CALL FOR PAPERS JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL THEORY AND PRACTICE
Special Issue on "IMPRECISION" http://www.maths.dur.ac.uk/users/matthias.troffaes/jstpip/ Aims of the special issue ------------------------- Uncertainty is usually modelled by a probability distribution, and treated using techniques from probability theory. Such an uncertainty model will often be inadequate in cases where insufficient information is available to identify a unique probability distribution. In that case, imprecise probabilities aim to represent and manipulate the really available knowledge about the system. Similar concerns arise when dealing with utility. In making decisions, each reward is assigned a single real number, called utility, and rewards are accordingly ranked. However, in many practical cases, a complete ranking over all rewards is unrealistic. Imprecise utility aims to represent and reason with such incomplete preferences over rewards. With this special issue on imprecision we hope to promote new and recent techniques that employ imprecise methods in a useful way, and advance them to a wider audience. We especially hope to demonstrate the benefits of imprecise models over traditional statistical methods. In particular we are looking for (but not exclusively): * Applications enhanced by use of imprecision (less information, fewer assumptions). * Theoretical and methodological developments inspired by practical problems, and illustrating their use in such problems. * Studies, with examples of practical nature, to emphasise advantages and disadvantages of imprecise methods compared to classical (both frequentist and Bayes) inferential methods, and also to show similarities and differences to robust statistical and nonparametric methods. * Decision support using imprecision in probabilities and/or utilities, with applications or illustrations from a practical perspective. Instructions to authors ----------------------- The papers should contain original unpublished work not submitted for publication in another journal. Due to limitations of space, the recommended length for papers is 15 pages, and in any case papers should not exceed 20 pages. For now, submitted manuscripts should use the standard LaTeX article style (11pt, Times New Roman): see http://www.maths.dur.ac.uk/users/matthias.troffaes/jstpip/submission.html for more information. Manuscripts will be refereed according to the standard procedures for JSTP. Authors should submit their papers electronically by e-mail (provide both .tex and .pdf file, and source files of binary graphics if any) to one of the special issue editors. We also encourage potential authors to contact either of the special issue editors by e-mail as soon as possible to indicate their intention to contribute to the special issue (possibly with the subject or the tentative title of their future contribution). Deadline -------- The DEADLINE for submissions is OCTOBER 31, 2007 The issue is expected to be ready around the second half of 2008. Special issue editors --------------------- * Thomas Augustin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Ludwig-Maximilians University, Department of Statistics, Munich, Germany * Frank Coolen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Pauline Coolen-Schrijner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Matthias Troffaes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Durham University, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham, UK _______________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------- CLASS-L list. Instructions: http://www.classification-society.org/csna/lists.html#class-l
