1995 Aims and Scope of Computation Statistics Physica-Verlag, Publisher Editors: Wolfgang H\"ardle, Center for Computational Statistics, Humboldt-University, Spandauer Strasse 1 10178 Berlin, Germany (Managing Editor) David W. Scott, Department of Statistics, MS 138, Rice University, POB 1892, Houston, Texas 77251-1892 Computational Statistics (CompStat) is an international journal which promotes the publication of applications and methodological research in the field of Computational Statistics. The focus of paper in CompStat is on the contribution to and influence of computing on statistics and vice versa. The journal provides a forum for computer scientists, mathematicians, and statisticians in a variety of fileds of statistics such as biometrics, econometrics, data analysis, graphics, simulations, algorithms, knowledge based systems, and Bayesian computing. CompStat publishes hardware, software plus package reports as well as book reviews.