<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>AbstractStefanBalint2</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2019-04-08 09:45:11</date><authorinitials>DanielaZaharie</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2019-04-08 09:44:24</date><authorinitials>DanielaZaharie</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><para><emphasis role="strong">Mathematical modelling: deterministic vs. probabilistic vs. fuzzy</emphasis> </para><para><emphasis>Stefan Balint</emphasis>, West University of Timisoara, Romania  </para><para>In this talk several concepts will be discussed, determinism vs non-determinism, deterministic, probabilistic and fuzzy modelling, with the aim to emphasize the particularities of each family of models. Each type of models will be illustrated by some examples. </para></article>