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Exploring Soil Pollution Patterns Using Self-Organizing Maps. TOXICS 2022; 10:toxics10080416. [PMID: 35893849 PMCID: PMC9330445 DOI: 10.3390/toxics10080416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 07/20/2022] [Accepted: 07/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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The geochemical composition of bedrock is the key feature determining elemental concentrations in soil, followed by anthropogenic factors that have less impact. Concerning the latter, harmful effects on the trophic chain are increasingly affecting people living in and around urban areas. In the study area of the present survey, the municipalities of Cosenza and Rende (Calabria, southern Italy), topsoil were collected and analysed for 25 elements by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in order to discriminate the different possible sources of elemental concentrations and define soil quality status. Statistical and geostatistical methods were applied to monitoring the concentrations of major oxides and minor elements, while the Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) algorithm was used for unsupervised grouping. Results show that seven clusters were identified-(I) Cr, Co, Fe, V, Ti, Al; (II) Ni, Na; (III) Y, Zr, Rb; (IV) Si, Mg, Ba; (V) Nb, Ce, La; (VI) Sr, P, Ca; (VII) As, Zn, Pb-according to soil elemental associations, which are controlled by chemical and mineralogical factors of the study area parent material and by soil-forming processes, but with some exceptions linked to anthropogenic input.
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Gepperth A. An energy-based SOM model not requiring periodic boundary conditions. Neural Comput Appl 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s00521-019-04028-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Siddiqui A, Georgiadis D. Global collaboration through local interaction in competitive learning. Neural Netw 2020; 123:393-400. [PMID: 31926463 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2019.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Revised: 09/18/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Feature maps, that preserve the global topology of arbitrary datasets, can be formed by self-organizing competing agents. So far, it has been presumed that global interaction of agents is necessary for this process. We establish that this is not the case, and that global topology can be uncovered through strictly local interactions. Enforcing uniformity of map quality across all agents results in an algorithm that is able to consistently uncover the global topology of diversely challenging datasets. The applicability and scalability of this approach is further tested on a large point cloud dataset, revealing a linear relation between map training time and size. The presented work not only reduces algorithmic complexity but also constitutes first step towards a distributed self organizing map.
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- Abbas Siddiqui
- Future Resilient Systems Singapore-ETH Centre, 1 Create Way CREATE Tower, Singapore; ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Future Resilient Systems Singapore-ETH Centre, 1 Create Way CREATE Tower, Singapore; ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
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The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a basic variability mode in the Northern Hemisphere, undergoes changes in its temporal and spatial characteristics, with significant implications on European climate. In this paper, different NAO flavors are distinguished for winter in simulations of a Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean GCM, using Self-Organizing Maps, a topology preserving clustering algorithm. These flavors refer to various sub-forms of the NAO pattern, reflecting the range of positions occupied by its action centers, the Icelandic Low and the Azores High. After having defined the NAO flavors, composites of winter temperature and precipitation over Europe are created for each one of them. The results reveal significant differences between NAO flavors in terms of their effects on the European climate. Generally, the eastwardly shifted NAO patterns induce a stronger than average influence on European temperatures. In contrast, the effects of NAO flavors on European precipitation anomalies are less coherent, with various areas responding differently. These results confirm that not only the temporal, but also the spatial variability of NAO is important in regulating European climate.
