Combining Soft Computing and Statistical Methods in Data Analysis

Front Matter....Pages -
Prior Knowledge in the Classification of Biomedical Data....Pages 1-8
Estimation of a Simple Genetic Algorithm Applied to a Laboratory Experiment....Pages 9-16
A Comparison of Robust Methods for Pareto Tail Modeling in the Case of Laeken Indicators....Pages 17-24
R Code for Hausdorff and Simplex Dispersion Orderings in the 2D Case....Pages 25-31
On Some Confidence Regions to Estimate a Linear Regression Model for Interval Data....Pages 33-40
Possibilistic Coding: Error Detection vs. Error Correction....Pages 41-48
Coherent Correction for Conditional Probability Assessments with R....Pages 49-56
Inferential Rules for Weak Graphoid....Pages 57-64
Fast Factorization of Probability Trees and Its Application to Recursive Trees Learning....Pages 65-72
Option Pricing in Incomplete Markets Based on Partial Information....Pages 73-80
Lorenz Curves of extrema ....Pages 81-88
Likelihood in a Possibilistic and Probabilistic Context: A Comparison....Pages 89-96
Nonparametric Predictive Inference for Order Statistics of Future Observations....Pages 97-104
Expected Pair-Wise Comparison of the Outcomes of a Fuzzy Random Variable....Pages 105-113
The Behavioral Meaning of the Median....Pages 115-122
Functional Classification and the Random Tukey Depth. Practical Issues....Pages 123-130
On Concordance Measures and Copulas with Fractal Support....Pages 131-138
Factorisation Properties of the Strong Product....Pages 139-147
Hadamard Majorants for the Convex Order and Applications....Pages 149-154
How to Avoid LEM Cycles in Mutual Rank Probability Relations....Pages 155-163
Functional Inequalities Characterizing the Frank Family of Copulas....Pages 165-172
Recent Developments in Censored, Non-Markov Multi-State Models....Pages 173-179
Maximum Likelihood from Evidential Data: An Extension of the EM Algorithm....Pages 181-188
A Decision Rule for Imprecise Probabilities Based on Pair-Wise Comparison of Expectation Bounds....Pages 189-197
Handling Bipolar Knowledge with Credal Sets....Pages 199-207
Coherent Upper Conditional Previsions and Their Integral Representation with Respect to Hausdorff Outer Measures....Pages 209-216
Statistical Inference with Belief Functions and Possibility Measures: A Discussion of Basic Assumptions....Pages 217-225
Representation of Exchangeable Sequences by Means of Copulas....Pages 227-232
Area-Level Time Models for Small Area Estimation of Poverty Indicators....Pages 233-237
Flood Analysis: On the Automation of the Geomorphological-Historical Method....Pages 239-246
Geometric Sampling: An Approach to Uncertainty in High Dimensional Spaces....Pages 247-254
Inverse Problems and Model Reduction Techniques....Pages 255-262
A Linearity Test for a Simple Regression Model with LR Fuzzy Response....Pages 263-271
Soft Methods in Robust Statistics....Pages 273-280
 S -Statistics and Their Basic Properties....Pages 281-288
Particle Swarm Optimization and Inverse Problems....Pages 289-296
Linear Approximations to the Power Function of Robust Tests....Pages 297-303
Decision Support for Evolving Clustering....Pages 305-312
On Jaffray’s Decision Model for Belief Functions....Pages 313-320
Quasi Conjunction and p-Entailment in Nonmonotonic Reasoning....Pages 321-328
Elements of Robust Regression for Data with Absolute and Relative Information....Pages 329-335
On Testing Fuzzy Independence Application in Quality Control....Pages 337-344
The Fisher’s Linear Discriminant....Pages 345-352
Testing Archimedeanity....Pages 353-360
An Attempt to Define Graphical Models in Dempster-Shafer Theory of Evidence....Pages 361-368
Comparison of Time Series via Classic and Temporal Protoforms of Linguistic Summaries: An Application to Mutual Funds and Their Benchmarks....Pages 369-377
Mining Gradual Dependencies Based on Fuzzy Rank Correlation....Pages 379-386
From Probabilities to Belief Functions on MV-Algebras....Pages 387-394
Soft Methods in Trend Detection....Pages 395-402
Linguistic Decision Trees for Fusing Tidal Surge Forecasting Models....Pages 403-410
Set-Valued Square Integrable Martingales and Stochastic Integral....Pages 411-417
Smooth Transition from Mixed Models to Fixed Models....Pages 419-425
Mixture Models with a Black-Hole Component....Pages 427-435
On the Preservations of Contractions: An Application to Stochastic Orders....Pages 437-442
A New Multivariate Stochastic Order, Main Properties....Pages 443-448
ANOVA for Fuzzy Random Variables Using the R-package SAFD....Pages 449-456
Probability Tree Factorisation with Median Free Term....Pages 457-465
Comparison of Random Variables Coupled by Archimedean Copulas....Pages 467-474
Two-Way Analysis of Variance for Interval-Valued Data....Pages 475-482
Estimating the Variance of a Kernel Density Estimation....Pages 483-490
Uncertainty Invariance Transformation in Continuous Case....Pages 491-498
Detection of Outliers Using Robust Principal Component Analysis: A Simulation Study....Pages 499-507
Exploiting Sparse Dependence Structure in Model Based Classification....Pages 509-517
Independence Tests for Uncertain Data with a Frequentist Method....Pages 519-526
Why Imprecise Regression: A Discussion....Pages 527-535
Power Analysis of the Homoscedasticity Test for Random Fuzzy Sets....Pages 537-544
Periodic Generalized-Differentiable Solutions to Fuzzy Differential Equations....Pages 545-552
The Selection of the Shrinkage Region in Small Area Estimation....Pages 553-560
Set-Valued Stochastic Processes and Sets of Probability Measures Induced by Stochastic Differential Equations with Random Set Parameters....Pages 561-568
Coupled Brownian Motion....Pages 569-574
The Median of a Random Interval....Pages 575-583
The Use of Sets of Stochastic Operators to Constructing Imprecise Probabilities....Pages 585-592
Prediction of Future Order Statistics from the Uniform Distribution....Pages 593-602
Balance Sheet Approach to Agent-Based Computational Economics: The EURACE Project....Pages 603-610
Connections between Statistical Depth Functions and Fuzzy Sets....Pages 611-618
An Alternative Approach to Evidential Network Construction....Pages 619-626
Large Deviations of Random Sets and Random Upper Semicontinuous Functions....Pages 627-634
A Note of Proposed Privacy Measures in Randomized Response Models....Pages 635-642
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