Classification, Data Analysis, and Data Highways: Proceedings of the 21st Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Klassifikation e.V., University of Potsdam, March 12–14, 1997

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Entropy Optimizing Methods for the Estimation of Tables....Pages 3-15
Automatic Spectral Classification....Pages 16-23
An Approach to Modelling Directional and Betweenness Data....Pages 24-34
The Application of Random Coincidence Graphs for Testing the Homogeneity of Data....Pages 35-45
City-Block Scaling: Smoothing Strategies for Avoiding Local Minima....Pages 46-53
Probability Models and Limit Theorems for Random Interval Graphs with Applications to Cluster Analysis....Pages 54-61
Labor Supply Decisions in Germany — A Semiparametric Regression Analysis....Pages 62-72
A Multiplicative Approach to Partitioning the Risk of Disease....Pages 73-80
Multiple Media Stream Data Analysis: Theory and Applications....Pages 81-86
Multimedia Data Analysis using ImageTcl....Pages 87-92
Robust Bivariate Boxplots and Visualization of Multivariate Data....Pages 93-100
Unsupervised Fuzzy Classification of Multispectral Imagery Using Spatial-Spectral Features....Pages 101-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Some News about C.A.MAN Computer Assisted Analysis of Mixtures....Pages 113-122
Mathematical Aspects of the Feature Pattern Analysis....Pages 123-131
A Note on the Off-Block-Diagonal Approximation of the Burt Matrix as Applied in Joint Correspondence Analysis....Pages 132-138
A New Look at the Visual Performance of Nonparametric Hazard Rate Estimators....Pages 139-146
Multilevel Modeling: When and Why....Pages 147-154
Upper Bounds for the P-Values of a Scan Statistic with a Variable Window....Pages 155-163
A Branch-and-bound Algorithm for Boolean Regression....Pages 164-171
Mathematical Classification and Clustering: From How to What and Why....Pages 172-181
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Heteroskedastic Linear Regression Models A Bayesian Analysis....Pages 182-191
A Heuristic Partial-Least-Squares Approach to Estimating Dynamic Path Models....Pages 192-201
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Using Logic for the Specification of Hypermedia Documents....Pages 205-212
Project TeleTeaching Mannheim — Heidelberg....Pages 213-222
WWW-Access to Relational Databases....Pages 223-233
Technology, Data, Relevancy: A Culture-Theoretical Look at the Internet....Pages 234-244
Self-Organizing Maps of Very Large Document Collections: Justification for the WEBSOM Method....Pages 245-252
Segment-Specific Aspects of Designing Online Services in the Internet....Pages 253-261
Design of World Wide Web Information Systems....Pages 262-269
Large WWW Systems: New Phenomena, Problems and Solutions....Pages 270-276
Structured Visualization of Search Result List....Pages 277-284
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Application of Discriminative Methods for Isolated Word Recognition....Pages 287-294
Statistical Classifiers in Computer Vision....Pages 295-303
Speech Signal Classification with Hybrid Systems....Pages 304-312
Stochastic Modelling of Knowledge Sources in Automatic Speech Recognition....Pages 313-334
Classification of Speech Pattern Using Locally Recurrent Neural Networks....Pages 335-342
Front Matter....Pages 343-343
Information Gathering for Vague Queries Using Case Retrieval Nets....Pages 345-354
Characterizing Bibliographic Databases by Content — an Experimental Approach....Pages 355-364
Medoc Searching Heterogeneous Bibliographic and Text Databases....Pages 365-373
Supervised Learning with Qualitative and Mixed Attributes....Pages 374-382
Front Matter....Pages 383-383
A Comparison of Traditional Segmentation Methods with Segmentation Based upon Artificial Neural Networks by Means of Conjoint Data from a Monte-Carlo-Simulation....Pages 385-392
Classification of Pricing Strategies in a Competitive Environment....Pages 393-400
Predicting the Amount of Purchase by a Procedure Using Multidimensional Scaling: An Application to Scanner Data on Beer....Pages 401-408
Back Matter....Pages 409-414