• Journal of KIISE:Computer Systems and Theory
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.360-370
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• 2009

Using solar power in wireless sensor networks requires a different approach to energy optimization from networks with battery-based nodes. Solar energy is an inexhaustible supply which can potentially allow a system to run forever, but there are several issues to be considered such as the uncertainty of energy supply and the constraint of rechargeable battery capacity. In this paper, we present SolarSS: a reliable storage system for solar-powered sensor networks, which provides a set of functions, in separate layers, such as sensory data collection, replication to prevent failure-induced data loss, and storage balancing to prevent depletion-induced data loss. SolarSS adapts the level of layers activated dynamically depending on solar energy availability, and provides an efficient resource allocation and data distribution scheme to minimize data loss.

• Journal of KIISE
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• v.44 no.11
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• pp.1209-1218
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• 2017

A variety of sensors is widely used these days, and it has become much easier to acquire spatial big data streams from various sources. Since spatial data streams have inherently skewed and dynamically changing distributions, the system must effectively distribute the load among workers. Previous studies to solve this load imbalance problem are not directly applicable to processing spatial data. In this research, we propose Adaptive Spatial Key Grouping (ASKG). The main idea of ASKG is, by utilizing the previous distribution of the data streams, to adaptively suggest a new grouping scheme that evenly distributes the future load among workers. We evaluate the validity of the proposed algorithm in various environments, by conducting an experiment with real datasets while varying the number of workers, input rate, and processing overhead. Compared to two other alternative algorithms, ASKG improves the system performance in terms of load imbalance, throughput, and latency.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.7
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• pp.797-803
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• 2012

Proportional solenoid valves are a modulating type that can control the displacement of valves continuously by means of electromagnetic forces proportional to the solenoid coil current. Because the solenoid-type modulating valves have the advantages of fast response and compact design over air-operated or motor-operated valves, they have been gaining acceptance in chemical and power plants to control the flow of fluids such as water, steam, and gas. This paper deals with the auto tuning of the position controller that can provide the proportional and integral gain automatically based on the dynamic system identification. The process characteristics of the solenoid valve are estimated with critical gain and critical period at a stability limit based on implemented relay feedback, and the controller parameters are determined by the classical Ziegler-Nichols design method. The auto-tuning algorithm was verified with experiments, and the effects of the operating point at which the relay control is activated as well as the relay amplitude were investigated.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.339-349
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• 2005

For recent years, data broadcast technology has been recognized as a very effective data delivery mechanism in mobile computing environment with a large number of cli;ents. Especially, a hybrid broadcast algorithm in real-time environment, which integrates one-way broadcast and on-demand broadcast, has an advantage of adapting the requests of clients to a limited up-link bandwidth and following the change of data access pattern. However, previous hybrid broadcasting algorithms has a problem in the methods to get a grip on the change of data access Pattern. It is caused by the diminution of requests for the data items which are contained in periodic broadcasting schedule because they are already broadcasted. To solve this problem, existing researches may remove data items in periodic broadcasting schedule over a few cycles multiplying cooling factor or find out the requests of data items with extracting them on purpose. Both of them are the artificial methods not considering the property of data. In this paper, we propose a real-time adaptive hybrid broadcasting based on data type(RTAHB-DT) to broadcast considering data property and analysis the performance of our aigorithm through simulation study.

• Journal of the Korean GEO-environmental Society
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.89-100
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• 2006

Recently, lots of lives and properties have been lost because comparatively large magnitude earthquakes were occurred in relatively safe regions and nations. It has been reported that number of earthquakes was increased rapidly in Korea. Hence, recently civil constructions were ensured against risks about earthquake not only large-scale structures but also comparative small-scale structures such as reservoir dams and life line by systematic aseismic design. Therefore, in this study, the seismic stability was ensured to evaluate aseismic performance for major planned reservoir dams in Korea. The seismic response analyses were conducted using SHAKE program on new reservoir dams under short-period, long-period and artificial seismic wave. The liquefaction potential for reservoir dams was assessed by using results from seismic response analysis (simplified assessment method for liquefaction potential). Also, fully coupled analysis--interaction of pore-pressure and soil--was performed to investigate both the development of excess pore water pressure and the characteristic of dynamic shear strain.

• Journal of Korean Association for Spatial Structures
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.65-74
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• 2010

In this study, the vibration control effect according to the installation location of the sky-bridge and the difference of natural periods of the connected buildings has been investigated. To this end, 40-story and 50-story building structures connected by a sky-bridge were used as example structures and the equivalent modeling method was used. Boundary nonlinear time history analyses were performed using El Centro and Taft earthquakes to investigate the dynamic behavior of the example structures and vibration control effect of the sky-bridge. Based on numerical results, it has been shown that displacement responses can be effectively controlled as the installation floor of the sky-bridge increases and acceleration responses can be effectively reduced when the sky-bridge is installed on the mid-stories of the example building.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.279-288
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• 2007

Recently, Baruah et. al. proposed an optimal Pfair scheduling algorithm in the real-time multiprocessor system environments, and several variants of it were presented. All these algorithms assume the fixed unit quantum size. However, under Pfair based scheduling algorithms that are global scheduling technique, quantum size has direct influence on the scheduling overheads such as task switching and cache reload. We proposed a method for deciding the optimal quantum size[2] and an improved method for the task set whose utilization e is less than or equal to $e\;{\leq}\;p/3+1$[3]. However, these methods use repetitive computation of the task's utilization to determine the optimal quantum size. In this paper, we propose a more efficient method that can determine the optimal quantum size in constant time.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.85-93
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• 2012

In this paper, I designed the satellite system, using the MF-TDMA (Multi Frequency-Time Division Multiple Access) DAMA (Demand-Assigned Multiple Access) method, that allocates the satellite resources more effectively to prevent a large quantity data discard when Earth Terminals (ETs) request their satellite network resource to Network Controller (NC) by using their history information, such as traffic pattern or traffic class which have been receiving, and the network controller allocates the satellite network resource and send to earth terminals by using his history information that earth terminals have been requested already. The U.S. Military Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) community has selected the L-3 Linkabit MF-TDMA DAMA Network Centric Waveform (NCW) as the networking standard for full-mesh IP over SHF satellite communications. In the MF-TDMA DAMA satellite network, network controller allocates the satellite network resources and enables maximum 255 earth terminals to communicate each other for periodic satellite network resource requests of earth terminals.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.41-50
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• 2012

In the monitoring system based on web service application, it is faced with the problems like code reproduction, difficult scalability and error recovery derived from the frequent change of data structure. So we propose a technique of monitoring system by DTD(Document Type Definition) automatic generation. This technique is to use dynamic server-side script to cope with the change of sensor data structure, generate the DTD dynamically. An it also adapt the AJAX(Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) for XML data parsing, it can support mass data transmission and exception processing for data loss and damage. This technique shows the result of recovery time is decreased about 44.8ms in case of temporary data failure by comparing to the conventional XML method.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.317-325
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• 2008

As a result of recent research, it is reported that the periodic replacements criterion of rails is able to extend as grinding rail surface and using the continuous welded rail (CWR). This study evaluated correlation between conditions of track and load capacity of rail by analysing the dynamic response of track while the metro train is running. Also, it was converted the measured stress waveform into stress frequency histogram by the rain-flow counting methods, and then accumulated fatigue damage ratio and remaining service life of laid rail were calculated so as the apply the equivalence of stress to S-N curve of a new welded rail. Finally, this study suggests a revision of the periodic replacements criterion of CWR, which was based on accumulated passing tonnage, classified by the types and conditions of track system.