Innovation Maps Tutorials: How to create alternative models

After interpret existing map, you can create new map setting different priorities to attributes. To do so, select “File | Close” to close current map. Then, In the “Explore Data” workflow, click right mouse button, and select “Create Alternative”. Then yellow “Prioritize Attributes” step appear. Dubble click this workflow step, then “Prioritize Attributes” dialog box […]

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The Ugly Duckling Theorem and SOM

In science, there is an assumption that there is only one truth. For example, when measuring length or weight, the truth is assumed in the form “measured value = true value ± measurement error,” although the true value is unknowable to humans. The true value is not directly measured but is “estimated” using scientific methods. […]

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Innovation Maps Tutorial

This tutorial will assist you on how to effectively use Mindware Innovation Maps. General Free Viewer (Viscovery SOMine Visual Explorer) You can use the SOM models provided in Innovation Maps for Free! Please download Free Viscovery SOMine Visual Explorer now. (It requires Windows 10 or higher) Viscovery SOMine Cluster and Classify The cluster and Classify […]

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Innovation Maps Tutorials: Why Self-Organizing Maps?

Self-Organizing Maps as a Concept Generation Tool Mindware Innovation Maps uses Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) to map academic papers, news articles, and ideas in high-tech fields into semantic space. We use SOM because it is the best tool for representing “Concepts”. Kohonen published the first SOM algorithm in 1982, and this is the version that is […]

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