General Information

ISBIS4 is the fourth in a series of international symposia focussing on important statistical issues relating to productivity improvement, improved use of quantitative methods to support decision-making at all levels of business and industry, and statistical aspects of Finance. Many world leading industrial statisticians will be participating. These symposia are organised by the Statistics in Business and Industry Committee of the International Statistical Institute.

As a satellite meeting to the 55th Session of the International Statistical Institute (Sydney, 5-15 April), ISBIS4 will be held in the vicinity of Cairns, on the Great Barrier Reef, an area of remarkable natural beauty and one of Australia's best vacation areas.

The symposium will provide a varied and stimulating scientific program of invited and contributed papers, and excellent opportunities for formal and informal exchanges. Authors will have the opportunity to submit extended versions of their papers for publication in a special edition of an international statistics journal specialising in business and industrial statistics.