Comparison of a logistic regression and Naïve Bayes classifier in landslide susceptibility assessments: The influence of models complexity and training dataset size

Catena

Volumn 145, Issue , 2016, Pages 164-179

  Tsangaratos, Paraskevas ^a   Ilia, Ioanna ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epirus; Geographical information system; Greece; Landslide susceptibility; Logistic regression classifier; Na ve Bayes classifier

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE SENSING; ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEXITY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LANDSLIDE; LOGISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH WORK; SLOPE ANGLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EPIRUS; GREECE;

EID: 84973307891     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2016.06.004     Document Type: Article

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