Advances in Data Analysis, Data Handling and Business Intelligence: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft fur Klassifikation e.V., Joint Conference with the British Classification Society (BCS)

by Fink, Andreas; Lausen, Berthold; Seidel, Wilfried; Ultsch, Alfred

• ISBN13: 9783642010439
• ISBN10: 3642010431
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-03
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Data Analysis, Data Handling and Business Intelligence are research areas at the intersection of computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematics, and statistics. They cover general methods and techniques that can be applied to a vast set of applications such as in marketing, finance, economics, engineering, linguistics, archaeology, musicology, medical science, and biology. This volume contains the revised versions of selected papers presented during the 32nd Annual Conference of the German Classification Society (Gesellschaft für Klassifikation, GfKl). The conference, which was organized in cooperation with the British Classification Society (BCS) and the Dutch/Flemish Classification Society (VOC), was hosted by Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg, Germany, in July 2008.

Table of Contents

Invited
Semi-supervised Probabilistic Distance Clustering and the Uncertainty of Classification	p. 3
Strategies of Model Construction for the Analysis of Judgment Data	p. 21
Clustering of High-Dimensional Data via Finite Mixture Models	p. 33
Clustering and Dimensionality Reduction to Discover Interesting Patterns in Binary Data	p. 45
Kernel Methods for Detecting the Direction of Time Series	p. 57
Statistical Processes Under Change: Enhancing Data Quality with Pretests	p. 67
Clustering and Classification
Evaluation Strategies for Learning Algorithms of Hierarchies	p. 83
Fuzzy Subspace Clustering	p. 93
Motif-Based Classification of Time Series with Bayesian Networks and SVMs	p. 105
A Novel Approach to Construct Discrete Support Vector Machine Classifiers	p. 115
Predictive Classification Trees	p. 127
Isolated Vertices in Random Intersection Graphs	p. 135
Strengths and Weaknesses of Ant Colony Clustering	p. 147
Variable Selection for Kernel Classifiers: A Feature-to-Input Space Approach	p. 157
Finite Mixture and Genetic Algorithm Segmentation in Partial Least Squares Path Modeling: Identification of Multiple Segments in Complex Path Models	p. 167
Cluster Ensemble Based on Co-occurrence Data	p. 177
Localized Logistic Regression for Categorical Influential Factors	p. 185
Clustering Association Rules with Fuzzy Concepts	p. 197
Clustering with Repulsive Prototypes	p. 207
Mixture Analysis
Weakly Homoscedastic Constraints for Mixtures of t-Distributions	p. 219
Bayesian Methods for Graph Clustering	p. 229
Determining the Number of Components in Mixture Models for Hierarchical Data	p. 241
Testing Mixed Distributions when the Mixing Distribution Is Known	p. 251
Classification with a Mixture Model Having an Increasing Number of Components	p. 261
Nonparametric Fine Tuning of Mixtures: Application to Non-Life Insurance Claims Distribution Estimation	p. 271
Linguistics and Text Analysis
Classification of Text Processing Components: The Tesla Role System	p. 285
Nonparametric Distribution Analysis for Text Mining	p. 295
Linear Coding of Non-linear Hierarchies: Revitalization of an Ancient Classification Method	p. 307
Automatic Dictionary Expansion Using Non-parallel Corpora	p. 317
Multilingual Knowledge-Based Concept Recognition in Textual Data	p. 327
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning
A Diversified Investment Strategy Using Autonomous Agents	p. 339
Classification with Kernel Mahalanobis Distance Classifiers	p. 351
Identifying Influential Cases in Kernel Fisher Discriminant Analysis by Using the Smallest Enclosing Hypersphere	p. 363
Self-Organising Maps for Image Segmentation	p. 373
Image Based Mail Piece Identification Using Unsupervised Learning	p. 385
Statistical Musicology
Statistical Analysis of Human Body Movement and Group Interactions in Response to Music	p. 399
Applying Statistical Models and Parametric Distance Measures for Music Similarity Search	p. 409
Finding Music Fads by Clustering Online Radio Data with Emergent Self Organizing Maps	p. 419
Analysis of Polyphonic Musical Time Series	p. 429
Banking and Finance
Hedge Funds and Asset Allocation: Investor Confidence, Diversification Benefits, and a Change in Investment Style Composition	p. 441
Mixture Hidden Markov Models in Finance Research	p. 451
Multivariate Comparative Analysis of Stock Exchanges: The European Perspective	p. 461
Empirical Examination of Fundamental Indexation in the German Market	p. 471
The Analysis of Power for Some Chosen VaR Backtesting Procedures: Simulation Approach	p. 481
Extreme Unconditional Dependence Vs. Multivariate GARCH Effect in the Analysis of Dependence Between High Losses on Polish and German Stock Indexes	p. 491
Is Log Ratio a Good Value for Measuring Return in Stock Investments?	p. 505
Marketing, Management Science and Economics
Designing Products Using Quality Function Deployment and Conjoint Analysis: A Comparison in a Market for Elderly People	p. 515
Analyzing the Stability of Price Response Functions: Measuring the Influence of Different Parameters in a Monte Carlo Comparison	p. 527
Real Options in the Assessment of New Products	p. 537
Exploring the Interaction Structure of Weblogs	p. 545
Analyzing Preference Rankings when There Are Too Many Alternatives	p. 553
Considerations on the Impact of Ill-Conditioned Configurations in the CML Approach	p. 563
Dyadic Interactions in Service Encounter: Bayesian SEM Approach	p. 573
Archaeology and Spatial Planning
Estimating the Number of Buildings in Germany	p. 585
Mapping Findspots of Roman Military Brickstamps in Mogontiacum (Mainz) and Archaeometrical Analysis	p. 595
Analysis of Guarantor and Warrantee Relationships Among Government Officials in the Eighth Century in the Old Capital of Japan by Using Asymmetric Multidimensional Scaling	p. 605
Analysis of Massive Emigration from Poland: The Model-Based Clustering Approach	p. 615
Bio- and Health Sciences
Systematics of Short-Range Correlations in Eukaryotic Genomes	p. 627
On Classification of Molecules and Species of Representation Rings	p. 639
The Precise and Efficient Identification of Medical Order Forms Using Shape Trees	p. 651
On the Prognostic Value of Gene Expression Signatures for Censored Data	p. 663
Quality-Based Clustering of Functional Data: Applications to Time Course Microarray Data	p. 675
A Comparison of Algorithms to Find Differentially Expressed Genes in Microarray Data	p. 685
Exploratory Data Analysis, Modeling and Applications
Data Compression and Regression Based on Local Principal Curves	p. 701
Optimization of Centrifugal Impeller Using Evolutionary Strategies and Artificial Neural Networks	p. 713
Efficient Media Exploitation Towards Collective Intelligence	p. 723
Multi-class Extension of Verifiable Ensemble Models for Safety-Related Applications	p. 733
Dynamic Disturbances in BTA Deep-Hole Drilling: Modelling Chatter and Spiralling as Regenerative Effects	p. 745
Nonnegative Matrix Factorization for Binary Data to Extract Elementary Failure Maps from Wafer Test Images	p. 755
Collective Intelligence Generation from User Contributed Content	p. 765
Computation of the Molenaar Sijtsma Statistic	p. 775
Keyword Index	p. 785
Author Index	p. 789
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