Customized AutoML: An Automated Machine Learning System for Predicting Severity of Construction Accidents

Vedat Toğan*, Fatemeh Mostofi, Yunus Emre Ayözen, Onur Behzat Tokdemir

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Construction companies are under pressure to enhance their site safety condition, being constantly challenged by rapid technological advancements, growing public concern, and fierce competition. To enhance construction site safety, literature investigated Machine Learning (ML) approaches as risk assessment (RA) tools. However, their deployment requires knowledge for selecting, training, testing, and employing the most appropriate ML predictor. While different ML approaches are recommended by literature, their practicality at construction sites is constrained by the availability, knowledge, and experience of data scientists familiar with the construction sector. This study develops an automated ML system that automatically trains and evaluates different ML to select the most accurate ML-based construction accident severity predictors for the use of construction professionals with limited data science knowledge. A real-life accident dataset is evaluated through automated ML approaches: Auto-Sklearn, AutoKeras, and customized AutoML. The investigated AutoML approaches offer higher scalability, accuracy, and result-oriented severity insight due to their simple input requirements and automated procedures.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1933
JournalBuildings
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022

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Keywords

  • automated machine learning (AutoML)
  • construction accident
  • multi-level severity prediction
  • risk assessment

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