International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA)

International Journal of Network Security & Its Applications (IJNSA)

ISSN: 0974 - 9330 (Online); 0975 - 2307 (Print)

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An Improved MULTI-SOM Algorithm

Imen Khanchouch, Khaddouja Boujenfa and Mohamed Limam, University of Tunis, Tunisia and Dhofar University, Oman

ABSTRACT

This paper proposes a clustering algorithm based on the Self Organizing Map (SOM) method. To find the optimal number of clusters, our algorithm uses the Davies Bouldin index which has not been used previously in the multi-SOM. The proposed algorithm is compared to three clustering methods based on five databases. Results show that our algorithm is as performing as concurrent methods.

KEYWORDS

Clustering, SOM, multi-SOM, DB index

Original Source URL: http://airccse.org/journal/nsa/5413nsa14.pdf

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