Taylor and Francis Group and Autosoft
INTELLIGENT AUTOMATION & SOFT COMPUTING
Call For Papers
Special Issue on
Z-numbers theory and its applications
I. AIMS AND SCOPE
Real-world information is imperfect. On the one hand, such
information is often characterized by fuzziness. This implies that
we often impose soft constraints on values of variables of
interest. On the other hand, real-world information is
characterized by partial reliability. Indeed, any estimation of
values of interest, be it precise or soft, is subject to the
confidence in sources of information – knowledge, assumptions,
intuition, envision, experience – which, in general, cannot
completely cover the whole complexity of real-world phenomena.
Thus, fuzziness and partial reliability are strongly associated to
each other. In order to take into account this fact, L.A. Zadeh
suggested the concept of a Z-number as a more adequate formal
construct for description of real-world information.
Many numbers, especially, in fields such as economics and decision
analysis, are in reality Z-numbers, but they are not treated as
such, because it is much simpler to compute with numbers than with
Z-numbers. Basically, the concept of a Z-number is a step toward
formalization of the remarkable human capability to make rational
decisions in an environment of imprecision and uncertainty.
The concept of a Z-number has a potential for many applications,
especially in the realms of computation with probabilities and
events described in NL. Of particular importance are applications
in economics, decision analysis, risk assessment, prediction,
anticipation, planning, biomedicine and rule-based manipulation of
imprecise functions and relations.
The aim of this special issue is to collect the most recent
outstanding theoretical and practical contributions to the
Z-number concept. It will attempt to cover the issues related to
using Z-numbers in control, decision analysis, system analysis,
modeling etc. These contributions will represent an advance in the
state-of-the-art of computation with Z-numbers including models,
algorithms, methodologies and applications.
We will select high quality papers that pay attention to new
methodologies to deal with the emerging problems and technologies
(big data, system of systems, Z-reasoning, Z-forecasting, …)
together well-established problems (classification and regression,
clustering, time series, data mining, intelligent automation,
hybrid systems), with the aim of collecting novel and creative
proposals involving new avenues for research in the field of
Z-number.
II. TOPICS COVERED
* Z-Number and Z-Information Analysis
* Computation with Z-Numbers
* Reasoning with Z-Numbers
* Z-Arithmetic
* Aggregation of Z-Information
* Z-number Based Linear and Non-Linear Programming
* Z-Number and Computing With Words
* Z-Number Based Neurocomputing
* Z-Number and Evolutionary Computation
* Z-Number in Control
* Decision Making under Z-Information
* Z-Number Based Time Series
* Z-Number Based Pattern Recognition
* Z-Number in Art
* Z-Number Based Regression and Clustering
* Uncertain Computation and Applications
* Z-number and Soft Computing in Earth Sciences, Industrial
Engineering, Financial Engineering, Medicine and Biomedical
Engineering, Business and Economics
* Other Related Areas and Applications
III. IMPORTANT DATES
June 1, 2016: Submission deadline
September 1, 2016: Notification of the first-round review
November 1, 2016: Revised submission due
December 1, 2016: Final notice of acceptance/reject
IV. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Manuscripts should be prepared according to the instruction of the
“Instructions for Authors” section of the journal and submission
should be done through the Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing
(Autosoft) journal official website:
http://wacong.org/autosoft/auto/. Authors who are going to submit
their papers to the Autosoft special issue on "Z-Number and
Z-Information Analysis", should select this special issue from a
select box on paper submission page.
Clearly mark "Z-numbers theory and its applications" in your cover
letter to the Editor-in-Chief.
All submitted manuscripts will be reviewed using the standard
procedure that is followed for regular submissions.
V. GUEST EDITORS
Prof. Rafik Aliev
Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University
e-mail: raliev@asoa.edu.az
Prof. Vladik Kreinovich
University of Texas at El Paso, USA
e-mail: vladik@utep.edu
Prof. Burhan Turksen
University of Toronto, Canada
e-mail: turksen@mie.utoronto.ca,