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Symbolic Data Analysis and the Sodas Software

AUTHOR Noirhomme-Frait; Diday; Noirhomme-Frait et al.
PUBLISHER Wiley-Interscience (03/01/2008)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)

Description
Classical statistical techniques are often inadequate when it comes to analysing some of the large and internally variable datasets common today. Symbolic Data Analysis (SDA) has evolved in response to this problem and is a vital tool for summarizing information in such a way that the resulting data is of a manageable size. Symbolic data, represented by

intervals, lists, histograms, distributions, curves and the like, keeps the "internal variation" of summaries better than standard data. SDA therefore plays a key role in the interaction between statistics and data processing, and has established itself as an important tool for analysing official statistics.

Through an extension of the concepts employed in data mining, the Editors provide an advanced guide to the techniques required to analyse symbolic data. Contributions from leading experts in the field enable the reader to build models and make predictions about future events.

The book:

  • Provides new graphical tools for the interpretation of large data sets.
  • Extends standard statistics, data analysis, data mining and knowledge discovery to symbolic data.
  • Introduces the SODAS software, which is complementary to existing data analysis software (e.g. SAS, SPSS, SPAD) that are unable to work on symbolic data.
  • Induces, exports, and compares knowledge from one database to another.
  • Features a supporting website hosting the software, and user manual.

Symbolic Data Analysis and the SODAS Software is primarily aimed at practitioners of symbolic data analysis, such as statisticians and economists, within both the public and private sectors. There is also much of interest to postgraduate students and researchers within web mining, text mining, and bioengineering.

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ISBN-13: 9780470018835
ISBN-10: 0470018836
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Sewn)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 476
Carton Quantity: 16
Product Dimensions: 6.83 x 1.24 x 9.79 inches
Weight: 2.14 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents, Illustrated
Country of Origin: GB
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Mathematics | Probability & Statistics - General
Mathematics | System Administration - Storage & Retrieval
Dewey Decimal: 005.74
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007045552
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Classical statistical techniques are often inadequate when it comes to analysing some of the large and internally variable datasets common today. Symbolic Data Analysis (SDA) has evolved in response to this problem and is a vital tool for summarizing information in such a way that the resulting data is of a manageable size. Symbolic data, represented by

intervals, lists, histograms, distributions, curves and the like, keeps the "internal variation" of summaries better than standard data. SDA therefore plays a key role in the interaction between statistics and data processing, and has established itself as an important tool for analysing official statistics.

Through an extension of the concepts employed in data mining, the Editors provide an advanced guide to the techniques required to analyse symbolic data. Contributions from leading experts in the field enable the reader to build models and make predictions about future events.

The book:

  • Provides new graphical tools for the interpretation of large data sets.
  • Extends standard statistics, data analysis, data mining and knowledge discovery to symbolic data.
  • Introduces the SODAS software, which is complementary to existing data analysis software (e.g. SAS, SPSS, SPAD) that are unable to work on symbolic data.
  • Induces, exports, and compares knowledge from one database to another.
  • Features a supporting website hosting the software, and user manual.

Symbolic Data Analysis and the SODAS Software is primarily aimed at practitioners of symbolic data analysis, such as statisticians and economists, within both the public and private sectors. There is also much of interest to postgraduate students and researchers within web mining, text mining, and bioengineering.

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Editor: Diday, Edwin
Lynne Billard is a multi award winning University Professor of Statistics at the University of Georgia, USA. Her areas of interest include epidemic theory, AIDS, time series, sequential analysis, and symbolic data. A former President of the American Statistical Association as well as the ENAR Regional President and International President of the International Biometric Society, Professor Billard has co-edited 6 books, published over150 papers and been actively involved in many statistical societies and national committees.

Edwin Diday is a Professor in Computer Science and Mathematics, at the Universite Paris Dauphine, France. He is the author or editor of 14 previous books. He is also the founder of the symbolic data analysis field, and has led numerous international research teams in the area.

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