WEBSOM Method

WEBSOM is a method for organizing miscellaneous text documents onto meaningful maps for exploration and search. WEBSOM is based on the SOM (Self-Organizing Map) algorithm that automatically organizes the documents onto a two-dimensional grid so that related documents appear close to each other. See also the list of publications.

The mathematical preliminaries, background, basic ideas, implications, and numerous applications of Self-Organizing Maps are described in the recent book Kohonen: Self-Organizing Maps (Springer, 1995; second extended edition 1997).

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