Table of Contents
Prior Knowledge in the Classification of Biomedical Data Danilo Abbate Roberta De Asmundis Mario Rosario Guarracino 1
Estimation of a Simple Genetic Algorithm Applied to a Laboratory Experiment Simone Alfarano Eva Camacho Josep Domenech 9
A Comparison of Robust Methods for Pareto Tail Modeling in the Case of Laeken Indicators Andreas Alfons Matthias Templ Peter Filzmoser Josef Holzer 17
R Code for Hausdorff and Simplex Dispersion Orderings in the 2D Case Guillermo Ayala 25
On Some Confidence Regions to Estimate a Linear Regression Model for Interval Data Angela Blanco-Fernández Norberto Corral Gil González-Rodríguez Antonio Palacio 33
Possibilistic Coding: Error Detection vs. Error Correction Luca Bortolussi Andrea Sgarro 41
Coherent Correction for Conditional Probability Assessments with R A. Brozzi A. Morelli F. Vattari 49
Inferential Rules for Weak Graphoid Giuseppe Busanello Barbara Vantaggi 57
Fast Factorization of Probability Trees and Its Application to Recursive Trees Learning Andrés Cano Manuel Gómez-Olmedo Cora B. Pérez-Ariza Antonio Salmerón 65
Option Pricing in Incomplete Markets Based on Partial Information Andrea Capotorti Giuliana Regoli Francesca Vattari 73
Lorenz Curves of extrema Ignacio Cascos Miguel Mendes 81
Likelihood in a Possibilistic and Probabilistic Context: A Comparison Giulianella Coletti Davide Petturiti Barbara Vantaggi 89
Nonparametric Predictive Inference for Order Statistics of Future Observations Frank P.A. Coolen Tahani A. Maturi 97
Expected Pair-Wise Comparison of the Outcomes of a Fuzzy Random Variable Inés Couso Laura Garrido Susana Montes Luciano Sánchez 105
The Behavioral Meaning of the Median Inés Couso Luciano Sánchez 115
Functional Classification and the Random Tukey Depth. Practical Issues Juan A. Cuesta-Albertos Alicia Nieto-Reyes 123
On Concordance Measures and Copulas with Fractal Support E. de Amo M. Díaz Carrillo J. Fernández-Sánchez 131
Factorisation Properties of the Strong Product Gert de Cooman Enrique Miranda Marco Zaffalon 139
Hadamard Majorants for the Convex Order and Applications Jesús de la Cal Javier Cárcamo Luis Escauriaza 149
How to Avoid LEM Cycles in Mutual Rank Probability Relations K. De Loof B. De Baets H. De Meyer 155
Functional Inequalities Characterizing the Frank Family of Copulas Hans De Meyer Bernard De Baets 165
Recent Developments in Censored, Non-Markov Multi-State Models Jacobo de Uña-Áluarez 173
Maximum Likelihood from Evidential Data: An Extension of the EM Algorithm Thierry Denœux 181
A Decision Rule for Imprecise Probabilities Based on Pair-Wise Comparison of Expectation Bounds Sébastien Destercke 189
Handling Bipolar Knowledge with Credal Sets Sébastien Destercke 199
Coherent Upper Conditional Previsions and Their Integral Representation with Respect to Hausdorff Outer Measures Serena Doria 209
Statistical Inference with Belief Functions and Possibility Measures: A Discussion of Basic Assumptions Didier Dubois Thierry Denœux 217
Representation of Exchangeable Sequences by Means of Copulas Fabrizio Durante Jan-Frederik Mai 227
Area-Level Time Models for Small Area Estimation of Poverty Indicators M.D. Esteban D. Morales A. Pérez L. Santamaría 233
Flood Analysis: On the Automation of the Geomorphological-Historical Method Elena Fernández Miguel Fernández Soledad Anadón Gil González-Rodríguez Ana Colubi 239
Geometric Sampling: An Approach to Uncertainty in High Dimensional Spaces Juan Luis Fernández-Martínez Michael Tompkins Tapan Mukerji David Alumbaugh 247
Inverse Problems and Model Reduction Techniques Juan Luis Fernández-Martínez Michael Tompkins Zulima Fernández-Muñiz Tapan Mukerji 255
A Linearity Test for a Simple Regression Model with LR Fuzzy Response Maria Brigida Ferraro Ana Colubi Paolo Giordani 263
Soft Methods in Robust Statistics Peter Filzmoser 273
S-Statistics and Their Basic Properties Marek Gagolewski Przemyslaw Grzegorzewski 281
Particle Swarm Optimization and Inverse Problems Esperanza García-Gonzalo Juan Luis Fernández-Martínez 289
