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What are Self-Organizing Maps? Self-Organizing Maps have been around for a while (I prefer to call them ‘Kohonen Maps’ but I guess ‘SOM’ rolls off the tongue better). There is no shortage of articles and papers available online that cover SOMs in depth, so I’ll keep... [Read More]

This post corresponds with a presentation given at eBay on 08 March 2016. Slides are available here What are Self-Organizing Maps? Self-Organizing Maps have been around for a while (I prefer to call them ‘Kohonen Maps’ but I guess ‘SOM’ rolls off the tongue better). There is... [Read More]

Go back to Episode I Looking Under the Hood - Continued In this post I will delve into the details of extracting useful information from our .SC2 file. Directly referencing David Moew’s guide… Each segment has an 8-byte header: Bytes 1-4: Type of... [Read More]

Before we begin, a brief backstory… On my 7th birthday I received a copy of Simcity 2000 Special Edition for Macintosh. I spent a lot of time playing it until I received a copy of Simcity 4 (for PC). I skipped Simcity 3000, primarily due to the fact that... [Read More]

I recently came across a data set that contains detailed employee information at Metro-North Railroad. It includes names, addresses, position titles, marital status, military status, and other data that could be useful in mapping employee demographics. In this series, I will cover age, ethnic makeup, hourly wages, and map where... [Read More]