Tutorial for MI-SDM v2.50

A Tutorial Guide to using MI-SDM v2.50 based on USGS Open-File Report 01-221 by Gary L. Raines Avantra Geosystems tel 61-3-8504-0428 fax 61-3-9596-7997 info@avantra.com.au www.avantra.com.au May 2006 Tutorial Guide to MI-SDM Contents Introduction...............................................................................................................1 Summarized Metadata................................................................................................2 Overview of Data Preparation for MI-SDM ...................................................................5 Set up MI-SDM and the Carlin Project..........................................................................7 Weights-of-Evidence Modelling....................................................................................8 Guidance for a Fuzzy-Logic Model .............................................................................15 Guidance for an Artificial Neural Network Model.........................................................20 Carlin References .....................................................................................................22 SDM Reading List22 List of Figures Figure 1 Generalized Geology layer with Training Points........................................................ 11 Figure 2 Generalized (binary) Antimony surface with Training Points...................................... 12 Figure 3 Posterior ...