Data Analysis -- Optimization in Symbolic Data Analysis: Dissimilarities, Class Centers, and Clustering -- An Efficient Branch and Bound Procedure for Restricted Principal Components Analysis -- A Tree Structured Classifier for Symbolic Class Description -- A Diversity Measure for Tree-Based Classifier Ensembles -- Repeated Confidence Intervals in Self-Organizing Studies -- Fuzzy and Crisp Maha…
The Bayes Premium -- Credibility Estimators -- The Bühlmann-Straub Model -- Treatment of Large Claims in Credibility -- Hierarchical Credibility -- Multidimensional Credibility -- Credibility in the Regression Case -- Evolutionary Credibility Models and Recursive Calculation -- Multidimensional Evolutionary Models and Recursive Calculation.The book is aimed at teachers and students as well as …
Biology in a Nutshell -- Words -- Word Distributions and Occurrences -- Physical Mapping of DNA -- Genome Rearrangements -- Sequence Alignment -- Rapid Alignment Methods: FASTA and BLAST -- DNA Sequence Assembly -- Signals in DNA -- Similarity, Distance, and Clustering -- Measuring Expression of Genome Information -- Inferring the Past: Phylogenetic Trees -- Genetic Variation in Populations -- …
Cluster Analysis—Partitioning -- An Introduction to Branch-and-Bound Methods for Partitioning -- Minimum-Diameter Partitioning -- Minimum Within-Cluster Sums of Dissimilarities Partitioning -- Minimum Within-Cluster Sums of Squares Partitioning -- Multiobjective Partitioning -- Seriation -- to the Branch-and-Bound Paradigm for Seriation -- Seriation—Maximization of a Dominance Index -- Seri…
Preprocessing data from genomic experiments -- Preprocessing Overview -- Preprocessing High-density Oligonucleotide Arrays -- Quality Assessment of Affymetrix GeneChip Data -- Preprocessing Two-Color Spotted Arrays -- Cell-Based Assays -- SELDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry Protein Data -- Meta-data: biological annotation and visualization -- Meta-data Resources and Tools in Bioconductor -- Querying On…
Graphical User Interface -- A First Session -- A Second Session -- Graphics -- Trellis Graphics -- Exploring Data -- Statistical Modeling -- Programming -- Object-Oriented Programming -- Input and Output -- Tips and Tricks -- S-Plus Internals -- Information Sources on and Around S-Plus -- R.This book explains the basics of S-PLUS in a clear style at a level suitable for people with little compu…
Introduction: Population Without Age -- The Life Table -- The Matrix Model Framework -- Mortality Comparisons; The Male-Female Ratio -- Fixed Regime of Mortality and Fertility: The Uses of Stable Theory -- Birth and Population Increase from the Life Table -- Birth and Population Increase from Matrix Population Models -- Reproductive Value from the Life Table -- Reproductive Value from Matrix Mo…
Matrix Preliminaries and General Linear Model -- Some General Methods for Making Inferences about Variance Components -- One-Way Classification -- Two-Way Crossed Classification without Interaction -- Two-Way Crossed Classification with Interaction -- Three-Way and Higher-Order Crossed Classifications -- Two-Way Nested Classification -- Three-Way Nested Classification -- General r-Way Nested Cl…
Multivariate Data and Multivariate Analysis -- Looking at Multivariate Data -- Principal Components Analysis -- Exploratory Factor Analysis -- Multidimensional Scaling and Correspondence Analysis -- Cluster Analysis -- Grouped Multivariate Data: Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Discriminant Function Analysis -- Multiple Regression and Canonical Correlation -- Analysis of Repeated Measures …
Queues: The Art of Modelling -- Markov Chains and Queues in Discrete Time -- Homogeneous Markov Processes on Discrete State Spaces -- Markovian Queues in Continuous Time -- Markovian Queueing Networks -- Renewal Theory -- Markov Renewal Theory -- Semi-Markovian Queues -- Phase-Type Distributions -- Markovian Arrival Processes -- The GI/PH/1 Queue -- The BMAP/G/1 Queue -- Discrete Time Approache…