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Ekpenyong ME, Wilson PM, Brown AS. Feature redundancy approach to efficient face recognition in still images. SN APPLIED SCIENCES 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s42452-019-0525-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Analysis of Spatial Characteristics of Digital Signage in Beijing with Multi-Source Data. ISPRS INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEO-INFORMATION 2019. [DOI: 10.3390/ijgi8050207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Digital signage is an important medium for urban outdoor advertising. Understanding the spatial distribution characteristics and factors that influence the site of digital signage are conducive to the efficient, standardized, and sustainable development of digital signage. The outdoor commercial digital signage within the Sixth Ring Road in Beijing is taken as the research object, and social network check-ins, housing prices, traffic network centrality and the mount of commercial facilities are considered factors that influence digital signage. The spatial distribution characteristics of digital signage are studied by using point pattern analysis methods. Moreover, we use three spatial clustering algorithms to study the hierarchical spatial characteristics of digital signage and test the effectiveness of the results. In addition, the factors that influence the distribution of digital signage are analyzed by Spearman correlation analysis. The results indicate that (1) the digital signage in Beijing generally presents a relatively concentrated distribution with centrality and forms an obvious gathering area and the agglomeration centers are mainly concentrated in the core parts of the central business district (CBD). (2) Digital signage is categorized into three groups, the traffic-oriented, the population-oriented, and the market-oriented. In addition, the spatial distribution of digital signage is consistent with the historical urban development of Beijing. (3) The social network check-ins with dynamic population characteristics had the highest correlation with the operation cost of digital signage. The spatial characteristics of digital signage evaluated in this study can effectively enhance the sustainable management of digital signage and provide a reference for research of the sustainable allocation of digital signage resources.
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Hambarde P, Talbar SN, Sable N, Mahajan A, Chavan SS, Thakur M. Radiomics for peripheral zone and intra-prostatic urethra segmentation in MR imaging. Biomed Signal Process Control 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bspc.2019.01.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Location Recommendation of Digital Signage Based on Multi-Source Information Fusion. SUSTAINABILITY 2018. [DOI: 10.3390/su10072357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Fei Y, Liu XQ, Gao K, Xue CB, Tang L, Tu JF, Wang W, Li WQ. Analysis of influencing factors of severity in acute pancreatitis using big data mining. Rev Assoc Med Bras (1992) 2018; 64:454-461. [PMID: 30304146 DOI: 10.1590/1806-9282.64.05.454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Health Statistics and Information Center of JiangSu Province, China
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- Health Statistics and Information Center of JiangSu Province, China
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- Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, China
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Cui Y, Chen Q, Li Y, Tang L. A new model of flavonoids affinity towards P-glycoprotein: genetic algorithm-support vector machine with features selected by a modified particle swarm optimization algorithm. Arch Pharm Res 2016; 40:214-230. [DOI: 10.1007/s12272-016-0876-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Prieto A, Prieto B, Ortigosa EM, Ros E, Pelayo F, Ortega J, Rojas I. Neural networks: An overview of early research, current frameworks and new challenges. Neurocomputing 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2016.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Kuremoto T, Otani T, Obayashi M, Kobayashi K, Mabu S. A hand shape instruction recognition and learning system using growing SOM with asymmetric neighborhood function. Neurocomputing 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2014.10.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Emerging Pattern-Based Clustering of Web Users Utilizing a Simple Page-Linked Graph. SUSTAINABILITY 2016. [DOI: 10.3390/su8030239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bourgeois N, Cottrell M, Déruelle B, Lamassé S, Letrémy P. How to improve robustness in Kohonen maps and display additional information in Factorial Analysis: Application to text mining. Neurocomputing 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2013.12.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Astel AM, Giorgini L, Mistaro A, Pellegrini I, Cozzutto S, Barbieri P. Urban BTEX Spatiotemporal Exposure Assessment by Chemometric Expertise. WATER, AIR, AND SOIL POLLUTION 2013; 224:1503. [PMID: 23576825 PMCID: PMC3618885 DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1503-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Normative regulations on benzene in fuels and urban management strategies are expected to improve air quality. The present study deals with the application of self-organizing maps (SOMs) in order to explore the spatiotemporal variations of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene levels in an urban atmosphere. Temperature, wind speed, and concentration values of these four volatile organic compounds were measured after passive sampling at 21 different sampling sites located in the city of Trieste (Italy) in the framework of a multi-year long-term monitoring program. SOM helps in defining pollution patterns and changes in the urban context, showing clear improvements for what concerns benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene concentrations in air for the 2001-2008 timeframe.
