COMPSTAT 2004 — Proceedings in Computational Statistics : 16th Symposium Held in Prague Czech Republic 2004 Statistical computing provides the link between statistical theory and applied statistics. As at previous COMPSTAT volumes the content of the book covers all aspects of this link from the development and implementation of new statistical ideas to user experiences and software evaluation. The proceedings should appeal to anyone working in statistics and using computers whether in universities industrial companies government agencies research institutes or as software developers