Classification as a tool for research : proceedings of the 11th IFCS Biennial Conference and 33rd Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Klassifikation e.V., Dresden, March 13-18, 2009

(Semi-) Plenary Presentations.- Hierarchical Clustering with Performance Guarantees.- Alignment Free String Distances for Phylogeny.- Data Quality Dependent Decision Making in Pattern Classification.- Clustering Proteins and Reconstructing Evolutionary Events.- Microarray Dimension Reduction Based on Maximizing Mantel Correlation Coefficients Using a Genetic Algorithm Search Strategy.- Classification and Data Analysis.- Multiparameter Hierarchical Clustering Methods.- Unsupervised Sparsification of Similarity Graphs.- Simultaneous Clustering and Dimensionality Reduction Using Variational Bayesian Mixture Model.- A Partitioning Method for the Clustering of Categorical Variables.- Treed Gaussian Process Models for Classification.- Ridgeline Plot and Clusterwise Stability as Tools for Merging Gaussian Mixture Components.- Clustering with Confidence: A Low-Dimensional Binning Approach.- Local Classification of Discrete Variables by Latent Class Models.- A Comparative Study on Discrete Discriminant Analysis through a Hierarchical Coupling Approach.- A Comparative Study of Several Parametric and Semiparametric Approaches for Time Series Classification.- Finite Dimensional Representation of Functional Data with Applications.- Clustering Spatio-Functional Data: A Model Based Approach.- Use of Mixture Models in Multiple Hypothesis Testing with Applications in Bioinformatics.- Finding Groups in Ordinal Data: An Examination of Some Clustering Procedures.- An Application of One-mode Three-way Overlapping Cluster Analysis.- Evaluation of Clustering Results: The Trade-off Bias-Variability.- Cluster Structured Multivariate Probability Distribution with Uniform Marginals.- Analysis of Diversity-Accuracy Relations in Cluster Ensemble.- Linear Discriminant Analysis with more Variables than Observations: A not so Naive Approach.- Fast Hierarchical Clustering from the Baire Distance.- The Trend Vector Model: Identification and Estimation in SAS.- Discrete Beta-Type Models.- The R Package DAKS: Basic Functions and Complex Algorithms in Knowledge Space Theory.- Methods for the Analysis of Skew-Symmetry in Asymmetric Multidimensional Scaling.- Canonical Correspondence Analysis in Social Science Research.- Exploring Data Through Archetypes.- Exploring Sensitive Topics: Sensitivity, Jeopardy, and Cheating.- Sampling the Join of Streams.- The R Package fechner for Fechnerian Scaling.- Asymptotic Behaviour in Symbolic Markov Chains.- An Interactive Graphical System for Visualizing Data Quality-Tableplot Graphics.- Symbolic Multidimensional Scaling Versus Noisy Variables and Outliers.- Principal Components Analysis for Trapezoidal Fuzzy Numbers.- Factor Selection in Observational Studies - An Application of Nonlinear Factor Selection to Propensity Scores.- Nonlinear Mapping Using a Hybrid of PARAMAP and Isomap Approaches.- Dimensionality Reduction Techniques for Streaming Time Series: A New Symbolic Approach.- A Batesian Semiparametric Generalized Linear Model with Random Effects Using Dirichlet Process Priors.- Exact Confidence Intervals for Odds Ratios with Algebraic Statistics.- The CHIC Analysis Software v1.0.- Applications.- Clustering the Roman Heaven: Uncovering the Religious Structures in the Roman Province Germania Superior.- Geochemical and Statistical Investigation of Roman Stamped Tiles of the Legio XXI Rapax.- Land Cover Classification by Multisource Remote Sensing: Comparing Classifiers for Spatial Data.- Are there Cluster of Communities with the Same Dynamic Behaviour?.- Land Cover Detection with Unsupervised Clustering and Hierarchical Partitioning.- Using Advanced Regression Models for Determining Optimal Soil Heterogeneity Indicators.- Local Analysis of SNP Data.- Airborne Particulate Matter and Adverse Health Events: Robust Estimation of Timescale Effects.- Identification of Specific Genomic Regions Responsible for the Invasivity of Neisseria Meningitidis.- Classification of ABC Transporters Using Community Detection.- Estimation of the Number of Sustained Viral Responders by Interferon Therapy Using Random Numbers with a Logistic Model.- Virtual High Throughput Screening Using Machine Learning Methods.- Network Analysis of Works on Clustering and Classification from Web of Science.- Recommending in Social Tagging Systems Based on Kernelized Multiway Analysis.- Dynamic Population Segmentation in Online Market Monitoring.- Gaining 'Consumer Insights' from Influential Actors in Weblog Networks.- Visualising a Text with a Tree Cloud.- A Tree Kernel Based on Classification and Citation Data to Analyse Patent Documents.- A New SNA Centrality Measure Quantifying the Distance to the Nearest Center.- Mining Innovative Ideas to Support New Product Research and Development.- The Basis of Credit Scoring: On the Definition of Credit Default Events.- Forecasting Candlesticks Time Series with Locally Weighted Learning Methods.- An Analysis of Alternative Methods for Measuring Long-Run Performance: An Application to Share Repurchase Announcements.- Knowledge Discovery in Stock Market Data.- The Asia Financial Crises and Exchange Rates: Had there been Volatility Shifts for Asian Currencies?.- The Pricing of Risky Securities in a Fuzzy Least Square Regression Model.- Classification of the Indo-European Languages Using a Phylogenetic Network Approach.- Parsing as Classification.- Comparing the Stability of Clustering Results of Dialect Data Based on Several Distance Matrices.- Marketing and Regional Sales: Evaluation of Expenditure Strategies by Spatial Sales Response Functions.- A Demand Learning Data Based Approach to Optimize Revenues of a Retail Chain.- Missing Values and the Consistency Problem Concerning AHP Data.- Monte Carlo Methods in the Assessment of New Products: A Comparison of Different Approaches.- Preference Analysis and Product Design in Markets for Elderly People: A Comparison of Methods and Approaches.- Usefulness of A Priori Information about Customers for Market Research: An Analysis for Personalisation Aspects in Retailing.- Importance of Consumer Preferences on the Diffusion of Complex Products and Systems.- Household Possession of Consumer Durables on Background of some Poverty Lines.- Effect of Consumer Perceptions of Web Site Brand Personality and Web Site Brand Association on Web Site Brand Image.- Perceptually Based Phoneme Recognition in Popular Music.- SVM Based Instrument and Timbre Classification.- Three-way Scaling and Clustering Approach to Musical Structural Analysis.- Improving GMM Classifiers by Preliminary One-class SVM Outlier Detection: Application to Automatic Music Mood Estimation.- Multiobjective Optimization for Decision Support in Automated 2.5D System-in-Package Electronics Design.- Multi-Objective Quality Assessment for EA Parameter Tuning.- A Novel Multi-Objective Target Value Optimization Approach.- Desirability-Based Multi-Criteria Optimisation of HVOF Spray Experiments.