Kohonen Maps - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0444539549 ISBN 13: 9780444539540

Publisher: Elsevier Science, 2012

Synopsis

The Self-Organizing Map, or Kohonen Map, is one of the most widely used neural network algorithms, with thousands of applications covered in the literature. It was one of the strong underlying factors in the popularity of neural networks starting in the early 80's. Currently this method has been included in a large number of commercial and public domain software packages. In this book, top experts on the SOM method take a look at the state of the art and the future of this computing paradigm. The 30 chapters of this book cover the current status of SOM theory, such as connections of SOM to clustering, classification, probabilistic models, and energy functions. Many applications of the SOM are given, with data mining and exploratory data analysis the central topic, applied to large databases of financial data, medical data, free-form text documents, digital images, speech, and process measurements. Biological models related to the SOM are also discussed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0444539549
• ISBN 13: 9780444539540
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 404
• Editor: Oja Erkki