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Propozycja hybrydowej metody grupowania opartej na sieciach samouczących
A proposal of hybrid clustering method based on self-learning networks

Author(s): Kamila Migdał-Najman
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: Self Organizing Map (SOM); Growing Neural Gas (GNG); validity indexes; preferences research; segmentation

Summary/Abstract: In the article a hybrid clustering method based on a self-learning neural networks, SOM and GNG, is presented. The author verified the potential of the proposed hybrid clustering method such as: network SOM + k-means method. The proposed approach is verified on the example of behavioral research and communication preferences of the inhabitants of Gdynia in 2010.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 242
  • Page Range: 342-351
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish