Compstat '86 Proceedings in Computational Statistics : 7th Symposium Held in Rome 1986

1. Information Science and Statistics.- Information Science and Statistics.- Catastrophe Theory as a Tool for Statistical Analysis of Systems.- New Procedures for Generating Optimal Experimental Designs.- 2. Probabilistic Models in Exploratory Data Analysis.- Some Guidelines for Principal Component Analysis.- Comparison of Least Squares with Least Absolute Deviation Forecasting Using Simulation Techniques.- Modeling the Reliability of Fault-Tolerant Software Systems.- Computerized Exploratory Screening of Large-Dimensional Contingency Tables.- A Fast Algorithm for Some Exploratory Methods in Categorical Data Problems.- Easy to Generate Metrics for Use with Sampled Functions.- 3. Computational Approach of Inference.- Sequential Inference Processes in Computational Aspects.- Variance Components as a Method for Routine Regression Analysis of Survey Data.- On the Assessment of Case Influence in Generalized Linear Models.- 4. Numerical Aspects of Statistical Computations.- Algoritmic Development in Variable Selection Procedures.- Linear Models of Categorical Variables.- A Fast Algorithm for Curve Fitting.- Generalized Multiplicative Models.- A Convenient Way of Computing ML-Estimates: Use of Automatic Differentiation.- On the Numerical Solutions of Bounded Influence Regression Problems.- Testing of Statistical Algorithms and Programs with the Help of the Multivariate Sample, Having Described Values of Empirical Parameters.- 5. Three-Mode Data Matrices.- Analysis of Three-Way Data Matrices Based on Pairwise Relation Measures.- Factor Analysis of Evolution and Cluster Methods on Trajectories.- 6. Cluster Analysis Methods and Algorithms.- Links Between Clustering and Assignment Procedures.- Identification of Linear Regression Models by a Clustering Algorithm.- Validity Tests in Cluster Analysis Using a Probabilistic Teacher Algorithm.- New Kinds of Graphical Representation in Clustering.- Projection of an Acute Symmetrical Simplicial Closed Convex Cone and its Application to Star Graphs.- Design of a Command Language for Interactive or Batch Use in a Statistical Package.- Cross Association Measures and Optimal Clustering.- 7. Robustness in Multivariate Analysis.- Multivariate Data Analysis, Contributions and Shortcomings of Robustness in Practice.- On the Use of Bootstrap and Jackknife in Covariance Structure Analysis.- On a Class of Robust Methods for Multivariate Data Analysis.- Robust Recursive Estimation and Detection of Shifts in Regression.- How Robust is One Way Anova with Respect to within Group Correlation.- Algorithms for the Beta Distribution Function.- 8. Computer Graphics and Data Presentation.- An Interactive Graphic System for Designing and Accessing Statistical Data Bases.- Non-Standard Graphical Presentation.- Computer Graphics and Data Presentation, a First Step Toward a Cognitive and Ergonomic Analysis.- 9. Expert Systems.- Expert Systems and Data Analysis Package Management.- Developing Intelligent Software for Non-Linear Model Fitting as an Expert System.- Express - An Expert System Utilizing Standard Statistical Packages.- Muse: An Expert System in Statistics.- Building Expert Systems with the Help of Existing Statistical Software: An Example.- Statistical Data Validation and Expert Systems.- Knowledge Base Supported Analysis of Longitudinal Data.- How to Assist an Inexperienced User in the Preliminary Analysis of Time Series: First Version of the Estes Expert System.- Object-Oriented Data Representations for Statistical Data Analysis.- 10. Statistical Software.- Algorithms for the Beta Distribution Function.- Interactive User-Friendly Package for Design and Analysis of Experiments.- NL: A Statistical Package for General Nonlinear Regression Problems.- Statistical Software for Personal Computers.- Recursive Techniques in Statistical Programming.- Design Criteria for a Flexible Statistical Language.- Statistical Software SAM - Sensitivity Analysis in Multivariate Methods.- 11. Data Handling and Computational Methods of Clinical Trials.- Data Handling and Computational Methods in Clinical Trials.- Database Assisted Conduct of Clinical Trials.- An APL-System for Analysing Multivariate Data.- AMS - A Computer Program for Survival Analysis, General Linear Models and a Stochastic Survival Model.- 12. Econometric Computing.- A Multilingual Specification System for Statistical Software.- An Efficient Algorithm for Time Series Decomposition.- 13. Statistical Data Base Management Systems.- Database Management and Statistical Data Analysis: The Need for Integration and for Becoming More Intelligent.- Privacy, Informatics and Statistics.- Italian Statistical Data Dictionary System Prototype Developed with a 4th Generation Language.- A Methodology for Conceptual Design of Statistical Databases.- Towards Natural Integration of Database Management System and Statistical Software.- Easy-Link: An Expert Natural Language Interface to a Statistical Data Bank.- Farandole: A RDBMS for Statistical Data Analysis.- Model- and Method Banks (MMB) as a Supplement to Statistical Data Banks.- A Security Mechanism Based on Uniform Rounding to prevent Tracker Techniques.- 14. Teaching of Computational Statistics.- A Data Analysis Course in a Computer Science Faculty.- Teaching Computational Statistics on Workstations.- Teaching Regression Analysis Using MIMOSA - an Interactive Computer System for Matrix Calculus.- Late Arrivals.- Practical Use of Color Imagin in Automatic Classification.- Algorithm and Software of Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Heterogeneous Data.- Adress-List of Authors.