Self-Organising Maps: Applications in GI Science bringstogether the latest geographical research where extensive use hasbeen made of the SOM algorithm, and provides readers with asnapshot of these tools that can then be adapted and used in newresearch projects. The book begins with an overview of the SOMtechnique and the most commonly used (and freely available)software; it is then sectioned to look at the different uses of thetechnique, namely clustering, data mining and cartography, from arange of application-areas in the biophysical and socio-economicenvironments.
* Only book that takes SOM algorithm to the GIS and Geographyresearch communities
* The Editors draw together expert contributors from the UK,Europe, USA, New Zealand, and South Africa
* Covers a range of techniques in clustering, data miningcartography, all featuring an appropriate case study
Pragya Agarwal
Earth Sciences Geographie Geography Geoinformationssystem Geowissenschaften GIS & Remote Sensing GIS u. Fernerkundung GIS, Fernerkundung u. Kartographie GIS, Remote Sensing & Cartography