A comparison of SOM neural network and hierarchical clustering methods

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 402-417

  Mangiameli, Paul ^a   Chen, Shaw K ^a   West, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Neural networks; Self organizing maps; Unsupervised learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SELF ORGANIZING STORAGE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING METHODS; SELF ORGANIZING MAP NEURAL NETWORK; UNSUPERVISED LEARNING;

NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 0030572617     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(96)00038-0     Document Type: Article

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