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A Game-Theoretic Approach to Competitive Learning in Self-Organizing Maps

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A Game-Theoretic Approach to Competitive Learning in Self-Organizing Maps
Abstract. Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) is a powerful tool for clustering and discovering patterns in data. Competitive learning in the SOM training process focusses on finding a neuron that is most similar to that of an input vector. Since an update of a neuron only benefits part of the feature map, it can be thought of as a local optimization problem. The ability to move away from a local optimization model into a global optimization model requires the use of game theory techniques to analyze overall quality of the SOM. A new algorithm GTSOM is introduced to take into account cluster quality measurements and dynamically modify learning rates to ensure improved quality through successive iterations.
Joseph P. Herbert, Jingtao Yao
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Type Conference
Year 2005
Where ICNC
Authors Joseph P. Herbert, Jingtao Yao
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