JOINT PUBLICATION OF 2 BOOKS ON SELF-ORGANIZING TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS

[Patrick De Maziere]

    JOINT PUBLICATION OF 2 BOOKS ON SELF-ORGANIZING TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS

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Both books, one in English and another in Japanese, offer a new
perspective on topographic map formation and the advantages of
information-based learning. The complete learning algorithms and
simulation details are given throughout, along with comparative
performance analysis tables and extensive references. The books provide
the reader with an excellent, eye-opening guide for neural network
researchers and students, industrial scientists involved in data
mining, and anyone interested in self-organization and topographic maps.

Forewords are by Prof. Teuvo Kohonen and Prof. Helge Ritter

English version:
	Faithful Representations and Topographic Maps:
        From Distortion- to Information-based Self-organization
    by Marc M. Van Hulle,
    published by J. Wiley (New York)

    For more information, visit:
    http://catalog2.wiley.com/catalog/frameset/1,8279,,00.html
    (search via author name "Van Hulle")

    and to order it, visit:
    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0471345075/qid=948382599/sr=1-1/002-0713799-7248240
    (which includes several reviews)

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Japanese version:
	Self-organizing Maps: Theory, Design, and Application
    by Marc M. Van Hulle, Heizo Tokutaka, Kikuro Fujimura,
    published by Kaibundo (Tokyo)

    For more information, visit:
    http://member.nifty.ne.jp/kaibundo/syousai/ISBN4-303-73150-1.htm

    and to order it, visit:
    http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4303731501/qid%3D986382452/249-5665754-6235519

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Reviews:

"I am convinced that this book marks an important contribution to
the field of topographic map representations and that it will
become a major reference for many years." (Ritter)

"This book will provide a significant contribution to our theoretical
understanding of the brain." (Kohonen)

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