• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.87-99
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• 2005

Coverage-based software reliability growth models (SRGMs) have been developed and successfully applied in practice. Performance of a coverage-based SRG M depends on the coverage function employed by the SRGM. When the coverage function represents the coverage growth behavior well irrespective of type of the testing profile the corresponding coverage-based SRGM is expected to be widely applicable. This paper first conducts a study of selecting the most representative coverage functions among the available coverage functions. Then their performances are empirically evaluated and compared. The result provides a foundation for developing widely applicable coverage-based SRGMs and monitoring the progress of a testing process.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.4804-4822
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• 2017

Coverage problem is a research hot spot in directional sensor networks (DSNs). However, the major problem affecting the performance of the current coverage-enhancing strategies is that they just optimize the coverage of networks, but ignore the maximum number of sleep sensors to save more energy. Aiming to find an approximate optimal method that can cover maximum area with minimum number of active sensors, in this paper, a new scheduling algorithm based on learning automata is proposed to enhance area coverage, and shut off redundant sensors as many as possible. To evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm, several experiments are conducted. Simulation results indicate that the proposed algorithm have effective performance in terms of coverage enhancement and sleeping sensors compared to the existing algorithms.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제34권5A호
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• pp.414-420
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 OFDMA 기반 relay 시스템에서 throughput 성능개선을 위한, Base Station (BS)과 Relay Station (RS)의 sub-cell 커버리지 설정기법을 제안한다. Relay 시스템에서는 BS-RS 링크에서 무선 자원을 추가로 소비하므로, RS간 자원의 재사용을 고려하면 자원의 효과적 사용이 가능하다. 그러나, 이때 신호의 간섭이 증가하므로 단말기의 수신 Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR)에 영향을 미치게 된다. 그리므로 본 연구에서는 자원 재사용 정도에 따른 사용가능 자원의 증가를 수신 SINR과 함께 sub-cell 커버리지 결정의 요인으로 함께 고려한다. 모의실험을 통한 결과분석을 통해 throughput 성능을 개선할 수 있는 sub-cell 커버리지를, 다양한 자원재사용 패턴에 따라 도출하였다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.427-435
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• 2023

This study was conducted to evaluate the spraying performance according to the flight conditions of agricultural drones for the development of a variable control system. The analyzed flight conditions comprised six factors: spraying direction, flight speed, altitude, wind speed, wind direction, and rotor rotational speed. The ratio of the area sprayed on the water-sensitive paper was used as the coverage, and the distribution and amount of the coverage were evaluated. The coverage distribution based on the distance from the drone was used to evaluate a spray pattern, and the distribution was expressed as a Gaussian function approximation. In addition, the probability distribution based on coverage was expressed as the cumulative probability via Gamma function approximation to analyze the spraying efficiency in the target area. The results showed that the averaged coverage decreased significantly as the flight speed and wind speed increased, and the wind direction changed the spray pattern without a coverage decrease. This study contributes to the development of a control technique for the precision control system of agricultural drones.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제25권10A호
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• pp.1521-1528
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• 2000

In this paper we analyze the performance of a DS/CDMA system in LEO mobile satellite channels. The channel uses the Extended Suzuki model which is the product of a Rician distribution having a LOS component and a lognormal distribution due to shadowing. We assume that the signal transmitted from the satellite to the mobile undergoes the same fading for the whole coverage of signal's beam. The average bit error probabilities of double coverage system is calculated in this paper. The interference resulting from the reference satellite is calculated for mobile located in the middle of the double coverage region whereas the additive interference from next-satellite is included for mobile located in the edge of the double coverage region. The performance of the mobile's receiving signal is dependent on shadowing and the interference of the next-satellite. We can obtain an obtain an improved average bit error probability by using dual diversity over the conventional correlated receiver for similar shadowing conditions in the coverage area of the satellite channel.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.89-96
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• 2013

This article aimed to introduce 'risk sharing' schemes for pharmaceuticals between drug manufacturers and healthcare payer. Published literature review was undertaken to summarize risk sharing concepts and collect information on existing scheme examples in other countries focusing on new anticancer drugs. Risk sharing schemes could be categorized into health outcomes-based and non-outcomes (financial) based ones. Outcome-based schemes could be broken down into performance-linked reimbursement and conditional coverage. Performance-linked reimbursement can be further broken into outcomes guarantee and pattern or process of care and conditional coverage included coverage with evidence development and conditional treatment continuation schemes. Non-outcome based schemes included market share and price volume at population level, and utilization caps and manufacturer funded treatment initiation at patient level. We reviewed the fifteen examples for anticancer drugs that risk sharing agreements in response to the inherent uncertainties and increased costs of eleven anticancer drugs. Of them, eight cases were coverage with evidence development schemes. The anticancer drugs except bevacizumab and cetuximab were all listed on the national health insurance formulary in Korea, with reimbursement criteria defined on the basis of approved indications and administrations. Risk sharing approach may be a useful tool to ensure values for drug expenditure, but there are a number of concerns such as high administration costs, lack of transparency and conflicts of interest, especially for performance-based health outcomes reimbursement schemes.

