From data to knowledge: theoretical and practical aspects of classification, data analysis, and knowledge organization. Selected papers presented at the 18th annual conference of the German Classification Society, Oldenburg, Germany, March 9-11, 1994 (Q1909857)

The articles of this volume will be reviewed individually. Indexed articles: \textit{Cuadras, C. M.; Fortiana, J.; Oliva, F.}, Representation of statistical structures, classification and prediction using multidimensional scaling, 20-31 [Zbl 0855.62049] \textit{Janowitz, M. F.}, An ordinal model for cluster analysis -- 15 years in retrospect, 58-72 [Zbl 0877.62065] \textit{Nishisato, Shizuhiko}, An overview and recent developments in dual scaling, 73-85 [Zbl 0855.62047] \textit{Polasek, Wolfgang; Jin, Song}, Gibbs sampling in AR models with random walk priors, 86-93 [Zbl 0855.62071] \textit{Rasson, J. P.; Rémon, M.; Henry, Fl.}, Finding the edge of a Poisson forest with inside and outside observations: The discriminant analysis point of view, 94-101 [Zbl 0897.62058] \textit{Sandau, Konrad}, Spatial fibre and surface processes -- Stereological estimations and applications, 102-115 [Zbl 0856.62079] \textit{Windham, Michael P.}, Robustizing mixture analysis using model weighting, 116-123 [Zbl 0855.62023] \textit{Yajima, Keiji}, Evaluation of the first life table published in 1888 in Japan, 124-130 [Zbl 0850.62769] \textit{Bankhofer, U.}, Incomplete data matrices and tests on randomly missing data, 133-140 [Zbl 0960.62502] \textit{Biedermann, Klaus; Wille, Rudolf}, Valuations and hierarchizations, 141-150 [Zbl 0863.62001] \textit{Firmin, Christian; Hamad, Denis}, Gaussian neural networks applied to the cluster analysis problem, 159-166 [Zbl 0960.62523] \textit{Godehardt, E.; Horsch, A.}, Graph-theoretic models for testing the homogeneity of data, 167-176 [Zbl 0856.62056] \textit{Groenen, Patrick J. F.; De Leeuw, Jan; Mathar, Rudolf}, Least squares multidimensional scaling with transformed distances, 177-185 [Zbl 0855.62050] \textit{Ihm, Peter; Küchler, Ingeborg}, Alternatives to configural frequency analysis, 186-194 [Zbl 0856.62051] \textit{Klawonn, F.; Kruse, R.}, Clustering methods in fuzzy control, 195-202 [Zbl 0863.93047] \textit{Sawitzki, G.}, The excess mass approach and the analysis of multi-modality, 203-211 [Zbl 0856.62057] \textit{Sbihi, A.; Postaire, J.-G.}, Mode extraction by multivalue morphology for cluster analysis, 212-221 [Zbl 0855.62048] \textit{Tabakis, Evangelos}, On the longest edge of the minimal spanning tree, 222-230 [Zbl 0897.62063] \textit{Vach, W.; Alt, K. W.}, Detection of blocks in a binary matrix -- a Bayesian approach, 231-239 [Zbl 0855.62019] \textit{Krauth, J.}, Spatial clustering of neurons by hypergeometric disjoint statistics, 253-261 [Zbl 0855.62100] \textit{Nieschulz, K.-P.; Richter, O.; Diekkrüger, B.; Lücke, A.}, A new approach of regionalisation by classifying hydrological quantities, 262-269 [Zbl 0960.86501] \textit{Pfeifer, D.; Ortleb, H.; Schleier-Langer, U.; Bäumer, H.-P.}, The index-of-dispersion test revisited, 270-277 [Zbl 0960.62537] \textit{Aust, E.; Gaul, W.}, A unifying approach to benefit segmentation and product line design based on rank order conjoint data, 289-297 [Zbl 0960.62562] \textit{Baier, D.; Gaul, W.}, Classification and representation using conjoint data, 298-307 [Zbl 0960.62522] \textit{Lasch, Rainer}, Overlapping clustering of statistical software packages for PC, 308-317 [Zbl 0960.62524] \textit{Wartenberg, F.; Decker, R.}, Analysis of sales data. A neural net approach, 326-333 [Zbl 1075.91633] \textit{ten Hacken, Pius}, On the definition of inflection, 337-344 [Zbl 0853.68143] \textit{Liedtke, Joachim}, Computer-aided analysis of vocabulary acquisition, 345-352 [Zbl 1075.91641] \textit{Gefeller, Olaf; Brenner, Hermann}, A new methodologic look at describing the performance of diagnostic classification procedures in medicine, 379-386 [Zbl 0960.62557] \textit{von Haeseler, Arndt; Schöniger, M.}, Ribosomal RNA phylogeny derived from a correlation model of sequence evolution, 395-403 [Zbl 0856.92014] \textit{Dellmann, F.}, Processing partial information in decision support systems, 423-432 [Zbl 1075.90526] \textit{Lenski, Wolfgang; Richter, Michael M.; Wette-Roch, Elisabeth}, Consistency conditions for the classification in LIS/C1, 433-441 [Zbl 0853.68165]