Statistical modeling methods: challenges and strategies

Cultural tourism: challenges and strategies

Modeling Web Navigation: Methods and Challenges

A computational cognitive model of Web navigation is a working computer system that simulates human users searching for items in a Web site. A fully working model must automate aspects of human perception, decision making and physical control. To successfully predict human behavior, these automated processes must be consistent with the cognitive and physical limitations of human users. Predicte...

Statistical Gas Distribution Modeling Using Kernel Methods

Gas distribution models can provide comprehensive information about a large number of gas concentration measurements, highlighting, for example, areas of unusual gas accumulation. They can also help to locate gas sources and to plan where future measurements should be carried out. Current physical modeling methods, however, are computationally expensive and not applicable for real world scenari...

Statistical Modeling Methods for Structural Damage Identification

Early damage detection is very important for in-time repair and retrofit of civil structures. The past years have seen a growing interest in automatic/programmable damage detection techniques using measurements from structural monitoring because of its potential economic benefit for maintenance practices. Recently, statistical pattern recognition (SPC) has been brought forward as a promising wa...

Statistical Challenges in eCommerce: Modeling Dynamic and Networked Data

Empirical research in the field of electronic commerce has been growing fast due to the availability of rich, high-quality data. Ecommerce data originates from many different behavioral, social, or economic processes and interactions online which have not been observable and measurable in the offline world. This data-rich environment allows for the questioning of existing theories and the uncov...