• 정보처리학회논문지A
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• 제16A권1호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2009

이 논문은 지능형 로봇을 위한 새로운 커버리지 알고리즘을 제안한다. 커버리지 알고리즘의 성능을 향상하기 위한 많은 연구들은 전체 커버리지 완료 시간을 최소화하는데 초점을 맞추어왔다. 그러나, 만일 전체 커버리지를 완료하기에 충분한 시간이 없다면, 최적의 경로는 달라질 수 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위하여 본 논문에서는 MaxCoverage라고 하는 데드라인이 있을 경우에 가능한 많은 면적을 커버하기 위한 새로운 커버리지 알고리즘을 제안한다. MaxCoverage 알고리즘은 이동 경로를 셋 커버 문제를 위한 그리디 알고리즘을 이용하여 결정한다. 실험 결과에 의하면 MaxCoverage 알고리즘은 임의의 데드라인에 대하여 다른 알고리즘들에 비해 향상된 성능을 보여준다.

• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2015

Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors of oral health beliefs on scaling performance by national health insurance coverage in consumers. Methods: The subjects were 353 people living in Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi-do from September 25 to October 20, 2013. They filled out the self-reported questionnaire after receiving informed consents. The questionnaire included 6 questions of general characteristics, 6 questions of oral health behavior, 6 questions of health insurance coverage, and 1 question of subjective oral health recognition. The oral health belief consisted of 6 questions of seriousness, 6 questions of susceptibility, 8 questions of barriers, 5 questions of benefit, and 3 questions of self-efficacy measure by Likert 5 scale. Cronbach's alpha in the study was 0.759. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.0 for frequency analysis, t-test, ANOVA, post-hoc Scheffe test, Pearson's correlation coefficient, and binary logistic regression. Results: The influencing factors of oral health belief model were Seriousness(${\beta}=0.091$), Self efficacy(${\beta}=-0.471$) and age(${\beta}=0.855$)(p<0.05). Those who had highly perceived seriousness and younger age tended to have probability of scaling performance. Higher self-efficacy tended to take more chance to have scaling performance probability. Conclusions: In order to cover the scaling by national health insurance, it is very important to notice the benefit of health insurance coverage of scaling to the consumers. National health insurance coverage enables the scaling practice to be easily accessible to the people. Easy access to scaling by low cost strategy can improve the oral health behavior.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.431-439
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• 2021

Since the sensor nodes are randomly arranged in the region of interest, it may happen that the sensor network area is separated or there is no sensor node in some area. In addition, after the sensor nodes are deployed in the sensor network, a coverage hole may occur due to the exhaustion of energy or physical destruction of the sensor nodes. The coverage hole can greatly affect the overall performance of the sensor network, such as reducing the data reliability of the sensor network, changing the network topology, disconnecting the data link, and worsening the transmission load. Therefore, sensor network coverage hole recovery has been studied. Existing coverage hole recovery studies present very complex geometric methods and procedures in the two-step process of finding a coverage hole and recovering a coverage hole. This study proposes a method for discovering and recovering a coverage hole in a sensor network, discovering that the sensor node is a boundary node by itself, and determining the location of a mobile node to be added. The proposed method is expected to have better efficiency in terms of complexity and message transmission compared to previous methods.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제41권9호
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• pp.1026-1037
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• 2016

3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project)에서는 IoT (Internet of Things) 서비스의 제공을 위해 초다수의 단말을 지원할 수 있는 NB-IoT (narrowband IoT) 시스템 표준화를 진행 중이다. NB-IoT 시스템은 넓은 커버리지 내 초다수의 단말들을 서비스하면서 시스템의 성능을 향상시키기 위해 커버리지 클래스를 사용하며, 이를 위해 이동 중인 단말은 기지국과 단말 사이의 채널 환경이나 거리 등과 같은 커버리지 클래스 변경 기준에 따라 커버리지 클래스를 변경한다. 하지만 종래의 NB-IoT 시스템 표준에서 단말은 고정된 커버리지 클래스 변경 기준을 사용하기 때문에 이동 중인 단말이 커버리지 클래스를 변경하는 경우 시스템 성능이 열화 된다. 본 논문에서는 IoT 단말의 위치 또는 채널 상태에 따라 동적으로 커버리지 클래스를 변경함으로써 NB-IoT 시스템의 성능을 향상시키는 커버리지 클래스 변경 기법을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안하는 커버리지 클래스 변경 기법이 기존 커버리지 클래스 변경 기법 대비 시그널링 오버헤드와 PDCCH 디코딩 오류율을 모두 감소시키는 것을 확인하였다.