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Plenary Lecture
The Risk of Modeling Biomedical Physics

Associate Professor Calin I. Ciufudean
“Stefan Cel Mare” Universtity of Suceava
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Automatics and Computers
9, University str., RO720225, Suceava
ROMANIA
e-mail: ciufudean.calin@gmail.com
Abstract: Thinking of the risk analysis of
modeling biomedical physics (BP’s) from a probabilistic perspective, leads
to the conclusion that probability is a measure of expressing uncertainty
about the process seen through the point of view of the assessor (i.e. the
controller of the process), and based on some background information and
knowledge that we have at the time we quantify our uncertainty.
A distinction between objective, real risk, and perceived risk cannot be
made. Risk is primarily a judgment, not a fact. As risk expresses
uncertainty about the process outcomes, risk perception has a role to play
to guide the decision of the controller. A number of different types of
models are used in risk analysis. These include both quantity-oriented
models and event oriented models. It is difficult to give a detailed
specification of what a satisfactory model is. How accurate must a model be
in order to be considered satisfactory? One may say that a necessary
requirement for a risk model is that any improvement in the model to make it
more accurate, as judged by the controller, should not lead to a change in
the conclusions considered.
Also, when analyzing BP’s performance, human and organizational factors need
to be taken into account.
For instance, the conventional reliability analysis is based on the premise
that increasing the reliability of a system will decrease the losses from
failures; but an inappropriate increase of the reliability of the system may
determine the risk of a simultaneous increase of the losses from the
failure.
In order to avoid these situations, an efficient discrete-event simulation
model has been proposed for modeling the immune system of mammalians.
Brief Biography of the Speaker:
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Honor
Member of the Romanian Society of Electrical & Control Engineering -
Member of the Romanian Technical Experts Corp.
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Technical Expert of the Romanian Ministry of Justice.
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President of the Romanian Society of Electrical & Control Engineering,
Suceava Branch.
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Academic Positions: Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Automatics and Computers,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, “Stefan cel
Mare” University of Suceava, Romania.
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Fields of Scientific Activities: Discrete Event Systems, Complex
Measurement Systems, Reliability and Diagnosis of Control Systems,
Environmental Management.
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He
published 6 books and over 120 scientific papers in conference
proceedings and journals.
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