New Statistical Developments in Data Science: SIS 2017, Florence, Italy, June 28-30

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Monitoring the Spatial Correlation Among Functional Data Streams Through Moran’s Index  (A. Balzanella, E. Romano, Rosanna Verde, F. Fortuna, F. Maturo, S. A. Gattone et al.)....Pages 3-12
 User Profile Construction Method for Personalized Access to Data Sources Using Multivariate Conjoint Analysis and Collaborating Filtering  (Oumayma Banouar, Said Raghay)....Pages 13-25
 Clustering Communities Using Interval K-Means  (Carlo Drago)....Pages 27-38
 Text Mining and Big Textual Data: Relevant Statistical Models  (Fionn Murtagh)....Pages 39-52
 A Three-Way Data Analysis Approach for Analyzing Multiplex Networks  (Giancarlo Ragozini, Maria Prosperina Vitale, Giuseppe Giordano)....Pages 53-63
 Comparing FPCA Based on Conditional Quantile Functions and FPCA Based on Conditional Mean Function  (M. Ruggieri, F. Di Salvo, A. Plaia)....Pages 65-76
 Statistical Archetypal Analysis for Cognitive Categorization  (Francesco Santelli, Francesco Palumbo, Giancarlo Ragozini)....Pages 77-89
 Inferring Rater Agreement with Ordinal Classification  (Amalia Vanacore, Maria Sole Pellegrino)....Pages 91-101
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 Bayesian Analysis of ERG Models for Multilevel, Multiplex, and Multilayered Networks with Sampled or Missing Data  (Johan Koskinen, Chiara Broccatelli, Peng Wang, Garry Robins)....Pages 105-117
 Bayesian Kantorovich Deconvolution in Finite Mixture Models  (Catia Scricciolo)....Pages 119-134
 Discovering and Locating High-Energy Extra-galactic Sources by Bayesian Mixture Modelling  (Andrea Sottosanti, Denise Costantin, Denis Bastieri, Alessandra R. Brazzale)....Pages 135-148
 Bayesian Estimation of Causal Effects in Carcinogenicity Tests Based upon CTA  (Federico M. Stefanini, Giulia Callegaro)....Pages 149-164
 Performance Comparison of Heterogeneity Measures for Count Data Models in Bayesian Perspective  (M. Subbiah, R. Renuka Devi, M. Gallo, M. R. Srinivasan)....Pages 165-176
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 Sampling and Modelling Issues Using Big Data in Now-Casting  (M. Simona Andreano, Roberto Benedetti, Federica Piersimoni, Paolo Postiglione, Giovanni Savio)....Pages 179-189
 Sample Design for the Integration of Population Census and Social Surveys Il Disegno Campionario per L’integrazione Del Censimento Della Popolazione e delle Indagini Sociali  (D’Alò Michele, Falorsi Stefano, Fasulo Andrea, Solari Fabrizio)....Pages 191-202
 Sampling Schemes Using Scanner Data for the Consumer Price Index  (Claudia De Vitiis, Alessio Guandalini, Francesca Inglese, Marco Dionisio Terribili)....Pages 203-217
 An Investigation of Hierarchical and Empirical Bayesian Small Area Predictors Under Measurement Error  (Silvia Polettini, Serena Arima)....Pages 219-232
 Indicators for Monitoring the Survey Data Quality When Non-response or a Convenience Sample Occurs  (Emilia Rocco)....Pages 233-245
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 The Propensity to Leave the Country of Origin of Young Europeans  (Paolo Balduzzi, Alessandro Rosina, Emiliano Sironi)....Pages 249-261
 New Insights on Student Evaluation of Teaching in Italy  (Francesca Bassi, Leonardo Grilli, Omar Paccagnella, Carla Rampichini, Roberta Varriale)....Pages 263-274
 Eurostat Methodological Network: Skills Mapping for a Collaborative Statistical Office  (Agne Bikauskaite, Dario Buono)....Pages 275-291
 The Evaluation of the Inequality Between Population Subgroups  (Michele Costa)....Pages 293-304
 Basketball Analytics Using Spatial Tracking Data  (Marica Manisera, Rodolfo Metulini, Paola Zuccolotto)....Pages 305-318
 New Fuzzy Composite Indicators for Dyslexia  (Isabella Morlini, Maristella Scorza)....Pages 319-328
 Who Tweets in Italian? Demographic Characteristics of Twitter Users  (Righi Alessandra, Mauro M. Gentile, Domenico M. Bianco)....Pages 329-344
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 An Approach to Developing a Scoring System for Peer-to-Peer (p2p) Lending Platform  (Alexander Agapitov, Irina Lakman, Zoya Maksimenko, Natalia Efimenko)....Pages 347-357
 What Do Employers Look for When Hiring New Graduates? Answers from the Electus Survey  (Paolo Mariani, Andrea Marletta, Mariangela Zenga)....Pages 359-372
 Modeling Household Income with Contaminated Unimodal Distributions  (Angelo Mazza, Antonio Punzo)....Pages 373-391
 Endowments and Rewards in the Labour Market: Their Role in Changing Wage Inequality in Europe  (Gennaro Punzo, Mariateresa Ciommi, Gaetano Musella, Rosalia Castellano)....Pages 393-406
 An Analysis of Wage Distribution Equality Dynamics in Poland Based on Linear Dependencies  (Viktoriya Voytsekhovska, Olivier Karl Butzbach)....Pages 407-417
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 Unions of Orthogonal Arrays and Their Aberrations via Hilbert Bases  (Roberto Fontana, Fabio Rapallo)....Pages 421-434
 A Copula-Based Hidden Markov Model for Toroidal Time Series  (Francesco Lagona)....Pages 435-446
 A Biased Kaczmarz Algorithm for Clustered Equations  (Alessandro Lanteri, Mauro Maggioni, Stefano Vigogna)....Pages 447-456
 Nearly Unbiased Probability Plots for Extreme Value Distributions  (Antonio Lepore)....Pages 457-468
 Estimating High-Dimensional Regression Models with Bootstrap Group Penalties  (Valentina Mameli, Debora Slanzi, Irene Poli)....Pages 469-479