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Preface

This volume contains revised versions of selected papers presented at the seventhbiannual meeting of the Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG) of theItalian Statistical Society, organized by the Faculty of Economics at the Universityof Catania in September 2009.

The conference encompassed 150 presentations organized in 3 plenary talks and42 sessions. Moreover, one tutorial on mixture modeling took place before themeeting. With 225 attendees from 11 countries, the conference provided an attrac-tive interdisciplinary international forum for discussion and mutual exchange ofknowledge. The topics of all plenary and specialized sessions were chosen to fitthe mission of CLADAG which is to promote methodological, computational andapplied research within the fields of Classification, Data Analysis and MultivariateStatistics.

The chapters in this volume were selected in a second peer review process afterthe conference. In addition to the fundamental areas of clustering and discrimina-tion, multidimensional data analysis and data mining, the volume contains somechapters concerning data analysis and statistical modeling in areas like evaluation,economics, finance, environmental and medical sciences, industry and services.

We would like to express our gratitude to the members of the Scientific Programcommittee for their ability to attract interesting contributions. We wish also thankthe session organizers for inviting speakers, the chairpersons and discussants of thesessions for their stimulating comments and suggestions. We are very grateful tothe referees for their careful reviews of the submitted papers and for the time spentin this professional activity. We gratefully acknowledge the Faculty of Economicsof the University of Catania and the Department of Economics and QuantitativeMethods, the Department of Economics and Territory, the Department of Sociologyand Social Sciences, and the Faculty of Political Sciences for financial support. Weare also indebted to SAS, CEUR Foundation and the Foundation for Subsidiarityfor their support. A special thank is due to the Local Organizing Committee for thiswell-organized conference.

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Finally, we would like to thank Dr. Martina Bihn of Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg,for her support and dedication to the production of this volume.

Catania Salvatore IngrassiaRoma Roberto RocciRoma Maurizio VichiJuly 2010

Contents

Part I Data Modeling for Evaluation

Evaluating the Effects of Subsidies to Firms with NonignorablyMissing Outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Fabrizia Mealli, Barbara Pacini, and Giulia Roli

Evaluating Lecturers Capability Over Time. Some Evidencefrom Surveys on University Course Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Isabella Sulis, Mariano Porcu, and Nicola Tedesco

Evaluating the External Effectiveness of the UniversityEducation in Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Matilde Bini

Analyzing Research Potential through Redundancy Analysis:the case of the Italian University System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Cristina Davino, Francesco Palumbo, and Domenico Vistocco

A Participative Process for the Definition of a Human CapitalIndicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39Luigi Fabbris, Giovanna Boccuzzo, Maria Cristiana Martini,and Manuela Scioni

Using Poset Theory to Compare Fuzzy MultidimensionalMaterial Deprivation Across Regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49Marco Fattore, Rainer Brggemann, and Jan Owsinski

Some Notes on the Applicability of Cluster-Weighted Modelingin Effectiveness Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57Simona C. Minotti

Impact Evaluation of Job Training Programs by a LatentVariable Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Francesco Bartolucci and Fulvia Pennoni

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Part II Data Analysis in Economics

Analysis of Collaborative Patterns in Innovative Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77Alfredo Del Monte, Maria Rosaria DEsposito,Giuseppe Giordano, and Maria Prosperina Vitale

The Measure of Economic Re-Evaluation: a Coefficient Basedon Conjoint Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85Paolo Mariani, Mauro Mussini, and Emma Zavarrone

Do Governments Effectively Stabilize Fuel Prices by ReducingSpecific Taxes? Evidence from Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93Marina Di Giacomo, Massimiliano Piacenza, and Gilberto Turati

An Analysis of Industry Sector Via Model Based Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101Carmen Cutugno

Impact of Exogenous Shocks on Oil Product Market Prices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109Antonio Angelo Romano and Giuseppe Scandurra

Part III Nonparametric Kernel Estimation

Probabilistic Forecast for Northern New Zealand SeismicProcess Based on a Forward Predictive Kernel Estimator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119Giada Adelfio and Marcello Chiodi

Discrete Beta Kernel Graduation of Age-Specific DemographicIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127Angelo Mazza and Antonio Punzo

Kernel-Type Smoothing Methods of Adjusting for UnitNonresponse in Presence of Multiple and Different TypeCovariates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135Emilia Rocco

Part IV Data Analysis in Industry and Services

Measurement Errors and Uncertainty: A Statistical Perspective . . . . . . . . . . . .145Laura Deldossi and Diego Zappa

Measurement Uncertainty in Quantitative ChimerismMonitoring after Stem Cell Transplantation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155Ron S. Kenett, Deborah Koltai, and Don Kristt

