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New Perspectives in Statistical Modeling and Data Analysis Proceedings of the 7th Conference of the Classification and Data Analysis Group of the Italian Statistical Society, Catania, September 9-11, 2009

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Editors Prof. Salvatore Ingrassia Università di Catania Dipartimento Impresa Culture e Società Corso Italia 55 95129 Catania Italy [email protected]

Prof. Roberto Rocci Università di Roma “Tor Vergata” Dipartimento SEFEMEQ Via Columbia 2 00133 Roma Italy [email protected]

Prof. Maurizio Vichi Università di Roma “La Sapienza” Dipartimento di Statistica Probabilità e Statistiche Applicate Piazzale Aldo Moro 5 00185 Roma Italy [email protected]

ISSN 1431-8814 ISBN 978-3-642-11362-8 e-ISBN 978-3-642-11363-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-11363-5 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2011930788 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011  This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: deblik, Berlin Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

Preface

This volume contains revised versions of selected papers presented at the seventh biannual meeting of the Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG) of the Italian Statistical Society, organized by the Faculty of Economics at the University of Catania in September 2009. The conference encompassed 150 presentations organized in 3 plenary talks and 42 sessions. Moreover, one tutorial on mixture modeling took place before the meeting. With 225 attendees from 11 countries, the conference provided an attractive interdisciplinary international forum for discussion and mutual exchange of knowledge. The topics of all plenary and specialized sessions were chosen to fit