Between Data Science and Applied Data Analysis

by Schader, Martin; Gaul, Wolfgang; Vichi, Maurizio

• ISBN13: 9783540403548
• ISBN10: 354040354X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

The volume presents new developments in data analysis and classification and gives an overview of the state of the art in these scientific fields and relevant applications. Areas that receive considerable attention in the book are clustering, discrimination, data analysis, and statistics, as well as applications in economics, biology, and medicine. The reader will find material on recent technical and methodological developments and a large number of application papers demonstrating the usefulness of the newly developed techniques.

Table of Contents

Part I. Clustering and Discrimination
Robust Classification Through the Forward Search	3	(10)
Anthony Atkinson, Andrea Genou, Marco Riani
Fitting and Smoothing Properties of Length Constrained Smoothers Applied to Time Series	13	(9)
Estela Bee Dagurn, Alessandra Luati
Interaction Terms in Non-linear PLS via Additive Spline Transformation	22	(8)
Jean-François Durand, Rosaria Lombardo
Discriminant Analysis With Categorical Variables: A Biplot Based Approach	30	(9)
Sugnet Gardner, Niëlle Roux
Efficient Density Clustering Using Basin Spanning Trees	39	(10)
Sören Hader, Fred A. Hamerecht
Some Issues on Clustering of Functional Data	49	(8)
Salvatore Ingrassia, Andrea Cerioli, Aldo Corbellini
Scalable Clustering of High Dimensional Data	57	(8)
David Littau, Daniel Boley
Methods to Combine Classification Trees	65	(9)
Mossella Miglio, Gabriele Soffritti
Core-Based Clustering Techniques	74	(9)
Hans-Joachim Mucha, Hans-Georg Bartel, Jens Dolata
Combining Regression Trees and Radial Basis Function Networks in Longitudinal Data Modelling	83	(9)
Marilena Pillati, Daniela G. Calò, Giuliano Galimberti
Implementing a new Method for Discriminant Analysis When Group Covariance Matrices are Nearly Singular	92	(8)
Britta Pouwels, Winfried Theis, Christian Röver
Two Approaches for Discriminant Partial Least Squares	100	(9)
Robert, Sabatier, Myrtille Vivien, Pietro Amenia
Improving the Classification Performance of a Discriminant Rule by Dealing With Data Cases Having a Substantial Influence on Variable Selection	109	(9)
Sarei Steel, Nelmarie Louw
Classification and Clustering of Vocal Performances	118	(9)
Claus Weifis, Uwe Ligges, Jörg Güttner, Petra Hasse-Becker, Sonja Berghoff
Cluster- and Discriminant Analysis With Both Metric and Categorial Data	127	(6)
Michael Wodny, Bernd Jäger, Karl-Ernst Biebler
Part II. Data Analysis and Statistics
Multivariate Mixture Models Estimation: A Genetic Algorithm Approach	133	(10)
Roberto Baragona, Francesco Battaglia
Two-Way Clustering for Contingency Tables: Maximizing a Dependence Measure	143	(12)
Hans-Hermann Bock
Localised Mixtures of Experts for Mixture of Regressions	155	(10)
Guillaume Bouchard
A Bayesian Approach for the Estimation of the Covariance Structure of Separable Spatin-Temporal Stochastic Processes.	165	(8)
Silvia Bozza, Anthony O'Hagan
An Algorithm for the HICLAS-R Model	173	(9)
Eva Ceulemans, Iven Van Mechelen
Some Applications of Time-Varying Coefficient Models to Count Data	182	(9)
Monica Chiogna, Carlo Gaetan
On Ziggurats and Dendrograms	191	(10)
Frank Critchley
A Dimensionality Reduction Method Based on Simple Linear Regressions	201	(8)
Luigi D'Ambra, Pietro Amenta, Rosaria Lombardo
Evolutionary Strategies to Avoid Local Mimima in Multidimensional Scaling	209	(9)
Stefan Etschberger, Andreas Hilbert
Principal Component Analysis of Boolean Symbolic Objects	218	(8)
Paolo Giordani
Multivariate Analysis for Variables of Arbitrary Information Level	226	(9)
Jürgen Hansohm
How Wrong Models Become Useful - and Correct Models Become Dangerous	235	(9)
Christian Hennig
Visualizing Symbolic Data by Closed Shapes	244	(8)
Antonio Irpino, Carlo Lauro, Rosanna Verde
LBGU-EM Algorithm for Mixture Density Estimation	252	(9)
Barnbang Hemu Iswanto, Bernd Fritzke
Change-Points in Bernoulli Trials With Dependence	261	(9)
Joachim Krauth
Two-Mode Clustering Methods: Compare and Contrast	270	(9)
Sabine Krolak-Schwerdt
Sensitivity of Graphical Modeling Against Contamination	279	(9)
Sonja Kuhnt, Claudia Becker
New Graphical Symbolic Objects Representations in Parallel Coordinates	288	(8)
Carlo N. Lauro, Francesco Palumbo, Alfonso Iodice D'Enza
A Hierarchical Classes Approach to Discriminant Analysis	296	(9)
Luigi Lombardi, Eva Ceulemans, Iven Van Mechelen
Prediction Optimal Data Analysis by Means of Stochastic Search	305	(8)
Karsten Luebke, Claus Weifis
System Error Variance Tuning in State-Space Models	313	(8)
Pietro Mantouan, Andrea Pastore
Corrado Gini and Multivariate Statistical Analysis: The (so far) Missing Link	321	(8)
Paola Monari, Angela Montanari
On Correspondence Analysis of Incomplete Orderings	329	(8)
Kaley Pärna
Some Statistical Issues in Microarray Data Analysis	337	(11)
Stephane Robin
Background of the Variability in Past Human Populations: Selected Methodological Issues	348	(10)
Avkadiusz Soitysiak
Spatial Prediction With Space-Time Models	358	(11)
Stefano F. Tonellato
Part III. Data Mining, Information Processing, and Automation
Neural Budget Networks of Sensorial Data	369	(9)
Massimo Aria, Ab Mooijaart, Roberta Siciliano
Evolutionary Model Selection in Bayesian Neural Networks	378	(9)
Silvia Bozza, Pietro Mantouan, Rosa A. Schiavo
Extreme Datamining	387	(8)
Valérie C. Chavez-Demonlin, Stephen A. Jarvis, Rafael Perera, Armin S.A. Roehyl, Stefan W. Schmiedl, M.P. Sondergaard
Information Filtering Based on Modal Symbolic Objects	395	(10)
Francisco de A.T. de Carvalho, Byron L.D. Bezerra
Analyzing Learner Behavior and Performance	405	(7)
Karsten Friesen, Hans Schmitz
An Integration Strategy for Distributed Recommender Services in Legacy Library Systems	412	(9)
Andreas Geyer-Schulz, Michael Hahsler, Andreas Neumann, Anke Thede
Comparing Simple Association-Rules and Repeat-Buying Based Recommender Systems in a B2B Environment	421	(9)
Andreas Geyer-Schulz, Michael Hahsler, Anke Thede
Students' Preferences Related to Web Based E-Learning: Results of a Survey	430	(8)
Marc Göcks, Daniel Baier
MURBANDY: The (so far) Missing Link: User-Friendly Retrieval and Visualization of Geographic Information	438	(9)
Bernd Hermes, Maximilian Stempfhuber, Luca Demicheli, Carlo Lavalle
ASCAID: Using an Asymmetric Correlation Measure for Automatic Interaction Detection	447	(9)
Andreas Hilbert
Discriminative Clustering: Vector Quantization in Learning Metrics	456	(8)
