Reliable Computing:
Special Issue on Dependable Reasoning about Uncertainty
Reliable Computing, the journal of interval mathematics and reliable numerical computations, will devote a special issue to papers that address dependable handling of uncertainty. Diverse problems in important fields such as risk, reliability, measurement interpretation, signal processing, control,
and decision theory, and in applications as varied as insurance and finance, mathematical ecology, and many others can benefit from inference under conditions in which uncertainty is inherent in the problem, and further, in which understanding of the uncertainty itself is vague, conflicting, or otherwise incomplete. Traditional approaches, such as making assumptions as needed to allow problem solution by traditional means, are often thought necessary or used without sufficient attention to the dependability of the results. Due to such problems, there is growing interest as well as a growing body of results on innovative ways to dependably handle uncertainties that are incompletely characterized, vague, imprecise, etc.
Relevant work falls under various overlapping subject categories. A non-exhaustive list of such relevant areas would include, for example, interval-valued probabilities, dependency bounds, given marginals, rough sets, stochastic numbers, robust statistics, upper and lower previsions, imprecise probabilities, copulas, fuzzy computations, possibility, and plausibility. Common themes and problems in the dependable handling of uncertainty imply potential opportunities for convergences, interrelationships, and cross-fertilization, as well as recognition and exposure among the various areas.
Papers are sought reporting advances in dependable handling of uncertainty. Papers may communicate progress in theory, application, experimental results, and software. Insightful survey papers may emphasize comparison between and among areas, or provide information of value to researchers in related areas. Short papers and essays may also be oriented toward foresight, historical reflection, potentials, pitfalls, and other perspectives, as such contributions can help illuminate this expanding field.
Information about the journal may be obtained at http://www.wkap.nl/prod/j/1385-3139.Contributions and questions may be submitted by September 1, 2002 to the Editor-in-Chief, or to the guest editor of the special issue at the following address:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2215 Coover Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa 50011
USA
Email: berleant@iastate.edu
Phone: 1 515 294-3959
Schedule:
Manuscripts will be subjected to the usual reviewing process and should conform to the standards and formats as indicated in the "Information for Authors" section inside the back cover of Reliable Computing. Contributions should not exceed 32 pages.