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We present a new model of unsupervised competitive neural network, based on spicules. This model is capable of detecting topological information of an input space, determining its orientation and, in most case, its skeleton.
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Gómez-Ruiz, J.A., Muñoz-Perez, J., García-Bernal, M.A. (2009). Spicules for Unsupervised Learning. In: Cabestany, J., Sandoval, F., Prieto, A., Corchado, J.M. (eds) Bio-Inspired Systems: Computational and Ambient Intelligence. IWANN 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5517. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02478-8_24
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