Table 5 Results of the paired t-test regarding the comparison of performances of the various prediction methods.

From: Ground settlement prediction for highway subgrades with sparse data using regression Kriging

Pairwise comparison

p-value

Significance

(p < 0.05)

S1

S2

S3

S4

S1

S2

S3

S4

RK method vs. Hyperbolic method

0.031

0.032

0.047

0.018

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RK method vs. Exponential curve method

0.017

0.019

0.0003

0.001

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RK method vs. Asaoka method

0.016

0.028

0.0003

0.0003

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RK method vs. GM(1,1) method

0.014

0.015

0.0007

0.0008

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

RK method vs. BPNN

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

0.0001

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes