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CfP special issue of IJAR on "Imprecise Probabilities, Logic and Rationality", Deadline: 1 Jun 2019

Special issue on ?Imprecise Probabilities, Logic and Rationality?
International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

- Call for Contributions-

Webpage
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-approximate-reasoning/call-for-papers/special-issue-imprecise-probabilities-logic-rationality

Submission Period
Mar 1st, 2019 - Jun 1st, 2019

Description

The term ?imprecise probability? (IP for short) usually refers to a family 
of models that provide a description of phenomena for which incomplete or 
imprecise information has been advanced, overcoming the limitations of 
traditional models of uncertainty based on precise probabilities. The 
basic idea of IP models is to extend the standard theory of precise 
probabilities by considering sets of traditional models. From this 
perspective the uncertainty (beliefs) of an agent about the possible 
states of the world is for instance modelled by sets of probabilities 
rather than a single one. Extensions include, among others, lower and 
upper previsions, belief functions, sets of desirable gambles and partial 
preference orderings.


IP is strongly linked with another framework where to express, study and 
reason on forms of imprecision and incompleteness: logic. Indeed, on the 
one hand standard logic methodologies have been applied to characterise 
and study IP notions such as coherence and models in terms of lower and 
upper probabilities/expectations. On the other hand concepts stemming from 
the IP tradition have been used to formulate appropriate semantics for 
statistical relational languages (e.g. by enabling to go beyond 
limitations such as cyclicity in probabilistic logic programs), whereas 
viewing IP as an abstract logic structure has lead to its application to 
domains such as for instance quantum mechanics, sum-of-square optimisation 
and classical logic itself.


This Special Issue intends to contribute to the state-of-the-art of the 
interactions and connections between imprecise probabilities and logic, 
and more generally with formal theories of rationality, the hope being 
that this cross-disciplinary view will lead to new exciting perspectives 
for both communities and related areas.


Topics


Topics of interests include but are not limited to the following:

   *   IP and (modal/epistemic/dependence/probabilistic/possibilistic?) logic
   *   IP and game/decision theory
   *   IP and formal epistemology/deductive sciences
   *   IP and StarAI
   *   IP and coalgebra
   *   applications of logic and formal languages to IP
   *   applications of IP to logic
   *   Logical, algebraic, categorical foundations of IP


Submission Instructions


All submitted papers under this call will undergo the standard review process of the journal.


All papers should be submitted to IJAR website http://www.evise.com/evise/jrnl/IJA by choosing the Special Issue ?VSI:Imprecise probabilities, logic and rationality?.


All online submissions should follow the ?Guide for Authors? of the journal.


Guest Editors


Prof. Dr. Alessio Benavoli

Alessio@idsia.ch<mailto:Alessio@idsia.ch>


Dr. Alessandro Facchini

Alessandro.facchini@idsia.ch<mailto:Alessandro.facchini@idsia.ch>


Dr. Fabio Zanasi

f.zanasi@ucl.ac.uk<mailto:f.zanasi@ucl.ac.uk>
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