1. INTRODUCTION Self-organizing neural networks represent a family of useful clustering-based classification methods in several application domains. One such technique is the Kohonen Self-Organizing Feature Map (SOM) (Kohonen,

In this paper we address the issue of recognizing Farsi handwritten words. Two types of gradient features are extracted from a sliding vertical stripe which sweeps across a word image. These are directional and intensity gradient features. The feature vector extracted from each stripe is then coded using the Self Organizing Map (SOM). In this method each word is modeled using the discrete Hidde...

It is often reported in the technique literature that the success of the self-organizing feature map formation is critically dependent on the initial weights and the selection of main parameters (i.e. the learning-rate parameter and the neighborhood set) of the algorithm. They usually have to be counteracted by the trial-and-error method; therefore, often time consuming retraining procedures ha...

In this work the classification of Force Expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV 1) in pulmonary function test is carried out using Spirometer and Self Organizing Feature Map Algorithm. Spirometry data are measure with flow volume spirometer from subject (N=100 including Noramal, and Abnormal) using standard data acquisition protocol. The acquire data are then used to classify FEV1. Self Organizing ...

The self-organizing map is discussed as an unsupervised clustering method. Its ability to form clusters indicates similar features in a data set. Based on this property, it is demonstrated that a self-organizing map is capable of identifying features within software code by grouping procedures with similar properties together. This allows us to identify potential objects, abstract data types or...

The problem of image segmentation can be formulated as one of vector quantization. Although self-organizing networks with competitive learning are useful for vector quantization, they, in their original single-layer structure, are inadequate for image segmentation. This paper proposes and describes a hierarchical self-organizing neural network for image segmentation. The hierarchical self-organ...

Solid lubricated bearings are common components in space mechanisms, and their reliability and performance degradation assessment are very crucial. In this study, a fuzzy self-organizing map method is used to perform performance degradation assessment. Feature vectors are constructed by indices of vibration as well as friction torque signal. Self-organizing map is then used to perform performan...

A performance comparison of two self-organizing networks, the Kohonen Feature Map and the recently proposed Growing Cell Structures is made. For this purpose several performance criteria for self-organizing networks are proposed and motivated. The models are tested with three example problems of increasing difficulty. The Kohonen Feature Map demonstrates slightly superior results only for the s...

Self-organizing maps, SOMs, are a data visualization technique developed to reduce the dimensions of data through the use of self-organizing neural networks. However, as the original input manifold can be complicated with an inherent dimension larger than that of the feature map, the dimension reduction in SOM can be too drastic, generating a folded feature map. In order to eliminate this pheno...