SMPS 2016 invites submissions of papers dealing with a variety of topics in soft methods in probability and statistics, which include, but are not limited to:

• Analysis of Censored Data
• Analysis of Fuzzy Data
• Random Sets
• Fuzzy Random Variables
• Fuzzy Regression Methods
• Triangular Norms and Copulas
• Imprecise Probabilities
• Dempster-Shafer Theory
• Robust Methods
• Clustering and Classification
• Graphical Models
• Machine Learning
• Heuristic Optimization
• Soft Computing and Statistics
• Statistical Software for Imprecise Data
• Applications in Biology, Economics etc.

Conditional probabilities in different frameworks (P. Berti)
Conditionals and reasoning under uncertainty (N. Pfeifer, G. Sanfilippo)
Data analysis with dependence models (F. Durante, W. Trutschnig)
Fuzziness in Finance (A. Capotorti)
Imprecise probabilities (E. Miranda)
Probability and statistics with fuzzy sets (B. Sinova, P. Teran)
Soft methods in official statistics (B. Liseo)
Statistical methods for non-precise data (A. Blanco, A.B. Ramos-Guajardo)