Advances in Data Analysis: Theory and Applications to Reliability and Inference, Data Mining, Bioinformatics, Lifetime Data, and Neural Networks

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Assessing the Stability of Supplementary Elements on Principal Axes Maps Through Bootstrap Resampling. Contribution to Interpretation in Textual Analysis....Pages 3-11
A Doubly Projected Analysis for Lexical Tables....Pages 13-19
Analysis of a Mixture of Closed and Open-Ended Questions in the Case of a Multilingual Survey....Pages 21-31
Number of Frequent Patterns in Random Databases....Pages 33-45
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Introduction....Pages 49-50
Measures of Divergence in Model Selection....Pages 51-65
High Leverage Points and Outliers in Generalized Linear Models for Ordinal Data....Pages 67-80
On a Minimization Problem Involving Divergences and Its Applications....Pages 81-94
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Remarks on Stochastic Models Under Consideration....Pages 97-104
New Invariance Principles for Critical Branching Process in Random Environment....Pages 105-115
Gaussian Approximation for Multichannel Queueing Systems....Pages 117-128
Stochastic Insurance Models, Their Optimality and Stability....Pages 129-140
Central Limit Theorem for Random Fields and Applications....Pages 141-150
A Berry – Esseen Type Estimate for Dependent Systems on Transitive Graphs....Pages 151-156
Critical and Subcritical Branching Symmetric Random Walks on d -Dimensional Lattices....Pages 157-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Finite Markov Chain Embedding for the Exact Distribution of Patterns in a Set of Random Sequences....Pages 171-180
On the Convergence of the Discrete-Time Homogeneous Markov Chain....Pages 181-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
Comparing the Gompertz-Type Models with a First Passage Time Density Model....Pages 203-209
A Comparison of Recent Procedures in Weibull Mixture Testing....Pages 211-218
Hierarchical Bayesian Modelling of Geographic Dependence of Risk in Household Insurance....Pages 219-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
The FCN Framework: Development and Applications....Pages 231-265
On the Use of Self-Organising Maps to Analyse Spectral Data....Pages 267-274
Neuro-Fuzzy Versus Traditional Models for Forecasting Wind Energy Production....Pages 275-287
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
Nonparametric Comparison of Several Sequential k -out-of- n Systems....Pages 291-304
Adjusting p -Values when n Is Large in the Presence of Nuisance Parameters....Pages 305-318
Front Matter....Pages 319-319
Fitting Pareto II Distributions on Firm Size: Statistical Methodology and Economic Puzzles....Pages 321-328
Application of Extreme Value Theory to Economic Capital Estimation....Pages 329-336
Multiresponse Robust Engineering: Industrial Experiment Parameter Estimation....Pages 337-344
Inference for Binomial Change Point Data....Pages 345-352
Back Matter....Pages 1-12