In the area where statistics and neural networks meet there has been rapid growth in active research and the number of applications in which the resulting techniques can be used. Interest is growing as companies discover important and lucrative applications of the research to complex problems in areas of engineering, computer science, finance, and other subjects. This book gives up-to-the-minute coverage on the research developing at this interface, drawing together contributions by leading workers in the two fields. Their contributions show a strong awareness of the common ground of these...