Visualization of fish community distribution patterns using the self-organizing map: A case study of the Great Morava River system (Serbia)

2013 ◽  
Vol 248 ◽  
pp. 20-29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milica Stojkovic ◽  
Vladica Simic ◽  
Djuradj Milosevic ◽  
Dejan Mancev ◽  
Tadeusz Penczak
Author(s):  
Marcos Santos da Silva ◽  
Edmar Ramos de Siqueira ◽  
Olívio Teixeira ◽  
Maria Manos ◽  
Antônio Monteiro

This work assessed the capacity of the self-organizing map, an unsupervised artificial neural network, to aid the process of territorial design through visualization and clustering methods applied to a multivariate geospatial temporal dataset. The method was applied in the case study of Sergipe‘s institutional regional partition (Territories of Identity). Results have shown that the proposed method can improve the exploratory spatial-temporal analysis capacity of policy makers that are interested in territorial typology. A new partition for rural planning was elaborated and confirmed the coherence of the Territories of Identity.


2002 ◽  
pp. 140-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger P.G.H. Tan ◽  
Jan van den Berg ◽  
Willem-Max van den Bergh

In this case study, we apply the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) technique to a financial business problem. The case study is mainly written from an investor’s point of view giving much attention to the insights provided by the unique visualization capabilities of the SOM. The results are compared to results from other, more common, econometric techniques. Because of limitations of space, our description is quite compact in several places. For those interested in more details, we refer to Tan (2000).


Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Diego Galvan ◽  
Luciane Effting ◽  
Hágata Cremasco ◽  
Carlos Adam Conte-Junior

Background and objective: In the current pandemic scenario, data mining tools are fundamental to evaluate the measures adopted to contain the spread of COVID-19. In this study, unsupervised neural networks of the Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) type were used to assess the spatial and temporal spread of COVID-19 in Brazil, according to the number of cases and deaths in regions, states, and cities. Materials and methods: The SOM applied in this context does not evaluate which measures applied have helped contain the spread of the disease, but these datasets represent the repercussions of the country’s measures, which were implemented to contain the virus’ spread. Results: This approach demonstrated that the spread of the disease in Brazil does not have a standard behavior, changing according to the region, state, or city. The analyses showed that cities and states in the north and northeast regions of the country were the most affected by the disease, with the highest number of cases and deaths registered per 100,000 inhabitants. Conclusions: The SOM clustering was able to spatially group cities, states, and regions according to their coronavirus cases, with similar behavior. Thus, it is possible to benefit from the use of similar strategies to deal with the virus’ spread in these cities, states, and regions.


2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 101-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIMO SIMILÄ ◽  
SAMPSA LAINE

Practical data analysis often encounters data sets with both relevant and useless variables. Supervised variable selection is the task of selecting the relevant variables based on some predefined criterion. We propose a robust method for this task. The user manually selects a set of target variables and trains a Self-Organizing Map with these data. This sets a criterion to variable selection and is an illustrative description of the user's problem, even for multivariate target data. The user also defines another set of variables that are potentially related to the problem. Our method returns a subset of these variables, which best corresponds to the description provided by the Self-Organizing Map and, thus, agrees with the user's understanding about the problem. The method is conceptually simple and, based on experiments, allows an accessible approach to supervised variable selection.


ICANN ’94 ◽  
1994 ◽  
pp. 350-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauri Vapola ◽  
Olli Simula ◽  
Teuvo Kohonen ◽  
Pekka Meriläinen

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