Linear Approximations to the Power Function of Robust Tests A. García-Pérez 297
Decision Support for Evolving Clustering Olga Georgieva Sergey Nedev 305
On Jaffray's Decision Model for Belief Functions Phan H. Giang 313
Quasi Conjunction and p-Entailment in Nonmonotonic Reasoning A. Gilio G. Sanfilippo 321
Elements of Robust Regression for Data with Absolute and Relative Information Karel Hron Peter Filzmoser 329
On Testing Fuzzy Independence Application in Quality Control Olgierd Hryniewicz 337
The Fisher's Linear Discriminant Iuliana F. Iatan 345
Testing Archimedeanity Piotr Jaworski 353
An Attempt to Define Graphical Models in Dempster-Shafer Theory of Evidence Radim Jirousek 361
Comparison of Time Series via Classic and Temporal Protoforms of Linguistic Summaries: An Application to Mutual Funds and Their Benchmarks Janusz Kacprzyk Anna Wilbik 369
Mining Gradual Dependencies Based on Fuzzy Rank Correlation Hyung-Won Koh Eyke Hüllermeier 379
From Probabilities to Belief Functions on MV-Algebras Tomás Kroupa 387
Soft Methods in Trend Detection Piotr Ladyzynski Przemystaw Grzegorzewski 395
Linguistic Decision Trees for Fusing Tidal Surge Forecasting Model Jonathan Lawry Hongmei He 403
Set-Valued Square Integrable Martingales and Stochastic Integral Shoumei Li 411
Smooth Transition from Mixed Models to Fixed Models María José Lombardía Stefan Sperlich 419
Mixture Models with a Black-Hole Component Nicholas T. Longford Pierpaolo D'Urso 427
On the Preservations of Contractions: An Application to Stochastic Orders M.C. López-Díaz M. López-Díaz 437
A New Multivariate Stochastic Order, Main Properties Miguel López-Díaz 443
ANOVA for Fuzzy Random Variables Using the R-package SAFD M. Asunción Lubiano Wolfgang Trutschnig 449
Probability Tree Factorisation with Median Free Term Irene Martínez Carmelo Rodríguez Antonio Salmerón 457
Comparison of Random Variables Coupled by Archimedean Copulas I. Montes D. Martinetti S. Díaz S. Montes 467
Two-Way Analysis of Variance for Interval-Valued Data Takehiko Nakama Ana Colubi M. Asunción Lubiano 475
Estimating the Variance of a Kernel Density Estimation Bilal Nehme Olivier Strauss Kevin Loquin 483
Uncertainty Invariance Transformation in Continuous Case María José Pardo David de la Fuente 491
Detection of Outliers Using Robust Principal Component Analysis: A Simulation Study C. Pascoal M.R. Oliveira A. Pacheco R. Valadas 499
Exploiting Sparse Dependence Structure in Model Based Classification Tatjana Pavlenko Anders Björkström 509
Independence Tests for Uncertain Data with a Frequentist Method Simon Petitrenaud 519
Why Imprecise Regression: A Discussion Henri Prade Mathieu Serrurier 527
Power Analysis of the Homoscedasticity Test for Random Fuzzy Sets Ana Belén Ramos-Guajardo Gil González-Rodríguez Manuel Montenegro María Teresa López 537
Periodic Generalized-Differentiable Solutions to Fuzzy Differential Equations Rosana Rodríguez-López 545
The Selection of the Shrinkage Region in Small Area Estimation Cristina Rueda José A. Menéndez 553
Set-Valued Stochastic Processes and Sets of Probability Measures Induced by Stochastic Differential Equations with Random Set Parameters Bernhard Schmelzer 561
Coupled Brownian Motion Carlo Sempi 569
The Median of a Random Interval Beatriz Sinova María Rosa Casals Ana Colubi María Ángeles Gil 575
The Use of Sets of Stochastic Operators to Constructing Imprecise Probabilities Damjan Škulj 585
Prediction of Future Order Statistics from the Uniform Distribution K.S. Sultan S.A. Alshami 593
Balance Sheet Approach to Agent-Based Computational Economics: The EURACE Project Andrea Teglio Marco Raberto Silvano Cincotti 603
Connections between Statistical Depth Functions and Fuzzy Sets Pedro Terán 611
An Alternative Approach to Evidential Network Construction Jirina Vejnarová 619
Large Deviations of Random Sets and Random Upper Semicontinuous Functions Xia Wang Shoumei Li 627
A Note of Proposed Privacy Measures in Randomized Response Models Hong Zhimin Yan Zaizai Wei Lidong 635
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