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PPoSOM: A multidimensional data visualization using probabilistic assignment based on polar SOM

Yang Xu, Lu Xu, Tommy W. S. Chow, Anthony S. S. Fong

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

Abstract

A new algorithm named probabilistic polar self-organizing map (PPoSOM) is proposed. PPoSOM is a new variant of Polar SOM which is constructed on 2-D polar coordinates. Data weight and feature are represented by two variables that are radius and angle. The neurons on the map are set as data characteristic benchmarks. Projected data points are trained to get close to the neurons with the highest similarities, while weights of neurons are updated by a probabilistic data assignment method. Thus, not only similar data are gathered together, data characteristics are also reflected by their positions on the map. Our obtained results are compared with conventional SOM and ViSOM. The comparative results show that PPoSOM is a new effective method for multidimensional data visualization. © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNeural Information Processing
Subtitle of host publication16th International Conference, ICONIP 2009, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages212-220
Volume5863 LNCS
ISBN (Print)3642106765, 9783642106767
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event16th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2009) - Bangkok, Thailand
Duration: 1 Dec 20095 Dec 2009

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume5863 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference16th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP 2009)
PlaceThailand
CityBangkok
Period1/12/095/12/09

Research Keywords

  • Probabilistic polar SOM (PPoSOM)
  • SOM
  • ViSOM
  • Visualization

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