Prototype based models offer an intuitive interface to given data sets by means of an inspection of the model prototypes. Supervised classification can be achieved by popular techniques such as learning vector quantization (LVQ) and extensions derived from cost functions such as generalized LVQ (GLVQ) and robust soft LVQ (RSLVQ). These methods, however, are restricted to Euclidean vectors and t...

We present a category learning vector quantization (cLVQ) approach for incremental and life-long learning of multiple visual categories where we focus on approaching the stability-plasticity dilemma. To achieve the life-long learning ability an incremental learning vector quantization approach is combined with a category-specific feature selection method in a novel way to allow several metrical...

The paper deals with the concept of relevance learning in learning vector quantization and classification. Recent machine learning approaches with the ability of metric adaptation but based on different concepts are considered in comparison to variants of relevance learning vector quantization. We compare these methods with respect to their theoretical motivation and we demonstrate the differen...

We present an approach for the supervised online learning of object representations based on a biologically motivated architecture of visual processing. We use the output of a recently developed topographical feature hierarchy to provide a view-based representation of threedimensional objects using a dynamical vector quantization approach. For a simple short-term object memory model we demonstr...