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- Aleksander Maria Astel
- Biology and Environmental Protection Institute, Pomeranian University, 22a Arciszewskiego Str., 76-200 Słupsk, Poland
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- Department and Laboratory of Trieste, A.R.P.A.-F.V.G., Via La Marmora 13, 34100 Trieste, Italy
- ARCO Solutions srl, Via Giorgieri, 1, Trieste, 34127 Italy
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- Department and Laboratory of Trieste, A.R.P.A.-F.V.G., Via La Marmora 13, 34100 Trieste, Italy
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- Department and Laboratory of Trieste, A.R.P.A.-F.V.G., Via La Marmora 13, 34100 Trieste, Italy
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- D.S.C.F., University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri, 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
- ARCO Solutions srl, Via Giorgieri, 1, Trieste, 34127 Italy
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Olteanu M, Villa-Vialaneix N, Cottrell M. On-Line Relational SOM for Dissimilarity Data. ADVANCES IN INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS AND COMPUTING 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-35230-0_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Zelazny M, Astel A, Wolanin A, Małek S. Spatiotemporal dynamics of spring and stream water chemistry in a high-mountain area. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2011; 159:1048-1057. [PMID: 21168942 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2010] [Accepted: 11/21/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The present study deals with the application of the self-organizing map (SOM) technique in the exploration of spatiotemporal dynamics of spring and stream water samples collected in the Chochołowski Stream Basin located in the Tatra Mountains (Poland). The SOM-based classification helped to uncover relationships between physical and chemical parameters of water samples and factors determining the quality of water in the studied high-mountain area. In the upper part of the Chochołowski Stream Basin, located on the top of the crystalline core of the Tatras, concentrations of the majority of ionic substances were the lowest due to limited leaching. Significantly higher concentration of ionic substances was detected in spring and stream samples draining sedimentary rocks. The influence of karst-type springs on the quality of stream water was also demonstrated.
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- Mirosław Zelazny
- Jagiellonian University, Institute of Geography and Spatial Management, Department of Hydrology, 7 Gronostajowa Str., 30-387 Cracow, Poland.
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Hammer B, Gisbrecht A, Hasenfuss A, Mokbel B, Schleif FM, Zhu X. Topographic Mapping of Dissimilarity Data. ADVANCES IN SELF-ORGANIZING MAPS 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-21566-7_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Parameterless-Growing-SOM and Its Application to a Voice Instruction Learning System. JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS 2010. [DOI: 10.1155/2010/307293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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An improved self-organizing map (SOM), parameterless-growing-SOM (PL-G-SOM), is proposed in this paper. To overcome problems existed in traditional SOM (Kohonen, 1982), kinds of structure-growing-SOMs or parameter-adjusting-SOMs have been invented and usually separately. Here, we combine the idea of growing SOMs (Bauer and Villmann, 1997; Dittenbach et al. 2000) and a parameterless SOM (Berglund and Sitte, 2006) together to be a novel SOM named PL-G-SOM to realize additional learning, optimal neighborhood preservation, and automatic tuning of parameters. The improved SOM is applied to construct a voice instruction learning system for partner robots adopting a simple reinforcement learning algorithm. User's instructions of voices are classified by the PL-G-SOM at first, then robots choose an expected action according to a stochastic policy. The policy is adjusted by the reward/punishment given by the user of the robot. A feeling map is also designed to express learning degrees of voice instructions. Learning and additional learning experiments used instructions in multiple languages including Japanese, English, Chinese, and Malaysian confirmed the effectiveness of our proposed system.
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Arnonkijpanich B, Hasenfuss A, Hammer B. Local matrix learning in clustering and applications for manifold visualization. Neural Netw 2009; 23:476-86. [PMID: 20056379 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2009.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2009] [Revised: 12/04/2009] [Accepted: 12/09/2009] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Electronic data sets are increasing rapidly with respect to both, size of the data sets and data resolution, i.e. dimensionality, such that adequate data inspection and data visualization have become central issues of data mining. In this article, we present an extension of classical clustering schemes by local matrix adaptation, which allows a better representation of data by means of clusters with an arbitrary spherical shape. Unlike previous proposals, the method is derived from a global cost function. The focus of this article is to demonstrate the applicability of this matrix clustering scheme to low-dimensional data embedding for data inspection. The proposed method is based on matrix learning for neural gas and manifold charting. This provides an explicit mapping of a given high-dimensional data space to low dimensionality. We demonstrate the usefulness of this method for data inspection and manifold visualization.