Satisfaction, Loyalty and WOM in Dental Care Sector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165Paolo Mariani and Emma Zavarrone

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Controlled Calibration in Presence of Clustered Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173Silvia Salini and Nadia Solaro

Part V Visualization of Relationships

Latent Ties Identification in Inter-Firms Social Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185Patrizia Ameli, Federico Niccolini, and Francesco Palumbo

A Universal Procedure for Biplot Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195Jan Graffelman

Analysis of Skew-Symmetry in Proximity Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203Giuseppe Bove

Social Stratification and Consumption Patterns: CulturalPractices and Lifestyles in Japan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211Miki Nakai

Centrality of Asymmetric Social Network: Singular ValueDecomposition, Conjoint Measurement, and AsymmetricMultidimensional Scaling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219Akinori Okada

Part VI Classification

Some Perspectives on Multivariate Outlier Detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231Andrea Cerioli, Anthony C. Atkinson, and Marco Riani

Spatial Clustering of Multivariate Data Using WeightedMAX-SAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .239Silvia Liverani and Alessandra Petrucci

Clustering Multiple Data Streams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247Antonio Balzanella, Yves Lechevallier, and Rosanna Verde

Notes on the Robustness of Regression Trees Against Skewedand Contaminated Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255Giuliano Galimberti, Marilena Pillati, and Gabriele Soffritti

A Note on Model Selection in STIMA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .265Claudio Conversano

Conditional Classification Trees by Weighting the GiniImpurity Measure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273Antonio DAmbrosio and Valerio A. Tutore

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Part VII Analysis of Financial Data

Visualizing and Exploring High Frequency Financial Data:Beanplot Time Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283Carlo Drago and Germana Scepi

Using Partial Least Squares Regression in Lifetime Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291Intissar Mdimagh and Salwa Benammou

Robust Portfolio Asset Allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .301Luigi Grossi and Fabrizio Laurini

A Dynamic Analysis of Stock Markets through MultivariateLatent Markov Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311Michele Costa and Luca De Angelis

A MEM Analysis of African Financial Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319Giorgia Giovannetti and Margherita Velucchi

Group Structured Volatility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329Pietro Coretto, Michele La Rocca, and Giuseppe Storti

Part VIII Functional Data Analysis

Clustering Spatial Functional Data: A Method Basedon a Nonparametric Variogram Estimation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339Elvira Romano, Rosanna Verde, and Valentina Cozza

Prediction of an Industrial Kneading Processvia the Adjustment Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347Giuseppina D. Costanzo, Francesco DellAccio, and GiulioTrombetta

Dealing with FDA Estimation Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .357Tonio Di Battista, Stefano A. Gattone, and Angela De Sanctis

Part IX Computer Intensive Methods

Testing for Dependence in Mixed Effect Modelsfor Multivariate Mixed Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369Marco Alf, Luciano Nieddu, and Donatella Vicari

Size and Power of Tests for Regression Outliers in the ForwardSearch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .377Francesca Torti and Domenico Perrotta

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Using the Bootstrap in the Analysis of Fractionated ScreeningDesigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .385Anthony Cossari

CRAGGING Measures of Variable Importance for Datawith Hierarchical Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .393Marika Vezzoli and Paola Zuccolotto

Regression Trees with Moderating Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401Gianfranco Giordano and Massimo Aria

Data Mining for Longitudinal Data with Different Treatments . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409Mouna Akacha, Thas C.O. Fonseca, and Silvia Liverani

Part X Data Analysis in Environmental and Medical Sciences

Supervised Classification of Thermal High-ResolutionIR Images for the Diagnosis of Raynauds Phenomenon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .419Graziano Aretusi, Lara Fontanella, Luigi Ippoliti, and ArcangeloMerla

A Mixture Regression Model for Resistin Levels Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429Gargano Romana and Alibrandi Angela

Interpreting Air Quality Indices as Random Quantities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .437Francesca Bruno and Daniela Cocchi

Comparing Air Quality Indices Aggregated by Pollutant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .447Mariantonietta Ruggieri and Antonella Plaia

Identifying Partitions of Genes and Tissue Samplesin Microarray Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .455Francesca Martella and Marco Alf

Part XI Analysis of Categorical Data

Assessing Balance of Categorical Covariates and MeasuringLocal Effects in Observational Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .465Furio Camillo and Ida DAttoma

Handling Missing Data in Presence of Categorical Variables:a New Imputation Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .473Pier Alda Ferrari, Alessandro Barbiero, and Giancarlo Manzi

The Brown and Payne Model of Voter Transition Revisited . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .481Antonio Forcina and Giovanni M. Marchetti

