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In contrast to traditional classification methods that demand extensive labeled data on damaged states, our approach utilizes an ESN, a powerful recurrent neural network, to directly predict a continuous damage metric from sensor data. This regression-based methodology offers two key advantages relevant to data science applications in SHM: (1) Reduced Training Data Dependency: The ESN achieves high accuracy even with limited data on damaged structures, significantly alleviating the data acquisition burden compared to classification-based AI\/ML techniques. (2) Enhanced Noise Resilience: The inherent reservoir computing property of ESNs, characterized by a fixed, high-dimensional recurrent layer, makes them more tolerant of sensor noise and environmental variations compared to classification methods, leading to more reliable and robust SHM predictions from noisy data. 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