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Skwarzec B, Kabat K, Astel A. Seasonal and spatial variability of (210)Po, (238)U and (239+240)Pu levels in the river catchment area assessed by application of neural-network based classification. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY 2009; 100:167-175. [PMID: 19091446 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2008.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2008] [Revised: 10/09/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The present study deals with the application of self-organizing maps (SOM) in order to model, classify and interpret seasonal and spatial variability of (210)Po, (238)U and (239+240)Pu levels in the Vistula river basin. The data set represents concentration values for 3 alpha emitters ((210)Po, (238)U and (239+240)Pu) measured in surface water samples collected at 19 different sampling locations (8 in major Vistula stream while 11 in right or left Vistula tributaries) during four seasons (winter, spring, summer and autumn) in the framework of a one-year quality monitoring study. The advantages of an SOM algorithm, its classification and visualization ability for environmental data sets, are stressed. The neural-network based classification made it possible to reveal specific patterns related to both seasonal and spatial variability. In the middle and upper part of Vistula catchment as well as in the right-shore tributaries, concentrations of (210)Po and (238)U during summer and winter are the lowest. Concentrations of (210)Po and (238)U increase significantly during spring and autumn in the Vistula river catchment, especially in the delta of Vistula river. High concentration of anthropogenic originated (239+240)Pu indicates "site-specific" character of pollution in two large left-shore tributaries located in the middle part of the Vistula drainage area. Efficient classification of sampling locations could lead to an optimization of river radiochemical sampling networks and to a better tracing of natural and anthropogenic changes along Vistula river stream.
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- Bogdan Skwarzec
- University of Gdańsk, Faculty of Chemistry, Chair of Analytical Chemistry, 18/19 Sobieskiego Street, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Modular network SOM. Neural Netw 2009; 22:82-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2008.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2006] [Revised: 10/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/21/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Barreto GA, Araujo AR. Identification and control of dynamical systems using the self-organizing map. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 15:1244-59. [PMID: 18238091 DOI: 10.1109/tnn.2004.832825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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In this paper, we introduce a general modeling technique, called vector-quantized temporal associative memory (VQTAM), which uses Kohonen's self-organizing map (SOM) as an alternative to multilayer perceptron (MLP) and radial basis function (RBF) neural models for dynamical system identification and control. We demonstrate that the estimation errors decrease as the SOM training proceeds, allowing the VQTAM scheme to be understood as a self-supervised gradient-based error reduction method. The performance of the proposed approach is evaluated on a variety of complex tasks, namely: i) time series prediction; ii) identification of SISO/MIMO systems; and iii) nonlinear predictive control. For all tasks, the simulation results produced by the SOM are as accurate as those produced by the MLP network, and better than those produced by the RBF network. The SOM has also shown to be less sensitive to weight initialization than MLP networks. We conclude the paper by discussing the main properties of the VQTAM and their relationships to other well established methods for dynamical system identification. We also suggest directions for further work.
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- G A Barreto
- Dept. of Teleinformatics Eng., Fed. Univ. of Ceara, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil
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Suna T, Salminen A, Soininen P, Laatikainen R, Ingman P, Mäkelä S, Savolainen MJ, Hannuksela ML, Jauhiainen M, Taskinen MR, Kaski K, Ala-Korpela M. 1H NMR metabonomics of plasma lipoprotein subclasses: elucidation of metabolic clustering by self-organising maps. NMR IN BIOMEDICINE 2007; 20:658-72. [PMID: 17212341 DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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(1)H NMR spectra of plasma are known to provide specific information on lipoprotein subclasses in the form of complex overlapping resonances. A combination of (1)H NMR and self-organising map (SOM) analysis was applied to investigate if automated characterisation of subclass-related metabolic interactions can be achieved. To reliably assess the intrinsic capability of (1)H NMR for resolving lipoprotein subclass profiles, sum spectra representing the pure lipoprotein subclass part of actual plasma were simulated with the aid of experimentally derived model signals for 11 distinct lipoprotein subclasses. Two biochemically characteristic categories of spectra, representing normolipidaemic and metabolic syndrome status, were generated with corresponding lipoprotein subclass profiles. A set of spectra representing a metabolic pathway between the two categories was also generated. The SOM analysis, based solely on the aliphatic resonances of these simulated spectra, clearly revealed the lipoprotein subclass profiles and their changes. Comparable SOM analysis in a group of 69 experimental (1)H NMR spectra of serum samples, which according to biochemical analyses represented a wide range of lipoprotein lipid concentrations, corroborated the findings based on the simulated data. Interestingly, the choline-N(CH(3))(3) region seems to provide more resolved clustering of lipoprotein subclasses in the SOM analyses than the methyl-CH(3) region commonly used for subclass quantification. The results illustrate the inherent suitability of (1)H NMR metabonomics for automated studies of lipoprotein subclass-related metabolism and demonstrate the power of SOM analysis in an extensive and representative case of (1)H NMR metabonomics.