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On the Nonlinearity of Homogeneous Ordinal Variables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .489Maurizio Carpita and Marica Manisera

New Developments in Ordinal Non SymmetricalCorrespondence Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497Biagio Simonetti, Luigi DAmbra, and Pietro Amenta

Correspondence Analysis of Surveys with Multiple ResponseQuestions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .505Amaya Zrraga and Beatriz Goitisolo

Part XII Multivariate Analysis

Control Sample, Association and Causality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .517Riccardo Borgoni, Donata Marasini, and Piero Quatto

A Semantic Based Dirichlet Compound Multinomial Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525Paola Cerchiello and Elvio Concetto Bonafede

Distance-Based Approach in Multivariate Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .535Carles M. Cuadras

New Weighed Similarity Indexes for Market SegmentationUsing Categorical Variables. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .543Isabella Morlini and Sergio Zani

Causal Inference with Multivariate Outcomes: a SimulationStudy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553Paolo Frumento, Fabrizia Mealli, and Barbara Pacini

Using Multilevel Models to Analyse the Context of ElectoralData . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561Rosario DAgata and Venera Tomaselli

A Geometric Approach to Subset Selection and SparseSufficient Dimension Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .569Luca Scrucca

Local Statistical Models for Variables Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .577Silvia Figini

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .585

Contributors

Giada Adelfio Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche e Matematiche S. Vianelli,Universit di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, ed. 13, 90128 Palermo (Italy),adelfio@unipa.it

Marco Alf Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Sapienza Universit di Roma,Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Roma, Italy, marco.alfo@uniroma1.it

Angela Alibrandi Department of Economical, Financial, Social, Environmental,Statistical and Territorial Sciences, University of Messina, Via dei Verdi 27, 98122,Messina (Italy), aalibrandi@unime.it

Patrizia Ameli Dipartimento di Istituzioni Economiche e Finanziarie,Universit di Macerata, Via Crescimbeni 2021, 62100 Macerata (Italy),patrizia.ameli@unimc.it

Mouna Akacha Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV47AL Warwick (United Kingdom), m.akacha@warwick.ac.uk

Pietro Amenta Department of Social and Economic System Analysis, Universitdel Sannio, Via delle Puglie 82, 82100, Benevento (Italy), amenta@unisannio.it

Graziano Aretusi D.M.Q.T.E., University of G. dAnnunzio, Viale Pindaro 42,I-65127 Pescara (Italy), graz@inwind.it

Massimo Aria Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of NaplesFederico II, Via Cinthia 26, (Monte SantAngelo), 80126 Napoli (Italy),aria@unina.it

Anthony C. Atkinson Department of Statistics, The London School of Economics,London WC2A 2AE (United Kingdom), a.c.atkinson@lse.ac.uk

Antonio Balzanella Dipartimento di Strategie Aziendali e MetodologieQuantitative Facolt di Economia, Seconda Universit degli Studi di Napoli, Viadel Setificio, 81100 Caserta (Italy), antonio.balzanella2@gmail.com

Alessandro Barbiero Department of Economics, Business and Statistics,Universit degli Studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milano (Italy),barbiero@unimi.it

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adelfio@unipa.itmarco.alfo@uniroma1.itaalibrandi@unime.itpatrizia.ameli@unimc.itm.akacha@warwick.ac.ukamenta@unisannio.itgraz@inwind.itaria@unina.ita.c.atkinson@lse.ac.ukantonio.balzanella2@gmail.combarbiero@unimi.it

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Francesco Bartolucci Dipartimento di Economia, Finanza e Statistica, Universitdi Perugia, Via Alessandro Pascoli 20, 06123 Perugia (Italy), bart@stat.unipg.it

Salwa Benammou Facult de Droit & des Sciences Economiques &Politiques, Universit de Sousse, Cit Erriadh - 4023 Sousse (Tunisia),saloua.benammou@fdseps.rnu.tn

Matilde Bini Dipartimento di Economia, Universit Europea di Roma, Via degliAldobrandeschi 190, 00163 Roma (Italy), mbini@unier.it

Giovanna Boccuzzo Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit di Padova,Via Cesare Battisti 241, 35121 Padova (Italy), boccuzzo@stat.unipd.it

Elvio C. Bonafede Department of Statistics and Applied Economics L.Lenti,Corso Strada Nuova 65, Pavia (Italy), concetto.bonafede@unipv.it

Riccardo Borgoni Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit degli Studi diMilano - Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy),riccardo.borgoni@unimib.it

Giuseppe Bove Dipartimento di Scienze dellEducazione, Universit degli StudiRoma Tre, Via del Castro Pretorio 20, 00185 Roma (Italy), bove@uniroma3.it

