International Federation of Classification Societies The International
Federation of Classification Societies (lFCS) is an agency for the
dissemination of technical and scientific information concerning
classification and multivariate data analysis in the broad sense and in
as wide a range of applications as possible; founded in 1985 in
Cambridge (UK) by the following Scientific Societies and Groups: -
British Classification Society - BCS - Classification Society of North
America - CSNA - Gesellschaft fUr Klassification - GfKI - Japanese
Classification Society - JCS - Classification Group ofItalian
Statistical Society - CGSIS - Societe Francophone de Classification -
SFC Now the IFCS includes also the following Societies: - Dutch-Belgian
Classification Society - VOC - Polish Classification Section - SKAD -
Portuguese Classification Association - CLAD - Group at Large - Korean
Classification Society - KCS IFCS-98, the Sixth Conference of the
International Federation of Classification Societies, was held in Rome,
from July 21 to 24, 1998. Five preceding conferences were held in Aachen
(Germany), Charlottesville (USA), Edinburgh (UK), Paris (France), Kobe
(Japan).