[Forum SIS] CFP: Special Issue on SOFT METHODS IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS

[Paolo Giordani]

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning
CALL FOR PAPERS
Special Issue on SOFT METHODS IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-approximate-reasoning


Probability and statistics were the only well-founded theories of
uncertainty for a long time. However, during the last fifty years, in such
areas like decision theory, artificial intelligence or information
processing numerous approaches extending or orthogonal to the existing
theory of probability and mathematical statistics have been successfully
developed. These new approaches have appeared, either on their own like
fuzzy set theory, possibility theory, rough sets, or having their origin in
probability theory itself, like imprecise probability, belief functions,
fuzzy random variables. The common feature of all those attempts is to
allow for a more flexible modelling of imprecision, uncertainty, vagueness
and ignorance. The proposed new methods are softer than the traditional
theories and techniques because being less rigid they more easily adapt to
the actual nature of information.

This special issue focuses on recent advances in soft methods in
probability and statistics, enlarging the statistical and uncertainty
modelling traditions towards a flexible and more specific handling of
incomplete or subjective information.

This special issue is a follow-up of the SMPS 2016 (Soft Methods in
Probability and Statistics 2016) conference held in Rome 12-14 September
2016. The submissions to  the special issue must be revised and
significantly extended versions of the conference papers (with, e.g.,
additional results, detailed proofs, applications, etc.).

The special issue is not limited to the papers presented at the SMPS 2016,
but it is open to new contributions. See
http://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/smps2016/ for more info on the conference.

All submitted papers under this call will undergo the standard review
process of the journal. All papers should be submitted to IJAR website
http://ees.elsevier.com/ija/ and choose the Special Issue “VSI: SMPS
2016”.  All online submissions should follow the “Guide for Authors” of the
journal.

Important dates
- Submission of manuscripts: before December 31, 2016 (Papers will be sent
to reviewers as soon as we receive them)
- Publication of the special issue: November 2017 (tentative)

Guest Editors
Maria Brigida Ferraro (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), E-mail:
mariabrigida.ferraro a uniroma1.it
Paolo Giordani (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), E-mail:
paolo.giordani a uniroma1.it
Barbara Vantaggi (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), E-mail:
barbara.vantaggi a sbai.uniroma1.it
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