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Large-scale Reconstructions and Independent, Unbiased Clustering Based on Morphological Metrics to Classify Neurons in Selective Populations
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Large-scale Reconstructions and Independent, Unbiased Clustering Based on Morphological Metrics to Classify Neurons in Selective Populations

Published on: February 15, 2017

Automatic cluster detection in Kohonen's SOM.

Dominik Brugger1, Martin Bogdan, Wolfgang Rosenstiel

  • 1Wilhelm-Schickard-Institut für Informatik, UniversitätTübingen, Tübingen, 72076 Baden-Württemberg, Germany. brugger@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de

IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks
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This study enhances the Clusot algorithm to improve the interpretation of Kohonen

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Large-scale Reconstructions and Independent, Unbiased Clustering Based on Morphological Metrics to Classify Neurons in Selective Populations

Published on: February 15, 2017

Area of Science:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Science
  • Machine Learning

Background:

  • Kohonen's self-organizing map (SOM) is widely used for data analysis, clustering, and visualization.
  • Interpreting trained SOMs presents challenges for non-expert users.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To address the interpretability issues of trained SOMs.
  • To introduce an enhanced Clusot algorithm for improved SOM analysis.

Main Methods:

  • The enhanced Clusot algorithm involves two steps: computing a Clusot surface from a trained SOM and automatically detecting clusters within this surface.
  • Clusters in the SOM are identified as local maxima on the Clusot surface.

Main Results:

  • The Clusot surface provides a visualization technique for 2-D SOMs, indicating clusters through local maxima.
  • The enhanced algorithm is applicable to SOMs with n-dimensional grid topologies, not limited to 2-D.

Conclusions:

  • The enhanced Clusot algorithm significantly improves the interpretability of trained SOMs.
  • This approach offers a robust method for cluster detection and visualization across various SOM topologies.