Functions in Neural Networks

    Article • Mathematics, February 2025, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  9. Characterizing Land Subsidence Using Random Forest Algorithm in Taiwan

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  10. Study on the impact and adaptation strategies of climate change on infrastructure in coastal communities.

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  11. A Spacetime RBF-Based DNNs for Solving Unsaturated Flow Problems

    Article • Mathematics, September 2024, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  12. An Advanced Soil Classification Method Employing the Random Forest Technique in Machine Learning

    Article • Applied Sciences, August 2024, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  13. Deep Neural Networks with Spacetime RBF for Solving Forward and Inverse Problems in the Diffusion Process

    Article • Mathematics, May 2024, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  14. Predictive Modeling of Fire Incidence Using Deep Neural Networks

    Article • Fire, April 2024, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  15. Assessment of Land Subsidence Hazards in the Choshui Delta Under Climate Change Scenarios Using Artificial Intelligence

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  16. Charactering Human-Caused Fires Using GIS-Based Dimensionality Reduction Techniques in Keelung City, Taiwan

    Article • Applied Sciences, February 2024, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  17. A Novel Spacetime Boundary-Type Meshless Method for Estimating Aquifer Hydraulic Properties Using Pumping Tests

    Article • Mathematics, October 2023, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  18. Reconstructing missing time-varying land subsidence data using back propagation neural network with principal component analysis

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  19. A Novel ANN-Based Radial Basis Function Collocation Method for Solving Elliptic Boundary Value Problems

    Article • Mathematics, September 2023, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  20. Solving subsurface flow toward wells in layered soils using hybrid method of fundamental solutions

    Article • Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, June 2023, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  21. Modeling of land subsidence using GIS-based artificial neural network in Yunlin County, Taiwan

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  22. A Novel Space-Time Marching Method for Solving Linear and Nonlinear Transient Problems

    Article • Mathematics, December 2022, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  23. Spatial Variability in Land Subsidence and Its Relation to Groundwater Withdrawals in the Choshui Delta

    Article • Applied Sciences, December 2022, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  24. A Simplified Radial Basis Function Method with Exterior Fictitious Sources for Elliptic Boundary Value Problems

    Article • Mathematics, May 2022, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  25. Solving Inverse Problems of Stationary Convection–Diffusion Equation Using the Radial Basis Function Method with Polyharmonic Polynomials

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2022, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  26. A Novel Radial Basis Function Approach for Infiltration-Induced Landslides in Unsaturated Soils

    Article • Water, March 2022, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  27. A Meshless Method with Radial Basis Function for Solving Unsaturated Flow in Heterogeneous Porous Media

    Article • Journal of Marine Science and Technology, November 2021, National Taiwan Ocean University

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  28. Space–time polyharmonic radial polynomial basis functions for modeling saturated and unsaturated flows

    Article • Engineering With Computers, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  29. On solving elliptic boundary value problems using a meshless method with radial polynomials

    Article • Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2021, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  30. Infinitely Smooth Polyharmonic RBF Collocation Method for Numerical Solution of Elliptic PDEs

    Article • Mathematics, June 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  31. Modeling Transient Flows in Heterogeneous Layered Porous Media Using the Space–Time Trefftz Method

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  32. Numerical solutions of two-dimensional Laplace and biharmonic equations by the localized Trefftz method

    Article • Computers & Mathematics with Applications, April 2021, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  33. Use of Hydraulic Test Data to Recognize Fracture Network Pattern of Rock Mass in Taiwan Mountainous Areas

    Article • Applied Sciences, February 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  34. A GIS-Based Artificial Neural Network Model for Flood Susceptibility Assessment

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, January 2021, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  35. A collocation method with space–time radial polynomials for inverse heat conduction problems

    Article • Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, January 2021, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  36. Collocation Trefftz method applied to groundwater tidal effect analysis

    Article • January 2021, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  37. Solving Transient Groundwater Inverse Problems Using Space–Time Collocation Trefftz Method

