Neural network analysis by using the Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs) applied to human fossil dental morphology: A new methodology

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402058448, 2007, Pages 81-101

  Manni, F ^a   Vargiu, R ^b   Coppa, A ^b  

^a Université Paris Diderot   (France)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Arizona State University Dental Anthropology System (ASUDAS); Dental morphology; Late pleistocene specimen; Lower pleistocene specimen; Middle pleistocene specimen; Multidimensional scaling; Neural network analysis; Self Organizing maps (SOMs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983286171     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5845-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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