Connectedness feature reference
The number of large direct neighbours connected by a selected strong place-to-place relationship.
Stored model field:
strong_place_tie_count
Among direct neighbours that meet the large-place threshold, count those joined by at least one relation such as founded from, settled from, conquered by, destroyed by, fortified by, belongs to, ruled by, or ruler of.
The place has strong narrative or political ties to more large places.
These descriptive statistics use the current labelled cohort after aliases have been collapsed to one row per MANTO place.
| Group | N | Minimum | Q1 | Median | Mean | Q3 | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All labelled places | 255 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Survives | 204 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Does not survive | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
Examples are descriptive checks on the calculated feature. Their outcome labels report what Pausanias says; they do not establish that the feature caused survival or abandonment.
| Place | MANTO ID | Value | Pausanias reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) | 8253960 | 8 | Does not survive |
| 🌍 Argos (city) | 8228853 | 7 | Survives |
| 🌍 Arcadia | 8228863 | 4 | Survives |
| 🌍 Ephesos (Asia Minor) | 8254020 | 3 | Survives |
| 🌍 Opous (Locris) | 8253989 | 3 | Survives |
| 🌍 Rome (Italy) | 10266956 | 3 | Survives |
| Place | MANTO ID | Value | Pausanias reports |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🌍 Abai (Phocis) | 10274687 | 0 | Survives |
| 🌍 Abia (Messenia) | 10113505 | 0 | Survives |
| 🌍 Acacesion (Arcadia) | 10126185 | 0 | Survives |
| 🌍 Ace (Arcadia) | 10214517 | 0 | Survives |
| 🌍 Acharnai (Attica) | 10153056 | 0 | Survives |
| 🌍 Acriai (Laconia) | 10149418 | 0 | Survives |
Its current standardized coefficient is +0.324, pointing toward survives. This means that a one-standard-deviation increase changes the fitted log odds in that direction while the other included features are held fixed.
Because the connectedness features are correlated and the model's out-of-fold performance is weak, this is a conditional association—not a standalone ranking, causal effect, or historical explanation.