Data Analysis: Scientific Modeling and Practical Application

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Clustering Relational Data....Pages 3-15
An Iterative Relocation Algorithm for Classifying Symbolic Data....Pages 17-23
Automatic Classification with Classifying Automata....Pages 25-39
Classification and Clustering of Objects With Variants....Pages 41-50
Non-Hierarchical Classification Structures....Pages 51-65
Clustering and Classification Based on Expert Knowledge Propagation Using a Probabilistic Self-Organizing Map: Application to Geophysics....Pages 67-78
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Unobserved Heterogeneity in Mean- and Covariance Structure Models....Pages 81-93
Average Consensus in Numerical Taxonomy and Some Generalizations....Pages 95-104
Exploring Multivariate Modality by Unsupervised Mixture of Cubic B-Splines in 1-D Using Model Selection Criteria....Pages 105-119
On a Framework for Dissimilarity Analysis....Pages 121-134
Least-Squares Ultrametric Tree Representations of Three- Way One-Mode Proximity Data....Pages 135-144
From Data Mining to Knowledge Mining: An Introduction to Symbolic Data Analysis....Pages 145-155
Evidence for a Relationship Between Algorithmic Scheme and Shape of Inferred Trees....Pages 157-168
Testing for Antimodes....Pages 169-181
A Classification of Bivariate Negative Binomial Distributions....Pages 183-195
Robust Forecasting of Parametric Trend of Time Series under “Outliers”....Pages 197-206
Projections Distinguishing Isolated Groups in Multivariate Data Spaces....Pages 207-218
Non-Symmetrical Data Analysis Approaches: Recent Developments and Perspectives....Pages 219-232
Contiguity Analysis and Classification....Pages 233-243
New Results in Cutting Seriation for Approximate #SAT....Pages 245-257
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
Applied Bayesian Data Analysis Using State-Space Models....Pages 259-271
Intelligent Data Modeling Based on the Wavelet Transform and Data Entropy....Pages 273-284
A Characterization of Ordinal Data....Pages 285-298
Generalized Impulse Response Functions for VAR-GARCH-M Models....Pages 299-311
A New Geometrical Hypothesis for Partitioning and Discriminant Analysis....Pages 313-324
Ultrametrics and p -adic Numbers....Pages 325-334
An Algorithm for Positive-Breakdown Regression Based on Concentration Steps....Pages 335-346
Unidimensional Structure Detected by Analysis of an Asymmetric Data Matrix....Pages 347-357
A Geometrical Relational Model for Data Analysis....Pages 359-368
Towards a Statistical Theory of Optimal Quantization....Pages 369-383
Robust Clustering....Pages 385-392
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Bump Hunting for Risk: A New Data Mining Tool....Pages 395-404
Clusters of Bibliographic References: A Brief Case Study....Pages 405-411
Online Classification of States in Intensive Care....Pages 413-428
Frequent Generalized Subsequences — A Problem From Web Mining....Pages 429-445
myVU: A Next Generation Recommender System Based on Observed Consumer Behavior and Interactive Evolutionary Algorithms....Pages 447-457
Global Optimization Methods for Multidimensional Scaling Applied to Mobile Communications....Pages 459-469
Synergy in Drug Combinations....Pages 471-475
Maximum Likelihood Clustering for Elasticity-Based Market Segmentation....Pages 477-486
Statistics and Data Analysis in Market Risk Measurement....Pages 487-494
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
An Asymmetric Cluster Analysis Study of Car Switching Data....Pages 495-504
Visualization of Multivariate Data by Scaling and Property Fitting....Pages 505-514
Facts and Problems in the Lung Cancer Medical Cost Analysis Through Claims Data....Pages 515-519
Back Matter....Pages 521-528