Advances in data analysis: proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of The Gesellschaft fur Klassifikation e.V., Freie Universitat Berlin, March 8-10, 2006

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Mixture Models for Classification....Pages 3-14
How to Choose the Number of Clusters: The Cramer Multiplicity Solution....Pages 15-22
Model Selection Criteria for Model-Based Clustering of Categorical Time Series Data: A Monte Carlo Study....Pages 23-30
Cluster Quality Indexes for Symbolic Classification — An Examination....Pages 31-38
Semi-Supervised Clustering: Application to Image Segmentation....Pages 39-50
A Method for Analyzing the Asymptotic Behavior of the Walk Process in Restricted Random Walk Cluster Algorithm....Pages 51-58
Cluster and Select Approach to Classifier Fusion....Pages 59-66
Random Intersection Graphs and Classification....Pages 67-74
Optimized Alignment and Visualization of Clustering Results....Pages 75-82
Finding Cliques in Directed Weighted Graphs Using Complex Hermitian Adjacency Matrices....Pages 83-90
Text Clustering with String Kernels in R....Pages 91-98
Automatic Classification of Functional Data with Extremal Information....Pages 99-106
Typicality Degrees and Fuzzy Prototypes for Clustering....Pages 107-114
On Validation of Hierarchical Clustering....Pages 115-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Rearranging Classified Items in Hierarchies Using Categorization Uncertainty....Pages 125-132
Localized Linear Discriminant Analysis....Pages 133-140
Calibrating Classifier Scores into Probabilities....Pages 141-148
Nonlinear Support Vector Machines Through Iterative Majorization and I-Splines....Pages 149-161
Deriving Consensus Rankings from Benchmarking Experiments....Pages 163-170
Classification of Contradiction Patterns....Pages 171-178
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Selecting SVM Kernels and Input Variable Subsets in Credit Scoring Models....Pages 179-186
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Simultaneous Selection of Variables and Smoothing Parameters in Geoadditive Regression Models....Pages 189-196
Modelling and Analysing Interval Data....Pages 197-208
Testing for Genuine Multimodality in Finite Mixture Models: Application to Linear Regression Models....Pages 209-216
Happy Birthday to You, Mr. Wilcoxon!....Pages 217-228
Equivalent Number of Degrees of Freedom for Neural Networks....Pages 229-236
Model Choice for Panel Spatial Models: Crime Modeling in Japan....Pages 237-244
A Boosting Approach to Generalized Monotonic Regression....Pages 245-254
From Eigenspots to Fisherspots — Latent Spaces in the Nonlinear Detection of Spot Patterns in a Highly Varying Background....Pages 255-262
Identifying and Exploiting Ultrametricity....Pages 263-272
Factor Analysis for Extraction of Structural Components and Prediction in Time Series....Pages 273-280
Classification of the U.S. Business Cycle by Dynamic Linear Discriminant Analysis....Pages 281-288
Examination of Several Results of Different Cluster Analyses with a Separate View to Balancing the Economic and Ecological Performance Potential of Towns and Cities....Pages 289-296
Front Matter....Pages 297-297
VOS: A New Method for Visualizing Similarities Between Objects....Pages 299-306
Multidimensional Scaling of Asymmetric Proximities with a Dominance Point....Pages 307-318
Single Cluster Visualization to Optimize Air Traffic Management....Pages 319-325
Rescaling Proximity Matrix Using Entropy Analyzed by INDSCAL....Pages 327-334
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Canonical Forms for Frequent Graph Mining....Pages 337-349
Applying Clickstream Data Mining to Real-Time Web Crawler Detection and Containment Using ClickTips Platform....Pages 351-358
Plagiarism Detection Without Reference Collections....Pages 359-366
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Putting Successor Variety Stemming to Work....Pages 367-374
Collaborative Filtering Based on User Trends....Pages 375-382
Investigating Unstructured Texts with Latent Semantic Analysis....Pages 383-390
Front Matter....Pages 391-391
Heterogeneity in Preferences for Odd Prices....Pages 393-400
Classification of Reference Models....Pages 401-408
Adaptive Conjoint Analysis for Pricing Music Downloads....Pages 409-416
Improving the Probabilistic Modeling of Market Basket Data....Pages 417-424
Classification in Marketing Research by Means of LEM2-generated Rules....Pages 425-432
Pricing Energy in a Multi-Utility Market....Pages 433-440
Disproportionate Samples in Hierarchical Bayes CBC Analysis....Pages 441-448
Building on the Arules Infrastructure for Analyzing Transaction Data with R....Pages 449-456
Balanced Scorecard Simulator — A Tool for Stochastic Business Figures....Pages 457-464
Integration of Customer Value into Revenue Management....Pages 465-472
Women’s Occupational Mobility and Segregation in the Labour Market: Asymmetric Multidimensional Scaling....Pages 473-480
Multilevel Dimensions of Consumer Relationships in the Healthcare Service Market M-L IRT vs. M-L SEM Approach....Pages 481-488
Data Mining in Higher Education....Pages 489-496
Attribute Aware Anonymous Recommender Systems....Pages 497-504
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
On the Notions and Properties of Risk and Risk Aversion in the Time Optimal Approach to Decision Making....Pages 507-514
A Model of Rational Choice Among Distributions of Goal Reaching Times....Pages 515-522
On Goal Reaching Time Distributions Estimated from DAX Stock Index Investments....Pages 523-530
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Credit Risk of Collaterals: Examining the Systematic Linkage between Insolvencies and Physical Assets in Germany....Pages 531-538
Foreign Exchange Trading with Support Vector Machines....Pages 539-546
The Influence of Specific Information on the Credit Risk Level....Pages 547-554
Front Matter....Pages 555-555
Enhancing Bluejay with Scalability, Genome Comparison and Microarray Visualization....Pages 557-568
Discovering Biomarkers for Myocardial Infarction from SELDI-TOF Spectra....Pages 569-576
Joint Analysis of In-situ Hybridization and Gene Expression Data....Pages 577-584
Unsupervised Decision Trees Structured by Gene Ontology (GO-UDTs) for the Interpretation of Microarray Data....Pages 585-592
Front Matter....Pages 593-593
Clustering of Polysemic Words....Pages 595-602
Classifying German Questions According to Ontology-Based Answer Types....Pages 603-610
The Relationship of Word Length and Sentence Length: The Inter-Textual Perspective....Pages 611-618
Comparing the Stability of Different Clustering Results of Dialect Data....Pages 619-626
Part-of-Speech Discovery by Clustering Contextual Features....Pages 627-634
Front Matter....Pages 635-635
A Probabilistic Framework for Audio-Based Tonal Key and Chord Recognition....Pages 637-644
Using MCMC as a Stochastic Optimization Procedure for Monophonic and Polyphonic Sound....Pages 645-652
Vowel Classification by a Neurophysiologically Parameterized Auditory Model....Pages 653-660
Front Matter....Pages 661-661
Uncovering the Internal Structure of the Roman Brick and Tile Making in Frankfurt-Nied by Cluster Validation....Pages 663-670
Where Did I See You Before... A Holistic Method to Compare and Find Archaeological Artifacts....Pages 671-680
Back Matter....Pages 681-687