• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.31 no.2
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• pp.141-149
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• 2007

The competitiveness of container terminals hinges on minimizing the time vessels spend in port and on schedule services. Many previous researches on container terminals have tried to optimize the equipment allocation plan and to improve the activity of resources. Nevertheless, there have been few researches conducted on yard tractors, which move containers between the quay and the yard. The aim of this study is to propose the use of Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) based Dynamic Planning for yard tractors. Only RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) tags, which are attached to yard tractors, are able to support RTLS implementation. The system can provide real time job ordering in terms of load balancing using the information on location, in regards to the movement of yard tractors. This study will present the practical feasibility of RTLS, which can ultimately reduce the congestion of Hot Queues in container terminals. As a result, container terminals can be more productive and competitive. In order to accomplish the purpose of this study, we examined previous studies on the competitiveness of container terminals and summarized the potential of RTLS using RFID. In addition, we identified the role of yard tractors and proposed the two rules of Dynamic Planning for the yard tractors. We then fulfilled computational experiments on how yard tractors carrying containers by RTLS ordering Finally, the benefits and the implications of this study are discussed.

• Journal of KIISE:Information Networking
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• v.35 no.5
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• pp.409-414
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• 2008

In mobile ad hoc networks, most of on demand routing protocols such as DSR and AODV do not deal with traffic load during the route discovery procedure. To solve the congestion and achieve load balancing, many protocols have been proposed. However, the existing load balancing schemes has only considered avoiding the congested route in the route discovery procedure or finding an alternative route path during a communication session. To mitigate this problem, we have proposed a new scheme which considers the packet bursting mechanism in congested nodes. The proposed packet bursting scheme, which is originally introduced in IEEE 802.11e QoS specification, is to transmit multiple packets right after channel acquisition. Thus, congested nodes can forward buffered packets promptly and minimize bottleneck situation. Each node begins to transmit packets in normal mode whenever its congested status is dissolved. We also propose two threshold values to define exact overloaded status adaptively; one is interface queue length and the other is buffer occupancy time. Through an experimental simulation study, we have compared and contrasted our protocol with normal on demand routing protocols and showed that the proposed scheme is more efficient and effective especially when network traffic is heavily loaded.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartC
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• v.14C no.3 s.113
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• pp.277-284
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• 2007

The routing algorithm many used in the wireless sensor network features the clustering method to reduce the amount of data transmission from the energy efficiency perspective. However, the clustering method results in high energy consumption at the cluster head node. Dynamic clustering is a method used to resolve such a problem by distributing energy consumption through the re-selection of the cluster head node. Still, dynamic clustering modifies the cluster structure every time the cluster head node is re-selected, which causes energy consumption. In other words, the dynamic clustering approaches examined in previous studies involve the repetitive processes of cluster head node selection. This consumes a high amount of energy during the set-up process of cluster generation. In order to resolve the energy consumption problem associated with the repetitive set-up, this paper proposes the Round-Robin Cluster Header (RRCH) method that fixes the cluster and selects the head node in a round-robin method The RRCH approach is an energy-efficient method that realizes consistent and balanced energy consumption in each node of a generated cluster to prevent repetitious set-up processes as in the LEACH method. The propriety of the proposed method is substantiated with a simulation experiment.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.12A no.6 s.96
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• pp.557-562
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• 2005

Throughput and latency of interconnection network are important factors of the performance of multiprocessor systems. The dual-link CC-NUMA architecture using point-to-point unidirectional link is one of the popular structures in high-end commercial systems. In terms of optimal path between nodes, several paths exist with the optimal hop count by its native multi-path structure. Furthermore, transaction latency between nodes is affected by congestion of links on the transaction path. Hence the transaction latency may get worse if the transactions make a hot spot on some links. In this paper, I propose a dynamic transaction routing algorithm that maintains the balanced link utilization with the optimal path length, and I compare the performance with the fixed path method on the dual-link CC-NUMA systems. By the proposed method, the link competition is alleviated by the real-time path selection, and consequently, dynamic transaction algorithm shows a better performance. The program-driven simulation results show $1{\~}10\%$ improved fluctuation of link utilization, $1{\~}3\%$ enhanced acquirement of link, and $1{\~}6\%$ improved system performance.

• Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.35-40
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• 2014

Many researches have been conducted to achieve improvement in distributed system that connects multiple computer systems via communication lines. Among others, the load balancing and file migration are considered to have significant impact on the performance of distributed system. The dynamic file migration algorithm common in distributed processing system involved complex calculations of decision function necessary for file migration and required migration of control messages for the performance of decision function. However, the performance of this decision function puts significant computational strain on computer. As one single network is shared by all computers, more computers connected to network means migration of more control messages from file migration, causing the network to trigger bottleneck in distributed processing system. Therefore, it has become imperative to carry out the research that aims to reduce the number of control messages that will be migrated. In this study, the learning automata was used for file migration which would requires only the file reference-related information to determine whether file migration has been made or determine the time and site of file migration, depending on the file conditions, thus reflecting the status of current system well and eliminating the message transfer and additional calculation overhead for file migration. Moreover, mathematical model for file migration was described in order to verify the proposed model. The results from mathematical model and simulation model suggest that the proposed model is well-suited to the distributed system.

