Branch-and-Bound Applications in Combinatorial Data Analysis

• Main Authors: Brusco, Michael J. (Author), Stahl, Stephanie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2005.
• Series: Statistics and Computing,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Management science.; Discrete mathematics.; Statistics.; Discrete Mathematics.; Statistics and Computing/Statistics Programs.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Statistics for Social Science, Behavorial Science, Education, Public Policy, and Law.

There are a variety of combinatorial optimization problems that are relevant to the examination of statistical data. Combinatorial problems arise in the clustering of a collection of objects, the seriation (sequencing or ordering) of objects, and the selection of variables for subsequent multivariat...