Part 1: Classification and Data Analysis

Entropy Optimizing Methods for the Estimation of Tables

U. Blien

F. Graef

Automatic Spectral Classification

N. Christlieb

G. GraBhoff

A. Nelke

A. Schlemminger

L. Wisotzki

An Approach to Modelling Directional and Betweenness Data

H. Feger

The Application of Random Coincidence Graphs for Testing the Homogeneity of Data

E. Godehardt

J. Jaworski

D. Godehardt

City-Block Scaling: Smoothing Strategies for Avoiding Local Minima

P.J.F. Groenen

W.J. Heiser

J.J. Meulman

Probability Models and Limit Theorems for Random Interval Graphs with Applications to Cluster Analysis

B. Harris

E. Godehardt

Labor Supply Decisions in Germany A Semiparametric Regression Analysis

W. Kempe

A Multiplicative Approach to Partitioning the Risk of Disease

M. Land

O. Gefeller

Multiple Media Stream Data Analysis: Theory and Applications

F. Makedon

C. Owen

Multimedia Data Analysis using ImageTcl

F. Makedon

C. Owen

Robust Bivariate Boxplots and Visualization of Multivariate Data

M. Riani

S. Zani

A. Corbellini

Unsupervised Fuzzy Classification of Multispectral Imagery Using Spatial-Spectral Features

R. Wiemker

Part 2: Mathematical and Statistical Methods

Some News about C.A.MAN Computer Assisted Analysis of Mixtures

D. Bohning

E. Dietz

Mathematical Aspects of the Feature Pattern Analysis

M. Brehm

A Note on the Off-Block-Diagonal Approximation of the Burt Matrix as Applied in Joint Correspondence Analysis

J. FaBbinder

A New Look at the Visual Performance of Nonparametric Hazard Rate Estimators

O. Gefeller

N.L. Hjort

Multilevel Modeling: When and Why

J. Hox

Upper Bounds for the P-Values of a Scan Statistic with a Variable Window

J. Krauth

A Branch-and-bound Algorithm for Boolean Regression

I. Leenen

I.V. Mechelen

Mathematical Classification and Clustering: From How to What and Why

B. Mirkin

Heteroskedastic Linear Regression Models -- A Bayesian Analysis

W. Polasek

S. Liu

S. Jin

A Heuristic Partial-Least-Squares Approach to Estimating Dynamic Path Models

H.G. Strohe

Part 3: World Wide Web and the Internet

Using Logic for the Specification of Hypermedia Documents

E.-E. Doberkat

Project TeleTeaching Mannheim -- Heidelberg

W. Effelsberg

W. Geyer

A. Eckert

WWW-Access to Relational Databases

W. Esswein

A. Selz

Technology, Data, Relevancy: A Culture-Theoretical Look at the Internet

P.M. Hejl

Self-Organizing Maps of Very Large Document Collections: Justification for the WEBSOM Method

T. Honkela

S. Kaski

T. Kohonen

K. Lagus

Segment-Specific Aspects of Designing Online Services in the Internet

T. Klein

W. Gaul

F. Wartenberg

Design of World Wide Web Information Systems

K. Lenz

A. Oberweis

Large WWW Systems: New Phenomena, Problems and Solutions

H. Maurer

Structured Visualization of Search Result List

U. Preiser

Part 4: Speech and Pattern Recognition

Application of Discriminative Methods for Isolated Word Recognition

J.G. Bauer

Statistical Classifiers in Computer Vision

J. Hornegger

D. Paulus

H. Niemann

Speech Signal Classification with Hybrid Systems

Ch. Neukirchen

G. Rigoll

Stochastic Modelling of Knowledge Sources in Automatic Speech Recognition

H. Ney

Classification of Speech Pattern Using Locally Recurrent Neural Networks

H. Reininger

K. Kasper

H. Wust

Part 5: Knowledge and Databases

Information Gathering for Vague Queries Using Case Retrieval Nets

H.-D. Burkhard

Characterizing Bibliographic Databases by Content an Experimental Approach

M. Dreger

S. Gobel

S. Lohrum

Medoc Searching Heterogeneous Bibliographic and Text Databases

K. GroBjohann

C. Haber

R. Weber

Supervised Learning with Qualitative and Mixed Attributes

H. Kauderer

H.-J. Mucha

Part 6: Marketing

A Comparison of Traditional Segmentation Methods with Segmentation Based upon Artificial Neural Networks by Means of Conjoint Data from a Monte-Carlo-Simulation

H. Gierl

S. Schwanenberg

Classification of Pricing Strategies in a Competitive Environment

M. Loffler

W. Gaul

Predicting the Amount of Purchase by a Procedure Using Multidimensional Scaling: An Application to Scanner Data on Beer

A. Okada

A. Miyauchi

Author and Subject Index