The International Symposium on STOCHASTIC MODELS in RELIABILITY ENGINEERING, LIFE SCIENCES and OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
 

   
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 - Beer Sheva, Israel
 

8.30 - 10.10

Opening Session 3

Chair: Lev Khvatskin
 
Speaker:  Alan Hutson (with Dongliang Wang, Jeffrey Miecznikowski)
   An Inversion Theorem Based Kernel Density Estimator
   for a Weighted Average and Difference of Weighted
   Averages with Applications
 
 
Speaker: Enrico Zio
   Advanced Monte Carlo Methods for Reliability Estimation
   and Failure Prognostics   

10.10 - 10.30

Coffee  Break

10.30 - 12.00

Session 2.1, M152-154 
Network Reliability  

Chair: Ilya Gertsbakh

  

Ilya Gertsbakh, Yoseph Shpungin

   Using D-spectra (Signatures) in Network Monte Carlo: 
   Estimation of System Reliability and Component
   Importance  
 

Aviv Gruber, Irad Ben-Gal

   Process and Service Optimization via Bayesian Networks
 
Edward Vitkin, Boaz Carmeli, Ohad Greenshpan, Dorit Baras,
Yariv Marmor
   Neural Networks Application on Emergency Department
   Load Measurement

10.40 - 12.10

Session 2.2, S200 

Models in Quality Engineering            

Chair: Emil Bashkansky
               

Chung-Ming Yang,Su-Fen Yang, Wen-Chi Tsai,

   A New Chart for Process Data with Unknown Distribution
                    

Shuki Dror, Emil Bashkansky, Rachel Ravid, Pavel Grabov

   How to Measure Effectiveness of the Quality Classification
   Station?
                      

Tamar Gadrich, Emil Bashkansky

   How to Evaluate and Monitor Quality on an Ordinal
   Scale Basis?
                 

Rachel Ravid, Emil Bashkansky, Shuki Dror

   FMECA Framework for Ranking DS Tests  
                   
 

10.40 - 12.10

Session 2.3, S201 
Change-point Detection and Data Monitoring
Chair: Wolfgang Bischoff
 

Wolfgang Bischoff

   Residual Partial Sums Techniques to find Change–Points in
   Linear Regression
 

Wolfgang Bischoff, Andreas Gegg

   A Non-Parametric Test for a Change-Point in Linear Profile
   Data
 

Yuval Nardi, Alessandro Rinaldo

   Autoregressive Process Modeling via the Lasso Procedure
  

10.40 - 12.10

Session 2.4, S202 

Statistical Models for Risk Assessment in Medicine 2               

Chair: Giorgio Romanin - Jacur
                      

Giada Aspergh, Paola Facchin, Anna Ferrante, Giorgio Romanin-Jacur, Laura Visonà Dalla Pozza

   Pediatric Palliative Care Planning: Organization of a
   New Service Based on Simulation
                         

Paola Facchin, Anna Ferrante, Elena Rizzato, Giorgio Romanin-Jacur, Laura Salmaso

   Perinatal Assistance Network Planning Via Simulation
                       

Guy Shilon, Shlomo Mark, Yoram Shotland

   A Bioinformatics System for Identifying Independent
   Markers
                     

Irit Nowik

   Game Theoretic Analysis of Competition during
   Neural Development
                        

10.40 - 12.10

Session 2.5, S203

Stochastic Approach to Systems Modelling, Monitoring and Diagnostics              

Chair: David Valis
               

David Valis, Miroslav Koucky

   Selected Approach for Specific Determination of System
   State and Condition
                  

Vladimir Sokol

   Stochastic Modeling of State Space of Rotating Rotor
   Systems
                     

Grzegorz Koszalka, Andrzej Niewczas

   Prediction of IC Engine Durability with the Use of Piston
   Ring Pack Model
          

Agata Niewczas, Daniel Pieniak, Andrzej Niewczas,

   Reliability of Bio-mechanical Systems on the Basis of the
   Tooth–Composite Filling System
                    

10.40 - 12.10

Session 2.6, S209

Production and Supply Planning under Uncertainty                  
Chair: Baruch Keren
             

Gregory Gurevich, Baruch Keren, Yuval Cohen

   The Impact of Bundling Perishable Products on
   Retailer and Producer Total Profits
                    
Eugene Kopytov, Sharif Guseinov, Edvin Puzinkevich,
Leonid Greenglaz
   About Some Continuous Models for Current Stock
   of Divisible Production Calculation
                   

Jiri Kula, Maroš Tunák, Aleš Linka

   Real-time Defect Detection of Textile Fabrics
 

12.00 - 12.30

Coffee  Break

12.30 - 20.00

Half-day Tour to Massada