Self Organizing Maps - Applications and Novel Algorithm Design

Self Organizing Maps Applications and Novel Algorithm Design Preface......Page 1 Part 1......Page 13 01_Information-Theoretic Approach to Interpret Internal Representations of Self-Organizing Maps......Page 15 02_Privacy-Preserving Clustering on Distributed Databases: A Review and Some Contributions......Page 45 03_A Method for Project Member Role Assignment in Open Source Software Development using Self-Organizing Maps......Page 67 Part 2......Page 81 04_Modelling with Self-Organising Maps and Data Envelopment Analysis: A Case Study in Educational Evaluation......Page 83 05_Self-Organizing Maps Infusion with Data Envelopment Analysis......Page 101 Part 3......Page 107 06_A Speech Recognition System for Embedded Applications Using the SOM and TS-SOM Networks......Page 109 07_Combining SOMs and Ontologies for Effective Web Site Mining......Page 121 08_A Study on Facial Expression Recognition Model using an Adaptive Learning Capability......Page 137 09_Self-Organization and Aggregation of Knowledge......Page 155 10_Image Search in a Visual Concept Feature Space with SOM-Based Clustering and Modified Inverted Indexing......Page 185 11_Mel-Frequency Cepstrum Coefficients as Higher Order Statistics Representation to Characterize Speech Signal for Speaker Identification System in Noisy Environment using Hidden Markov Model......Page 201 Part 4......Page 219 12_Ship’s Hydroacoustics Signatures Classification Using Neural Networks......Page 221 13_Dynamic Vehicle Routing Problem for Medical Emergency Management......Page 245 Part 5......Page 263 14_A Review of Self-Organizing Map Applications in Meteorology and Oceanography......Page 265 15_Using Self Organising Maps in Applied Geomorphology......Page 285 16_Land-Cover Classification Using Self-Organizing Maps Clustered with Spectral and Spatial Information......Page 311 17_Applications of Complex-Valued Self-Organizing Maps to Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging Systems......Page 335 18_Automated Mapping of Hydrographic Systems from Satellite Imagery Using Self-Organizing Maps and Principal Curves......Page 351 Part 6......Page 367 19_Computational Approaches as a Tool to Study Developmental Biology in New World Primates......Page 369 20_Clustering Genes, Tissues, Cells and Bioactive Chemicals by Sphere SOM......Page 383 21_Application of Self-Organizing Maps in Chemistry. The Case of Phenyl Cations......Page 399 22_Myoelectric Knee Angle Estimation Algorithms for Control of Active Transfemoral Leg Prostheses......Page 413 23_A Self Organizing Map Based Postural Transition Detection System......Page 437 24_Apparent Age Estimation System Based on Age Perception......Page 453 Part 7......Page 465 25_Parametric and Robust Optimization Study of a Vibration Absorber with a Generalized Cubic, Quadratic and Non Integer Nonlinearities of Damping and Stiffness......Page 467 26_Harmonic Potential Fields: An Effective Tool for Generating a Self-organizing Behavior......Page 505 27_Kohonen Maps Combined to Fuzzy C-means, a Two Level Clustering Approach. Application to Electricity Load Data......Page 553 28_Fault Localization Upon Non-Supervised Neural Networks and Unknown Input Observers for Bounded Faults......Page 571 29_Use of SOM to Study Cotton Growing and Spinning......Page 589 Part 8......Page 613 30_Associative Self-Organizing Map......Page 615 31_Growing Topology Learning Self-Organizing Map......Page 639 32_Is it Visible? Micro-artefacts’ Nonlinear Structure and Natural Formation Processes......Page 655 33_Self-Organization of Object Categories in a Cortical Artificial Model......Page 661 34_Applying SOFM and Its FPGA Implementation on Event Processing of PET Block Detector......Page 689 35_Forced Accretion and Assimilation Based on Self-Organizing Neural Network......Page 695