1. Second special issue
As we noted in the introduction to the first of the two double issues of Stochastics, these issues constitute a seminal collection of papers on the topic of Optimal Stopping With Applications.
On 17–21 January 2006 a school was hosted by The University of Manchester on the topic of Optimal Stopping with Applications. This was followed on 22–27 January 2006 by an international symposium hosted at the same venue and dedicated to the same theme. Participants at the meeting responded overwhelmingly, resulting in articles which appear in this and the last (double) issue of Stochastics. A full list of talks and poster titles is given at the end of the introduction to the first special issue.
These two double issues have been edited by the Editor-in-chief and the two guest editors, Andreas Kyprianou and Goran Peskir. All papers were refereed and processed in the usual way. As principle organisers of the workshop and symposium in Manchester, we should like to thank all participants at the Manchester events as well as the authors and referees for helping to create something which we believe will be a significant academic point of reference for many years to come in the field of optimal stopping.