    Article • Water, December 2020, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  38. Multiquadrics without the Shape Parameter for Solving Partial Differential Equations

    Article • Symmetry, November 2020, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  39. Space–Time Radial Basis Function–Based Meshless Approach for Solving Convection–Diffusion Equations

    Article • Mathematics, October 2020, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  40. A Collocation Method Using Radial Polynomials for Solving Partial Differential Equations

    Article • Symmetry, August 2020, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  41. Three-Dimensional Numerical Investigation on the Efficiency of Subsurface Drainage for Large-Scale Landslides

    Article • Applied Sciences, May 2020, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  42. Solving Backward Heat Conduction Problems Using a Novel Space–Time Radial Polynomial Basis Function Collocation Method

    Article • Applied Sciences, May 2020, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  43. A Novel Meshfree Approach with a Radial Polynomial for Solving Nonhomogeneous Partial Differential Equations

    Article • Mathematics, February 2020, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  44. Modeling Tide–Induced Groundwater Response in a Coastal Confined Aquifer Using the Spacetime Collocation Approach

    Article • Applied Sciences, January 2020, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  45. A Spacetime Meshless Method for Modeling Subsurface Flow with a Transient Moving Boundary

    Article • Water, December 2019, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  46. Recovering the Initial and Boundary Data in the Two-Dimensional Inverse Heat Conduction Problems Using the Novel Space-Time Collocation Meshfree Approach

    Article • November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  47. On Solving Modified Helmholtz Equation in Layered Materials Using the Multiple Source Meshfree Approach

    Article • Mathematics, November 2019, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  48. The method of two-point angular basis function for solving Laplace equation

    Article • Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, September 2019, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  49. A spacetime collocation Trefftz method for solving the inverse heat conduction problem

    Article • Advances in Mechanical Engineering, July 2019, SAGE Publications

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  50. On Solving Two-Dimensional Inverse Heat Conduction Problems Using the Multiple Source Meshless Method

    Article • Applied Sciences, June 2019, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  51. Application of Nearshore Risk Assessment of Hazard and Vulnerability in Marine Resource Area for National Spatial Planning

    Article • June 2019, ASME International

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  52. The Method of Fundamental Solutions for Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Free Surface Flows Using the Iterative Scheme

    Article • Applied Sciences, April 2019, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  53. On Solving Nonlinear Moving Boundary Problems with Heterogeneity Using the Collocation Meshless Method

    Article • Water, April 2019, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  54. A novel space–time meshless method for solving the backward heat conduction problem

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, March 2019, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  55. A Novel Spacetime Collocation Meshless Method for Solving Two-Dimensional Backward Heat Conduction Problems

    Article • Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, January 2019, Computers, Materials and Continua (Tech Science Press)

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  56. Hydraulic Simulation of Waterbird Habitat Reconstruction

    Article • E3S Web of Conferences, January 2019, EDP Sciences

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  57. A Novel Hybrid Boundary-Type Meshless Method for Solving Heat Conduction Problems in Layered Materials

    Article • Applied Sciences, October 2018, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  58. Modeling of Transient Flow in Unsaturated Geomaterials for Rainfall-Induced Landslides Using a Novel Spacetime Collocation Method

    Article • Geofluids, August 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  59. On modeling subsurface flow using a novel hybrid Trefftz–MFS method

    Article • Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, May 2018, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  60. A Novel Boundary-Type Meshless Method for Modeling Geofluid Flow in Heterogeneous Geological Media

    Article • Geofluids, January 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  61. Transient Modeling of Flow in Unsaturated Soils Using a Novel Collocation Meshless Method

    Article • Water, December 2017, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  62. Numerical modeling of unsaturated layered soil for rainfall-induced shallow landslides

    Article • Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management, October 2017, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  63. On solving free surface problems in layered soil using the method of fundamental solutions

    Article • Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, October 2017, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  64. Transient modeling of regional rainfall-triggered shallow landslides

