1. Lecturer, School of Computing, Engineering and Digital Technologies, Teesside Univ., Middlesbrough TS1 3BA, UK (corresponding author). ORCID: .
2. Associate Professor, Key Laboratory for Urban Underground Engineering of Ministry of Education and School of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing 100044, China.
3. Professor, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education for Geomechanics and Embankment Engineering, Hohai Univ., Nanjing 210098, China; Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Monash Univ., Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia. ORCID: .