what is the meaning of data points ?

[xuechunxu]

I have noticed a sentence in training data:

Number of rows/columns in map: I use ~5-6 times more neurons than there are data points. E.g. for 12000 data points (window, NOT contigs) I use 200 rows x 328 columns (~65600 neurons)

Could you please tell me what is the meaning of data points , and how can I find this value in ma data?

best

[MehdinMasinovic]

Hello @xuechunxu,
I am currently also using tetraESOM. I believe that the data points are listed in the .cls file that is created after running the esomWrapper.pl script. It should be listed in the first line.

In my file, it looks like this:
% 11273
%0 bin.1 94 26 158
%1 bin.10 222 87 248
%2 bin.11 89 247 230
%3 bin.12 165 235 146
...

I believe that data points refers to the amount of data that you have in your dataset. If you train your data using the package, the result will be an ESOM. In this ESOM, there are a lot of dots (hence "data points") where each of these dots represents g.e. a contig or a part of the contig.