SDA 2015 November 17 – 19 University of Orléans, France Thursday, November 19, Morning IIIA Building, Herbrand Amphitheatre Session 8: TIME SERIES Chair: Lynne BILLARD 09:00 – 09:25 New Results in Forecasts Combination using PCA with Interval Time Series: The Case of Oil Price Carlos MATE, Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, Spain Andrea VASEKOVA, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic 09:25 – 09:50 Locally Weighted Learning Methods for Histogram Data Albert MECO, Materia Works, Madrid, Spain Javier ARROYO, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain 09:50 – 10:15 Improving Accuracy of Corporate Financial Distress Prediction by Considering Volatility: an Interval-Data-Based Discriminant Model Rong GUAN, Yu LIU, CUFE, Beijing, China 10:15 – 10:40 Beanplot Analysis Strategies for Financial Data Carlo DRAGO, Niccolo Cusano University, Naples, Italy Carlo LAURO, Germana SCEPI, Frederick II Univ., Naples, Italy 10:40 – 11:05 Coffee Break Session 9: DATA ANALYSIS Chair: Javier ARROYO 11:05 – 11:30 Generalized ANOVA for SDA Vladimir BATAGELJ, IMFM, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Simona KORENJAK-CERNE, Natasa KEJZAR, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia 11:30 – 11:55 Factor Analysis of Interval Data Paula CHEIRA, LIAAD-INESC TEC, Univ. Porto & PI, Viana do Castelo , Portugal Paula BRITO, FEP & LIAAD-INESC TEC, Univ. Porto, Portugal A. Pedro DUARTE SILVA, UCP Porto, Portugal 11:55 – 12:20 Linear Discriminant Analysis for Interval and Histogram Data Sonia DIAS, LIAAD-INESC TEC, Univ. Porto & PI, Viana do Castelo , Portugal Paula AMARAL, New University, Lisbon, Portugal Paula BRITO, FEP & LIAAD-INESC TEC, Univ. Porto, Portugal 12:20 Lunch. L'Agora Restaurant, Campus