1. Editorial

   • Willem J. Heiser

   EditorialNotes Pages: 173 - 173

2. Conference Anouncement

   Announcement Pages: 174 - 174

3. Recent Advances in Predictive (Machine) Learning

   • Jerome H. Friedman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 175 - 197

4. Confidence in Classification: A Bayesian Approach

   • Wojtek J. Krzanowski
   • Trevor C. Bailey
   • Vitaly Schetinin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 220

5. PARAMAP vs. Isomap: A Comparison of Two Nonlinear Mapping Algorithms

   • Ulas Akkucuk
   • J. Douglas Carroll

   OriginalPaper Pages: 221 - 254

6. On the Performance of Simulated Annealing for Large-Scale L₂ Unidimensional Scaling

   • Michael J. Brusco

   OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 268

7. CLUSCALE ("CLUstering and multidimensional SCAL[E]ing"): A Three-Way Hybrid Model Incorporating Overlapping Clustering and Multidimensional Scaling Structure

   • Anil Chaturvedi
   • J. Douglas Carroll

   OriginalPaper Pages: 269 - 299

8. On Similarity Indices and Correction for Chance Agreement

   • Ahmed N. Albatineh
   • Magdalena Niewiadomska-Bugaj
   • Daniel Mihalko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 313

9. Generation of Random Clusters with Specified Degree of Separation

   • Weiliang Qiu
   • Harry Joe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 315 - 334

10. Guest Reviewers, Journal of Classification Volume 23, 2006

    Announcement Pages: 335 - 335

11. Conference Program: 10th Jubilee Conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies, July 25–29, 2006, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Announcement Pages: 337 - 347

12. Conference Program: Classification Society of North America, 2006 Meeting, Dimacs Center, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA May 10-13, 2006

    Announcement Pages: 349 - 352