[TYPES/announce] Call for papers - Special issue on “Imprecise Probabilities, Logic and Rationality”

[Fabio Zanasi]

*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 at idsia.ch

Dr. Alessandro Facchini
Alessandro.facchini at idsia.ch

Dr. Fabio Zanasi
f.zanasi at ucl.ac.uk
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