• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.35 no.7
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• pp.729-736
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• 2011

The technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS) is regarded as a classical method of multiple attribute decision making (MADM), often used to solve various decision-making or selection problems. It is based on the concept that the chosen alternative should have the shortest distance from the positive ideal solution and the farthest distance from the negative ideal solution. The TOPSIS can be applied to a design process for carrying out multi-objective shape optimization wherein the best and worst alternatives are to be decided. In this paper, multi-objective shape optimization using the TOPSIS and Rational Bezier curve was applied to the funnel of a cathode-ray tube (CRT). In order to minimize the weight and first principal stress, a new multi-objective shape optimization methodology is proposed, wherein the relative-closeness coefficients of the TOPSIS are defined as the performance indices of a multi-objective function and evaluated by response surface models. This methodology enables the designer to decide on the best solution from a number of design specification groups by examining the various conflicts between the weight and the first principal stress.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.71-80
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• 2011

Thresholding is important step for detecting binary change/non-change information in the unsupervised change detection. This study proposes new unsupervised change detection method using Hyperion hyperspectral images, which are expected with data increased demand. A graph is drawn with applying the range average method for the result value through pixel-based similarity measurement, and thresholding value is decided at the maximum distance point from a straight line. The proposed method is assessed in comparison with expectation-maximization algorithm, coner method, Otsu's method using synthetic images and Hyperion hyperspectral images. Throughout the results, we validated that the proposed method can be applied simply and had similar or better performance than the other methods.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.199-206
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• 2002

The application of GSIS for most route determination is provided by selecting several basic data such as land use, land construction quantity and land price, and then establishing a database to analyze for the route determination. However, this strategy rarely considers the complicated multi-factors that are essential for route determination. To solve this problem, it is required to use the GSIS and attempt to support the decision of majority for optimum route determination and standardize the route determination procedure. Accordingly, in this study, the qualification of multi-factors was attempted using the AHP technique, and so the data for the route determination was provided effectively, which resulted in the optimum route determination. As a result of applying the AHP technique, optimum routes were selected more rationally than randomly applying the values of multi-factors as before.

• Tunnel and Underground Space
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.155-165
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• 2014

Multiple thermal energy storage (TES) caverns can be used for storing thermal energy on a large scale and for a high-aspect-ratio heat storage design to provide good thermal performance. It may also be necessary to consider the use of multiple caverns with a reduced length when a single, long tunnel-shaped cavern is not suitable for connection to aboveground heat production and injection equipments. When using multiple TES caverns, the separation distance between the caverns is one of the significant factors that should be considered in the design of storage space, and the optimal separation distance should be determined based on a quantitative stability criterion. In this paper, we described a numerical approach for determining the optimal separation distance between multiple caverns for large-scale TES utilization. For reliable stability evaluation of multiple caverns, we employed a probabilistic method which can quantitatively take into account the uncertainty of input parameters by probability distributions, unlike conventional deterministic approaches. The present approach was applied to the design of a conceptual TES model to store hot water for district heating. The probabilistic stability results of this application demonstrated that the approach in our work can be effectively used as a decision-making tool to determine the optimal separation distance between multiple caverns. In addition, the probabilistic results were compared to those obtained through a deterministic analysis, and the comparison results suggested that care should taken in selecting the acceptable level of stability when using deterministic approaches.

• Korean Journal of Remote Sensing
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.341-349
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• 2008

This study proposes new automatic thresholding method, which is important step for detecting binary change/non-change information using satellite images. Result value through pixel-based similarity measurement is calculated cumulatively with regular interval, and thresholding is pointed at the steep slope position. The proposed method is assessed in comparison with expectation-maximization algorithm and coner method using synthetic images, ALI images, and Hyperion images. Throughout the results, we validated that our method can guarantee the similar accuracy with previous algorithms. It is simpler than EM algorithm, and can be applied to the binormal histogram unlike the coner method.

• Journal of Energy Engineering
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• v.15 no.1 s.45
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• pp.74-81
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• 2006

In this study, on the basis of an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) method and through a questionnaire on subjective preference and importance, various power supply systems were comprehensively compared with multiple decision criteria such as environmental, social, healthy, and economic viewpoints and then overall priority was assessed. When a decision-making problem is modelled by a hierarchy structure, the AHP method is regarded as a useful tool for extracting subjective opinions via the aforementioned questionnaire. Here, the overall preferences were obtained by linearly aggregating weighting vector and preference matrix. The energy systems such as nuclear, coal, and LNG power plants were selected because they took share over 90% of domestic electricity supply in Korea. Furthermore, wind power and photovoltaic solar systems were included as representative renewable energy systems in Korea. According to the results of this demonstration study, the following comprehensive comparison indicators were yielded: 1) weighting factors for 4 types of main criteria as well as for 11 types of sub-criteria; 2) preference valuation for 7 types of energy systems under consideration; 3) overall score for each energy systems.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.16 no.10
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• pp.7061-7070
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• 2015

