“…These algorithms have been employed successfully in a variety of scientific and commercial applications, including image analysis, bioinformatics, robotics, etc. (Biehl, Ghosh, & Hammer, 2007;Bojer, Hammer, Schunk, & von Toschanowitz, 2001;Bunte, Biehl, Petkov, & Jonkman, 2009;Bunte, Hammer, Schneider, & Biehl, 2009;Bunte, Hammer, Wismüller, & Biehl, 2010a;Hammer, Strickert, & Villmann, 2005a;Hammer & Villmann, 2002;Villmann, Merenyi, & Hammer, 2003). The method is easy to implement and its complexity is controlled by the user in a straightforward way.…”