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- Teemu Suna
- Laboratory of Computational Engineering, Systems Biology and Bioinformation Technology, Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
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Simon G, Lee JA, Cottrell M, Verleysen M. Forecasting the CATS benchmark with the Double Vector Quantization method. Neurocomputing 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2005.12.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Lepetz D, Némoz-Gaillard M, Aupetit M. Concerning the differentiability of the energy function in vector quantization algorithms. Neural Netw 2007; 20:621-30. [PMID: 17416485 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2006.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The adaptation rule of Vector Quantization algorithms, and consequently the convergence of the generated sequence, depends on the existence and properties of a function called the energy function, defined on a topological manifold. Our aim is to investigate the conditions of existence of such a function for a class of algorithms including the well-known 'K-means' and 'Self-Organizing Map' algorithms. The results presented here extend several previous studies and show that the energy function is not always a potential but at least the uniform limit of a series of potential functions which we call a pseudo-potential. It also shows that a large number of existing vector quantization algorithms developed by the Artificial Neural Networks community fall into this class. The framework we define opens the way to studying the convergence of all the corresponding adaptation rules at once, and a theorem gives promising insights in that direction.
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Vijayakumar C, Damayanti G, Pant R, Sreedhar CM. Segmentation and grading of brain tumors on apparent diffusion coefficient images using self-organizing maps. Comput Med Imaging Graph 2007; 31:473-84. [PMID: 17572068 DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2007.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2006] [Revised: 04/17/2007] [Accepted: 04/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An accurate computer-assisted method to perform segmentation of brain tumor on apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) images and evaluate its grade (malignancy state) has been designed using a mixture of unsupervised artificial neural networks (ANN) and hierarchical multiresolution wavelet. Firstly, the ADC images are decomposed by multiresolution wavelets, which are subsequently selectively reconstructed to form wavelet filtered images. These wavelet filtered images along with FLAIR and T2 weighted images have been utilized as the features to unsupervised neural network - self organizing maps (SOM) - to segment the tumor, edema, necrosis, CSF and normal tissue and grade the malignant state of the tumor. A novel segmentation algorithm based on the number of hits experienced by Best Matching Units (BMU) on SOM maps is proposed. The results shows that the SOM performs well in differentiating the tumor, edema, necrosis, CSF and normal tissue pattern vectors on ADC images. Using the trained SOM and proposed segmentation algorithm, we are able to identify high or low grade tumor, edema, necrosis, CSF and normal tissue. The results are validated against manually segmented images and sensitivity and the specificity are observed to be 0.86 and 0.93, respectively.
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- C Vijayakumar
- Department of Radiodiagnosis and Imaging, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India.
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Rousset P, Guinot C, Maillet B. Understanding and reducing variability of SOM neighbourhood structure. Neural Netw 2006; 19:838-46. [PMID: 16828258 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2006.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The self-organizing map (SOM) is a nonlinear unsupervised method for vector quantization. In the context of classification and data analysis, the SOM technique highlights the neighbourhood structure between clusters. The correspondence between this clustering and the input proximity is called the topology preservation. We present here a stochastic method based on bootstrapping in order to increase the reliability of the induced neighbourhood structure. Considering the property of topology preservation, a local approach of variability (at an individual level) is preferred to a global one. The resulting (robust) map, called R-map, is more stable relatively to the choice of the sampling method and to the learning options of the SOM algorithm (initialization and order of data presentation). The method consists of selecting one map from a group of several solutions resulting from the same self-organizing map algorithm, but obtained with various inputs. The R-map can be thought of as the map, among the group of solutions, corresponding to the most common interpretation of the data set structure. The R-map is then the representative of a given SOM network, and the R-map ability to adjust the data structure indicates the relevance of the chosen network.
