In this paper, the primary purpose of the authors is to introduce SOM algorithm and its practical applications in geology and construction. The results are classification of rock facies versus depth in geology and clustering two sets of construction prices indices and building material costs indice. | Science and Technology Development Journal, vol 20, 2017 30 Application of self organizing map in construction, geology and petroleum industry Pham Son Tung, Truong Minh Huy, Pham Ba Tuan Abstract— In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an emerging subject and been recognized as the flagship of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. AI is subtly growing and becoming vital in our daily life. Particularly, Self-Organizing Map (SOM), one of the major branches of AI, is a useful tool for clustering data and has been applied successfully and widespread in various aspects of human life such as psychology, economic, medical and technical fields like mechanical, construction and geology. In this paper, the primary purpose of the authors is to introduce SOM algorithm and its practical applications in geology and construction. The results are classification of rock facies versus depth in geology and clustering two sets of construction prices indices and building material costs indice. Index Terms— Self Organizing Map, Hierarchical Clustering, Geology, Well logging, Construction Economics. 1 INTRODUCTION S OM (Self-Organizing Map) is a result of Unsupervised learning algorithm – this algorithm bases on the structure of input data in order to reduce the quantity of data dimensions or to cluster this data into different sections without precise result at the output [1, 2]. SOM’s result is a clustering map including a number of nodes (cells) with similar characteristic into the same field or section [2, 3]. The biggest advantage of SOM is that it illustrates visually multiManuscript Received on August 7th, 2017. Manuscript Revised December 25th, 2017 Pham Son Tung - Faculty of Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology – VNU-HCM (e-mail: phamsontung@). Truong Minh Huy- Faculty of Geology and Petroleum Engineering, Ho Chi Minh city University of Technology – VNU-HCM. Pham Ba Tuan - Faculty of Geology and .
