A Short Analysis of Hybrid Frameworks Based on Self-organizing Maps to Improve Traditional Systems
摘要
Self-Organizing Map (SOM), an unsupervised learning method, is an artificial neural network (ANN) able to handle non-linear problems that can be used for exploratory data analysis, pattern recognition, and variable relationship assessment. Much more power ability is gained when the SOM-based model is merged with other clustering algorithms, creating hybrid frameworks and architectures. In this paper, hybrid frameworks and architectures are presented to improve the performance of a simple one-layer SOM in different domains such as image classification, assessing environmental pollutants, real-time scheduling, and other real-world problems.