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We study the statistical meaning of the minimization of distortion measure and the relation between the equilibrium points of the SOM algorithm and the minima of the distortion measure. If we assume that the observations and the map lie in a compact Euclidean space, we prove the strong consistency of the map which almost minimizes the empirical distortion. Moreover, after calculating the derivatives of the theoretical distortion measure, we show that the points minimizing this measure and the equilibria of the Kohonen map do not match in general. We illustrate, with a simple example, how this occurs.
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- Joseph Rynkiewicz
- SAMOS/MATISSE, Université de Paris-I, 90, rue de Tolbiac, 75013 Paris, France.
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Clustering methods are commonly applied to time series, either as a preprocessing stage for other methods or in their own right. In this paper it is explained why time series clustering may sometimes be considered as meaningless. This problematic situation is illustrated for various raw time series. The unfolding preprocessing methodology is then introduced. The usefulness of unfolding preprocessing is illustrated for various time series. The experimental results show the meaningfulness of the clustering when applied on adequately unfolded time series.
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- Geoffroy Simon
- Machine Learning Group--DICE, Université Catholique de Louvain, Place du Levant 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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Neural Gas (NG) constitutes a very robust clustering algorithm given Euclidean data which does not suffer from the problem of local minima like simple vector quantization, or topological restrictions like the self-organizing map. Based on the cost function of NG, we introduce a batch variant of NG which shows much faster convergence and which can be interpreted as an optimization of the cost function by the Newton method. This formulation has the additional benefit that, based on the notion of the generalized median in analogy to Median SOM, a variant for non-vectorial proximity data can be introduced. We prove convergence of batch and median versions of NG, SOM, and k-means in a unified formulation, and we investigate the behavior of the algorithms in several experiments.
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- Marie Cottrell
- SAMOS-MATISSE, Université Paris I, 90, rue de Tolbiac, 75634 Paris CEDEX 13, France
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We consider different ways to control the magnification in self-organizing maps (SOM) and neural gas (NG). Starting from early approaches of magnification control in vector quantization, we then concentrate on different approaches for SOM and NG. We show that three structurally similar approaches can be applied to both algorithms that are localized learning, concave-convex learning, and winner-relaxing learning. Thereby, the approach of concave-convex learning in SOM is extended to a more general description, whereas the concave-convex learning for NG is new. In general, the control mechanisms generate only slightly different behavior comparing both neural algorithms. However, we emphasize that the NG results are valid for any data dimension, whereas in the SOM case, the results hold only for the one-dimensional case.
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- Thomas Villmann
- Clinic for Psychotherapy, University of Leipzig, 04107 Leipzig, Germany.
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The parameterless self-organizing map (PLSOM) is a new neural network algorithm based on the self-organizing map (SOM). It eliminates the need for a learning rate and annealing schemes for learning rate and neighborhood size. We discuss the relative performance of the PLSOM and the SOM and demonstrate some tasks in which the SOM fails but the PLSOM performs satisfactory. Finally we discuss some example applications of the PLSOM and present a proof of ordering under certain limited conditions.
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- Erik Berglund
- Division of Complex and Intelligent Systems, Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
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One of the major obstacles in using neural networks to solve combinatorial optimization problems is the convergence toward one of the many local minima instead of the global minima. In this letter, we propose a technique that enables a self-organizing neural network to escape from local minima by virtue of the intermittency phenomenon. It gives rise to novel search dynamics that allow the system to visit multiple global minima as meta-stable states. Numerical experiments performed suggest that the phenomenon is a combined effect of Kohonen-type competitive learning and the iterated softmax function operating near bifurcation. The resultant intermittent search exhibits fractal characteristics when the optimization performance is at its peak in the form of 1/f signals in the time evolution of the cost, as well as power law distributions in the meta-stable solution states. The N-Queens problem is used as an example to illustrate the meta-stable convergence process that sequentially generates, in a single run, 92 solutions to the 8-Queens problem and 4024 solutions to the 17-Queens problem.
