| Caption | Blocks diagram of SOM’s SOM procedure. The huge amount of spatial data generated by software GIS development, the increasing number of geographic computer applications available, the computerization of a large amount of information sources, and the availability of digital maps have increased the opportunity and need for the utilization of methods for spatial classification, for both research and applied purposes. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) can be used to develop a classification procedure which blends traditional statistical methods with a machine learning approach, allowing the system to iterate over a collection of datasets until patterns can be learned and realized (Londei 2013). |
