• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.247-250
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• 2006

급속도로 변화하는 환경에 적응하기 위해서 환경의 변화에 대한 요구와 신속한 응답능력을 향상시키고, 에이전트간 의사결정의 지속시간을 줄이기 위하여 에이전트간 효율적인 조정에 관련된 의사결정을 하기위한 대안(alternative)결정과 사용자의 선호도를 어떻게 유도할 수 있는가라는 문제가 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 사회적(Pareto) 최적성이라는 관점에서 의사결정의 행동을 효과적으로 시뮬레이트하기 우해 퍼지 의사결정에 기반한 멀티에이전트의 효율적인 조정방안을 제안한다. 또한 제안하는 방법에서는 가중치를 사용하여 각 속성이 멀티에이전트와 관련하여 최적의 대안을 생성하고, 퍼지 의사결정에 기반한 멀티에이전트의 의사결정방법에 기존의 방법보다 가중치를 사용한 방법이 높은 신뢰도를 가지면서 더 빠른 의사결정을 한다는 것을 확인하였다.

• Korean small business review
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.67-93
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• 2009

The purpose of this paper is to explore the relations between financial constraints and dividend smoothing of innovative small and medium sized enterprises(SMEs) listed on Korea Securities Market and Kosdaq Market of Korea Exchange. The innovative SMEs is defined as the firms with high level of R&D intensity which is measured by (R&D investment/total sales) ratio, according to Chauvin and Hirschey (1993). The R&D investment plays an important role as the innovative driver that can increase the future growth opportunity and profitability of the firms. Therefore, the R&D investment have large, positive, and consistent influences on the market value of the firm. In this point of view, we expect that the innovative SMEs can adjust dividend payment faster than the noninnovative SMEs, on the ground of their future growth opportunity and profitability. And also, we expect that the financial unconstrained firms can adjust dividend payment faster than the financial constrained firms, on the ground of their financing ability of investment funds through the market accessibility. Aivazian et al.(2006) exert that the financial unconstrained firms with the high accessibility to capital market can adjust dividend payment faster than the financial constrained firms. We collect the sample firms among the total SMEs listed on Korea Securities Market and Kosdaq Market of Korea Exchange during the periods from January 1999 to December 2007 from the KIS Value Library database. The total number of firm-year observations of the total sample firms throughout the entire period is 5,544, the number of firm-year observations of the dividend firms is 2,919, and the number of firm-year observations of the non-dividend firms is 2,625. About 53%(or 2,919) of these total 5,544 observations involve firms that make a dividend payment. The dividend firms are divided into two groups according to the R&D intensity, such as the innovative SMEs with larger than median of R&D intensity and the noninnovative SMEs with smaller than median of R&D intensity. The number of firm-year observations of the innovative SMEs is 1,506, and the number of firm-year observations of the noninnovative SMEs is 1,413. Furthermore, the innovative SMEs are divided into two groups according to level of financial constraints, such as the financial unconstrained firms and the financial constrained firms. The number of firm-year observations of the former is 894, and the number of firm-year observations of the latter is 612. Although all available firm-year observations of the dividend firms are collected, deletions are made in the case of financial industries such as banks, securities company, insurance company, and other financial services company, because their capital structure and business style are widely different from the general manufacturing firms. The stock repurchase was involved in dividend payment because Grullon and Michaely (2002) examined the substitution hypothesis between dividends and stock repurchases. However, our data structure is an unbalanced panel data since there is no requirement that the firm-year observations data are all available for each firms during the entire periods from January 1999 to December 2007 from the KIS Value Library database. We firstly estimate the classic Lintner(1956) dividend adjustment model, where the decision to smooth dividend or to adopt a residual dividend policy depends on financial constraints measured by market accessibility. Lintner model indicates that firms maintain stable and long run target payout ratio, and that firms adjust partially the gap between current payout rato and target payout ratio each year. In the Lintner model, dependent variable is the current dividend per share(DPS_t), and independent variables are the past dividend per share(DPS_t-1) and the current earnings per share(EPS_t). We hypothesized that firms adjust partially the gap between the current dividend per share(DPS_t) and the target payout ratio(Ω) each year, when the past dividend per share(DPS_t-1) deviate from the target payout ratio(Ω). We secondly estimate the expansion model that extend the Lintner model by including the determinants suggested by the major theories of dividend, namely, residual dividend theory, dividend signaling theory, agency theory, catering theory, and transactions cost theory. In the expansion model, dependent variable is the current dividend per share(DPS_t), explanatory variables are the past dividend per share(DPS_t-1) and the current earnings per share(EPS_t), and control variables are the current capital expenditure ratio(CEA_t), the current leverage ratio(LEV_t), the current operating return on