BELIEF
2016
The 4th International Conference on Belief Functions
September 21-23, Prague, Czech Republic
Conference website: http://belief.utia.cz
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About BELIEF
The theory of belief functions, also referred to as evidence
theory or
Dempster-Shafer theory, is a well established general framework
for reasoning
with uncertainty, with well understood connections to other
frameworks such as
probability, possibility and imprecise probability theories.
First introduced
by Arthur P. Dempster in the context of statistical inference,
the theory was
later developed by Glenn Shafer into a general framework for
modeling epistemic
uncertainty. These early contributions have been the starting
points of many
important developments, including the Transferable Belief Model
and the Theory
of Hints.
The biennial BELIEF conferences (organized by Belief Functions and Applications Society) are dedicated to the confrontation of ideas, the reporting of recent achievements and the presentation of the wide range of applications of this theory. This conference series started in Brest, France, in 2010, the second edition was held in Compi��gne, France, in May 2012, the third edition in Oxford, UK, in September 2014. The 4th International Conference on Belief Functions will take place in Prague, Czech Republic.
This conference will provide opportunities to exchange ideas and present new results on the theory of belief functions and related areas such as random sets, imprecise probability and possibility theory. Original contributions are solicited on theoretical aspects (including mathematical foundations, decision making, combination rules, continuous belief functions, independence and graphical models, statistical estimation, etc.), as well as on applications to all areas of computer science, business and engineering including, but not limited to: data fusion, pattern recognition and machine learning, tracking, data mining, signal and image processing, computer vision, medical diagnosis, business decision, risk analysis, climatic change, etc.
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Important dates
paper
submission deadline: April
15, 2016
notification of acceptance: May 31, 2016
Submissions
Authors are invited to prepare full papers not exceeding 8 pages (including results, figures and references).
Style files for Word and Latex can be downloaded either from Information for Authors section on LNCS website or from http://belief.utia.cz/?id=4
PDF files must be submitted via the following EasyChair website:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=belief2016
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Proceedings
Proceedings will be published by Springer in LNCS/LNAI ��in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series ( www.springer.com/lncs )��
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IJAR Special issue
Authors of selected papers from the BELIEF 2016 conference will be invited to submit an extended version of their papers for possible inclusion in a special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning.
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Registration
Registration to the conference is already open. Registartion form as well as registration fees can be found at http://belief.utia.cz/?id=3��
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Contacts
Ji��ina Vejnarov��, Information Theory and Automation Czech Academy of Sciences, vejnar@utia.cas.cz
V��clav Kratochv��l Information Theory and Automation Czech Academy of Sciences, velorex@utia.cas.cz