Selected Contributions in Data Analysis and Classification

This volume presents recent methodological developments in data analysis and classification. A wide range of topics is covered that includes methods for classification and clustering, dissimilarity analysis, graph analysis, consensus methods, conceptual analysis of data, analysis of symbolic data, statistical multivariate methods, data mining and knowledge discovery in databases. Besides structural and theoretical results, the book presents a wide variety of applications, in fields such as biology, micro-array analysis, cyber traffic, bank fraud detection, and text analysis. Combining new methodological advances with a wide variety of real applications, this volume is certainly of special value for researchers and practitioners, providing new analytical tools that are useful in theoretical research and daily practice in classification and data analysis.Brito, Paula is the author of 'Selected Contributions in Data Analysis and Classification', published 2007 under ISBN 9783540735588 and ISBN 3540735585.