Data Analysis and Decision Support

Part I. Data Analysis

1. Optimization in Symbolic Data Analysis: Dissimilarities, Class Centers, and Clustering
Hans-Hermann Bock

2. An Efficient Branch and Bound Procedure for Restricted Principal Components Analysis
Wayne S. DeSarbo, Robert E. Hausman

3. A Tree Structured Classifier for Symbolic Class Description
Edwin Diday, M. Mehdi Limam, Suzanne Winsberg

4. A Diversity Measure for Tree-Based Classifier Ensembles
Eugeniusz Gatnar

5. Repeated Confidence Intervals in Self-Organizing Studies
Joachim Hartung, Guido Knapp

6. Fuzzy and Crisp Mahalanobis Fixed Point Clusters
Christian Hennig

7. Interpretation Aids for Multilayer Perceptron Neural Nets
Harald Hruschka

8. An Unfolding Scaling Model for Aggregated Preferential Choice Data
Tadashi Imaizumi

9. Model-Based Clustering — Discussion on Some Approaches
Krzysztof Jajuga

10. Three-Way Multidimensional Scaling: Formal Properties and Relationships Between Scaling Methods
Sabine Krolak-Schwerdt

11. Empirical Approach as a Scientific Framework for Data Analysis
Shizuhiko Nishisato

12. Asymmetric Multidimensional Scaling of Relationships Among Managers of a Firm
Akinori Okada, Tadashi Imaizumi, Hiroshi Inoue

13. Aggregation of Ordinal Judgements Based on Condorcet’s Majority Rule
Otto Opitz, Henning Paul

14. ANOVA Models with Generalized Inverses
Wolfgang Polasek, Shuangzhe Liu

15. Patterns in Search Queries
Nadine Schmidt-Mänz, Martina Koch

16. Performance Drivers for Depth-First Frequent Pattern Mining
Lars Schmidt-Thieme, Martin Schader

17. On the Performance of Algorithms for Two-Mode Hierarchical Cluster Analysis — Results from a Monte Carlo Simulation Study
Manfred Schwaiger, Raimund Rix

18. Clustering Including Dimensionality Reduction
Maurizio Vichi

19. The Number of Clusters in Market Segmentation
Ralf Wagner, Sören W. Scholz, Reinhold Decker

20. On Variability of Optimal Policies in Markov Decision Processes
Karl-Heinz Waldmann

Part II. Decision Support

21. Linking Quality Function Deployment and Conjoint Analysis for New Product Design
Daniel Baier, Michael Brusch

22. Financial Management in an International Company: An OR-Based Approach for a Logistics Service Provider
Ingo Böckenholt, Herbert Geys

23. Development of a Long-Term Strategy for the Moscow Urban Transport System
Martin Both

24. The Importance of E-Commerce in China and Russia — An Empirical Comparison
Reinhold Decker, Antonia Hermelbracht, Prank Kroll

25. Analyzing Trading Behavior in Transaction Data of Electronic Election Markets
Markus Pranke, Andreas Geyer-Schulz, Bettina Hoser

26. Critical Success Factors for Data Mining Projects
Andreas Hilbert

27. Equity Analysis by Functional Approach
Thomas Kämpke, Franz Josef Radermacher

28. A Multidimensional Approach to Country of Origin Effects in the Automobile Market
Löffler Michael, Ulrich Lutz

29. Loyalty Programs and Their Impact on Repeat Purchase Behaviour: An Extension on the “Single Source” Panel BehaviorScan
Lars Meyer-Waarden

30. An Empirical Examination of Daily Stock Return Distributions for U.S. Stocks
Svetlozar T. Rachev, Stoyan V. Stoyanov, Almira Biglova, Frank J. Fabozzi

31. Stages, Gates, and Conflicts in New Product Development: A Classification Approach
Alexandra Rese, Daniel Baier, Ralf Woll

32. Analytical Lead Management in the Automotive Industry
Frank Säuberlich, Kevin Smith, Mark Yuhn

33. Die Nutzung von multivariaten statistischen Verfahren in der Praxis - Ein Erfahrungsbericht 20 Jahre danach
Karla Schiller

34. Heuristic Bundling
Bernd Stauß, Volker Schlecht

35. The Option of No-Purchase in the Empirical Description of Brand Choice Behaviour
Udo Wagner, Heribert Reisinger

36. klaR Analyzing German Business Cycles
Claus Weihs, Uwe Ligges, Karsten Luebke, Nils Raabe

Keywords: Statistics, Statistical Theory and Methods, Business Information Systems, Probability and Statistics in Computer Science, Information Systems and Communication Service, Data Structures