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Analyzing and Modeling Data Classification and Data Analysis. 1999
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Hans-Hermann Bock Marcello Chiodi
Antonino Mineo
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Advances in Multivariate
Data Analysis
Proceedings of the Meeting of the Classification
and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG)
of the Italian Statistical Society,
University of Palermo, July 5-6, 2001
With 48 Figures and 56 Tables
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Preface
This volume contains a selection of papers presented during the
biennial meeting of the CLAssification and Data Analysis Group
(CLADAG) of the Societa Italiana di Statistica which was orga
nized by the Istituto di Statistica of the Universita degli Studi di
Palermo and held in the Palazzo Steri in Palermo on July 5-6,
2001. For this conference, and after checking the submitted 4
page abstracts, 54 papers were admitted for presentation. They
covered a large range of topics from multivariate data analysis,
with special emphasis on classification and clustering, computa
tional statistics, time series analysis, and applications in various
classical or recent domains. A two-fold careful reviewing process
led to the selection of 22 papers which are presented in this vol
ume. They convey either a new idea or methodology, present a
new algorithm, or concern an interesting application.
We have clustered these papers into five groups as follows:
1. Classification Methods with Applications
2. Time Series Analysis and Related Methods
3. Computer Intensive Techniques and Algorithms
4. Classification and Data Analysis in Economics
5. Multivariate Analysis in Applied Sciences.
In each section the papers are arranged in alphabetical order.
The editors - two of them the organizers of the CLADAG confer
ence - would like to express their gratitude to the authors whose
enthusiastic participation made the meeting possible and very
successful. We also want to extend our thanks to the interna
tional group of reviewers for their diligence and the time spent
in their professional refereeing work. Moreover, we are grateful to
the chairpersons and discussants of the 13 sessions of the confer
ence, their comments provided useful suggestions for the authors
and the audience.
VI Preface
Special thanks are due to the Local Organizing Committee
from the University of Palermo that comprised
Salvatore Bologna, Angelo M. Mineo, Antonella Plaia
together with Antonino Mineo (coordinator) and Marcello Chiodi
who have co-edited this volume.
Finally, we would like to thank Dr. Martina Bihn from Springer
Verlag for the excellent cooperation in publishing this volume.
Palermo and Aachen Hans-Hermann Bock
Marcello Chiodi
Antonino Mineo
List of Referees
We thank the following scientists for their expertness and dili
gence in reviewing the papers of this volume:
Pietro Amenta, Leece
Thomas Bausch, Garmish-Partenkirchen
Andrea Cerioli, Parma
Cathrine Charles, Namur
Juergen Hansohm, Munchen
Roger Lafosse, Toulouse
Berthold Lausen, Erlangen-Niirnberg
Yves Lechevallier, Rocquencourt
Herbert Lee, Santa Cruz
Gianfranco Lovison, Palermo
Magdalena Mif31er-Behr, Basel
Jean Opsomer, Ames
Andrea Pallini, Bologna
Andrea Pastore, Venezia
Cira Perna, Salerno
Wolfgang Polasek, Basel
Gunter Ritter, Passau
Roberto Rocci, Roma
Gilbert Saporta, Paris
Michael Schimek, Graz
Tonino ScIocco, Chieti
Roberta Siciliano, Napoli
Javier Trejos, San Jose
Gerhard Tutz, Munchen
Ralf Wagner, Bielefeld
Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, Berlin
Contents
Part I. Classification Methods with Applications
The STP Procedure as Overfitting Avoidance Tool
in Classification Trees ............................... 3
Carmela Cappelli, Francesco Mola
A Modal Symbolic Pattern Classifier ................ 15
Francisco de A. T. de Carvalho, Renata M.C.R. de
Souza, Rosanna Verde
Proximity Measures Between Classification Trees ... 27
Rossella Miglio, Gabriele Soffritti
Ordinal Classification Trees Based on Impurity
Measures 39
Raffaella Piccarreta
Part II. Time Series Analysis and Related Methods
Space Time Noisy Observation Smoothing 55
Di Giacinto VaIter, Ippoliti Luigi, Romagnoli Luca
Spectral Analysis in Frequency and Time Domain
for Noisy Time Series ............................... 67
Lara Fontanella, Mariaqrazia Grasiturco
A Resistant Measure of Heteroskedasticity in
Explorative Time Series Analysis 81
Marcella Niglio, Stefano Maria Pagnotta
Part III. Computer Intensive Techniques and Algorithms
Smoothing Score Algorithm for Generalized
Additive Models .................................... 95
Claudio Conversano
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Bootstrap Variable Selection in Neural Network
Regression Models 109
Francesco Giordano, Michele La Rocca, Cira Perna
Robust Centre Location in Radial Basis Function
Networks 121
Marilena Pillati, Daniela G. Cala
The Genetic Algorithm Estimates for the
Parameters of Order p Normal Distributions 133
Salvatore Vitrano, Roberto Baragona
Part IV. Classification and Data Analysis in Economics
Non-linear Dynamics in the Industrial Production
Index 147
Alessandra Amendola, Giuseppe Storti
Tensorial Co-Structure Analysis for the Full Multi
Modules Customer Satisfaction Evaluation 159
Pietro Amenta, Pasquale Sarnacchiaro
A Proposal of Classification of Wholesale Trade
Enterprises on the Base of Structural and
Performance Indicators 169
Paola Anitori, Carlo De Gregorio
The Analysis of Poverty in Italy: A Fuzzy Dynamic
Approach 181
Daria Mendola, Stefano De Cantis
Part V. Multivariate Analysis in Applied Sciences
Combining Information from Several Experts:
Selecting and Stopping Rules in Sequential Consulting195
Patrizia Agati
Contents XI
A Spatial Clustering Hierarchical Model for Disease
Mapping 209
Massimo Bilancia, Alessio Pollice
Second-order Interaction in a Trivariate Generalized
Gamma Distribution 219
Salvatore Bologna, Gianfranco Lovison
Mortality and Air Pollution in Philadelphia: A
Dynamic Generalized Linear Modelling Approach ...233
Monica Chiogna, Carlo Gaetan
The Multivariate Adaptive Sampling for Estimating
the Diversity in Biological Populations 245
Stefano A. Gatione, Tonia Di Battista
Adjusted Least Square Estimation
for Noisy Images 255
Ippoliti Luigi, Romagnoli Luca
Flexible Dynamic Regression Models for Real-time
Forecasting of Air Pollutant Concentration 265
Pietro Mantovan, Andrea Pastore
Author Index 277
Subject Index 279
