Towards Advanced Data Analysis by Combining Soft Computing and Statistics

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Borgelt, Christian (Editor), Gil, María Ángeles (Editor), Sousa, João M.C (Editor), Verleysen, Michel (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, 285
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematical statistics.; Data mining.; Computer simulation.; Computational intelligence.; Computational Intelligence.; Probability and Statistics in Computer Science.; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery.; Simulation and Modeling.

Soft computing, as an engineering science, and statistics, as a classical branch of mathematics, emphasize different aspects of data analysis. Soft computing focuses on obtaining working solutions quickly, accepting approximations and unconventional approaches. Its strength lies in its flexibility t...