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Application of Classification Methods to a Problem Related to Specific Groups of E-Government Users

Angelova, Vesela, Eskenazi, Avram (2008)

Serdica Journal of Computing

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This paper was partly supported by ELOST – a SSA EU project – No 27287. One of the important tasks of the EU ELOST project on E-government and Low Socio-Economic Status Groups (LSG) was to compare experts’ opinions on fundamental problems of the subject. This papers shows how the application of specific classification methods to experts’ formalized answers could lead to some non-trivial and objective conclusions about interdependencies and the interrelation between e-government...

Notes on the bias of dissimilarity indices for incomplete data sets: the case of archaelogical classification.

Angela Montanari, Stefania Mignani (1994)

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The problem of missing data is particularly present in archaeological research where, because of the fragmentariness of the finds, only a part of the characteristics of the whole object can be observed. The performance of various dissimilarity indices differently weighting missing values is studied on archaeological data via a simulation. An alternative solution consisting in randomly substituting missing values with character sets is also examined. Gower's dissimilarity coefficient...

Correspondence analysis and two-way clustering.

Antonio Ciampi, Ana González Marcos, Manuel Castejón Limas (2005)

SORT

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Correspondence analysis followed by clustering of both rows and columns of a data matrix is proposed as an approach to two-way clustering. The novelty of this contribution consists of: i) proposing a simple method for the selecting of the number of axes; ii) visualizing the data matrix as is done in micro-array analysis; iii) enhancing this representation by emphasizing those variables and those individuals which are 'well represented' in the subspace of the chosen axes. The approach...

Protecting micro-data by micro-aggregation: the experience in Eurostat.

Daniel Defays (1997)

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A natural strategy to protect the confidentiality of individual data is to aggregate them at the lowest possible level. Some studies realised in Eurostat on this topic will be presented: properties of classifications in clusters of fixed sizes, micro-aggregation as a generic method to protect the confidentiality of individual data, application to the Community Innovation Survey. The work performed in Eurostat will be put in line with other projects conducted at European level on the...

Linear discriminant analysis with a generalization of the Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse

Tomasz Górecki, Maciej Łuczak (2013)

International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science

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The Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) technique is an important and well-developed area of classification, and to date many linear (and also nonlinear) discrimination methods have been put forward. A complication in applying LDA to real data occurs when the number of features exceeds that of observations. In this case, the covariance estimates do not have full rank, and thus cannot be inverted. There are a number of ways to deal with this problem. In this paper, we propose improving...

Profile analysis of mothers susceptible to contaminant exposure in the Algarve region: Application of the HJ-BIPLOT method

A. Serafim, R. Company, B. Lopes, N. Silva, E. Castela, M.J. Bebianno, G. Castela (2012)

Biometrical Letters

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The HJ-BIPLOT method developed by Galindo (1986) was applied in order to identify and categorize mothers vulnerable to environmental contamination in the Algarve region (South Portugal). The application of the BIPLOT method made it possible to recognize the most important exposure routes for contamination, showing that workplace, diet and smoking habits seem the most significant factors contributing to maternal and foetal exposure vulnerability

Towards prediction of HCV therapy efficiency.

Wasik, Szymon, Jackowiak, Paulina, Krawczyk, Jacek B., Kedziora, Paweł, Formanowicz, Piotr, Figlerowicz, Marek, Błażewicz, Jacek (2010)

Computational & Mathematical Methods in Medicine

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