Plenary Lecture

Controlling Risk in Dynamic Systems

Associate Professor Calin I. Ciufudean
“Stefan Cel Mare” Universtity of Suceava
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Department of Automatics and Computers
Romania
E-mail: calin@eed.usv.ro

 

Abstract: We consider this discussion important, as there is a lot of confusion about the cohabitation of the risk and optimum control of dynamic systems. Thinking of risk and analysis of reliability of dynamic systems from a probabilistic perspective, we come 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 a process), and based on some background information and knowledge that we have at the time we quantify our uncertainty.
It is, however, not obvious how such a thinking should be implemented in practice, in a decision making context, and different frameworks can be established. Our framework emphasises the so-called observable quantities and their prediction. Interesting quantities for risk and reliability analysis of a dynamic system are the performances of that system, for example measured by production, production loss, number of fatalities, etc. A discrete event model will be used for dealing with the above mentioned issues, and an example flexible manufacturing system analysis will emphasize our model. Future development of the proposed model will be also considered.

Brief Biography of the Speaker:
• Academic Positions: Assoc. Professor Ph.D. Eng., Dept. of Automatics and Computers, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, Romania.
• Fields of Scientific Activities: Discrete Event Systems, Complex Measurement Systems, Reliability and Diagnosis of Control Systems, Environmental Management.
• He published 19 books, 24 patents and over 170 scientific papers in conference proceedings and journals.
• Honour Member of the Romanian Society of Electrical & Control Engineering - Member of the Romanian Technical Experts Corp.
• Technical Expert of the Romanian Ministry of Justice.
• President of the Romanian Society of Electrical & Control Engineering, Suceava Branch.
• He is a member of the editorial boards of several international scientific journals and conferences of control systems and electric engineering science. He was designated chairmen at 34 international conferences.

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