| Preface | 6 |
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| Contents | 8 |
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| Discrimination and Clustering | 14 |
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| A New Agglomerative 2- 3 Hierarchical Clustering Algorithm | 15 |
| Symbolic Classifier with Convex Hull Based Dissimilarity Function | 23 |
| Two- Mode Cluster Analysis via Hierarchical Bayes | 31 |
| On Application of a Certain Classification Procedure to Mean Value Estimation Under Double Sampling for Nonresponse | 42 |
| Regression Clustering with Redescending M- Estimators | 50 |
| ClusCorr98 - Adaptive Clustering, Multivariate Visualization, and Validation of Results | 58 |
| Stratification Before Discriminant Analysis: A Must? | 66 |
| An Exchange Algorithm for Two- Mode Cluster Analysis | 74 |
| Model- Based Cluster Analysis Applied to Flow Cytometry Data | 81 |
| On Stratification Using Auxiliary Variables and Discriminant Method | 89 |
| Measuring Distances Between Variables by Mutual Information | 93 |
| Pareto Density Estimation: A Density Estimation for Knowledge Discovery | 103 |
| Probability Models and Statistical Methods | 113 |
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| Modelling the Claim Count with Poisson Regression and Negative Binomial Regression | 114 |
| Chemical Balance Weighing Design with Different Variances of Errors | 122 |
| Combination of Regression Trees and Logistic Regression to Analyse Animal Management and Disease Data | 131 |
| Robustness of ML Estimators of Location- Scale Mixtures | 139 |
| On the Modification of the David- Hellwig Test | 149 |
| Simultaneous Selection of Variables and Smoothing Parameters in Additive Models | 157 |
| Multiple Change Points and Alternating Segments in Binary Trials with Dependence | 165 |
| Outlier Identification Rules for Generalized Linear Models | 176 |
| Dynamic Clustering with Non- Quadratic Adaptive Distances for Interval- Type Data | 184 |
| Partial Moments and Negative Moments in Ordering Asymmetric Distributions | 192 |
| Pattern Recognition and Computational Learning | 200 |
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| Classification of Method Fragments Using a Reference Meta Model | 201 |
| Finding Metabolic Pathways in Decision Forests | 209 |
| Randomization in Aggregated Classification Trees | 217 |
| Data Mining - The Polish Experience | 227 |
| Extracting Continuous Relevant Features | 234 |
| Individual Rationality Versus Group Rationality in Statistical Modelling Issues | 249 |
| Mining Promising Qualification Patterns | 259 |
| Time Series Analysis | 267 |
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| Partial Correlation Graphs and Dynamic Latent Variables for Physiological Time Series | 268 |
| Bootstrap Resampling Tests for Quantized Time Series | 276 |
| Imputation Strategies for Missing Data in Environmental Time Series for an Unlucky Situation | 284 |
| Prediction of Notes from Vocal Time Series: An Overview | 292 |
| Parsimonious Segmentation of Time Series by Potts Models | 304 |
| Marketing, Retailing, and Marketing Research | 312 |
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| Application of Discrete Choice Methods in Consumer Preference Analysis | 313 |
| Competition Analysis in Marketing Using Rank Ordered Data | 321 |
| Handling Missing Values in Marketing Research Using SOM | 330 |
| Applicability of Customer Churn Forecasts in a Non- Contractual Setting | 338 |
| A Gravity- Based Multidimensional Unfolding Model for Preference Data | 346 |
| Customer Relationship Management in the Telecommunications and Utilities Markets | 354 |
| Strengths and Weaknesses of Support Vector Machines Within Marketing Data Analysis | 363 |
| Classification of Career- Lifestyle Patterns of Women | 371 |
| Joint Space Model for Multidimensional Scaling of Two- Mode Three- Way Asymmetric Proximities | 379 |
| Structural Model of Product Meaning Using Means- End Approach | 387 |
| The Concept of Chains as a Tool for MSA Contributing to the International Market Segmentation | 396 |
| Statistical Analysis of Innovative Activity | 404 |
| The Prospects of Electronic Commerce: The Case of the Food Industry | 414 |
| Finance, Capital Markets, and Risk Management | 424 |
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| Macroeconomic Factors and Stock Returns in Germany | 425 |
| Application of Classification Methods to the Evaluation of Polish Insurance Companies | 433 |
| Analytic Hierarchy Process — Applications in Banking | 441 |
| Tail Dependence in Multivariate Data - Review of Some Problems | 452 |
| The Stock Market Performance of German Family Firms | 460 |
| Testing of Warrants Market Efficiency on the Warsaw Stock Exchange — Classical Approach | 467 |
| Group Opinion Structure: The Ideal Structures, their Relevance, and Effective Use | 477 |
| Volatility Forecasts and Value at Risk Evaluation for the MSCI North America Index | 488 |
| Selected Methods of Credibility Theory and its Application to Calculating Insurance Premium in Heterogeneous Insurance Portfolios | 496 |
| Support Vector Machines for Credit Scoring: Extension to Non Standard Cases | 504 |
| Discovery of Risk- Return Efficient Structures in Middle- Market Credit Portfolios | 512 |
| Approximation of Distributions of Treasury Bill Yields and Interbank Rates by Means of a- stable and Hyperbolic Distributions'*' | 521 |
| Stability of Selected Linear Ranking Methods - An Attempt of Evaluation for the Polish Stock Market | 529 |
| Production, Logistics, and Controlling | 539 |
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| A Two- Phase Grammar- Based Genetic Algorithm for a Workshop ScheduUng Problem | 540 |
| Classification and Representation of Suppliers Using Principle Component Analysis | 549 |
| A Knowledge Based Approach for Holistic Decision Support in Manufacturing Systems | 557 |
| Intelligent Fashion Interfaces - Questions to New Challenges of Classifying | 564 |
| Full Factorial Design, Taguchi Design or Genetic Algorithms — Teaching Different Approaches to Design of Experiments | 572 |
| Medicine and Health Services | 580 |
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| Requirement- Driven Assessment of Restructuring Measures in Hospitals | 581 |
| Analyzing Protein Data with the Generative Topographic Mapping Approach | 589 |
| How Can Data from German Cancer Registries Be Used for Research Purposes? | 597 |
| Probabilistic Record Linkage of Anonymous Cancer Registry Records | 603 |
| An Empirical Study Evaluating the Organization and Costs of Hospital Management | 609 |
| Index | 617 |
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