Classification, Automation, and New Media: Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Klassifikation e.V., University of Passau, March 15—17, 2000

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Clustering and Models....Pages 3-16
Some New and Some Old Results for the Polytomous Rasch Model....Pages 17-27
Some Basic Results on the Extension of Quasi-likelihood Based Measurement Error Correction to Multivariate and Flexible Structural Models....Pages 29-36
On the Optimal Number of Clusters in Histogram Clustering....Pages 37-45
The Dual Dynamic Factor Analysis Models....Pages 47-58
Joint Non-symmetrical Correspondence Analysis with Ordered Categories....Pages 59-66
Regression Analysis of Extremely Multicollinear Data....Pages 67-74
Modern Data Analysis: A Clash of Paradigms....Pages 75-85
Two-mode Clustering with Genetic Algorithms....Pages 87-93
Exact Tests for the Comparison of Binary Data Structures in Time....Pages 95-106
Connected Maximum Split Clustering of Ladder Graphs....Pages 107-114
A Generalization of Two-mode Three-way Asymmetric Multidimensional Scaling....Pages 115-122
Central Limit Theorem for Probabilities of Correct Classification....Pages 123-130
A New Model for the Analysis of Multitrait-multimethod Data....Pages 131-138
Discrete and Continuous Models for Two-way Data....Pages 139-147
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Towards Feature Fusion — A Classifier on the Basis of Automatically Generated Significant Contour Sections....Pages 151-158
Convex Discriminant Analysis Tools for Non Convex Pattern Recognition....Pages 159-166
Sparse Kernel Feature Analysis....Pages 167-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Exploring Association Rules by Interactive Graphics....Pages 181-188
Classification of Texts with Support Vector Machines: An Examination of the Efficiency of Kernels and Data-transformations....Pages 189-197
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Text Mining with the Help of Cohesion Trees....Pages 199-206
New Features of Categorical Principal Components Analysis for Complicated Data Sets, Including Data Mining....Pages 207-217
Supplement of Information: Data Integration by Classification of Pairs of Records....Pages 219-226
The Completion of Missing Values by Neural Nets for Data Mining....Pages 227-234
Knowledge Landscapes: Clustering Hypermedia Course Content for Efficient Overviews....Pages 235-243
Simplification of Knowledge Discovery using “Structure Classification”....Pages 245-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Natural Language-based Specification and Fuzzy Logic for the Multimedia Development Process....Pages 255-263
A Tool System for an Object-oriented Approach to Construction and Maintenance of Hypermedia Documents....Pages 265-272
Recommendations for Virtual Universities from Observed User Behavior....Pages 273-280
Virtual Dialect Areas in the Internet: “Townchats”....Pages 281-288
The Navigation Problem in the World-Wide-Web....Pages 289-297
Mining Web Usage Data for Automatic Site Personalization....Pages 299-312
Integrating Combinatorial Relationships in a Cartography for Web Site Promotion....Pages 313-320
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Common Due Date Scheduling — Straddling Jobs and Due Windows —....Pages 323-332
Currency Derivatives in German Non-financials: Empirical Evidence on Theoretical Approaches....Pages 333-341
Data Visualization and Preparation by Separating Sales Force Data....Pages 343-349
Fuzzy Scenario Evaluation....Pages 351-358
Fair Stock Risk Premiums under Firm-specific Price Jumps....Pages 359-366
What Components Determine Stock Market Returns in the 1990’s?....Pages 367-373
A Comparison of Estimators for Multivariate ARCH Models....Pages 375-382
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Pricing of a New Integrated Risk Reinsurance Product....Pages 383-390
A Multiple Method Approach for Discrimination and Classification in Marketing Research....Pages 391-399
Goodness-of-Fit Measures for Two-mode Cluster Analyses....Pages 401-408
On Volatility Transfers During the Asia Crisis in 1997-1998....Pages 409-418
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
QTL Mapping in Plant Populations....Pages 421-428
Robust Multivariate Methods in Geostatistics....Pages 429-436
Resampling Methods in Physical Mapping....Pages 437-444
Validating Dialect Comparison Methods....Pages 445-452
Rater Classification on the Basis of Latent Features in Responding to Situations....Pages 453-461
Results of Automatic Conversion of Diagnoses from ICD-9 to ICD-10 for Cancer Registration....Pages 463-469
Exploring Roman Brick and Tile by Cluster Analysis with Validation of Results....Pages 471-478
Relief Intensity and the Formation of the Archaeological Record....Pages 479-489
Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Cancer Mortality Rates....Pages 491-498
The Classification of Critical Periods for Melanoma Development due to UV-Radiation....Pages 499-505
Classification in the Prescription of Medicaments....Pages 507-513
Effects of Independent Non-differential Misclassification on the Attributable Risk....Pages 515-522
A New Approach to Discriminant Analysis with Longitudinal Data....Pages 523-529
Back Matter....Pages 531-535