The performance of using an autoencoder for prediction and susceptibility assessment of landslides: A case study on landslides triggered by the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake in Japan

Geoenvironmental Disasters

Table 3 Variable importance and ranking for the mountainous only zone (M)

Variable factors	Variable importance of the mountainous only zone (M)
Variable factors	M 1	Ranking	M 2	Ranking	M 3	Ranking	M 4	Ranking	M 5	Ranking	M 6	Ranking
Elevation	0.080	7	0.075	6	0.067	7	0.090	5	0.065	9	0.071	7
Slope	0.068	9	0.070	7	0.039	10	0.049	8	0.037	10	0.034	10
Plan curvature	0.021	12	0.032	12	0.025	11	0.034	11	0.027	11	0.031	11
Profile curvature	0.044	11	0.033	11	0.021	12	0.033	12	0.021	12	0.024	12
NDVI	0.099	5	0.113	4	0.074	6	0.111	4	0.129	2	0.095	4
Lithology (geology)	0.085	6	0.104	5	0.105	4	0.082	6	0.091	7	0.095	5
Age (geology)	0.114	2	0.069	8	0.091	5	0.072	7	0.095	5	0.093	6
Stream density	0.072	8	0.058	9	0.058	8	0.045	10	0.089	8	0.067	8
Distance to stream	0.063	10	0.057	10	0.057	9	0.047	9	0.095	5	0.044	9
Distance to fault	0.109	4	0.124	2	0.170	1	0.166	1	0.107	4	0.162	2
Distance to epicenter	0.134	1	0.144	1	0.167	2	0.150	2	0.127	3	0.103	3
PGA	0.110	3	0.120	3	0.126	3	0.121	3	0.149	1	0.181	1