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Preface

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The 62 International Statistical Institute World Statistics Congress (ISI WSC
2019) has a long tradition since 1887, held for the first time in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia on 18 to 23 August 2019. ISI WSC 2019 is a global gathering of
statistical practitioners, professionals and experts from industries, academia
and official authorities to share insights in the development of statistical
sciences.
The congress attracted an overwhelming number of participants across the
regions. The scientific sessions were delivered over five days with parallel
sessions and e-poster sessions running all day long. The scientific program
reaches across the breadth of our discipline that comprised of Invited Paper
Sessions (IPS), Special Topic Sessions (STS) and Contributed Paper Sessions
(CPS). Papers presented exhibit the vitality of statistics and data science in all
its manifestations.
I am very honoured to present the proceedings of ISI WSC 2019 to the authors
and delegates of the congress. The proceedings contain papers presented in
IPS, STS and CPS which were published in fourteen (14) volumes. Scientific
papers were received from August 2018 and were carefully reviewed over few
months by an external reviewer headed by Scientific Programme Committee
(SPC) and Local Programme Committee (LPC). I am pleased that the papers
received cover variety of topics and disciplines from across the world,
representing both developed and developing nations.
My utmost gratitude and appreciation with the expertise and dedication of all
the reviewers, SPC and LPC members for their contributions that helped to
make the scientific programme as outstanding as it has been.
Finally, I wish to acknowledge and extend my sincere thanks to the member
of National Organising Committee of ISI WSC 2019 from Department of
Statistics Malaysia, Bank Negara Malaysia, Malaysia Institute of Statistics and
International Statistical Institute for endless support, commitment and passion
in making the ISI WSC 2019 a great success and congress to be remembered.
I hope the proceedings will furnish the statistical science community around
the world with an outstanding reference guide.
Thank you.

Dr. Mohd Uzir Mahidin
Chairman
National Organising Committee
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