Prediction of coal mine gas emission based on SHSCOA-BiLSTM model

JIA  Jinzhang; Wang  Yixing; JIA  Peng; Che  Defu

doi:10.6180/jase.202607_30.039

Prediction of coal mine gas emission based on SHSCOA-BiLSTM model

JIA Jinzhang^1,2, Wang Yixing^1,2This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., JIA Peng^1,2,3, and Che Defu⁴

¹College of Safety Science and Engineering, Liaoning Technical University, Huludao 125105, China

²Key Laboratory of Mine Thermodynamic disasters and Control of Ministry of Education, Huludao 125105, China

³Ordos Institute of Liaoning Technical University, Ordos 017010, China

⁴School of Resources and Civil Engineering, Northeastern University

Received: September 24, 2025
Accepted: December 10, 2025
Publication Date: January 25, 2026

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Accurate prediction of coal mine gas emission is crucial for disaster prevention, yet challenging due to complex, non-stationary data and traditional models’ tendency to converge to local optima. The present study proposes a novel SHSCOA-BiLSTM model, which integrates an enhanced chimpanzee optimisation algorithm to optimise a bidirectional long short-term memory network. The methodology employs data imputation, principal component analysis, and enhanced global search strategies to tune critical hyperparameters. The model has been validated on real-world data, and it has been demonstrated to significantly outperform existing benchmarks, with a reduction in mean absolute percentage error of 57.18−74.10% and mean squared error of 80.16−92.35%. The findings indicate that the SHSCOA-BiLSTM model offers a highly accurate and robust instrument for gas emission forecasting, providing a reliable scientific foundation for early warning systems that can significantly enhance proactive safety management and prevent gas-related disasters in coal mines.

Keywords: mine gas outflow prediction, bi-directional long and short-term memory network, chimpanzee optimisation algorithm, hyperparameter optimization, principal component analysis

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