title: SOMMER: self-organising maps for education and research.
abstract: SOMMER is a publicly available, Java-based toolbox for training and visualizing two- and three-dimensional unsupervised self-organizing maps (SOMs). Various map topologies are implemented for planar rectangular, toroidal, cubic-surface and spherical projections. The software allows for visualization of the training process, which has been shown to be particularly valuable for teaching purposes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organic Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Siesmayerstr. 70, 60323, Frankfurt, Germany.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schmuker
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Schwarte
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brück
authors.forename: Ewgenij
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Proschak
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanrikulu
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Givehchi
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Scheiffele
authors.forename: Gisbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D002626:Chemistry, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D015195:Drug Design; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016571:Neural Networks, Computer; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated; D011381:Programming Languages; D012984:Software