Title
Introduction to the SAM-S M* and MAM-S M* families
Date Issued
01 December 2005
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Francelin Romero R.A.
Publisher(s)
IEEE
Abstract
In this paper, two new families of constructive Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs), SAM-SOM* and MAM-SOM*, are proposed. These families are specially useful for information retrieval from large databases, high-dimensional spaces and complex distance functions which usually consume a long time. They are generated by incorporating Spatial Access Method (SAM) and Metric Access Method (MAM) into SOM with the maximum insertion rate, i.e. the case when a new unit is created for each pattern presented to the network. In this specific case, the network presents interesting advantages and acquires new properties which are quite different of traditional SOM. In a constructive SOM, if new units are rarely inserted into network, the training algorithm would probably need a long time to converge. On the other hand, if new units are inserted frequently, the training algorithm would not have enough time to adapt these units to the data distribution. Besides, training time is increased because the search for the winning neuron is traditionally performed sequentially. The use of SAM and MAM combined with SOM open the possibility of training constructive SOM with as much units as existing patterns with less time and interesting advantages compared with both models: Kohonen network SOM and SAM-SOM model (SOM using SAM). Advantages and drawbacks of these new families are also discussed. These new families are useful to improve both SOM and SAM techniques.
Start page
2966
End page
2970
Volume
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la computación
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-33750136102
Source
Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
Resource of which it is part
Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
ISSN of the container
0780390482
ISBN of the container
978-078039048-5
Conference
Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks
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