AUTHOR=Zhao Bing , Shao Yang-Bing , Yang Chao , Zhao Chao TITLE=The application of the game theory combination weighting-normal cloud model to the quality evaluation of surrounding rocks JOURNAL=Frontiers in Earth Science VOLUME=Volume 12 - 2024 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2024.1346536 DOI=10.3389/feart.2024.1346536 ISSN=2296-6463 ABSTRACT=The occurrence of surrounding rocks dramatically influences the safety of construction workers, so the quality assessment of surrounding rocks has great significance. The uniaxial saturated compressive strength of rock (X1), the quality Index of surrounding rock (X2), the frictional coefficient of structural surface (X3), the joint spacing(X4), the state of groundwater(X5) and the integrity coefficient (X6) are selected as the evaluation index at first. Then, the game theory combination weighting-normal cloud model is introduced; secondly, the certainty degree matrix of each index is established, and the weight coefficients of assessment indexes are determined based on the game theory combination weighting method; finally, the quality level of surrounding rocks is judged. Compared with the traditional methods, the proposed model solves the fuzziness and randomness of different indexes, it improves reliability of the assessment process and enhances the predicative accuracy of assessment results; besides, it can provide a solution scheme for the evaluation indicators, which is difficult to quantify and reduce the influence of human factors. Then the conclusions are drawn that the results obtained from the suggested model are consistent with the current specification; its accuracy arrives at 100%, and the method is feasible for the quality level assessment of surrounding rocks, so it provides a new technique and thoughts to assess the risk level of surrounding rocks in the future.