New methods that are user-friendly and efficient are needed for guidanceamong the masses
of textual information available in the Internet and theWorld Wide Web. We have developed …

The emerging field of text mining applies methods from data mining and exploratory data
analysis to analyzing text collections and to conveying information to the user in an intuitive …

Powerful methods are needed for interactive exploration and search from collections of
miscellaneous textual documents that are available in the electronic media. Searching from …

Powerful methods for interactive exploration and search from collections of free-form textual
documents are needed to manage the ever-increasing flood of digital information. In this …

A viable alternative to the traditional text-mining methods is the WEBSOM, a software system
based on the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) principle. Prior to the searching or browsing …

While the focus of research concerning electronic document archives still is on information
retrieval, the importance of interactive exploration has been realized and is gaining …

Innovative methods that are user friendly and efficient are needed for retrieval of textual
information available on the World Wide Web. The self-organizing map (SOM) is one of the …

The current availability of large collections of full-text documents in electronic form
emphasizes the need for intelligent information retrieval techniques. Especially in the rapidly …

The self-organizing map has already found appreciation for document classification in the
information retrieval community. The map display is a highly effective and intuitive metaphor …

With the WEBSOM method a textual document collection may be organized onto a graphical
map display that provides an overview of the collection and facilitates interactive browsing …