Information Systems and Data Analysis

I: Information Processing, Classification-Based Approaches, Linguistic and Conceptual Analysis.- Learning and Case-Based Reasoning.- Induction and Case-Based Reasoning for Classification Tasks.- Symbolic Learning and Nearest-Neighbor Classification.- Nonstandard Concepts of Similarity in Case-Based Reasoning.- Learning from Cases for Classification Problem Solving.- Approaches Based on Linguistic Analysis.- Methods of Phoneticizing in Regard to Spelling Variants of Medical Phrases.- Disambiguating Lexical Meaning: Conceptual meta-modelling as a means of controlling semantic language analysis.- Information Retrieval Using Conceptual Representations of Phrases.- Information Processing and Design of Information Systems.- Communication in Distributed Heterogenous Systems.- Prerequisites and Development Perspectives for Information Processing in the Social Sciences.- Aspects of Coupling Logic Programming and Databases.- Processing Scientific Networks in Bibliographic Databases.- Object-Oriented Systems Analysis Applied to the Method Component of a Knowledge-Based System for Data Analysis.- Classification Based Query Evaluation in Knowledge Base Systems.- Uncertainity and Neural Networks.- Neural Networks: Architectures, Learning and Performance.- Reasoning with Uncertainty in Diagnostic Systems.- Conceptual Approaches.- Der klassische und der moderne Begriff des Begriffs. Gedanken zur Geschichte der Begriffsbildung in den exakten Wissenschaften.- Ideas of Algebraic Concept Analysis.- Conceptual Structures in Mathematical Logic and Their Formal Representation.- II: Mathematical and Statistical Methods for Classification and Data Analysis.- Clustering and Discrimination.- Three-Mode Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of Three-Way Three-Mode Data.- The Testing of Data Structures with Graph-Theoretical Models.- Geometric Approach to Evaluating Probabilities of Correct Classification into two Gaussian or Spherical Categories.- Jackknife Estimates of Similarity Coefficients Obtained from Quadrat Sampling of Species.- Clustering Techniques in the Computing Environment XploRe.- On the Application of Discriminant Analysis in Medical Diagnostics.- Similarity Searching in Databases of Three-Dimensional Chemical Structures.- Feature Generation and Classification of Time Series.- Data Analysis Methods.- TRIPAT: a Model for Analyzing Three-Mode Binary Data.- Block-relaxation Algorithms in Statistics.- Multidimensional Scaling with lp-Distances, a Unifying Approach.- Universal Optimality of Rank Constrained Matrix Approximation.- The Analysis of Spatial Data from Marine Ecosystems.- Automatic Decomposition of Lattice Data including Missing Values and Boundaries.- III: Genome and Molecular Sequence Analysis.- Classification and Data Analysis in Genome Projects: Some Aspects of Mapping, Alignment and Tree Reconstruction.- Multiple Alignment of Protein Sequences and Construction of Evolutionary Trees based on Amino Acid Properties - an Algebraic Approach.- How to Deal With Third Codon Positions in Phylogenetic Analysis.- Machine Learning for Protein Structure Prediction.- A Parallel-Processor Implementation of an Algorithm to Delineate Distantly Related Protein Sequences using Conserved Motifs and Neural Networks.- IV: Applied Data Analysis in Special Fields.- Economy and Marketing.- Knowledge-Based Selection and Application of Quantitative Models of Consumer Behavior.- Goodwill towards Domestic Products as Segmentation Criterion: An Empirical Study within the Scope of Research on Country-of-Origin Effects.- Archeology.- Merovingian Glass Beads: An Essay ofClassification.- Screening in Medicine.- Statistical Measures to Quantify the Benefit from Screening: a Case Study on Cholesterol Screening.- Evaluation of Screening in Case-Control Studies: an Alternative to Randomized Controlled Trials?.- List of Authors.