Rainer Brggemann Department Ecohydrology, Leibniz-Institute of FreshwaterEcology and Inland Fisheries, Mueggelseedamm 310. D-12587 Berlin, (Germany),brg@igb-berlin.de

Francesca Bruno Department of Statistics Paolo Fortunati, University ofBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), francesca.bruno@unibo.it

Furio Camillo Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit di Bologna, Via delle BelleArti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), furio.camillo@unibo.it

Maurizio Carpita Department of Quantitative Methods, University of Brescia,Contrada S. Chiara 50, 25122 Brescia (Italy), carpita@eco.unibs.it

Paola Cerchiello Department of Statistics and Applied Economics L.Lenti,Corso Strada Nuova 65, Pavia (Italy), paola.cerchiello@unipv.it

Andrea Cerioli Dipartimento di Economia, Sezione di Statistica e Informatica,Universit di Parma Via Kennedy 6, 43100 Parma Italy, andrea.cerioli@unipr.it

Marcello Chiodi Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche e Matematiche S. Vianelli,Universit di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, ed. 13, 90128 Palermo (Italy),chiodi@unipa.it

Daniela Cocchi Department of Statistics Paolo Fortunati, University ofBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), daniela.cocchi@unibo.it

Claudio Conversano Dipartimento di Economia, Universit di Cagliari, Viale FrIgnazio 17, I-09123 Cagliari (Italy), conversa@unica.it

Pietro Coretto Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Universit diSalerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy), pcoretto@unisa.it

bart@stat.unipg.itsaloua.benammou@fdseps.rnu.tnmbini@unier.itboccuzzo@stat.unipd.itconcetto.bonafede@unipv.itriccardo.borgoni@unimib.itbove@uniroma3.itbrg@igb-berlin.defrancesca.bruno@unibo.itfurio.camillo@unibo.itcarpita@eco.unibs.itpaola.cerchiello@unipv.itandrea.cerioli@unipr.itchiodi@unipa.itdaniela.cocchi@unibo.itconversa@unica.itpcoretto@unisa.it

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Anthony Cossari Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Calabria,Via Bucci CUBO 0C, 87036 Rende Cosenza (Italy), a.cossari@unical.it

Michele Costa Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati, Universit diBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), michele.costa@unibo.it

Giuseppina D. Costanzo Dipartimento di Economia e Statistica, Universitdella Calabria, Via P. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (Italy),dm.costanzo@unical.it

Valentina Cozza Dipartimento di Statistica e matematica per la ricerca economica,Universit di Napoli Parthenope, Via Medina 40 I Piano, 80133 Napoli (Italy),valecozza@unina.it

Carles M. Cuadras Department of Statistics, University of Barcelona, Diagonal645, 08028 Barcelona (Spain), ccuadras@ub.edu

Carmen Cutugno Dipartimento di Impresa Culture e Societ, Universit diCatania, Corso Italia 55, 95129 Catania (Italy), carmen.cutugno@unict.it

Rosario DAgata University of Catania, Via Vittorio Emanuele II 8, 95129Catania (Italy), rodagata@unict.it

Luigi DAmbra Department of Biological Sciences, Universit di NapoliFederico II, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Napoli (Italy), dambra@unina.it

Antonio DAmbrosio Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Universityof Naples Federico II, Via Cinthia 26 (Monte S. Angelo), 80125 Napoli (Italy),antdambr@unina.it

Ida DAttoma Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit di Bologna, Via delle BelleArti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), Ida.dattoma2@unibo.it

Cristina Davino Dipartimento di Studi sullo Sviluppo Economico, Universit diMacerata, Via Piaggia della Torre 8, 62100 Macerata (Italy), cdavino@unimc.it

Luca De Angelis Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati, Universit diBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), l.deangelis@unibo.it

Angela De Sanctis D.M.Q.T.E., University of Pescara G. DAnnunzio, VialePindaro 42, I-65127, Pescara (Italy), a.desanctis@unich.it

Alfredo Del Monte Dipartimento di Economia, Universit di Napoli Federico II,Via Cinthia 26 (Monte S. Angelo), 80125 Napoli (Italy), delmonte@unina.it

Laura Deldossi Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit CattolicaDel Sacro Cuore di Milano, Largo A. Gemelli 1, 20123 Milano (Italy),laura.deldossi@unicatt.it

