Algorithms from and for Nature and Life

Part I. Invited

1. Size and Power of Multivariate Outlier Detection Rules
Andrea Cerioli, Marco Riani, Francesca Torti

2. Clustering and Prediction of Rankings Within a Kemeny Distance Framework
Willem J. Heiser, Antonio D’Ambrosio

3. Solving the Minimum Sum of L1 Distances Clustering Problem by Hyperbolic Smoothing and Partition into Boundary and Gravitational Regions
Adilson Elias Xavier, Vinicius Layter Xavier, Sergio B. Villas-Boas

Part II. Clustering and Unsupervised Learning

4. On the Number of Modes of Finite Mixtures of Elliptical Distributions
Grigory Alexandrovich, Hajo Holzmann, Surajit Ray

5. Implications of Axiomatic Consensus Properties
Florent Domenach, Ali Tayari

6. Comparing Earth Mover’s Distance and its Approximations for Clustering Images
Sarah Frost, Daniel Baier

7. A Hierarchical Clustering Approach to Modularity Maximization
Wolfgang Gaul, Rebecca Klages

8. Mixture Model Clustering with Covariates Using Adjusted Three-Step Approaches
Dereje W. Gudicha, Jeroen K. Vermunt

9. Efficient Spatial Segmentation of Hyper-spectral 3D Volume Data
Jan Hendrik Kobarg, Theodore Alexandrov

10. Cluster Analysis Based on Pre-specified Multiple Layer Structure
Akinori Okada, Satoru Yokoyama

11. Factor PD-Clustering
Cristina Tortora, Mireille Gettler Summa, Francesco Palumbo

Part III. Statistical Data Analysis, Visualization and Scaling

12. Clustering Ordinal Data via Latent Variable Models
Damien McParland, Isobel Claire Gormley

13. Sentiment Analysis of Online Media
Michael Salter-Townshend, Thomas Brendan Murphy

14. Visualizing Data in Social and Behavioral Sciences: An Application of PARAMAP on Judicial Statistics
Ulas Akkucuk, J. Douglas Carroll, Stephen L. France

15. Properties of a General Measure of Configuration Agreement
Stephen L. France

16. Convex Optimization as a Tool for Correcting Dissimilarity Matrices for Regular Minimality
Matthias Trendtel, Ali Ünlü

17. Principal Components Analysis for a Gaussian Mixture
Carlos Cuevas-Covarrubias

18. Interactive Principal Components Analysis: A New Technological Resource in the Classroom
Carmen Villar-Patiño, Miguel Angel Mendez-Mendez, Carlos Cuevas-Covarrubias

19. One-Mode Three-Way Analysis Based on Result of One-Mode Two-Way Analysis
Satoru Yokoyama, Akinori Okada

20. Latent Class Models of Time Series Data: An Entropic-Based Uncertainty Measure
José G. Dias

21. Regularization and Model Selection with Categorical Covariates
Jan Gertheiss, Veronika Stelz, Gerhard Tutz

22. Factor Preselection and Multiple Measures of Dependence
Nina Büchel, Kay. F. Hildebrand, Ulrich Müller-Funk

23. Intrablocks Correspondence Analysis
Campo Elías Pardo, Jorge Eduardo Ortiz

24. Determining the Similarity Between US Cities Using a Gravity Model for Search Engine Query Data
Paul Hofmarcher, Bettina Grün, Kurt Hornik, Patrick Mair

Part IV. Bioinformatics and Biostatistics

25. An Efficient Algorithm for the Detection and Classification of Horizontal Gene Transfer Events and Identification of Mosaic Genes
Alix Boc, Pierre Legendre, Vladimir Makarenkov

26. Complexity Selection with Cross-validation for Lasso and Sparse Partial Least Squares Using High-Dimensional Data
Anne-Laure Boulesteix, Adrian Richter, Christoph Bernau

27. A New Effective Method for Elimination of Systematic Error in Experimental High-Throughput Screening
Vladimir Makarenkov, Plamen Dragiev, Robert Nadon

