C. S. Wallace (2005),
"Statistical And Inductive Inference By Minimum Message Length"
[Springer (Series: Information Science and Statistics), ISBN: 0-387-23795-X],
preface, page vi

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   Over the 35-year gestation of this book, I have benefited greatly from
the suggestions, comments and criticisms of many colleagues and anonymous
referees.  The list includes Mike Georgeff, Peter Cheeseman, Ray Solomonoff,
Phil Dawid, David Hand, Paul Vitanyi, Alex Gammerman, Ross Quinlan,
Peter Tischer, Lloyd Allison, Trevor Dix, Kevin Korb, Murray Jorgenson,
Mike Dale, Charles Twardy, Jon Oliver, Rohan Baxter and especially David
Dowe, who has contributed significantly both to the range of applications of
MML and to the development of new approximations for message lengths
and MML estimators.
   I must also thank Julie Austin, who typed and proofread the early chap-
ters, and Steve Gardner and Torsten Seeman, who helped convert the original
draft into LaTeX.
   Finally, without the constant support of my wife Judith, I would never
have managed to complete the work.

Victoria, Australia, August 2004              C. S. Wallace


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[note: Murray Jorgenson  should be  Murray Jorgensen
       Torsten Seeman    should be  Torsten Seemann]