An engineer uses ray tracing models to simulate optical aberrations in a multi-lens camera system. Which risk increases as the model complexity is significantly reduced?

💡 Explanation

Reduced model complexity decreases accuracy in aberration prediction because the ray tracing mechanism now includes fewer corrective elements. Therefore, image distortion predictions will be less precise, rather than showing improved convergence, cost reduction, or faster processing, which relate less directly to model accuracy.

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