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The advent of Self Organizing Maps (SOM) provided an opportunity for scientists to experiment with its ability to solve hitherto complicated problems in all spheres of life. SOM has found application in practically all fi elds, especially those which tend to handle high dimensional data. SOM can be used for the clustering of genes, in the medical fi eld, the study of multimedia and web-based content and in the transportation industry, just to name a few. The complex data found in meteorological and remotely sensed images commonly acquired using satellite sensing can also be analyzed using SOM | SELF ORGANIZING MAPS -APPLICATIONS AND NOVEL ALGORITHM DESIGN Edited by Josphat Igadwa Mwasiagi Self Organizing Maps - Applications and Novel Algorithm Design Edited by Josphat Igadwa Mwasiagi Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9 51000 Rijeka Croatia Copyright 2011 InTech All chapters are Open Access articles distributed under the Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike Attribution license which permits to copy distribute transmit and adapt the work in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited. After this work has been published by InTech authors have the right to republish it in whole or part in any publication of which they are the author and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. Statements and opinions expressed in the chapters are these of the individual contributors and not necessarily those of the editors or publisher. No responsibility is accepted for the accuracy of information contained in the published articles. The publisher assumes no responsibility for any damage or injury to persons or property arising out of the use of any materials instructions methods or ideas contained in the book. Publishing Process Manager Jelena Marusic Technical Editor Teodora Smiljanic Cover Designer Martina Sirotic Image Copyright riri 2010. Used under license from First published January 2011 Printed in India A free online edition of this book is available at Additional hard copies can be obtained from orders@ Self Organizing Maps - Applications and Novel Algorithm Design Edited by Josphat Igadwa Mwasiagi p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-546-4 I kfTC LI OPEN ACCESS INI Evn PUBLISHER INTECH open free online editions of InTech Books and Journals can be found at .