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title: 'GowerSom: Self-Organizing Maps for Mixed-Attribute Data Using Gower Distance'
version: 0.1.0
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.GowerSom
abstract: 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) <https://doi.org/10.1007/s41060-025-00941-6>.
authors:
- family-names: Salas
  given-names: Patricio
  email: patricioasalas@udec.cl
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2201-4038
- family-names: Sáez
  given-names: Patricio
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0113-3644
repository: https://cran.r-universe.dev
commit: 922570423911c9850c27705ca4ae6ca6c81856ea
date-released: '2026-01-27'
contact:
- family-names: Salas
  given-names: Patricio
  email: patricioasalas@udec.cl
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2201-4038