Exploratory Data Analysis in Empirical Research

1: Classification, Data Analysis and Statistics.- Sliced Inverse Regression for High-dimensional Time Series.- Symbolic Clustering of Constrained Probabilistic Data.- On Memory Requirement with Normal Symbolic Form.- On the Roles of Galois Connections in Classification.- Mining Sets of Time Series: Description of Time Points.- Spatial Smoothing with Robust Priors in Functional MRI.- Clustering in the Presence of Outliers.- Two Models of Random Intersection Graphs for Classification.- Classification Techniques based on Methods of Computational Intelligence.- Constrained Correspondence Analysis for Seriation in Archaeology Applied to Sagalassos Ceramic Tablewares.- The Moment Preservation Method of Cluster Analysis.- On The General Distance Measure.- Tests for One-dimensional Nearest Neighbors Clusters.- Integration of Cluster Analysis and Visualization Techniques for Visual Data Analysis.- Bayesian Space-time Analysis of Health Insurance Data.- On Clustering by Mixture Models.- Using Additive Conjoint Measurement in Analysis of Social Network Data.- Bayesian Latent Class Metric Conjoint Analysis - A Case Study from the Austrian Mineral Water Market.- Diagnostics in Multivariate Data Analysis: Sensitivity Analysis for Principal Components and Canonical Correlations.- Classification of Natural Languages by Word Ordering Rule.- Combining Mental Fit and Data Fit for Classification Rule Selection.- Bayesian Analysis of Econometric Models for Count Data: A Survey.- k-Means Clustering with Outlier Detection, Mixed Variables and Missing Values.- 2: Web Mining, Data Mining and Computer Science.- Repeat-buying Theory and its Application for Recommender Services.- Joker - Visualization of an Object Model for a Cost Accounting Educational Software.- Data Preparation in LargeReal-world Data Mining Projects: Methods for Imputing Missing Values.- Clustering of Document Collections to Support Interactive Text Exploration.- Web Usage Mining - Languages and Algorithms.- Thesaurus Migration in Practice.- Relational Clustering for the Analysis of Internet Newsgroups.- The Theory of On-line Learning - A Statistical Physics Approach.- A Framework for Web Usage Mining on Anonymous Logfile Data.- 3: Medicine, Biological Sciences and Health.- Knee Replacement Surgery and Learning Effects - Data Evidence from a German Hospital.- Self-organizing Maps and its Applications in Sleep Apnea Research and Molecular Genetics.- Automated Classification of Optic Nerve Head Topography Images for Glaucoma Screening.- Comparing Split Criteria for Constructing Survival Trees.- A Type of Bayesian Small Area Estimation for the Analysis of Cancer Mortality Data.- DEA-Benchmarks for Austrian Physicians.- Data Mining Tools for Quality Management in Health Care.- The Effects of Simultaneous Misclassification on the Attributable Risk.- Statistical Genetics - Present and Future.- 4: Marketing, Finance and Management Science.- Market Simulation Using Bayesian Procedures in Conjoint Analysis.- Value Based Benchmarking and Market Partitioning.- Optimization of Corporate Reorganization Portfolios based on a Genetic Algorithm.- Key Success Factors in City Marketing - Some Empirical Evidence.- From Credit Scores to Stable Default Probabilities: A Model Based Approach.- Dimensions of Credit Risk.- Cognitive Organization of Person Attributes: Measurement Procedures and Statistical Models.- Manufacturing Branches in Poland - A Classification Attempt.- Market-Segments of Automotive Brands: Letting Multivariate Analyses Reveal Additional Insights.- Sequence Mining inMarketing.- Portfolio Management Using Multivariate Time Series Forecasts.- Value-at-Risk for Financial Assets Determined by Moment Estimators of the Tail Index.- Keywords.- Authors.