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C F P : S M P S - 2 0 1 2
6th International Conference on
Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics

http://www.smps2012.de
University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
October 4 - 6, 2012

extended paper submission deadline:
April 3, 2012

The aim of SMPS 2012 is to serve as a forum for discussing
new trends that enlarge the statistical and uncertainty
modeling traditions towards the handling of incomplete,
subjective or fuzzy information. Papers accepted for
presentation will be published in an edited volume of the
series "Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing" from
Springer-Verlag.
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TOPICS AND SCOPE OF THE CONFERENCE
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SMPS 2012 invites submissions of papers dealing with a
variety of topics in soft methods in probability and
statistics, which include, but are not limited to:
- Analysis of Censored/Fuzzy/Incomplete Data
- Clustering and Classification
- Dempster-Shafer Theory
- Fuzzy Random Variables
- Fuzzy Regression Methods
- Graphical Models
- Heuristic Optimization
- Imprecise Probabilities
- Machine Learning
- Random Sets/Random Fuzzy Sets
- Soft Computing and Statistics
- Statistical Software for Imprecise Data
- Triangular Norms
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ORGANIZATION
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General Chairs:
- Michael Berthold (Konstanz, Germany)
- Rudolf Kruse (Magdeburg, Germany)
Advisory Committee:
- María Ángeles Gil (Oviedo, Spain)
- Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski (Warsaw, Poland)
- Olgierd Hryniewicz (Warsaw, Poland)
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KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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- Christian Borgelt (European Centre for Soft Computing,
Oviedo, Spain)
- Lawrence O. Hall (University of South Florida, FL, USA)
- Hannu T. Toivonen (University of Helsinki, Finland)
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INVITED SESSIONS
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Invited Session Chair:
- Frank Klawonn (Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel, Germany)
Accepted invited sessions until now:
- Bioinformatics and Information Mining
- Copulas
- Decision Making and Soft Computing
- Industrial Applications
- Multimedia Retrieval and Personalization
- Partial Knowledge and Conditional Uncertainty Measures
- Probability and Fuzzy Sets
- Robust Statistics
- Statistics with Imprecise Data
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PAPER SUBMISSION
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The deadline for paper submission has been extended to
April 3, 2012. Formatting instructions and files are
available through the conference website. All submissions
will be peer-reviewed on the basis of originality and
scientific quality. Papers accepted for presentation will
be published in an edited volume of the series "Advances in
Intelligent and Soft Computing" (Springer-Verlag).
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VENUE
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In 2012 the SMPS conference will be held at the University
of Konstanz. Konstanz is located at the western end of Lake
Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering
Switzerland.
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http://www.smps2012.de
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