3. The method of claim 2 , wherein preprocessing further comprises: developing a plurality of classes from the selected data series and input parameters.
5. The method of claim 3 , wherein developing a plurality of classes comprises: adopting a priori class definitions; initially classifying data of the data series according to the a priori class definitions, to form classified data; and applying an agglomerative clustering process to the classified data, to obtain the plurality of classes.