Classification, Clustering, and Data Analysis: Recent Advances and Applications

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Some Thoughts about Classification....Pages 5-26
Partial Defuzzification of Fuzzy Clusters....Pages 27-33
A New Clustering Approach, Based on the Estimation of the Probability Density Function, for Gene Expression Data....Pages 35-42
Two-mode Partitioning: Review of Methods and Application of Tabu Search....Pages 43-51
Dynamical Clustering of Interval Data: Optimization of an Adequacy Criterion Based on Hausdorff Distance....Pages 53-60
Removing Separation Conditions in a 1 against 3-Components Gaussian Mixture Problem....Pages 61-73
Obtaining Partitions of a Set of Hard or Fuzzy Partitions....Pages 75-79
Clustering for Prototype Selection using Singular Value Decomposition....Pages 81-88
Clustering in High-dimensional Data Spaces....Pages 89-96
Quantization of Models: Local Approach and Asymptotically Optimal Partitions....Pages 97-105
The Performance of an Autonomous Clustering Technique....Pages 107-112
Cluster Analysis by Restricted Random Walks....Pages 113-120
Missing Data in Hierarchical Classification of Variables — a Simulation Study....Pages 121-128
Representation and Evaluation of Partitions....Pages 131-138
Assessing the Number of Clusters of the Latent Class Model....Pages 139-146
Validation of Very Large Data Sets Clustering by Means of a Nonparametric Linear Criterion....Pages 147-157
Effect of Feature Selection on Bagging Classifiers Based on Kernel Density Estimators....Pages 161-168
Biplot Methodology for Discriminant Analysis Based upon Robust Methods and Principal Curves....Pages 169-176
Bagging Combined Classifiers....Pages 177-184
Application of Bayesian Decision Theory to Constrained Classification Networks....Pages 185-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Quotient Dissimilarities, Euclidean Embeddability, and Huygens’ Weak Principle....Pages 195-202
Conjoint Analysis and Stimulus Presentation — a Comparison of Alternative Methods....Pages 203-210
Grade Correspondence-cluster Analysis Applied to Separate Components of Reversely Regular Mixtures....Pages 211-218
Obtaining Reducts with a Genetic Algorithm....Pages 219-225
A Projection Algorithm for Regression with Collinearity....Pages 227-234
Confronting Data Analysis with Constructivist Philosophy....Pages 235-243
Maximum Likelihood Clustering with Outliers....Pages 247-255
An Improved Method for Estimating the Modes of the Probability Density Function and the Number of Classes for PDF-based Clustering....Pages 257-262
Maximization of Measure of Allowable Sample Sizes Region in Stratified Sampling....Pages 263-269
On Estimation of Population Averages on the Basis of Cluster Sample....Pages 271-277
Symbolic Regression Analysis....Pages 281-288
Modelling Memory Requirement with Normal Symbolic Form....Pages 289-296
Mixture Decomposition of Distributions by Copulas....Pages 297-310
Determination of the Number of Clusters for Symbolic Objects Described by Interval Variables....Pages 311-318
Symbolic Data Analysis Approach to Clustering Large Datasets....Pages 319-327
Symbolic Class Descriptions....Pages 329-337
A Comparison of Alternative Methods for Detecting Reticulation Events in Phylogenetic Analysis....Pages 341-347
Hierarchical Clustering of Multiple Decision Trees....Pages 349-357
Multiple Consensus Trees....Pages 359-364
A Family of Average Consensus Methods for Weighted Trees....Pages 365-369
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Comparison of Four Methods for Inferring Additive Trees from Incomplete Dissimilarity Matrices....Pages 371-378
Quartet Trees as a Tool to Reconstruct Large Trees from Sequences....Pages 379-388
Regression Trees for Longitudinal Data with Time-Dependent Covariates....Pages 391-398
Tree-based Models in Statistics: Three Decades of Research....Pages 399-407
Computationally Efficient Linear Regression Trees....Pages 409-415
A Clustering Based Procedure for Learning the Hidden Unit Parameters in Elliptical Basis Function Networks....Pages 419-426
Multi-layer Perceptron on Interval Data....Pages 427-434
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Textual Analysis of Customer Statements for Quality Control and Help Desk Support....Pages 437-445
AHP as Support for Strategy Decision Making in Banking....Pages 447-453
Bioinformatics and Classification: The Analysis of Genome Expression Data....Pages 455-461
Glaucoma Diagnosis by Indirect Classifiers....Pages 463-470
A Cluster Analysis of the Importance of Country and Sector on Company Returns....Pages 471-477
Problems of Classification in Investigative Psychology....Pages 479-487
Back Matter....Pages 489-492