COMPSTAT - Proceedings in Computational Statistics
COMPSTAT - Proceedings in Computational Statistics: International Association for Statistical Computing The International Association for Statistical Computing (IASC) is a Section of the International Statistical Institute. The objectives of the Association are to foster world-wide interest in e ective statistical computing and to - change technical knowledge through international contacts and meetings - tween statisticians, computing professionals, organizations, institutions, g- ernments and the general public. The IASC organises its own Conferences, IASC World Conferences, and COMPSTAT in Europe. The 17th Conference of ERS-IASC, the biennial meeting of European - gional Section of the IASC was held in Rome August 28 - September . This conference took place in Rome exactly 20 years after the 7th COMP- STAT symposium which was held in Rome, in . Previous COMPSTAT conferences were held in: Vienna (Austria, ) West-Berlin (Germany, ) Leiden (The Netherlands, ) Edimbourgh (UK, ) Toulouse (France, ) Prague (Czechoslovakia, ) Rome (Italy, ) Copenhagen (Denmark, ) Dubrovnik (Yugoslavia, ) Neuch atel (Switzerland, ) Vienna (Austria,) Barcelona (Spain, ) Bristol(UK,) Utrecht(TheNetherlands,) Berlin(Germany, ) Prague (Czech Republic, ).