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Probabilistic Models for Predicting Archaeological Site Locations in Marj Bisri (Southern Lebanon): Comparing Frequency Ratio and Shannon’s Entropy Cover

Probabilistic Models for Predicting Archaeological Site Locations in Marj Bisri (Southern Lebanon): Comparing Frequency Ratio and Shannon’s Entropy

Journal of Computer Applications in Archaeology
Volume 8 (2025): Issue 1
By: Georges Abou Diwan  
Open Access
|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jcaa.150 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8362
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Language: English
Submitted on: Feb 2, 2024
Accepted on: Jan 12, 2025
Published on: Feb 5, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Archaeological Predictive Modelling,
Bisri Dam,
Frequency Ratio,
GIS,
Kvamme’s Gain,
Shannon’s Entropy

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