This thesis presents and compares the performance of two recently developed classification methods namely the Spatial Stagewise Aggregation procedure and Support Vector Machines. Both techniques are convenient for the application to corporate bankruptcy analysis, in terms of calculation of...

A comprehensive statistical analysis of return processes on the German and British stock market was carried out. Empirically, data for 40 selected companies and two market performance indices were collected for the period of ten years. The analysis shows that in the period under review the...

Let (X1, Y1), . . ., (Xn, Yn) be i.i.d. rvs and let l(x) be the unknown p-quantile regression curve of Y on X. A quantile-smoother ln(x) is a localised, nonlinear estimator of l(x). The strong uniform consistency rate is established under general conditions. In many applications it is necessary...

Der Tod macht alle Menschen gleich, dennoch sind nicht alle gleichmäßig betroffen. Unterschiede in der Sterblichkeit aufgrund des sozio-ökonomischen Status sind allgemein bekannt. Aber auch räumliche Disparitäten existieren. Es ist oft von großem Interesse Regionen mit außergewöhnlich...