text_combined: kreinovich vladik zxhhcputepedu forwarding vladik original message florence boué mailtomgpwiritfr 4th international conference soft methods probability statistics toulouse france september 810 2008 probability theory wellfounded theory uncertainty long time viewed either powerful tool modelling random phenomena rational approach notion degree belief last thirty years areas centered around decision theory artificial intelligence information processing numerous approaches extending orthogonal existing theory probability mathematical statistics come front common feature attempts allow softer wider frameworks representing uncertain information various approaches appeared either like fuzzy set theory possibility theory rough sets origin probability theory like imprecise probability belief functions fuzzy random variables many latter come blending interval fuzzy interval analysis probabilistic methods aim conference serve forum f discussing new trends enlarge statistical uncertainty modeling traditions towards handling incomplete subjective information conference takes place several similar events warsaw 2002 oviedo 2004 bristol 2006 contributions exploit potential nonclassical uncertainty theories propose hybrid probabilistic fuzzy set interval analysis techniques welcome papers selected basis appropriateness scope technical quality potentiality solve real problems topics fuzzy data analysis fuzzy extensions counterparts bayes nets fuzzy random variables fuzzy regression methods fuzzy learning data mining methods hybrid fuzzyprobabilistic uncertainty propagation imprecise fuzzy probabilities possibility theory statistics fuzzy data triangular norms copulas probabilistic semantics fuzzy sets applications risk analysis advisory committee core smps group maría ángeles gil university oviedo przemyslaw grzegorzewski polish academy sciences warsaw hryniewicz polish academy sciences warsaw programme committee construction local organization didier dubois henri prade florence boué sebastien destercke mathieu serrurier full papers 8 pages a4 written english submitted later february 1 2008 cameraready typescripts accepted papers must submitted may 1 2008 tentative date accordance instructions authors receive due time proceedings volume published springer florence boué assistante de léquipe rpdmp laboratoire dinstitut de recherche dinformatique de toulouse irit1 118 route de narbonne 31062 toulouse cedex 9 tél 05 61 55 63 16 fax 05 61 55 62 39 _______________________________________________ uai mailing list faqengrorstedu httpssecureengroregonstateedumailmanlistinfouai wed 06 aug 2008 073630 0600 uai fw smps 2008 mark calendars