Estimation of the compressive strength of concretes containing ground granulated blast furnace slag using hybridized multi-objective ANN and salp swarm algorithm

The use of supplementary cementitious materials such as ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) in concrete mixtures provides many technical and economic benefits. The use of GGBFS as a partial replacement for cement in concrete mixtures can also decrease the energy consumption and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions. Developing an accurate model for estimating the compressive strength of the concretes containing GGBFS is a necessity since...