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Machine Learning Using Topology Signatures For Associative Memory
This thesis presents a technique to produce signatures from topologies generated by the Growing Neural Gas algorithm. The generated signatures have the following characteristics: The signature's memory footprint is smaller than the "real object" and it represents a point in the n x m multidimensional space. Signatures can be compared based on Euclidean distance and distances between signatures provide measurements of differences between models. Signatures can be associated with a concept and then be used as a learning step for a classification algorithm. The signatures are normalized and vectorized to be used in a multidimensional space clustering. Although the technique is generic in essence, it was tested by classifying alphabet and numerical handwritten characters and 2D figures obtaining a good accuracy and precision. It can be used for many other purposes related to shapes and abstract typologies classification and associative memory. Future work could incorporate other classifiers. Author Keywords: Associative memory, Character recognition, Machine learning, Neural gas, Topological signatures, Unsupervised learning

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