The regression depth method (RDM) proposed by Rousseeuw and Hubert [RH99] plays an important role in the area of robust regression for a continuous response variable. Christmann and Rousseeuw [CR01] showed that RDM is also useful for the case of binary regression. Vapnik?s convex risk...

Für Geschäftsführer und Manager ist es schon immer wichtig gewesen, gut informiert zu sein und der Stellenwert des Informationsfaktors erhöht sich ständig. Zum einen haben sich die weltweiten Wettbewerbsbedingungen verschärft, was zu einer stark angestiegenen Komplexität führt, und zum...

This volume contains the papers presented at the Student Session of the 12th European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS) held on 25th of August 2010 at Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France. The Student Session, organised by students, is designed to encourage student...

This volume contains the papers presented at the Student Session of the 11th European Agent Systems Summer School (EASSS) held on 2nd of September 2009 at Educatorio della Providenza, Turin, Italy. The Student Session, organised by students, is designed to encourage student interaction and...

Price instruments are well known policy handles to influence effectively residential water demand. Prices used to beset by water authorities in such a way that the principle of cost coverage was respected; they acted as prominentinstruments in residential water policies in the past decades. More...