Package: GowerSom
Type: Package
Title: Self-Organizing Maps for Mixed-Attribute Data Using Gower
        Distance
Version: 0.1.0
Authors@R: c(
    person("Patricio", "Salas",
           role = c("aut", "cre"),
           email = "patricioasalas@udec.cl",
           comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-2201-4038")),
    person("Patricio", "Sáez",
           role = "aut",
           comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-0113-3644")))
Description: Implements a variant of the Self-Organizing Map (SOM)
        algorithm designed for mixed-attribute datasets. Similarity
        between observations is computed using the Gower distance, and
        categorical prototypes are updated via heuristic strategies
        (weighted mode and multinomial sampling). Provides functions
        for model fitting, mapping, visualization (U-Matrix and
        component planes), and evaluation, making SOM applicable to
        heterogeneous real-world data. For methodological details see
        Sáez and Salas (2026) <doi:10.1007/s41060-025-00941-6>.
License: GPL-2
Encoding: UTF-8
Depends: R (>= 4.3.0)
Imports: StatMatch, dplyr, gower, ggplot2, cluster, reshape2, grid,
        utils, stats,cli
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown
RoxygenNote: 7.3.3
NeedsCompilation: yes
Maintainer: Patricio Salas <patricioasalas@udec.cl>
Packaged: 2026-07-03 12:01:01 UTC; root
Author: Patricio Salas [aut, cre] (ORCID:
        <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2201-4038>), Patricio Sáez [aut]
        (ORCID: <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0113-3644>)
Repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
Date/Publication: 2026-01-27 08:50:02 UTC
RemoteUrl: https://github.com/cran/GowerSom
RemoteRef: HEAD
RemoteSha: 922570423911c9850c27705ca4ae6ca6c81856ea