Francesco DellAccio Dipartimento di Matematica, Universit della Calabria, ViaP. Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (Italy), fdellacc@unical.it

a.cossari@unical.itmichele.costa@unibo.itdm.costanzo@unical.itvalecozza@unina.itccuadras@ub.educarmen.cutugno@unict.itrodagata@unict.itdambra@unina.itantdambr@unina.itIda.dattoma2@unibo.itcdavino@unimc.itl.deangelis@unibo.ita.desanctis@unich.itdelmonte@unina.itlaura.deldossi@unicatt.itfdellacc@unical.it

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Maria R. DEsposito Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche,Universit di Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy),mdesposi@unisa.it

Tonio Di Battista D.M.Q.T.E., University of Pescara G. dAnnunzio, VialePindaro 42, I-65127, Pescara (Italy), dibattis@unich.it

Marina Di Giacomo Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e FinanziarieG. Prato, Universit di Torino, Corso Unione Sovietica 218 bis, 10134 Torino(Italy)

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HERMES (Center for Research on Law and Economics of Regulated Services),Collegio Carlo Alberto, Via Real Collegio 30, 10024 Moncalieri (TO), Italy,digiacomo@econ.unito.it

Carlo Drago Dipartimento di Matematica e Statistica, Universit di NapoliFederico II, Via Cinthia 26 (Monte S. Angelo), 80125 Napoli (Italy),drago@unina.it

Luigi Fabbris Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit di Padova, ViaCesare Battisti 241, 35121 Padova (Italy), luigi.fabbris@unipd.it

Marco Fattore Dipartimento di Metodi Quantitativi per le Scienze Economicheed Aziendali, Universit degli Studi di Milano - Bicocca, Via Bicocca degliArcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy), marco.fattore@unimib.it

Pier A. Ferrari Department of Economics, Business and Statistics,Universit degli Studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milano (Italy),pieralda.ferrari@unimi.it

Silvia Figini Department of Statistics and Applied Economics L. Lenti,University of Pavia, Via Strada Nuova 65, 27100 Pavia (Italy),silvia.figini@unipv.it

Thas C.O. Fonseca Department of Statistics, University of Warwick, CoventryCV4 7AL Warwick, (United Kingdom), t.c.o.fonseca@warwick.ac.uk

Lara Fontanella D.M.Q.T.E., University of Pescara G. DAnnunzio, VialePindaro 42, I-65127 Pescara (Italy), lfontan@dmqte.unich.it

Antonio Forcina Dipartimento di Economia, Finanza e Statistica, Universit diPerugia, Via Pascoli 10, 06100 Perugia (Italy), forcina@stat.unipg.it

Paolo Frumento Scuola Superiore S. Anna di Pisa, Piazza Martiri della Libert33, 56127 Pisa (Italy), p.frumento@sssup.it

Giuliano Galimberti Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati,Universit di Bologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy),giuliano.galimberti@unibo.it

mdesposi@unisa.itdibattis@unich.itdigiacomo@econ.unito.itdrago@unina.itluigi.fabbris@unipd.itmarco.fattore@unimib.itpieralda.ferrari@unimi.itsilvia.figini@unipv.itt.c.o.fonseca@warwick.ac.uklfontan@dmqte.unich.itforcina@stat.unipg.itp.frumento@sssup.itgiuliano.galimberti@unibo.it

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Romana Gargano Department of Economical, Financial, Social, Environmental,Statistical and Territorial Sciences, University of Messina, Via dei Verdi 27, 98122,Messina (Italy), rgargano@unime.it

Stefano A. Gattone Department SEFeMEQ, University of TorVergata, Rome, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Roma (Italy),gattone@economia.uniroma2.it

Gianfranco Giordano Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University ofNaples Federico II, Via Cinthia 26, (Monte SantAngelo), 80126 Napoli (Italy),gianfranco.giordano@unina.it

Giuseppe Giordano Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Universitdi Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy), ggiordan@unisa.it

Giorgia Giovannetti Dipartimento di Economia, Universit di Firenze,Via delle Pandette 6 (FI) and European University Institute, Badia Fiesolana,Via dei Roccettini 9, I-50014 San Domenico di Fiesole (FI), Italy,giorgia.giovannetti@eui.it

Beatriz Goitisolo Department of Applied Economics III, University of BasqueCountry, Bilbao, Spain, Beatriz.Goitisolo@ehu.es

Jan Graffelman Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Department of Statisticsand Operations Research, Av. Diagonal, 647, 6th floor, 08028 Barcelona, Spain,jan.graffelman@upc.edu

Luigi Grossi Universit di Verona, Via dellArtigliere 19, 37129 Verona (Italy),luigi.grossi@univr.it

Luigi Ippoliti D.M.Q.T.E., University of Pescara G. DAnnunzio, Viale Pindaro42, I-65127 Pescara (Italy), ippoliti@unich.it

