Information on Self-Organizing Map (SOM)

• a model of specific aspects of biological neural nets,
• a representative of a new paradigm in artificial intelligence and cognitive modeling,
• a tool for statistical analysis and visualization,
• a tool for the development of complex 'intelligent' applications.

Further information

• Short description of the SOM at Neural Networks Research Center of Helsinki University of Technology

• Longer description of the SOM in Timo Honkela's PhD thesis

• WEBSOM - Self-Organizing Maps for Internet Exploration

• WEBSOM map of WSOM'97 workshop abstracts

• SOM Bibliography at NNRC of Helsinki University of Technology

• A less serious map of Christmas presents (in Finnish)