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The Self-Organizing Maps (SOMs) are popular artificial neural networks that are often used for data analyses through clustering and visualisation. SOM’s mathematical model is inherently parallel. However, many implementations have not successfully exploited its parallelism because previous attempts often required cluster-like infrastructures. This article presents the parallel implementation of SOMs, particularly the batch map variant using Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) through the use of Open Computing Language (OpenCL).
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Takatsuka, M., Bui, M. (2010). Parallel Batch Training of the Self-Organizing Map Using OpenCL. In: Wong, K.W., Mendis, B.S.U., Bouzerdoum, A. (eds) Neural Information Processing. Models and Applications. ICONIP 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6444. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17534-3_58
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