Advances in Data Analysis Theory and Applications to Reliability and

An outgrowth of the 12th International Conference on Applied Stochastic Models and Data Analysis, this book is a collection of invited chapters presenting recent developments in the field of data analysis, with applications to reliability and inference, d

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Christos H. Skiadas Editor

Advances in Data Analysis Theory and Applications to Reliability and Inference, Data Mining, Bioinformatics, Lifetime Data, and Neural Networks

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Series Editor N. Balakrishnan McMaster University Department of Mathematics and Statistics 1280 Main Street West Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1 Canada

Editorial Advisory Board Max Engelhardt EG&G Idaho, Inc. Idaho Falls, ID 83415 Harry F. Martz Group A-1 MS F600 Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545 Gary C. McDonald NAO Research & Development Center 30500 Mound Road Box 9055 Warren, MI 48090-9055 Peter R. Nelson Department of Mathematical Sciences Clemson University Martin Hall Box 341907 Clemson, SC 29634-1907 Kazuyuki Suzuki Communication & Systems Engineering Department University of Electro Communications 1-5-1 Chofugaoka Chofu-shi Tokyo 182 Japan

Advances in Data Analysis

Theory and Applications to Reliability and Inference, Data Mining, Bioinformatics, Lifetime Data, and Neural Networks

Christos H. Skiadas Editor

Birkh¨auser Boston • Basel • Berlin

Editor Christos H. Skiadas Technical University of Crete Data Analysis and Forecasting Laboratory 73100 Chania, Crete Greece [email protected]

ISBN 978-0-8176-4798-8 e-ISBN 978-0-8176-4799-5 DOI 10.1007/978-0-8176-4799-5 Library of Congress Control Number: 2009939133 Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 03E72, 05A10, 05C80, 11B65, 11K45, 37A50, 37E25, 37N40, 58E17, 60A10, 60B12, 60E05, 60E07, 60F05, 60F17, 60G05, 60G15, 60G17, 60G50, 60G60, 60H05, 60H10, 60H30, 60J10, 60J22, 60J27, 60J65, 60J80, 60J85, 60K10, 60K15, 62-07, 62-09, 62C10, 62F03, 62F15, 62F30, 62F40, 62G05, 62G08, 62G10, 62G30, 62G32, 62H15, 62H25, 62H30, 62J02, 62J05, 62J07, 62J12, 62M10, 62M40, 62N05, 62P20, 62Q05, 65C30, 65C40, 65D10, 68P15, 68P20, 68P30, 68U35, 74E30, 74F20, 76M25, 78A70, 82B41, 82C41, 90B60, 90C35, 90C70, 91A43, 91A90, 91B24, 91B26, 91B30, 91B32, 91B38, 91B40, 91B60, 91B62, 91B70, 91B84, 91C20, 91E10, 92B20, 92C15, 93C42, 93C55, 93C57 c Birkh¨auser Boston, a part of Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010  All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Birkh¨auser Boston, c/o Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Birkh¨auser Boston is a part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.birkhauser.com)

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Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .