self-organizing map

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self-organizing map

noun self-organizing maps

A kind of artificial neural network trained using competitive learning rather than error correction, and producing a low-dimensional (typically two-dimensional) representation of a higher-dimensional data set while preserving the topological structure of the data.
Similar: Kohonen map, Kohonen network, SOM

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@misc{self_organizing_map_2026,
  title = {self-organizing map},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-organizing%20map},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}