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: 2026-01-22 11:44:32 UTC; Patricio Salas
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: CRAN
Date/Publication: 2026-01-27 08:50:02 UTC
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