Ron S. Kenett KPA Ltd., Raanana, Israel and University of Torino, Torino (Italy),ron@kpa.co.il

Deborah Koltai Bar Ilan University, Department of Statistics, Israel, deborah.koltai@yahoo.com

Don Kristt Unit of Molecular Pathology, Laboratory of Histocompati-bility and Immunogenetics, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikvah, Israel,pdkristt@gmail.com

Michele La Rocca Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Universitdi Salerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy), larocca@unisa.it

Fabrizio Laurini Dipartimento di Economia, Universit di Parma,Via Kennedy 6, 43100 Parma (Italy), fabrizio.laurini@unipr.it

Yves Lechevallier INRIA, 78153 Le Chesnay cedex, (France),Yves.Lechevallier@inria.fr

Silvia Liverani Department of Mathematics, University of Bristol, (UnitedKingdom), s.liverani@bris.ac.uk

rgargano@unime.itgattone@economia.uniroma2.itgianfranco.giordano@unina.itggiordan@unisa.itgiorgia.giovannetti@eui.itBeatriz.Goitisolo@ehu.esjan.graffelman@upc.eduluigi.grossi@univr.itippoliti@unich.itron@kpa.co.ildeborah.koltai@yahoo.comdeborah.koltai@yahoo.compdkristt@gmail.comlarocca@unisa.itfabrizio.laurini@unipr.itYves.Lechevallier@inria.frs.liverani@bris.ac.uk

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Marica Manisera Department of Quantitative Methods, University of Brescia,Contrada S. Chiara 50, 25122 Brescia (Italy), manisera@eco.unibs.it

Giancarlo Manzi Department of Economics, Business and Statistics,Universit degli Studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milano (Italy),giancarlo.manzi@unimi.it

Donata Marasini Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit degli Studi diMilano - Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy),donata.marasini@unimib.it

Giovanni M. Marchetti Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, Universit diFirenze, Viale Morgagni, 59, 50134 Firenze (Italy), giovanni.marchetti@ds.unifi.it

Paolo Mariani Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit di Milano - Bicocca, ViaBicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy), paolo.mariani@unimib.it

Francesca Martella Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche Sapienza Universit diRoma, P.le A. Moro, 5 00185 Roma, Italia, francesca.martella@uniroma1.it

Maria C. Martini Department of Social, Cognitive and Quantitative Sciences,Universit degli studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Viale Allegri 9, 42121 ReggioEmilia (Italy), mariacristiana.martini@unimore.it

Angelo Mazza Dipartimento di Impresa, Culture e Societ, Universit di Catania,Corso Italia 55, 95129 Catania (Italy), a.mazza@unict.it

Intissar Mdimagh Institut Superieur de Gestion, Universit de Sousse, RueAbedelaziz El Bahi - B.P. 763, 4000 Sousse, (Tunisia), mdimagh@yahoo.fr

Fabrizia Mealli Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, Universit degli Studi diFirenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni 59, 50134 Firenze (Italy), mealli@ds.unifi.it

Arcangelo Merla Clinical Sciences and Bioimaging Department; Instituteof Advanced Biomedical Technologies, Foundation University of PescaraG. DAnnunzio, a.merla@itab.unich.it

Simona C. Minotti Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit degli Studi diMilano - Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy),simona.minotti@unimib.it

Isabella Morlini Department of Economics, University of Modena, VialeBerengario 51, 41121 Modena (Italy), imorlini@unimore.it

Mauro Mussini Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit di Milano - Bicocca, ViaBicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy), mauro.mussini1@unimib.it

Miki Nakai Department of Social Sciences, College of Social Sciences,Ritsumeikan University, 56-I Toji-in kitamachi, Kyoto 603-8577, (Japan),mnakai@ss.ritsumei.ac.jp

Federico Niccolini Dipartimento di Istituzioni Economiche e Finanziarie,Universit di Macerata, Via Crescimbeni 20 I, 62100 Macerata (Italy),fniccolini@unimc.it

manisera@eco.unibs.itgiancarlo.manzi@unimi.itdonata.marasini@unimib.itgiovanni.marchetti@ds.unifi.itpaolo.mariani@unimib.itfrancesca.martella@uniroma1.itmariacristiana.martini@unimore.ita.mazza@unict.itmdimagh@yahoo.frmealli@ds.unifi.ita.merla@itab.unich.itsimona.minotti@unimib.itimorlini@unimore.itmauro.mussini1@unimib.itmnakai@ss.ritsumei.ac.jpfniccolini@unimc.it

