
Preface
The year 2013 can be considered an important year in the history of statis-
tics, with s ix important global societies declaring the year as the International
Year of Statistics. More than 128 countries participated in the International
Year of Statistics. It added to its importance because 2013 was 300 th anniver-
sary of Jacob Bernoulli’s Ars conjectandi and 250th anniversary of Bayes’
theorem. India enthusiastically participated in this declaration by organizing
an important Bayesian event in January, 20 13 that may be considered the
beginning of the celebrations of the International Year of Statistics in India.
The 20th birth anniversary ...