Samuel Kaski, Janne Sinkkonen
Neural Network Hybrid Learning: Genetic Algorithms & Levenberg-Marquardt	464	(9)
Ricardo B.C. Prudêncio, Teresa B. Ludermin
Syntagmatic and Paradigmatic Associations in Information Retrieval	473	(10)
Reinhard Rapp
Finding the Most Useful Clusters: Clustering and the Usefulness Metric	483	(9)
Caroline St. Clair
Internet Thesaurus - Extracting Relevant Terms from WWW Pages using Weighted Threshold Function over a Cross-Reference Matrix	492	(9)
Raz Tamir
Reflections on a Supervised Approach to Independent Component Analysis	501	(9)
Cinzia Viroli
Simulated Annealing and Tabu Search for Optimization of Neural Networks	510	(11)
Akio Yamazaki, Teresa B. Ludermin, Marcilio C.P. de Souto
Part IV. Finance, Marketing, and Management Science
Decentralizing Risk Management in the Case of Quadratic Hedging	521	(9)
Julia Bondarenko, Nicole Branger, Angelika Esser, Christian Schlag
Multimedia Stimulus Presentation Methods for Conjoint Studies in Marketing Research	530	(8)
Michael Brasch, Daniel Baier
Forecasting the Customer Development of a Publishing Company with Decision Trees	538	(8)
Andreas Hilbert, Alexander Spatz
Estimation of Default Probabilities in a Single-Factor Model	546	(9)
Steffi Hose, Stefan Haschens
Simultaneous Confidence Intervals for Default Probabilities	555	(6)
Steffi Hose, Stefan Huschens
Model-Based Clustering With Hidden Markov Models and its Application to Financial Time-Series Data	561	(9)
Bernhard Knab, Alexander Schliep, Barthel Steckemetz, Bernd Wichern
Classification of Multivariate Data With Missing Values Using Expected Discriminant Scores	570	(8)
Wolfgang Kossa
Assessment of the Polish Manufacturing Sector Attractiveness: An End-User Approach	578	(9)
Dorota Kwiatkowska-Ciotucha, Józef Dziechciarz
Developing a Layout of a Supermarket Through Asymmetric Multidimensional Scaling and Cluster Analysis of Purchase Data	587	(8)
Akinori Okada, Tadashi Imaizumi
Market Segmentation Method From the Bayesian Viewpoint	595	(9)
Kazoo Shigemasu, Takuya Ohmori, Takahiro Hoshino
Support Vector Machines for Credit Scoring: Comparing to and Combining With Some Traditional Classification Methods	604	(11)
Ralf Stecking, Klaus B. Schebesch
Part V. Biology, Archaeology, and Medicine
Classification of Amino-Acid Sequences Using State-Space Models	615	(9)
Marcus Brunnert, Tillmann Krahnke, Wolfgang Urfer
Quantitative Study of Images in Archaeology: I. Textual Coding	624	(9)
Sergio Camiz, Elena Rova
Quantitative Study of Images in Archaeology: II. Symbolic Coding	633	(10)
Sergio Camiz, Elena Rova, Vanda Tulli
Power Functions in Multiple Sampling Plans Using DNA Computation	643	(9)
Carlen Capdevila, M. Angels Colomer, Josep Conde, Josep Miret, Alba Zaragoza
Methodological Issues in the Baffling Relationship Between Hepatitis C Virus and Non Hodgkin's Lymphomas	652	(10)
Stefano De Cantis, Dana Mendola, Emilio Iannitto
Class Discovery in Gene Expression Data: Characterizing Splits by Support Vector Machines	662	(8)
Florian Markowetz, Anja von Heydebreck
Efficient Clustering Methods for Tumor Classification With Microarrays	670	(10)
Jörg Rahnenfiihrer
A Method to Classify Microarray Data	680	(9)
Marco Scarnó, Donatella Sf orzini, Alessandra Ulivieri, Sergio Nasi
Index	689