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Luciano Nieddu LUSPIO, Via C. Colombo, 200, 00145 Roma, Italy,l.nieddu@luspio.it

Akinori Okada Graduate School of Management and InformationSciences, Tama University, 4-1-1 Hijirigaoka Tama city Tokyo 206-0022,okada@tama.ac.jp

Jan Owsinski Department of Systems Methods Applications, Systems ResearchInstitute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Jan.Owsinski@ibspan.waw.pl

Barbara Pacini Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica, Universit di Pisa, ViaC. Ridolfi 10, 56124 Pisa (Italy), barbara.pacini@sp.unipi.it

Francesco Palumbo Dipartimento di Scienze Relazionali Gustavo Iacono,Universit di Napoli Federico II, Via Porta di Massa 1, 80133 Napoli (Italy),fpalumbo@unina.it

Fulvia Pennoni Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit degli Studi diMilano-Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy),fulvia.pennoni@unimib.it

Domenico Perrotta European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute forthe Protection and Security of the Citizen, Via E. Fermi 1, 21020, Ispra (Italy),domenico.perrotta@ec.europa.eu

Alessandra Petrucci Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, Universit diFirenze, Viale Moragni 59, 50134 Firenze (Italy), alex@ds.unifi.it

Massimiliano Piacenza Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e FinanziarieG. Prato, universit di Torino, Corso Unione Sovietica 218 bis, 10134 Torino(Italy)

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HERMES (Center for Research on Law and Economics of Regulated Services),Collegio Carlo Alberto, Via Real Collegio 30, 10024 Moncalieri (TO), Italy,piacenza@econ.unito.it

Marilena Pillati Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati, Universit diBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), marilena.pillati@unibo.it

Antonella Plaia Department of Statistical and Mathematical SciencesS. Vianelli, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 13, 90128, Palermo(Italy), plaia@unipa.it

Mariano Porcu Dipartimento di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali, Universit diCagliari, Viale S. Ignazio 78, 09123 Cagliari (Italy), mrporcu@unica.it

Antonio Punzo Dipartimento di Impresa, Culture e Societ, Universit di Catania,Corso Italia 55, 95129 Catania (Italy), antonio.punzo@unict.it

l.nieddu@luspio.itokada@tama.ac.jpJan.Owsinski@ibspan.waw.plbarbara.pacini@sp.unipi.itfpalumbo@unina.itfulvia.pennoni@unimib.itdomenico.perrotta@ec.europa.eualex@ds.unifi.itpiacenza@econ.unito.itmarilena.pillati@unibo.itplaia@unipa.itmrporcu@unica.itantonio.punzo@unict.it

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Piero Quatto Dipartimento di Statistica, Universit degli Studi diMilano - Bicocca, Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy),piero.quatto@unimib.it

Marco Riani Dipartimento di Economia, Sezione di Statistica e Informatica,Universit di Parma Via Kennedy 6, 43100 Parma Italy, mriani@unipr.it

Emilia Rocco Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, Universit di Firenze,Viale Morgagni 59, 50134 Firenze (Italy), rocco@ds.unifi.it

Giulia Roli Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati, Universit diBologna, Via Zamboni 33, 40126 Bologna (Italy), g.roli@unibo.it

Antonio A. Romano Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica per la Ricercaeconomica, Universit di Napoli Parthenope, Via Medina 40 I Piano, 80133Napoli (Italy), antonio.romano@uniparthenope.it

Elvira Romano Dipartimento di Studi Europei e Mediterranei, SecondaUniversit degli studi di Napoli, Via del Setificio 15, 81100 Caserta (Italy),elvira.romano@unina2.it

Mariantonietta Ruggieri Department of Statistical and Mathematical SciencesS. Vianelli, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze 13, 90128, Palermo(Italy), mariantonietta.ruggieri@unipa.it

Silvia Salini Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche Aziendali e Statistiche,Universit degli studi di Milano, Via Conservatorio 7, 20122 Milano (Italy),silvia.salini@unimi.it

Giuseppe Scandurra Dipartimento di Statistica e Matematica per la RicercaEconomica, Universit di Napoli Parthenope, Via Medina 40 I Piano, 80133Napoli (Italy), giuseppe.scandurra@uniparthenope.it

Germana Scepi Dipartimento di Matematica e Statistica, Universit di NapoliFederico II, Via Cinthia 26(Monte S. Angelo), 80125 Napoli (Italy), scepi@unina.it

Manuela Scioni Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit di Padova, ViaCesare Battisti 241, 35121 Padova (Italy), scioni@stat.unipd.it

