Innovations in Classification, Data Science, and Information Systems (eBook)

Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Klassifikation e.V., Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus, March 12-14, 2003

Daniel Baier, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke (Herausgeber)

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2006 | 2005
XII, 616 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-26981-6 (ISBN)

Infos

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

Inhalt

Preface 6
Contents 8
Discrimination and Clustering 14
A New Agglomerative 2- 3 Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm 15
Symbolic Classifier with Convex Hull Based Dissimilarity Function 23
Two- Mode Cluster Analysis via Hierarchical Bayes 31
On Application of a Certain Classification Procedure to Mean Value Estimation Under Double Sampling for Nonresponse 42
Regression Clustering with Redescending M- Estimators 50
ClusCorr98 - Adaptive Clustering, Multivariate Visualization, and Validation of Results 58
Stratification Before Discriminant Analysis: A Must? 66
An Exchange Algorithm for Two- Mode Cluster Analysis 74
Model- Based Cluster Analysis Applied to Flow Cytometry Data 81
On Stratification Using Auxiliary Variables and Discriminant Method 89
Measuring Distances Between Variables by Mutual Information 93
Pareto Density Estimation: A Density Estimation for Knowledge Discovery 103
Probability Models and Statistical Methods 113
Modelling the Claim Count with Poisson Regression and Negative Binomial Regression 114
Chemical Balance Weighing Design with Different Variances of Errors 122
Combination of Regression Trees and Logistic Regression to Analyse Animal Management and Disease Data 131
Robustness of ML Estimators of Location- Scale Mixtures 139
On the Modification of the David- Hellwig Test 149
Simultaneous Selection of Variables and Smoothing Parameters in Additive Models 157
Multiple Change Points and Alternating Segments in Binary Trials with Dependence 165
Outlier Identification Rules for Generalized Linear Models 176
Dynamic Clustering with Non- Quadratic Adaptive Distances for Interval- Type Data 184
Partial Moments and Negative Moments in Ordering Asymmetric Distributions 192
Pattern Recognition and Computational Learning 200
Classification of Method Fragments Using a Reference Meta Model 201
Finding Metabolic Pathways in Decision Forests 209
Randomization in Aggregated Classification Trees 217
Data Mining - The Polish Experience 227
Extracting Continuous Relevant Features 234
Individual Rationality Versus Group Rationality in Statistical Modelling Issues 249
Mining Promising Qualification Patterns 259
Time Series Analysis 267
Partial Correlation Graphs and Dynamic Latent Variables for Physiological Time Series 268
Bootstrap Resampling Tests for Quantized Time Series 276
Imputation Strategies for Missing Data in Environmental Time Series for an Unlucky Situation 284
Prediction of Notes from Vocal Time Series: An Overview 292
Parsimonious Segmentation of Time Series by Potts Models 304
Marketing, Retailing, and Marketing Research 312
Application of Discrete Choice Methods in Consumer Preference Analysis 313
Competition Analysis in Marketing Using Rank Ordered Data 321
Handling Missing Values in Marketing Research Using SOM 330
Applicability of Customer Churn Forecasts in a Non- Contractual Setting 338
A Gravity- Based Multidimensional Unfolding Model for Preference Data 346
Customer Relationship Management in the Telecommunications and Utilities Markets 354
Strengths and Weaknesses of Support Vector Machines Within Marketing Data Analysis 363
Classification of Career- Lifestyle Patterns of Women 371
Joint Space Model for Multidimensional Scaling of Two- Mode Three- Way Asymmetric Proximities 379
Structural Model of Product Meaning Using Means- End Approach 387
The Concept of Chains as a Tool for MSA Contributing to the International Market Segmentation 396
Statistical Analysis of Innovative Activity 404
The Prospects of Electronic Commerce: The Case of the Food Industry 414
Finance, Capital Markets, and Risk Management 424
Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns in Germany 425
Application of Classification Methods to the Evaluation of Polish Insurance Companies 433
Analytic Hierarchy Process — Applications in Banking 441
Tail Dependence in Multivariate Data - Review of Some Problems 452
The Stock Market Performance of German Family Firms 460
Testing of Warrants Market Efficiency on the Warsaw Stock Exchange — Classical Approach 467
Group Opinion Structure: The Ideal Structures, their Relevance, and Effective Use 477
Volatility Forecasts and Value at Risk Evaluation for the MSCI North America Index 488
Selected Methods of Credibility Theory and its Application to Calculating Insurance Premium in Heterogeneous Insurance Portfolios 496
Support Vector Machines for Credit Scoring: Extension to Non Standard Cases 504
Discovery of Risk- Return Efficient Structures in Middle- Market Credit Portfolios 512
Approximation of Distributions of Treasury Bill Yields and Interbank Rates by Means of a- stable and Hyperbolic Distributions'*' 521
Stability of Selected Linear Ranking Methods - An Attempt of Evaluation for the Polish Stock Market 529
Production, Logistics, and Controlling 539
A Two- Phase Grammar- Based Genetic Algorithm for a Workshop ScheduUng Problem 540
Classification and Representation of Suppliers Using Principle Component Analysis 549
A Knowledge Based Approach for Holistic Decision Support in Manufacturing Systems 557
Intelligent Fashion Interfaces - Questions to New Challenges of Classifying 564
Full Factorial Design, Taguchi Design or Genetic Algorithms — Teaching Different Approaches to Design of Experiments 572
Medicine and Health Services 580
Requirement- Driven Assessment of Restructuring Measures in Hospitals 581
Analyzing Protein Data with the Generative Topographic Mapping Approach 589
How Can Data from German Cancer Registries Be Used for Research Purposes? 597
Probabilistic Record Linkage of Anonymous Cancer Registry Records 603
An Empirical Study Evaluating the Organization and Costs of Hospital Management 609
Index 617

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.6.2006
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 616 p. 143 illus.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Datenbanken
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Web / Internet
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Statistik
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Buchhandel / Bibliothekswesen
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Wirtschaftsinformatik
• Schlagworte: Analysis • classification • Clustering • Controlling • Data Analysis • Data Science • data structures • information system • information systems • learning • Production • Statistics • Time Series
• ISBN-10: 3-540-26981-9 / 3540269819
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-26981-6 / 9783540269816