New Developments in Classification and Data Analysis (eBook)

Proceedings of the Meeting of the Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG) of the Italian Statistical Society, University of Bologna, September 22-24, 2003

Maurizio Vichi, Paola Monari, Stefania Mignani, Angela Montanari (Herausgeber)

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2006
370 Seiten
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-540-27373-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume contains revised versions of selected papers presented during the biannual meeting of the Classification and Data Analysis Group of SocietA Italiana di Statistica, which was held in Bologna, September 22-24, 2003. The scientific program of the conference included 80 contributed papers. Moreover it was possible to recruit six internationally renowned invited spe- ers for plenary talks on their current research works regarding the core topics of IFCS (the International Federation of Classification Societies) and Wo- gang Gaul and the colleagues of the GfKl organized a session. Thus, the conference provided a large number of scientists and experts from home and abroad with an attractive forum for discussions and mutual exchange of knowledge. The talks in the different sessions focused on methodological developments in supervised and unsupervised classification and in data analysis, also p- viding relevant contributions in the context of applications. This suggested the presentation of the 43 selected papers in three parts as follows: CLASSIFICATION AND CLUSTERING Non parametric classification Clustering and dissimilarities MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS AND DATA ANALYSIS APPLIED MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS Environmental data Microarray data Behavioural and text data Financial data We wish to express our gratitude to the authors whose enthusiastic p- ticipation made the meeting possible. We are very grateful to the reviewers for the time spent in their professional reviewing work. We would also like to extend our thanks to the chairpersons and discussants of the sessions: their comments and suggestions proved very stimulating both for the authors and the audience.

Inhalt

Preface 6
Contents 8
Classification and Clustering 12
Multi- Class Budget Exploratory Trees 13
Methods to Compare Nonparametric Classifiers and to Select the Predictors 21
Variable Selection in Cell Classification Problems: A Strategy Based on Independent Component Analysis 30
Simplifying Classification Trees Through Consensus Methods 39
Selecting the Training Set in Classification Problems with Rare Events 46
A Classification and Discrimination Integrated Strategy Conducted on Symbolic Data for Missing Data Treatment in Questionnaire Survey 54
A Collinearity Based Hierarchical Method to Identify Clusters of Variables 62
On the Dynamic Time Warping for Computing the Dissimilarity Between Curves 70
Metrics in Symbolic Data Analysis 78
Constrained Clusterwise Linear Regression 86
Crossed Clustering Method on Symbolic Data Tables 94
Multivariate Statistics and Data Analysis 102
Some Statistical Applications of Centrosymmetric Matrices 103
Selection of Structural Equation Models with the PLS- VB Programme 111
Web Robot Detection - Preprocessing Web Logfiles for Robot Detection 119
Data Dependent Prior Modeling and Estimation in Contingency Tables: The Order- Restricted RC Model 131
PLS Typological Regression: Algorithmic, Classification and Validation Issues 139
Weighted Metric Multidimensional Scaling 147
An Improved Majorization Algorithm for Robust Procrustes Analysis 156
Generalized Bi-Additive Modelling for Categorical Data 164
Model Selection Procedures in Three- Mode Component Models 172
Principal Component Analysis for Non- Precise 178
A New Version of the Structural Dynamic Model with Unique Latent Scores 190
Some Issues About the Use of Experts 198
Nonparametric Methods in Survey Sampling 208
A Different Approach for the Analysis of Web Access Logs 216
Blending Statistics and Graphics in Visual Data Mining 222
Confidence Regions in Multivariate Calibration: A Proposal 230
Applied Multivariate Statistics 238
Nonparametric Analysis of Air Pollution Indices Compositions 239
VAR Models for Spatio-temporal Structures: An Application to Environmental Data 247
Analysis of Spatial Covariance Structure for Environmental Data 255
Bayesian Clustering of Gene Expression Dynamics: An Application 263
A Hierarchical Mixture Model for Gene Expression Data 271
Sequence Analysis of BHPS Life Course Data 279
Robust Multivariate Met hods for the Analysis of the University Performance 288
Some Insights into the Evolution of 1990s' Standard Italian Using Text Mining Techniques and Automatic Categorization 296
Evaluating Undergraduate Education Through Multiple Choice Tests 306
A New Approach in Business Travel Survey: Multivariate Techniques for Strata Design 314
Value-Orientations and Partnership 320
An Item Response Theory Model for Student Ability Evaluation Using Computer- Automated Test Results 328
Functional Cluster Analysis of Financial Time Series 336
The Role of the Normal Distribution in Financial Markets 345
Functional Principal Component Analysis of Financial Time Series 353
Elliptically Symmetric Distributions: A Review of Achieved Results and Open Issues 361
Author and Subject Index 369

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.5.2006
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization
• Reihe/Serie: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization
• Zusatzinfo: X, 370 p. 92 illus.
• Verlagsort: Berlin
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Datenbanken
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Wahrscheinlichkeit / Kombinatorik
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: ACCESS • Calculus • classification • cluster analysis • Clustering • Data Analysis • Data Mining • linear regression • Modeling • Multidimensional Scaling • Multivariate Statistics • Non-parametric Classification • Performance • Principal Component Analysis • Statistics • Time Series
• ISBN-10: 3-540-27373-5 / 3540273735
• ISBN-13: 978-3-540-27373-8 / 9783540273738