    Article • Environmental Earth Sciences, August 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  65. Assessment on Morphological Changes due to Coastal Exploitations and Remedies for Coastal Defense

    Article • June 2017, ASME International

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  66. Modeling of Load Bearing Characteristics of Jacket Foundation Piles for Offshore Wind Turbines in Taiwan

    Article • Energies, August 2016, MDPI AG

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  67. On the accuracy of the collocation Trefftz method for solving two- and three-dimensional heat equations

    Article • Numerical Heat Transfer Part B Fundamentals, March 2016, Taylor & Francis

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  68. Numerical Solutions for Groundwater Flow in Unsaturated Layered Soil with Extreme Physical Property Contrasts

    Article • International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, January 2015, De Gruyter

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  69. Numerical solution of three-dimensional Laplacian problems using the multiple scale Trefftz method

    Article • Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements, January 2015, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  70. Rock Characterisation, Modelling and Engineering Design Methods

    Article • May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  71. Modeling of rockfalls using the lumped mass method and DDA

    Article • May 2013, Taylor & Francis

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  72. Solving Nonlinear Problems with Singular Initial Conditions Using A Perturbed Scalar Homotopy Method

    Article • International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, January 2013, De Gruyter

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  73. A Novel Dynamical Method for Solving Ill-Conditioned Nonlinear Ordinary Differential Equations

    Article • Advanced Science Letters, July 2012, American Scientific Publishers

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  74. Estimating Hydraulic Conductivity of Highly Disturbed Clastic Rocks in Taiwan

    Article • November 2011, IntechOpen

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  75. Rock Mass Hydraulic Conductivity Estimated by Two Empirical Models

    Article • February 2011, IntechOpen

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  76. Coupled Stability Analyses of Rainfall Induced Landslide: A Case Study in Taiwan Piedmont Area

    Article • May 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  77. Applications of simulation technique on debris-flow hazard zone delineation: a case study in Hualien County, Taiwan

    Article • Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, March 2010, Copernicus GmbH

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  78. Integrating Multiple Subsurface Exploration Technologies in Slope Hydrogeologic Investigation: A Case Study in Taiwan

    Article • February 2010, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  79. Solving Non-Linear Algebraic Equations by a Scalar Newton-homotopy Continuation Method

    Article • International Journal of Nonlinear Sciences and Numerical Simulation, January 2010, De Gruyter

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  80. An empirical model for estimating hydraulic conductivity of highly disturbed clastic sedimentary rocks in Taiwan

    Article • Engineering Geology, November 2009, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  81. Modeling crack propagation path of anisotropic rocks using boundary element method

    Article • International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, June 2009, Wiley

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  82. Assessment of regional rainfall-induced landslides using 3S-based hydro-geological model

    Article • June 2008, Taylor & Francis

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  83. A case study on the occurrence of regional debris flow hazard in central Taiwan

    Article • June 2008, WITPRESS LTD.

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  84. A Rock Mass Classification Scheme for Estimating Hydraulic Conductivity of Fractured Rocks

    Article • March 2008, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  85. Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation

    Article • January 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  86. Two-scale modeling of jointed rock masses

    Article • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, April 2006, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  87. Modeling of jointed rock masses using a combined equivalentcontinuum and discrete approach

    Article • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, May 2004, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  88. Modeling of jointed rock masses using a combined equivalent-continuum and discrete approach

    Article • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, April 2004, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  89. Stress modeling of tectonic blocks at Cape Kamchatka, Russia using principal stress proxies from high-resolution SAR: new evidence for the Komandorskiy Block

    Article • Tectonophysics, September 2002, Elsevier

    William Harbert, PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  90. Modification of the DDA method for rigid block Problems

    Article • International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, September 1998, Elsevier

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku

  91. Study on Earthquake and Typhoon Induced Regional Debris Flows in Ta-Chia River, Taiwan

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    PhD Cheng-Yu Ku