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Title:
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OVERTAKING BARRIERS BETWEEN TOXICOLOGISTS AND COMPUTERS: THE EXAMPLE OF VEGA |
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Author(s):
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Emilio Benfenati, Giuseppa Raitano, Giuseppina Gini |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-90-8 |
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Editors:
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Katherine Blashki |
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Year:
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2013 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Computer models; acceptability; transparency; understanding; toxicity; regulatory use |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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268 |
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Last Page:
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272 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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Computer simulation and predictive models are widely used in engineering. Computer models are often criticized as a black box, which produces results without a reasoning scheme. In case of computer models for toxicity predictions, this reduces the acceptance of the results, because the predictions seem without a theoretical basis, and possibly obtained by chance. We will present here an initiative aimed to establish a dialogue within the community of scientists, regulators, industry representatives, offering a common platform which combines the predictive capability typical of computer models, with reasoning and explanation tools, which may be convincing and helpful for human users to derive a conclusion. Such a community is rapidly growing and is close to one thousand users. |
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