"Data Analysis" in the broadest sense is the general term for a field of
activities of ever-increasing importance in a time called the
information age. It covers new areas with such trendy labels as, e.g.,
data mining or web mining as well as traditional directions emphazising,
e.g., classification or knowledge organization. Leading researchers in
data analysis have contributed to this volume and delivered papers on
aspects ranging from scientific modeling to practical application. They
have devoted their latest contributions to a book edited to honor a
colleague and friend, Hans-Hermann Bock, who has been active in this
field for nearly thirty years.