Multi-Response Surface Optimization aims at finding the optimal setting of input variables considering multiple responses simultaneously. The Weighted Mean Squared Error (WMSE) minimization approach, which imposes a different weight on the two components of mean squared error, squared bias and variance, first obtains WMSE for each response and then minimizes all the WMSEs at once. Most of the methods proposed for the WMSE minimization approach to date are classified into the prior preference articulation approach, which requires that a decision maker (DM) provides his/her preference information a priori. However, it is quite difficult for the DM to provide such information in advance, because he/she cannot experience the relationships or conflicts among the responses. To overcome this limitation, this paper proposes a posterior preference articulation method to the WMSE minimization approach. The proposed method first generates all (or most) of the nondominated solutions without the DM's preference information. Then, the DM selects the best one from the set of nondominated solutions a posteriori. Its advantage is that it provides an opportunity for the DM to understand the tradeoffs in the entire set of nondominated solutions and effectively obtains the most preferred solution suitable for his/her preference structure.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2008.05a
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• pp.400-404
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• 2008

댐 군 연계운영을 위한 기존의 많은 최적화 모형은 경제성에 기반을 둔 단일 목적 함수를 가정함으로써 현실과는 동떨어진 결과를 도출하곤 하였다. 따라서 보다 현실적인 최적화 모형이 되기 위해서는 실제 운영과정을 모사할 수 있도록 적절한 초기 가중치를 부여하여 모형을 구축하고, 상충되는 목적간의 절충안으로 파레토 프런티어(Pareto-frontier)를 제시할 수 있는 다중목적 의사결정 기법이 요구된다. 본 연구의 목적은 댐 군 연계 운영을 위한 최적화 모형으로 소개된 CoMOM(Coordinated Multi-reservoir Operating Model)의 다중목적함수에 적합한 초기 가중치를 도출할 수 있는 시스템을 제안하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 최적화 모형에 적합한 가중치를 결정함에 있어 댐의 초기저수량과 미래의 예상 유입량과 같은 수문 조건을 감안할 필요가 있음에 주목하였다. 이것은 초기저수량과 미래에 예상되는 유입량이 작을 경우 가급적 저수에 중점을 두고, 그 반대일 경우는 발전방류에 주안점을 두는 것이 바람직하다는 사실에서 추정해 볼 수 있는 가정이다. 따라서 댐의 초기 저수량 조건과 유입량 시나리오의 다양한 수문 조건별로 가장 적합한 가중치를 찾아본 후, 수문 조건을 입력요소로, 최적 가중치를 출력요소로 갖는 신경망 모형을 활용해서 수문 조건에 적합한 가중치를 예측할 수 있는 절차를 제안한다. 이 과정에서 최적 가중치를 도출하는 것이 관건이 될 수 있는데, 이를 위해 전승목 (2008)등이 제안한 DEA기반 순위결정 절차를 활용해서 최선의 파레토 최적해와 이에 대응되는 가중치를 찾아 이를 신경망 모형의 출력요소 값으로 활용하였다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 신경망 모형은 임의의 수문 상황에 대해 이에 적합한 CoMOM의 초기 가중치를 결정해 줌으로써 CoMOM과 같은 최적화 모형의 가중치 선정에 따르는 어려움을 극복하는 데 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea TC
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• v.46 no.11
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• pp.18-24
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• 2009

This paper proposes two novel prediction-based adaptive selection cooperation schemes combined with a new relay selection strategy. In the proposed schemes, the destination predicts whether the transmission will be successful or not before a single relay is selected to transmit source's decoded data. Depending on the prediction, the destination feeds back a command to the whole network. Numerical results show that the proposed schemes combined with the relay selection strategy successfully reduce its outage probability, improve its throughput, save transmitted power, and prolong the lifetime of the network.

• Journal of Digital Convergence
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.231-242
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• 2018

The efficient management of the Length of Stay(LOS) is important in hospital. It is import to reduce medical cost for patients and increase profitability for hospitals. In order to efficiently manage LOS, it is necessary to develop an artificial intelligence-based prediction model that supports hospitals in benchmarking and reduction ways of LOS. In order to develop a predictive model of LOS for acute stroke patients, acute stroke patients were extracted from 2013 and 2014 discharge injury patient data. The data for analysis was classified as 60% for training and 40% for evaluation. In the model development, we used traditional regression technique such as multiple regression analysis method, artificial intelligence technique such as interactive decision tree, neural network technique, and ensemble technique which integrate all. Model evaluation used Root ASE (Absolute error) index. They were 23.7 by multiple regression, 23.7 by interactive decision tree, 22.7 by neural network and 22.7 by esemble technique. As a result of model evaluation, neural network technique which is artificial intelligence technique was found to be superior. Through this, the utility of artificial intelligence has been proved in the development of the prediction LOS model. In the future, it is necessary to continue research on how to utilize artificial intelligence techniques more effectively in the development of LOS prediction model.