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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.