This volume provides approaches and solutions to challenges occurring at the interface of research fields such as data analysis, computer science, operations research, and statistics. It includes theoretically oriented contributions as well as papers from various application areas, where knowledge from different research directions is needed to find the best possible interpretation of data for the underlying problem situations. Beside traditional classification research, the book focuses on current interests in fields such as the analysis of social relationships as well as statistical...

Der zweite Französisch-Deutsche Workshop zum Thema Consumer Empowerment fand vom 10.-11. Januar 2013 am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie statt. Wissenschaftler diskutierten die neuesten Entwicklungen und entwickelten interdisziplinäre Kooperationen zu diesem Thema.