Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization: Models and Methods with Applications

✍ Scribed by Thomas Eckes, Peter Orlik (auth.), Professor Dr. Hans-Hermann Bock, Professor Dr. Peter Ihm (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 403
• Series: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In science, industry, public administration and documentation centers large amounts of data and information are collected which must be analyzed, ordered, visualized, classified and stored efficiently in order to be useful for practical applications. This volume contains 50 selected theoretical and applied papers presenting a wealth of new and innovative ideas, methods, models and systems which can be used for this purpose. It combines papers and strategies from two main streams of research in an interdisciplinary, dynamic and exciting way: On the one hand, mathematical and statistical methods are described which allow a quantitative analysis of data, provide strategies for classifying objects or making exploratory searches for interesting structures, and give ways to make comprehensive graphical displays of large arrays of data. On the other hand, papers related to information sciences, informatics and data bank systems provide powerful tools for representing, modelling, storing and retrieving facts, data and knowledge characterized by qualitative descriptors, semantic relations, or linguistic concepts. The integration of both fields and a special part on applied problems from biology, medicine, archeology, industry and administration assure that this volume will be informative and useful for theory and practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
An Agglomerative Method for Two-Mode Hierarchical Clustering....Pages 3-8
Selection from Overlapping Classifications....Pages 9-13
On Cluster Methods for Qualitative Data II....Pages 14-22
A Regression Analytic Modification of Ward’s Method: A Contribution to the Relation between Cluster Analysis and Factor Analysis....Pages 23-27
The “Partition with a Structure” Concept in Biological Data Analysis....Pages 28-31
Classification with neural networks....Pages 32-42
Multigraphs for the Uncovering and Testing of Structures....Pages 43-52
Estimators and Relative Efficiencies in Models of Overlapping Samples....Pages 53-60
Lower Bounds for the Tail Probabilities of the Scan Statistic....Pages 61-67
Poisson Approximation of Image Processes in Computer Tomography....Pages 68-71
Some Recent Developments in Linear Models: A Short Survey....Pages 72-82
Causal Analysis in Marketing Research with LISREL or a Combination of Traditional Multivariate Methods?....Pages 83-90
Analysis of Data Measured on a Lattice....Pages 91-98
Dual Algorithms in Multidimensional Scaling....Pages 99-103
Comparison of Biplot Analysis and Formal Concept Analysis in the case of a Repertory Grid....Pages 104-112
Convexity in Ordinal Data....Pages 113-120
Classification and Seriation by Iterative Reordering of a Data Matrix....Pages 121-130
Data Analysis Based on a Conceptual File....Pages 131-140
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
Decentralized Modelling of Data and Relationships in Enterprises....Pages 143-148
A Contribution to the Examination of Semantic Relations between Lexemes....Pages 149-155
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
A Mathematical Model for Conceptual Knowledge Systems....Pages 156-162
Compositional Semantics and Concept Representation....Pages 163-172
Small and Beautiful ?....Pages 173-182
A Tool for Validating PROLOG Programs....Pages 183-188
On the Database Component in the Knowledge-based System WIMDAS....Pages 189-195
Information Retrieval Techniques in Rule-based Expert Systems....Pages 196-203
Object Databases and Thesauri for Small Museums....Pages 204-215
The Structure and Role of Specialized Information in Scientific and Technical Terminologies....Pages 216-220
Terminology Work in the World Health Organization EUROTERM Abbreviations....Pages 221-224
HyperTerm....Pages 225-232
The Role of Classification in Terminology Documentation....Pages 233-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
The Hierarchy of Organisms: Systematics and Classification in Biology....Pages 241-247
Estimating Phylogenies with Invariant Functions of Data....Pages 248-253
Statistical Analysis of Genetic Distance Data....Pages 254-261
Variance Estimation in the Additive Tree Model....Pages 262-269
Semi-automated Classification of Medical Phrases, using a Personal Computer....Pages 270-276
Structure of Informations on Medical Trials....Pages 277-283
Recent Problems and Longterm Activities in the Classification of Medical Concepts....Pages 284-290
Exploring Three-Dimensional Image Data with Classification Methods....Pages 291-298
The Reconstruction of “Genetic Kinship” in Prehistoric Burial Complexes — Problems and Statistics....Pages 299-310
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
An Approach to a Formal Statistical Analysis of Historical Data based on the Town of Bamberg....Pages 311-317
Automatic Syntax Analysis of Meroitic Funeral Inscriptions....Pages 318-324
Application of Computers in Historical-Topographical Research: A Database for Travel Reports on Greece (18th and 19th Century)....Pages 325-329
The Use of Multivariate Statistics in Scandinavian Archaeology....Pages 330-342
The Application of Correspondence Analysis: Some Examples in Archaeology....Pages 343-351
An Analysis of Beads Found in the Merovingian Cemetery of Weingarten....Pages 352-361
Bank Code Numbers as Defining Arguments and Controlling Tools in Automated Payments....Pages 362-368
From Commodity Description to Expert Systems....Pages 369-373
Tabular Layouts of Article Characteristics and Formal Concept Analysis....Pages 374-381
The Postcode, a Local and Routing Code for the Transport of Mail Items....Pages 382-386
Back Matter....Pages 387-394

✦ Subjects

Statistics for Business/Economics/Mathematical Finance/Insurance; Operations Research/Decision Theory; Data Structures