self-organizing map

machine learning technique useful for dimensionality reduction
class data_clustering_algorithm Q1136838
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self-organizing map

Summary

self-organizing map is a data clustering algorithm[1]. It draws 165 Wikipedia views per month (data_clustering_algorithm category, ranking #4 of 22).[2]

Key Facts

  • self-organizing map is credited with the discovery of Teuvo Kohonen[3].
  • self-organizing map's video is recorded as TrainSOM.gif[4].
  • self-organizing map's image is recorded as Synapse Self-Organizing Map.png[5].
  • self-organizing map's image is recorded as Self-organizing-map.svg[6].
  • self-organizing map's instance of is recorded as data clustering algorithm[7].
  • self-organizing map's subclass of is recorded as artificial neural network[8].
  • self-organizing map's subclass of is recorded as Kohonen neural network[9].
  • self-organizing map's Commons category is recorded as Self-organizing maps[10].
  • self-organizing map's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0k6rk[11].
  • self-organizing map's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000123781[12].
  • self-organizing map's uses is recorded as unsupervised learning[13].
  • self-organizing map's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as self-organizing-maps[14].
  • self-organizing map's schematic is recorded as Somtraining.svg[15].
  • self-organizing map's schematic is recorded as Algorithme som.JPG[16].
  • self-organizing map's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 111168008[17].
  • self-organizing map's Enciclopedia della Scienza e della Tecnica ID is recorded as mappe-autoorganizzanti[18].
  • self-organizing map's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C111168008[19].
  • self-organizing map's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as earth-and-planetary-sciences/self-organizing-map[20].
  • self-organizing map's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as chemical-engineering/self-organizing-maps[21].
  • self-organizing map's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as engineering/self-organizing-map[22].
  • self-organizing map's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as veterinary-science-and-veterinary-medicine/self-organizing-map[23].
  • self-organizing map's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as neuroscience/self-organizing-map[24].
  • self-organizing map's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 509724[25].

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Works and Contributions

self-organizing map is credited with the discovery of Teuvo Kohonen[3]. Things named for it include GeoSOM Suite[26], a software[27].

Why It Matters

self-organizing map draws 165 Wikipedia views per month (data_clustering_algorithm category, ranking #4 of 22).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for it include GeoSOM Suite[26], a software[27].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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