SOMDS: multidimensional scaling through self organization map
Kenpei SHINA, Shin Asakawa · 2002
We propose SOMDS that is a combination of MDS (multidimensional scaling) and SOM. SOMDS is a special type of MDS that can learn locally and adaptively the structure of similarity data. SOMDS is a special type of SOM without neighborhood functions and whose inputs are similarities between objects. Convergence properties of the algorithm and some applications are presented.