assets(ROA_t), the current business risk(RISK_t), the current trading volume turnover ratio(TURN_t), and the current dividend premium(DPREM_t). In these control variables, CEA_t, LEV_t, and ROA_t are the determinants suggested by the residual dividend theory and the agency theory, ROA_t and RISK_t are the determinants suggested by the dividend signaling theory, TURN_t is the determinant suggested by the transactions cost theory, and DPREM_t is the determinant suggested by the catering theory. Furthermore, we thirdly estimate the Lintner model and the expansion model by using the panel data of the financial unconstrained firms and the financial constrained firms, that are divided into two groups according to level of financial constraints. We expect that the financial unconstrained firms can adjust dividend payment faster than the financial constrained firms, because the former can finance more easily the investment funds through the market accessibility than the latter. We analyzed descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, and median to delete the outliers from the panel data, conducted one way analysis of variance to check up the industry-specfic effects, and conducted difference test of firms characteristic variables between innovative SMEs and noninnovative SMEs as well as difference test of firms characteristic variables between financial unconstrained firms and financial constrained firms. We also conducted the correlation analysis and the variance inflation factors analysis to detect any multicollinearity among the independent variables. Both of the correlation coefficients and the variance inflation factors are roughly low to the extent that may be ignored the multicollinearity among the independent variables. Furthermore, we estimate both of the Lintner model and the expansion model using the panel regression analysis. We firstly test the time-specific effects and the firm-specific effects may be involved in our panel data through the Lagrange multiplier test that was proposed by Breusch and Pagan(1980), and secondly conduct Hausman test to prove that fixed effect model is fitter with our panel data than the random effect model. The main results of this study can be summarized as follows. The determinants suggested by the major theories of dividend, namely, residual dividend theory, dividend signaling theory, agency theory, catering theory, and transactions cost theory explain significantly the dividend policy of the innovative SMEs. Lintner model indicates that firms maintain stable and long run target payout ratio, and that firms adjust partially the gap between the current payout ratio and the target payout ratio each year. In the core variables of Lintner model, the past dividend per share has more effects to dividend smoothing than the current earnings per share. These results suggest that the innovative SMEs maintain stable and long run dividend policy which sustains the past dividend per share level without corporate special reasons. The main results show that dividend adjustment speed of the innovative SMEs is faster than that of the noninnovative SMEs. This means that the innovative SMEs with high level of R&D intensity can adjust dividend payment faster than the noninnovative SMEs, on the ground of their future growth opportunity and profitability. The other main results show that dividend adjustment speed of the financial unconstrained SMEs is faster than that of the financial constrained SMEs. This means that the financial unconstrained firms with high accessibility to capital market can adjust dividend payment faster than the financial constrained firms, on the ground of their financing ability of investment funds through the market accessibility. Futhermore, the other additional results show that dividend adjustment speed of the innovative SMEs classified by the Small and Medium Business Administration is faster than that of the unclassified SMEs. They are linked with various financial policies and services such as credit guaranteed service, policy fund for SMEs, venture investment fund, insurance program, and so on. In conclusion, the past dividend per share and the current earnings per share suggested by the Lintner model explain mainly dividend adjustment speed of the innovative SMEs, and also the financial constraints explain partially. Therefore, if managers can properly understand of the relations between financial constraints and dividend smoothing of innovative SMEs, they can maintain stable and long run dividend policy of the innovative SMEs through dividend smoothing. These are encouraging results for Korea government, that is, the Small and Medium Business Administration as it has implemented many policies to commit to the innovative SMEs. This paper may have a few limitations because it may be only early study about the relations between financial constraints and dividend smoothing of the innovative SMEs. Specifically, this paper may not adequately capture all of the subtle features of the innovative SMEs and the financial unconstrained SMEs. Therefore, we think that it is necessary to expand sample firms and control variables, and use more elaborate analysis methods in the future studies.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.10c
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• pp.208-210
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• 2001

