Classification rules can be defined as objective, formal methods used for statistical classification. This text presents the central issues and placing particular emphasis on comparison, assessment and how to match method to application.

The author has written an accessible book presenting the central issues and placing particular emphasis on comparison, performance assessment and how to match method to application. He reviews the different approaches and guides researchers (and the huge class of users and potential users) to suitable classes of techniques. He points the way to more detailed study in "further reading" sections in each chapter.

"Evaluation rules are handled and the most important methods to calculate misclassification rates are presented." (Monatshefte fur Mathematik, Vol. 127, No. 2, 1999) "...an accessible book..." (Zentralblatt Math, Vol. 997, No.22, 2002)