ISBN: 354043691X
TITLE: Studies in Classification
AUTHOR: Jajuga et al.
TOC:

Preface V
Part I. Clustering and Discrimination
Clustering 3
Some Thoughts about Classification 5
Frank Hampel
Partial Defuzzification of Fuzzy Clusters 27
Slavka Bodjanova
A New Clustering Approach, Based on the Estimation of the Probability Density Function, for Gene Expression Data 35
Nol Bonnet, Michel Herbin, Jrme Cutrona, Jean-Marie Zahm
Two-mode Partitioning: Review of Methods and Application of Tabu Search 43
William Castillo, Javier Trejos'
Dynamical Clustering of Interval Data Optimization 53
Marie Chavent, Yves Lechevallier
Removing Separation Conditions in a 1 against 3-Components Gaussian Mixture Problem 61
Bernard Garel and Franck Goussanou
Obtaining Partitions of a Set of Hard or Fuzzy Partitions 75
Allan D. Gordon, Maurizio Vichi
Clustering for Prototype Selection using Singular Value De-composition 81
A. K. V. Sai Jayram, M. Narasimha Murty
Clustering in High-dimensional Data Spaces 89
Fionn Murtagh
Quantization of Models: Local Approach and Asymptotically Optimal Partitions 97
Klaus Ptzelberger
The Performance of an Autonomous Clustering Technique 107
Yoshiharu Sato
Cluster Analysis with Restricted Random Walks 113
Joachim Schll, Elisabeth Paschinger
Missing Data in Hierarchical Classification of Variables - a Simulation Study 121
Ana Lorga da Silva, Helena Bacelar-Nicolau, Gilbert Saporta
Cluster Validation 130
Representation and Evaluation of Partitions 131
Alain Gunoche, Henri Garreta
Assessing the Number of Clusters of the Latent Class Model 139
Franois-Xavier Jollois, Mohamed Nadif and Grard Govaert
Validation of Very Large Data Sets Clustering by Means of a Nonparametric Linear Criterion 147
Israel Lerman, Joaquim Pinto da Costa, Helena Silva
Discrimination 160
Effect of Feature Selection on Bagging Classifiers Based on Kernel Density Estimators 161
Edgar Acua, Alex Rojas, Frida Coaquira
Biplot Methodology for Discriminant Analysis Based upon Robust Methods and Principal Curves 169
Sugnet Gardner, Niel le Roux
Bagging Combined Classifiers 177
Torsten Hothorn and Berthold Lausen
Application of Bayesian Decision Theory to Constrained Classification Networks 185
Hans J. Vos
Part II. Multivariate Data Analysis and Statistics
Multivariate Data Analysis 194
Quotient Dissimilarities, Euclidean Embeddability, and Huygens' Weak Principle 195
Franois Bavaud
Conjoint Analysis and Stimulus Presentation - a Comparison of Alternative Methods 203
Michael Brusch, Daniel Baier, Antje Treppa
Grade Correspondence-cluster Analysis Applied to Separate Components of Reversely Regular Mixtures 211
Alicja Ciok
Obtaining Reducts with a Genetic Algorithm 219
Jose' Luis Espinoza
A Projection Algorithm for Regression with Collinearity 227
Peter Filzmoser, Christophe Croux
Confronting Data Analysis with Constructivist Philosophy 235
Christian Hennig
Statistical Methods 246
Maximum Likelihood Clustering with Outliers 247
Maria Teresa Gallegos
An Improved Method for Estimating the Modes of the Probability Density Function and the Number of Classes for PDF-based Clustering 257
Michel Herbin, Noel Bonnet
Maximization of Measure of Allowable Sample Sizes Region in Stratified Sampling 263
Marcin Skibicki
On Estimation of Population Averages on the Basis of Cluster Sample 271
Janusz Wywial
Symbolic Data Analysis 280
Symbolic Regression Analysis 281
Lynne Billard, Edwin Diday
Modelling Memory Requirement with Normal Symbolic Form 289
Marc Csernel, Francisco de A. T. de Carvalho
Mixture Decomposition of Distributions by Copulas 297
Edwin Diday
Determination of the Number of Clusters for Symbolic Objects Described by Interval Variables 311
Andre' Hardy, Pascale Lallemand
Symbolic Data Analysis Approach to Clustering Large Datasets 319
Simona Korenjak-Cerne, Vladimir Batagelj
Symbolic Class Descriptions 329
Mathieu Vrac, Edwin Diday, Suzanne Winsberg, Mohamed Mehdi Limam
Consensus Trees and Phylogenetics 340
A Comparison of Alternative Methods for Detecting Reticulation Events in Phylogenetic Analysis 341
Olivier Gauthier, Franois-Joseph Lapointe
Hierarchical Clustering of Multiple Decision Trees 349
Branko Kavek, Nada Lavrac, Anuka Ferligoj
Multiple Consensus Trees 359
Franois-Joseph Lapointe, Guy Cucumel
A Family of Average Consensus Methods for Weighted Trees 365
Claudine Levasseur, Franois- Joseph Lapointe
Comparison of Four methods for Inferring Additive Trees from Incomplete Dissimilarity Matrices 371
Vladimir Makarenkov
Quartet Trees as a Tool to Reconstruct Large Trees from Sequences 379
Heiko A. Schmidt, Arndt von Haeseler
Regression Trees 390
Regression Trees for Longitudinal Data with Time-dependent Covariates 391
GiuIiano Galimberti, Angela Montanari
Tree-based Models in Statistics: Three Decades of Research 399
Eugeniusz Gatnar
Computationally Efficient Linear Regression Trees 409
Luis Torgo
Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms 418
A Clustering Based Procedure for Learning the Hidden Unit Parameters in Elliptical Basis Function Networks 419
Marilena Pillati, Daniela G. Cal
Multi-layer Perceptron on Interval Data 427
Fabrice Rossi, Brieuc Conan-Guez
Part III. Applications
Textual Analysis of Customer Statements for Quality Control and Help Desk Support 437
Ulrich Bohnacker, Lars Dehning, Jrgen Franke, Ingrid Renz
AHP as Support for Strategy Decision Making in Banking 447
Czeslaw Domanski, Jaroslaw Kondrasiuk
Bioinformatics and Classification: The Analysis of Genome Expression Data 455
Berthold Lausen
Glaucoma Diagnosis by Indirect Classifiers 463
Andrea Peters, Torsten Hothorn, Berthold Lausen
A Cluster Analysis of the Importance of Country and Sector on Company Returns 471
Clifford W. Sell
Problems of Classification in Investigative Psychology 479
Paul J. Taylor, Craig Bennell, Brent Snook
List of Reviewers 489
Index 491
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