차세대 이동통신 시스템에서 이동단말에 대한 착호를 설정하기 위해서는 위치관리가 필요하다. 기존의 동적 위치관리 기법에서는 시간, 거리, 이동회수와 같은 단편적인 이동 특성을 위치갱신의 기준으로 채택하였다. 이런 기법들은 다양한 이동성을 갖는 이동단말에 대해서 그 위치관리 비용의 편자가 크다. 가장 효율적인 것으로 알려져 있는 거리기반 기법은 이동거리만을 위치관리의 기준으로 택함으로서 이동이 적은 이동단말에 대해서는 갱신비율이 현저히 낮아짐으로서 그 비용이 작지만, 반대로 이동성이 많은 경우에는 갱신비용이 커진다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 위의 거리기반 기법의 이런 단점을 개선하면서 이동단말의 이동성을 이동거리와 시간에 의해 결정되는 속도로 나타내고, 그 속도에 따라 거리 임계값 및 시간 임계값을 조정하여 위치갱신 및 페이징을 수행하는 새로운 위치관리 기법을 제안한다. 세안된 기법의 효율성을 제시하기 위하여 분석적 모델 및 수치적 결과를 통하여 제안하는 기법과 기존의 거리기반 기법의 총 비용을 구하였으며, 그 결과 제안된 기법은 가변적인 속도 변화를 보여주는 이동단말의 이동성에 대하여 효율적임을 보여 준다.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2019.11a
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• pp.10-12
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• 2019

영구자석 동기 전동기는 높은 효율과 전력 밀도 등의 장점때문에 자동차나 엘리베이터 등 다양한 산업 분야에서 사용되고 있다. 영구자석 동기 전동기의 구동에는 여러가지 이유로 인해 고조파 토크 리플이 존재한다. 이러한 토크 리플은 속도 리플을 유발하여 소음이나 진동의 원인이 되며, 그 분포가 전동기의 구조나 운전점에 따라 변화하기 때문에 제어 성능에 매우 큰 영향을 준다. 본 연구에서는 영구자석 동기 전동기의 운전점에 따라 변화하는 토크 리플을 상쇄하기 위해 주입할 최적의 고조파 토크를 실시간으로 추적하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법에서는 속도 제어 중 토크 리플에 의해 발생하는 속도 리플을 적분하여 평가지표로 삼고, 속도 리플이 감소하는 방향으로 주입할 고조파 토크의 크기와 위상을 조정한다. 이 방법은 제정수 추출이나 회전자의 위치 별 토크 테이블 없이 운전 조건의 변화에 따라 토크 리플의 최적 보상점을 추적한다는 장점이 있다. 제안된 방법의 효과는 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증되었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 1998.05a
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• pp.265-269
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• 1998

오늘날은 컴퓨터 하드웨어 기술이 발전함에 따라 컴퓨터 네트워크는 그 처리 속도와 처리능력에 있어서 많은 발전이 있었다. 그러나 현재 네트워크를 사용하는 시스템은 이러한 특성을 최대한 효율적으로 이용하고 있지 않다. 초기부터 컴퓨터에 있어서 입출력 속도의 문제는 항상 시스템의 성능을 제한하는 요소였다. 따라서 이 문제의 해결 방법으로 인터럽트 기반의 입출력 방식이 나왔다. 그러나 현재는 새로운 하드웨어 기술이 발전함으로 인하여 네트워크의 속도가 매우 빨라져서 인터럽트에 의한 입출력 방식이 네트워크 인터페이스에 대해서는 시스템의 처리 속도를 떨어뜨리는 결과를 가지고 오고 있다. 그러므로 본 논문에서는 폴링 기반의 입출력 방식을 사용함으로써 기존의 인터럽트 방식보다 어느 정도 시스템의 성능을 향상시킬 수 있는지 비교하기 위하여 폴링을 이론적으로 구현하고 비교한다 그리고 이와 더불어 네트워크 인터페이스의 입출력을 위해 우리가 제시한 새로운 방법에 대한 소개와 그 효율성을 알아본다.

