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In data clustering, the assessment of learning properties with respect to data is important for a reliable classification. However, in standard Self Organizing Map (SOM), weight vectors initialization is done randomly, leading to a different final feature map each time the initial conditions are changed. To cope with this issue, in this paper, we present a behavioral study of the first iterations of the learning process in standard SOM. After establishing the mathematical foundations of the first passage of input vectors, we show how to conclude a better initialization relatively to the data set, leading to the generation of a unique feature map.
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Chikha, S.B., Marzouki, K. (2009). Making Standard SOM Invariant to the Initial Conditions. In: Cabestany, J., Sandoval, F., Prieto, A., Corchado, J.M. (eds) Bio-Inspired Systems: Computational and Ambient Intelligence. IWANN 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5517. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02478-8_26
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