Luca Scrucca Dipartimento di Economia, Finanza e Statistica, Universitdegli Studi di Perugia, Via Alessandro Pascoli 20, 06123 Perugia (Italy),luca@stat.unipg.it

Biagio Simonetti Department of Social and Economic System Analysis,Universit del Sannio, Via delle Puglie 82, 82100, Benevento (Italy),simonetti@unisannio.it

Gabriele Soffritti Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche P. Fortunati, Universit diBologna, Via delle Belle Arti 41, 40126 Bologna (Italy), gabriele.soffritti@unibo.it

Nadia Solaro Dipartimento di statistica, Universit di Milano - Bicocca, ViaBicocca degli Arcimboldi 8, 20126 Milano (Italy), nadia.solaro@unimib.it

piero.quatto@unimib.itmriani@unipr.itrocco@ds.unifi.itg.roli@unibo.itantonio.romano@uniparthenope.itelvira.romano@unina2.itmariantonietta.ruggieri@unipa.itsilvia.salini@unimi.itgiuseppe.scandurra@uniparthenope.itscepi@unina.itscioni@stat.unipd.itluca@stat.unipg.itsimonetti@unisannio.itgabriele.soffritti@unibo.itnadia.solaro@unimib.it

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Giuseppe Storti Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Universit diSalerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy), storti@unisa.it

Isabella Sulis Dipartimento di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali, Universit diCagliari, Viale S. Ignazio 78, 09123 Cagliari (Italy), isulis@unica.it

Nicola Tedesco Dipartimento di Ricerche Economiche e Sociali, Universit diCagliari, Viale S. Ignazio 78, 09123 Cagliari (Italy), tedesco@unica.it

Venera Tomaselli University of Catania, Via Vittorio Emanuele II 8, 95129Catania (Italy), tomavene@unict.it

Francesca Torti University of Parma, Faculty of Economics, Via J.F. Kennedy 6,43100 Parma (Italy), francesca.torti@nemo.unipr.it

Giulio Trombetta Dipartimento di Matematica, UNICAL, Via P. Bucci, 87036Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (Italy), trombetta@unical.it

Gilberto Turati Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Finanziarie G. Prato,Universit di Torino, Corso Unione Sovietica 218 bis, 10134 Torino (Italy)

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HERMES (Center for Research on Law and Economics of Regulated Services),Collegio Carlo Alberto, Via Real Collegio 30, 10024 Moncalieri (TO), Italyturati@econ.unito.it

Valerio A. Tutore Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of NaplesFederico II, v.tutore@unina.it

Margherita Velucchi Dipartimento di Statistica G. Parenti, Universit diFirenze, Viale G.B. Morgagni, 59 (FI), Italy, velucchi@ds.unifi.it

Rosanna Verde Dipartimento di Studi Europei e Mediterranei, SecondaUniversit degli studi di Napoli, Via del Setificio 15, 81100 Caserta (Italy),rosanna.verde@unina2.it

Marika Vezzoli Department of Quantitative Methods, University of Brescia,Contrada Santa Chiara 50, 25122 Brescia (Italy), vezzoli@eco.unibs.it

Donatella Vicari Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Sapienza Universit diRoma, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 00185 Roma, Italy, donatella.vicari@uniroma1.it

Domenico Vistocco Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Universit di Cassino,Via Marconi 10, 03043 Cassino (Italy), vistocco@unicas.it

Maria P. Vitale Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Statistiche, Universit diSalerno, Via Ponte Don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano (Italy), mvitale@unisa.it

Sergio Zani Department of Economics, University of Parma, Via Kennedy 6,43100 Parma (Italy), sergio.zani@unipr.it

Diego Zappa Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Universit CattolicaDel Sacro Cuore di Milano, Largo A. Gemelli 1, 20123 Milano (Italy),diego.zappa@unicatt.it

storti@unisa.itisulis@unica.ittedesco@unica.ittomavene@unict.itfrancesca.torti@nemo.unipr.ittrombetta@unical.itturati@econ.unito.itv.tutore@unina.itvelucchi@ds.unifi.itrosanna.verde@unina2.itvezzoli@eco.unibs.itdonatella.vicari@uniroma1.itvistocco@unicas.itmvitale@unisa.itsergio.zani@unipr.itdiego.zappa@unicatt.it

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Amaya Zrraga Department of Applied Economics III, University of BasqueCountry, Bilbao, Spain, Amaya.Zarraga@ehu.es

Emma Zavarrone IULM, Institute of Consumer, Behaviour and CorporateCommunication, Via Carlo Bo 1, 20143 Milano (Italy), emma.zavarrone@iulm.it

Amaya.Zarraga@ehu.esemma.zavarrone@iulm.it

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