A New Evolving Tree for Text Document Clustering and Visualization

The Self-Organizing Map (SOM) is a popular neural network model for clustering and visualization problems. However, it suffers from two major limitations, viz., (1) it does not support online learning; and (2) the map size has to be pre-determined and this can potentially lead to many “trial-and-err...

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Main Authors: Wui, Lee Chang, Kai, Meng Tay, Chee, Peng Lim
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Springer International Publishing 2013
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Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5237/
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Chee, Peng Lim
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description The Self-Organizing Map (SOM) is a popular neural network model for clustering and visualization problems. However, it suffers from two major limitations, viz., (1) it does not support online learning; and (2) the map size has to be pre-determined and this can potentially lead to many “trial-and-error” runs before arriving at an optimal map size. Thus, an evolving model, i.e., the Evolving Tree (ETree), is used as an alternative to the SOM for undertaking a text document clustering problem in this study. ETree forms a hierarchical (tree) structure in which nodes are allowed to grow, and each leaf node represents a cluster of documents. An experimental study using articles from a flagship conference of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), i.e., the Engineering Conference (ENCON), is conducted. The experimental results are analyzed and discussed, and the outcome shows a new application of ETree in text document clustering and visualization.
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spelling unimas-52372015-07-27T06:46:38Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5237/ A New Evolving Tree for Text Document Clustering and Visualization Wui, Lee Chang Kai, Meng Tay Chee, Peng Lim T Technology (General) The Self-Organizing Map (SOM) is a popular neural network model for clustering and visualization problems. However, it suffers from two major limitations, viz., (1) it does not support online learning; and (2) the map size has to be pre-determined and this can potentially lead to many “trial-and-error” runs before arriving at an optimal map size. Thus, an evolving model, i.e., the Evolving Tree (ETree), is used as an alternative to the SOM for undertaking a text document clustering problem in this study. ETree forms a hierarchical (tree) structure in which nodes are allowed to grow, and each leaf node represents a cluster of documents. An experimental study using articles from a flagship conference of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), i.e., the Engineering Conference (ENCON), is conducted. The experimental results are analyzed and discussed, and the outcome shows a new application of ETree in text document clustering and visualization. Springer International Publishing 2013 Book Chapter PeerReviewed Wui, Lee Chang and Kai, Meng Tay and Chee, Peng Lim (2013) A New Evolving Tree for Text Document Clustering and Visualization. In: A New Evolving Tree for Text Document Clustering and Visualization. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing . Springer International Publishing, pp. 141-151. ISBN 978-3-319-00930-8 http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-00930-8_13
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A New Evolving Tree for Text Document Clustering and Visualization
title A New Evolving Tree for Text Document Clustering and Visualization
title_full A New Evolving Tree for Text Document Clustering and Visualization
title_fullStr A New Evolving Tree for Text Document Clustering and Visualization
title_full_unstemmed A New Evolving Tree for Text Document Clustering and Visualization
title_short A New Evolving Tree for Text Document Clustering and Visualization
title_sort new evolving tree for text document clustering and visualization
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url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/5237/
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