Enhanced interpretation of magnetic survey data using artificial neural networks: A case study from butrint, southern albania

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 189-199

  Bescoby, David J ^a   Cawley, Gavin C ^a   Chroston, P Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Albania; Artificial neural network; Butrint; Depth estimation; Magnetic prospection; Multilayer perceptron; Three dimensional modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644544275     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.236     Document Type: Article

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