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A Decision-Tree Approach to the Interpretation of Archaeological Data

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 April 2011

Anne Marshall  and
Garry Marshall
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Summary

A number of techniques capable of generating descriptions of data have been developed in the area of Artificial Intelligence. Their suitability for use with a data set compiled to record the details of Anglo-Saxon structures in Britain is considered. An appropriate method which describes the data by means of decision trees is chosen and, after some adaptation, is used to generate descriptions of this data in the form of decision trees. The resulting descriptions compare favourably with interpretations obtained by archaeological analysis.

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Research Article
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The Antiquaries Journal , Volume 74 , March 1994 , pp. 1 - 11
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1994

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