Calibration of an Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Development in Montgomery County, Virginia: 1992-2001

This study evaluates the effectiveness of an artificial neural network (ANN) to predict locations of urban change at a countywide level by testing various calibrations of the Land Transformation Model (LTM). It utilizes the Stuttgart Neural Network Simulator (SNNS), a common medium through which ANN...

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Main Author: Thekkudan, Travis Francis
Other Authors: Geography
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33732
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06242008-173032/