Recognition and classification of microseismic event waveforms based on histogram of oriented gradients and shallow machine learning approach

Abstract

Accurate identification of microseismic events is vital for understanding underground rock deformation, rupture behavior, and mechanical properties. This study proposes a method that combines the Histogram of Orientation Gradient (HOG) and shallow machine learning techniques for microseismic waveform recognition. HOG features are extracted from event waveform images, and five classifiers including Linear classifier (LC), Fisher Discriminant (FD), Decision Tree (DT), K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN), and Support Vector Machine (SVM) are compared. Experimental results show good accuracy and efficiency, with the SVM classifier and FD classifier achieving the best performance at 97.1 % and 96.9 % accuracy, respectively. Compared to previous studies, this method offers simplicity, ease of use, and low computational resource requirements, making it valuable for real-time monitoring and disaster prediction applications. It provides a foundation for evaluating mine geological structure stability.