Interactive retrieval of multimedia objects based on self-organising maps

In this article we present an approach for the interactive retrieval of objects from databases that is based on the similarity of the objects. The considered objects are grouped based on their similarity to realise interactive associative search and visual exploration of the database. This enables a user to navigate through similar objects. If a textual description is available, the navigation, especially the search for the first appropriate object, is supported by conventional keyword search methods. The method can be applied to databases consisting of arbitrary objects if at least a description based on a numerical feature vector can be given.

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