28. Local Clique Merging: An Extension of the Maximum Common Subgraph Measure with Applications in Structural Bioinformatics
Thomas Fober, Gerhard Klebe, Eyke Hüllermeier

29. Identification of Risk Factors in Coronary Bypass Surgery
Julia Schiffner, Erhard Godehardt, Stefanie Hillebrand, Alexander Albert, Artur Lichtenberg, Claus Weihs

Part V. Archaeology and Geography, Psychology and Educational Sciences

30. Parallel Coordinate Plots in Archaeology
Irmela Herzog, Frank Siegmund

31. Classification of Roman Tiles with Stamp PARDALIVS
Hans-Joachim Mucha, Jens Dolata, Hans-Georg Bartel

32. Applying Location Planning Algorithms to Schools: The Case of Special Education in Hesse (Germany)
Alexandra Schwarz

33. Detecting Person Heterogeneity in a Large-Scale Orthographic Test Using Item Response Models
Christine Hohensinn, Klaus D. Kubinger, Manuel Reif

34. Linear Logistic Models with Relaxed Assumptions in R
Thomas Rusch, Marco J. Maier, Reinhold Hatzinger

Part VI. Text Mining, Social Networks and Clustering

35. An Approach for Topic Trend Detection
Wolfgang Gaul, Dominique Vincent

36. Modified Randomized Modularity Clustering: Adapting the Resolution Limit
Andreas Geyer-Schulz, Michael Ovelgönne, Martin Stein

37. Cluster It! Semiautomatic Splitting and Naming of Classification Concepts
Dominik Stork, Kai Eckert, Heiner Stuckenschmidt

Part VII. Banking and Finance

38. A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Black-Litterman Model
Wolfgang Bessler, Dominik Wolff

39. Vulnerability of Copula-VaR to Misspecification of Margins and Dependence Structure
Katarzyna Kuziak

40. Dynamic Principal Component Analysis: A Banking Customer Satisfaction Evaluation
Caterina Liberati, Paolo Mariani

41. Comparison of Some Chosen Tests of Independence of Value-at-Risk Violations
Krzysztof Piontek

42. Fundamental Portfolio Construction Based on Mahalanobis Distance
Anna Rutkowska-Ziarko

43. Multivariate Modelling of Cross-Commodity Price Relations Along the Petrochemical Value Chain
Myriam Thömmes, Peter Winker

Part VIII. Marketing and Management

44. Lifestyle Segmentation Based on Contents of Uploaded Images Versus Ratings of Items
Ines Daniel, Daniel Baier

45. Optimal Network Revenue Management Decisions Including Flexible Demand Data and Overbooking
Wolfgang Gaul, Christoph Winkler

46. Non-symmetrical Correspondence Analysis of Abbreviated Hard Laddering Interviews
Eugene Kaciak, Adam Sagan

47. Antecedents and Outcomes of Participation in Social Networking Sites
Sandra Loureiro

48. User-Generated Content for Image Clustering and Marketing Purposes
Diana Schindler

49. Logic Based Conjoint Analysis Using the Commuting Quantum Query Language
Ingo Schmitt, Daniel Baier

50. Product Design Optimization Using Ant Colony And Bee Algorithms: A Comparison
Sascha Voekler, Daniel Krausche, Daniel Baier

Part IX. Music Classification Workshop

51. Comparison of Classical and Sequential Design of Experiments in Note Onset Detection
Nadja Bauer, Julia Schiffner, Claus Weihs

52. Recognising Cello Performers Using Timbre Models
Magdalena Chudy, Simon Dixon

53. A Case Study About the Effort to Classify Music Intervals by Chroma and Spectrum Analysis
Verena Mattern, Igor Vatolkin, Günter Rudolph

54. Computational Prediction of High-Level Descriptors of Music Personal Categories
Günther Rötter, Igor Vatolkin, Claus Weihs

55. High Performance Hardware Architectures for Automated Music Classification
Ingo Schmädecke, Holger Blume

Nyckelord: Statistics, Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs, Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Operation Research/Decision Theory, Operations Research, Management Science, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance