*BELIEF 2016* The 4th International Conference on Belief Functions September 21-23, Prague, Czech Republic
Conference website: http://belief.utia.cz *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 <http://www.bfasociety.org/>) 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 <http://bfasp.iut-lannion.fr/belief2010/>, France, in 2010, the second edition <https://www.hds.utc.fr/belief2012/index.html> was held in Compiègne, France, in May 2012, the third edition <http://cms.brookes.ac.uk/staff/FabioCuzzolin/BELIEF2014> 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. *Important dates* paper submission deadline: *April 15, 2016* notification of acceptance: *May 31, 2016* registration of authors and camera-ready paper: *June 15, 2016* early registration deadline: *July 15, 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 <http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0> 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* <https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=belief2016> *Proceedings* Proceedings will be published by Springer in LNCS/LNAI in *Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence* series ( www.springer.com/lncs ) *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. * *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 *Contacts* *Jiřina Vejnarová, **Information Theory and Automation** Czech Academy of Sciences, * <[email protected]>[email protected] *Václav Kratochvíl** Information Theory and Automation** Czech Academy of Sciences, * <[email protected]>[email protected]
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