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David Banks, Leanna House, Frederick R. McMorris, Phipps Arabie, Wolfgang GaulProceedings of the Meeting of the International Federation of Classification Societies (IFCS),
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 15-18 July 2004This book presents some of the key research undertaken by the members of the International Federation of Classification Societies during the two years since our last symposium. If the past is a guide to the future, these papers contain the seeds of new ideas that will invigorate our field.
The editors are grateful to the community of classification scientists. Even those whose work does not appear here have contributed through previous research, teaching, and mentoring. It is a great joy to participate in this kind global academy, which is only possible because its members work to cultivate courtesy along with creativity, and friendship together with scholarship.