Hardware Feedback Self-Organizing Map and its Application to Mobile Robot Location Identification

2007 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 937-945 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroomi Hikawa ◽  
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Kazutoshi Harada ◽  
Takenori Hirabayashi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Robot ◽  
Weight Vector ◽  
Hardware Architecture ◽  
The Self ◽  
Sensor Data ◽  
Parallel Structure ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Cluster Data ◽  
Self Learning ◽  
Self Organizing

We propose new hardware architecture for the self-organizing map (SOM) and feedback SOM (FSOM). Due to the parallel structure in the SOM and FSOM algorithm, customized hardware considerably speeds-up processing. Proposed hardware FSOM identifies the location of a mobile robot from a sequence of direction data. The FSOM is self-trained to cluster data to identify where the robot is. The proposed FSOM design is described in C and VHDL, and its performance is tested by simulation using actual sensor data from an experimental mobile robot. Results show that the hardware FSOM succeeds in self-learning to find the robot’s location. The hardware FSOM is estimated to process 6,992 million weight-vector elements per second.

scholarly journals The Spread of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Brazil: An Overview by Kohonen Self-Organizing Map Networks

Medicina ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 235
Author(s):  
Diego Galvan ◽  
Luciane Effting ◽  
Hágata Cremasco ◽  
Carlos Adam Conte-Junior
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Virus Spread ◽  
Self Organizing Maps ◽  
The North ◽  
Som Clustering ◽  
Unsupervised Neural Networks ◽  
Mining Tools ◽  
Temporal Spread ◽  
Self Organizing

Background and objective: In the current pandemic scenario, data mining tools are fundamental to evaluate the measures adopted to contain the spread of COVID-19. In this study, unsupervised neural networks of the Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) type were used to assess the spatial and temporal spread of COVID-19 in Brazil, according to the number of cases and deaths in regions, states, and cities. Materials and methods: The SOM applied in this context does not evaluate which measures applied have helped contain the spread of the disease, but these datasets represent the repercussions of the country’s measures, which were implemented to contain the virus’ spread. Results: This approach demonstrated that the spread of the disease in Brazil does not have a standard behavior, changing according to the region, state, or city. The analyses showed that cities and states in the north and northeast regions of the country were the most affected by the disease, with the highest number of cases and deaths registered per 100,000 inhabitants. Conclusions: The SOM clustering was able to spatially group cities, states, and regions according to their coronavirus cases, with similar behavior. Thus, it is possible to benefit from the use of similar strategies to deal with the virus’ spread in these cities, states, and regions.

scholarly journals Dynamic Gesture Recognition System with Gesture Spotting Based on Self-Organizing Maps

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1933
Author(s):  
Hiroomi Hikawa ◽  
Yuta Ichikawa ◽  
Hidetaka Ito ◽  
Yutaka Maeda
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Gesture Recognition ◽  
Weight Vector ◽  
Recognition System ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Self Organizing Maps ◽  
Time Dynamic ◽  
System Input ◽  
Self Organizing ◽  
Gesture Spotting

In this paper, a real-time dynamic hand gesture recognition system with gesture spotting function is proposed. In the proposed system, input video frames are converted to feature vectors, and they are used to form a posture sequence vector that represents the input gesture. Then, gesture identification and gesture spotting are carried out in the self-organizing map (SOM)-Hebb classifier. The gesture spotting function detects the end of the gesture by using the vector distance between the posture sequence vector and the winner neuron’s weight vector. The proposed gesture recognition method was tested by simulation and real-time gesture recognition experiment. Results revealed that the system could recognize nine types of gesture with an accuracy of 96.6%, and it successfully outputted the recognition result at the end of gesture using the spotting result.

VISUAL APPROACH TO SUPERVISED VARIABLE SELECTION BY SELF-ORGANIZING MAP

2005 ◽  
Vol 15 (01n02) ◽  
pp. 101-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
TIMO SIMILÄ ◽  
SAMPSA LAINE
Keyword(s):  
Variable Selection ◽  
The Self ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Robust Method ◽  
Relevant Variables ◽  
Visual Approach ◽  
Predefined Criterion ◽  
Target Data ◽  
Self Organizing

Practical data analysis often encounters data sets with both relevant and useless variables. Supervised variable selection is the task of selecting the relevant variables based on some predefined criterion. We propose a robust method for this task. The user manually selects a set of target variables and trains a Self-Organizing Map with these data. This sets a criterion to variable selection and is an illustrative description of the user's problem, even for multivariate target data. The user also defines another set of variables that are potentially related to the problem. Our method returns a subset of these variables, which best corresponds to the description provided by the Self-Organizing Map and, thus, agrees with the user's understanding about the problem. The method is conceptually simple and, based on experiments, allows an accessible approach to supervised variable selection.

Representation and Identification of Fault Conditions of an Anaesthesia System by Means of the Self-Organizing Map

ICANN ’94 ◽  
1994 ◽  
pp. 350-353 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauri Vapola ◽  
Olli Simula ◽  
Teuvo Kohonen ◽  
Pekka Meriläinen
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Self Organizing

scholarly journals Robust classification with reject option using the self-organizing map

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 1603-1619 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Gamelas Sousa ◽  
Ajalmar R. Rocha Neto ◽  
Jaime S. Cardoso ◽  
Guilherme A. Barreto
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Self Organizing Map ◽  
Reject Option ◽  
Robust Classification ◽  
Self Organizing
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