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- Terence Kwok
- School of Business Systems, Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia.
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Simon G, Lendasse A, Cottrell M, Fort JC, Verleysen M. Time series forecasting: Obtaining long term trends with self-organizing maps. Pattern Recognit Lett 2005. [DOI: 10.1016/j.patrec.2005.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Sakamoto S, Seki S, Kobuchi Y. Stability of generalized topographic mappings between cell layers through correlational learning. Neural Netw 2004; 17:1101-7. [PMID: 15555854 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2004.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2003] [Accepted: 04/07/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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We propose a simple topographic mapping formation model from a cell layer to a cell layer. Our model is a discrete one in that the state value of input and output cells takes 0 or 1 and input and output layers are represented by undirected graphs. A binary input pattern can be given to the network consisting of input and output cell layers. Such an input pattern can be represented by a subset of input cells. That is, a state value of an input cell takes 1 if a cell belongs to the subset, otherwise, a state value of an input cell is 0. Such a definition of an input pattern does not necessarily assume a short-range excitatory mechanism in an input layer. Thus, a topographic mapping described in this model is a map, which preserves the input pattern relation. By using the concept of input pattern separability, we showed an existence condition of certain learning rules, which are correlational. We have paid special attention to such correlational type learning rules, and have shown under the rules that topographic mappings are the only stable ones. As to the non-correlational learning rules, we also investigate the stability of generated mappings.
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- Shouji Sakamoto
- Department of Electronics and Informatics, Ryukoku University, 1-5, Yokotani, Oe, Seta, Otsu, Shiga 520-2194, Japan.
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Simon G, Lendasse A, Cottrell M, Fort JC, Verleysen M. Double quantization of the regressor space for long-term time series prediction: method and proof of stability. Neural Netw 2004; 17:1169-81. [PMID: 15555859 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2004.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2003] [Revised: 08/16/2004] [Accepted: 08/16/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The Kohonen self-organization map is usually considered as a classification or clustering tool, with only a few applications in time series prediction. In this paper, a particular time series forecasting method based on Kohonen maps is described. This method has been specifically designed for the prediction of long-term trends. The proof of the stability of the method for long-term forecasting is given, as well as illustrations of the utilization of the method both in the scalar and vectorial cases.
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- Geoffroy Simon
- Machine Learning Group (DICE), Université Catholique de Louvain, Place du Levant 3, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
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Seo S, Obermayer K. Self-organizing maps and clustering methods for matrix data. Neural Netw 2004; 17:1211-29. [PMID: 15555862 DOI: 10.1016/j.neunet.2004.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2003] [Accepted: 06/04/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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In this contribution we present extensions of the Self Organizing Map and clustering methods for the categorization and visualization of data which are described by matrices rather than feature vectors. Rows and Columns of these matrices correspond to objects which may or may not belong to the same set, and the entries in the matrix describe the relationships between them. The clustering task is formulated as an optimization problem: Model complexity is minimized under the constraint, that the error one makes when reconstructing objects from class information is fixed, usually to a small value. The data is then visualized with help of modified Self Organizing Maps methods, i.e. by constructing a neighborhood preserving non-linear projection into a low-dimensional "map-space". Grouping of data objects is done using an improved optimization technique, which combines deterministic annealing with "growing" techniques. Performance of the new methods is evaluated by applying them to two kinds of matrix data: (i) pairwise data, where row and column objects are from the same set and where matrix elements denote dissimilarity values and (ii) co-occurrence data, where row and column objects are from different sets and where the matrix elements describe how often object pairs occur.
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- Sambu Seo
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Berlin University of Technology, 10587 Berlin, Germany.
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Hammer B, Micheli A, Sperduti A, Strickert M. A general framework for unsupervised processing of structured data. Neurocomputing 2004. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2004.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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