Scalable Uncertainty Management [electronic resource] : 8th International Conference, SUM 2014, Oxford, UK, September 15-17, 2014. Proceedings / edited by Umberto Straccia, Andrea Calì.

Possibilistic networks: A new setting for modeling preferences -- Min-based assertional merging approach for possibilistic DL-Lite knowledge bases -- On the revision of possibilistic DL-Lite knowledge bases -- Interval-based possibilistic networks -- Tractable vs. Intractable Cases of Query Answering under Matching Dependencies -- Analogical classification: Handling numerical data -- Lazy Analogical Classification: Optimization and Precision Issues -- Update Operators for Inconsistent Query Answering: A New Point of View -- Improving Inconsistency Resolution by Considering Global Conflicts -- Probabilistic Argumentation Frameworks - A Logical Approach -- Computing Skyline from Evidential Data -- A Two-Level Approach to Maximum Entropy Model Computation for Relational Probabilistic Logic Based on Weighted Conditional Impacts: Solving Hidden-Semi-Markov-Mode Markov Decision Problems -- Probabilistic Strategies in Dialogical Argumentation -- Analytics over Probabilistic Unmerged Duplicates -- Answering Ontological Ranking Queries based on Subjective Reports -- A Petri net model of argumentation dynamics -- Integrity Constraints for Probabilistic Spatio-Temporal Knowledgebases.