Special issue on soft methods in probability and statistics (SMPS 2016)

This special issue of the International Journal of Approximate Reasoning (IJAR) focuses on recent advances in soft methods in probability and statistics.The special issue is a follow-up of the 8th International Conference on Soft Methods in Probability and Statistics (SMPS2016),which took place in Rome (Italy) in September 2016 (http://www.sbai.uniroma1.it/smps2016/index.php). SMPS 2016 was organized by the Department of Basic and Applied Sciences for Engineering and the Department of Statistical Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome