articlenpj Computational MaterialsJan 10, 2026GOLD OA

Machine learning for phase prediction of high entropy carbide ceramics from imbalanced data

Northwestern Polytechnical University · Technische Universität Darmstadt

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Abstract

High-entropy carbide ceramics (HECCs) possess promising properties for extreme high-temperature applications. Machine learning offers an effective pathway to accelerate the discovery of novel HECCs, but data imbalance poses challenges for predictive performance. Here, we integrate the Borderline-SMOTE with machine learning algorithms to address this issue. A dataset containing 251 samples was established from literature, experimental synthesis, and synthetic oversampling. Key features influencing phase formation were selected via a four-step feature selection strategy. Ten common machine learning models were trained and optimized, with the random forest (RF) model identified as the most suitable for predicting…

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Keywords
  • Random forest
  • Feature selection
  • Predictive modelling
  • Training set
  • Entropy (arrow of time)
  • Model selection
  • Extreme learning machine
  • High dimensional
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