• IEMEK Journal of Embedded Systems and Applications
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.107-114
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• 2024

Mobile ad hoc networks represent self-configuring networks of mobile devices that communicate without relying on a fixed infrastructure. However, traditional routing protocols in such networks encounter challenges in selecting efficient and reliable routes due to dynamic nature of these networks caused by unpredictable mobility of nodes. This often results in a failure to meet the low-delay and low-energy consumption requirements crucial for such networks. In order to overcome such challenges, our paper introduces a novel multi-objective and adaptive routing scheme based on the Q-learning reinforcement learning algorithm. The proposed routing scheme dynamically adjusts itself based on measured network states, such as traffic congestion and mobility. The proposed approach utilizes Q-learning to select routes in a decentralized manner, considering factors like energy consumption, load balancing, and the selection of stable links. We present a formulation of the multi-objective optimization problem and discuss adaptive adjustments of the Q-learning parameters to handle the dynamic nature of the network. To speed up the learning process, our scheme incorporates informative shaped rewards, providing additional guidance to the learning agents for better solutions. Implemented on the widely-used AODV routing protocol, our proposed approaches demonstrate better performance in terms of energy efficiency and improved message delivery delay, even in highly dynamic network environments, when compared to the traditional AODV. These findings show the potential of leveraging reinforcement learning for efficient routing in ad hoc networks, making the way for future advancements in the field of mobile ad hoc networking.

• Journal of KIISE:Databases
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.629-640
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• 2003

A shared disk (SD) cluster couples multiple nodes for high performance transaction processing, and all the coupled nodes share a common database at the disk level. In the SD cluster, a transaction routing corresponds to select a node for an incoming transaction to be executed. An affinity-based routing can increase local buffer hit ratio of each node by clustering transactions referencing similar data to be executed on the same node. However, the affinity-based routing is very much non-adaptive to the changes in the system load, and thus a specific node will be overloaded if transactions in some class are congested. In this paper, we propose a dynamic transaction routing scheme that can achieve an optimal balance between affinity-based routing and dynamic load balancing of all the nodes in the SD cluster. The proposed scheme is novel in the sense that it can improve the system performance by increasing the local buffer hit ratio and reducing the buffer invalidation overhead.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1991.07a
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• pp.877-880
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• 1991

In this paper, the architecture of a dataflow logic solving processor for programmable logic controller is proposed. As the proposed DFLSP(dataflow logic solving processor) is designed based on the dataflow architecture, it has inherently concurrent processing and data synchronization capabilities. And also, it has dynamic load balancing capabilites which increases the utilization of the whole system that can he hardly implemented in other multiprocessor system. The re-matching unit gets rid of unnecessary matching cycles in LSU, which increases the performance of LSU and allows the multiple input multiple output operations.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.244-246
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• 2002

클러스터 기반의 VOD 서버는 동시에 여러 사용자에게 실시간으로 고품질 서비스를 위해 정교한 부하 분산 기술과 버퍼관리 기술을 요구한다. 본 논문은 클러스터 기반 VOD 서버에서 동적 버퍼 분할을 이용한 새로운 부하분산 기법을 제안한다. 제안된 기법은 사용자 요청을 처리하는 서비스 노드간의 버퍼 성능과 디스크 접근 빈도를 고려하여 노드 부하를 고르게 분산한다. 또한 동적 버퍼 분할 기법은 동일한 연속 매체에 접근하려는 여러 사용자에게 평균 대기시간을 감소시킬 수 있도록 버퍼를 동적으로 분할한다. 각 서비스 노드에서 동적 버퍼 분할로 발생하는 버퍼 정보를 유지함으로써 각 서비스 노드의 버퍼 재사용을 극대화할 수 있다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안된 기법이 효율적인 버퍼 관리로 노드 부하 균등화, 사용자 평균 대기시간 감소, 병행 사용자 수 증가 등의 성능 향상을 얻었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2002.04a
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• pp.655-657
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• 2002

데이터 마이닝 기술 중 하나인 연관규칙 마이닝의 병렬 알고리즘들은 동형질의 병렬 컴퓨팅 시스템을 대상으로 하여 개발되었다. 그러나, 이러한 병렬 알고리즘들은 클러스터 시스템 또는 Network Of Workstation(NOW)과 같은 저가의 프로세서들로 구성된 집합적인 병렬 컴퓨팅 시스템에서는 부적당하다. 이는 이들 시스템이 다른 성능을 가진 프로세서로 구성되어 있거나 여러 사용자의 접근을 허용하는 등의 이형성을 가지기 때문이다. 결과적으로 이러한 환경을 고려하지 않은 기존의 병렬 연관규칙 알고리즘들은 전체 시스템의 성능을 활용하지 못하게 되어 성능저하를 피할 수 없다. 본 논문에서는 대표적인 병렬 연관규칙 알고리즘인 Data Distribution 알고리즘을 위만 효과적이고 확장성 있는 동적 부하분산 알고리즘의 설계와 구현을 다룬다.