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.33-40
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• 2015

Inverse problem in electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is highly ill-posed therefore prior information is used to mitigate the ill-posedness. Regularization methods are often adopted in solving EIT inverse problem to have satisfactory reconstruction performance. In solving the EIT inverse problem, iterative Gauss-Newton method is generally used due to its accuracy and fast convergence. However, its performance is still suboptimal and mainly depends on the selection of regularization parameter. Although, there are few methods available to determine the regularization parameter such as L-curve method they are sometimes not applicable for all cases. Moreover, regularization parameter is a scalar and it is fixed during iteration process. Therefore, in this paper, a novel method is used to determine the regularization parameter to improve reconstruction performance. Conductivity norm is calculated at each iteration step and it used to obtain the regularization parameter which is a diagonal matrix in this case. The proposed method is applied to human thorax imaging and the reconstruction performance is compared with traditional methods. From numerical results, improved performance of proposed method is seen as compared to conventional methods.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.663-669
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• 2009

In the electrical railway, the increase of tensions in an overhead contact lines is essential to speed-up of train, because current collection quality largely depends on the ratio of a wave propagation speed to a train speed. For Kyungbu high-speed line, a pulley-type tensioning device is required to have a tension variation of maximum 3%. Therefore we developed a pulley-type tensioning device in order to meet tension variation requirement of the high-speed tensioning device. To verify the performance of the developed device, a performance test, overload test and failure test were carried out according to the factory test procedure of the Kyung-Bu High-speed line. Furthermore, we also performed reliability performance through not only a fatigue test in a factory, but also on-line verification test in Chungbuk line for over 1 year. These tests verified that the tensioning device had applicability to a main line.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.38 no.11
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• pp.1193-1199
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• 2014

To achieve safe and high-speed navigation of a mobile service robot, velocity of dynamic obstacles should be considered while planning the trajectory of a mobile robot. Trajectory planning schemes without considering the velocity of the dynamic obstacles may collide due to the relative velocities or dynamic constraints. However, the general planning schemes that considers the dynamic obstacle velocities requires long computational times. This paper proposes a velocity control scheme by scaling the time step of trajectory to deal with dynamic obstacle avoidance problem using the RNLVO (Robot Nonlinear Velocity Obstacles). The RNLVO computes the collision conditions on the basis of the NLVO (Nonlinear Velocity Obstacles). The simulation results show that the proposed scheme can deal with collision state in a short period time. Furthermore, the RNLVO computes the collisions using the trajectory of the robot. As a result, accurate prediction of the moving obstacles trajectory does not required.

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.453-460
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• 1995

본 논문에서는 정현파 소음을 제어하기 위한 filtered-x LMS에 바탕을 둔 새로운 적응 알고리듬을 제안하였다. 이러한 알고리듬은 두개의 연속적인 계수조정 식으로, 제어기의 계수를 조정한다. 서로 독립인 각 주파수별로 처리하기 때문에 빠른 수렴을 얻을 수 있다. 두번째식은 이차경로로 인한 위상지연을 추정한다. 정현 파 신호 주파수보다 4배 이상 빠른 표본화 주파수를 선택하여 추정된 위상지연 추정 값은 $2{\pi}f_0$만큼 오차를 나타내며, 이 값은 $\pi$2보다 작다. 정현파 신호의 주파수를 알면 이러한 오차는 $2{\pi}f_0$를 더함으로써 제거할 수 있다. 이러한 방법은 위상지연이 $\pi$2보다 큰 경우 수렴속도를 증가시킨다는 사실을 실험을 통하 여 알 수 있다. 추정된 위상지연은 제어기 계수값을 조정하는데 필요한 필터링된 참조신호를 발생시키믄데 사용된다. 참조신호의 위상지연이 각 주파수 성분별로 수행 되기 때문에, 콘볼루션 연산이 생략되어 계산량을 줄일 수 있다. 또한 연속적으로 위상지연을 추정하기 때문에 시변 상황에 적용이 가능하다. 조정식의 수렴조건을 유도하였다. 제안된 알고리듬은 제어기 계수를 추정하는데 바이어스가 없으며, 위상 지연추정을 위한 수렴상수의 최대허용치는 제어기계수에 대한 수렴상수에 반비례함을 이론적으로 분석을 통해 알 수 있다. 모의실험을 통하여 제안된 알고리듬이 filtered-x LMS 알고리듬에 바탕을 둔 다른 알고리듬보다 환경변화에 우수한 성능을 보임을 알 수 있다.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.2347-2352
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• 2012

In this paper, a new alternating equalizer and its differential adjustment algorithm are proposed. The proposed alternating equalizer achieves equalization effectively using an algorithm performing symbol decisions based on soft/hard decision. In addition, it is possible to improve the initial blind convergence speed and steady-state error performance simultaneously by adjusting the equalizer differentially according to the relative reliability of the symbol decisions by soft/hard decision devices. The simulation results on 16/64-QAM constellations under multipath propagation channel and additive noise conditions confirmed to support usefulness of the proposed method.