• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.237-254
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• 2017

Estimation of slope stability is a very important task in geotechnical engineering. However, its estimation using conventional and soft computing methods has several drawbacks. Use of conventional limit equilibrium methods for the evaluation of slope stability is very tedious and time consuming, while the use of soft computing approaches like Artificial Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic are black box approaches. Multiple Regression (MR) analysis provides an alternative to conventional and soft computing methods, for the evaluation of slope stability. MR models provide a simplified equation, which can be used to calculate critical factor of safety of slopes without adopting any iterative procedure, thereby reducing the time and complexity involved in the evaluation of slope stability. In the present study, a multiple regression model has been developed and tested its accuracy in the estimation of slope stability using real field data. Here, two separate multiple regression models have been developed for dry and wet slopes. Further, the accuracy of these developed models have been compared and validated with respect to conventional limit equilibrium methods in terms of Mean Square Error (MSE) & Coefficient of determination ($R^2$). As the developed MR models here are not based on any region specific data and covers wide range of parametric variations, they can be directly applied to any real slopes.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2017.01a
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• pp.9-12
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• 2017

본 논문에서는 어깨 초음파 영상을 분석하여 인대 손상(Tear) 영역을 추출하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법은 초음파 영상에서 ROI(Region of Interest) 영역을 추출하고 추출된 ROI 영역에서 사다리꼴 형태의 소속 함수를 적용한 퍼지 스트레칭 기법을 이용하여 명암 대비를 높인다. 명암 대비가 조정된 ROI 영역에서 밝기 평균 이진화 기법을 적용하여 ROI 영역을 이진화한다. 이진화가 적용된 ROI 영역에서 워터쉐드 기법을 적용하여 연골과 힘줄의 후보 영역들을 추출한다. 추출된 연골과 힘줄의 후보 영역들 중에서 위에서 아래로 스캔하여 수평 너비가 가장 큰 영역에 해당하는 힘줄 영역의 상단 경계선을 추출한다. 그리고 아래에서 위로 스캔하여 수평 너비가 가장 큰 영역의 상단 경계에 스플라인 곡선을 적용하여 연골 영역의 상단 경계선을 추출한다. 힘줄 영역의 상단 경계선과 연골 영역의 상단 경계선 양 끝에 2차 함수 곡선을 적용하여 곡선 사이의 양자화할 영역을 추출한 후, SOM 기법을 적용하여 인대 손상 후보 영역을 양자화한다. 양자화된 인대 손상 후보 영역을 분석하여 어깨 힘줄의 손상 영역과 비손상 영역을 구분하고 인대 손상(Tear) 영역을 추출한다. 제안된 방법을 어깨 힘줄이 있는 초음파 영상을 대상으로 실험한 결과, 인대 손상(Tear) 영역이 비교적 정확히 추출되었다.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.35 no.8
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• pp.677-682
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• 2011

Masan port is a representative port of Kyungnam region, and proceeds to work port development for the future. However, Analytical research related to current competitiveness and strategies for the future of Masan port have been little studied since then. Thus, the aim of this paper is to analyze the current competitiveness level of Masan port. To achieve this abjective, evaluation model based on empirical data was established. And then FHP-based index model that calculate competitiveness level of port was adopted. To analysis competitiveness of Masan port, Data from shippers calling at Masan port were collected. The result of data analysis showed that current competitiveness level of Masan port was 63.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.101-106
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• 2010

We propose an approach to estimate the real-time moving trajectory of an object in this paper. The object's position is obtained from the image data of a CCD camera, while a state estimator predicts the linear and angular velocities of the moving object. To overcome the uncertainties and noises residing in the input data, a Extended Kalman Filter(EKF) and neural networks are utilized cooperatively. Since the EKF needs to approximate a nonlinear system into a linear model in order to estimate the states, there still exist errors as well as uncertainties. To resolve this problem, in this approach the Kohonen networks, which have a high adaptability to the memory of the inputoutput relationship, are utilized for the nonlinear region. In addition to this, the Kohonen network, as a sort of neural network, can effectively adapt to the dynamic variations and become robust against noises. This approach is derived from the observation that the Kohonen network is a type of self-organized map and is spatially oriented, which makes it suitable for determining the trajectories of moving objects. The superiority of the proposed algorithm compared with the EKF is demonstrated through real experiments.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.288-294
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• 2014

Understanding a ship's present position has been one of the most important tasks during a ship's voyage, in both ancient and modern times. Particularly, a ship's dead reckoning (DR) has been used for predicting traffic situations and collision avoidance actions. However, the current system that uses the traditional method of calculating DR employs the received position and speed data only. Therefore, it is not applicable for predicting navigation within the harbor limits, owing to the frequent changes in the ship's course and speed in this region. In this study, planned routes were applied for improving the reliability of the proposed system and predicting the traffic patterns in advance. The proposed method of determining the dead reckoning position (DRP) uses not only the ships' received data but also the navigational patterns and tracking data in harbor limits. The Mercator sailing formulas were used for calculating the ships' DRPs and planned routes. The data on the traffic patterns were collected from the automatic identification system and analyzed using MATLAB. Two randomly chosen ships were analyzed for simulating their tracks and comparing the DR method during the timeframes of the ships' movement. The proposed method of calculating DR, combined with the information on planned routes and DRPs, is expected to contribute towards improving the decision-making abilities of operators.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.716-721
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• 2010

In this work we address the use of support vector machine (SVM) in the multi-class gas classification system. The objective is to classify single gases and their mixture with a semiconductor-type electronic nose. The SVM has some typical multi-class classification models; One vs. One (OVO) and One vs. All (OVA). However, studies on those models show weaknesses on calculation time, decision time and the reject region. We propose a hierarchical clustering method (HCM) based on the SVM for real-time gas mixture classification. Experimental results show that the proposed method has better performance than the typical multi-class systems based on the SVM, and that the proposed method can classify single gases and their mixture easily and fast in the embedded system compared with BP-MLP and Fuzzy ARTMAP.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.23 no.2
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• pp.108-114
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• 2009

This paper proposes the new hybrid adaptive controller for fast response time and precision control of automation system which exist deadzone or non-linearity of system. The proposed system, which provides the improvement in terms of the control region in high speed and precision control, first used the fuzzy control method for fast response time and when the error reaches the preset value, used the PLL method designing PFD improved jitter for precision control. The new designed PFD improves the jitter noise and response characteristic without generating deadzone. The theoretical and experimental studies have been carried out. The presented results from the above investigation show considerably improved performance in the position control of automation system.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.71-78
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• 2007

There have been continuous efforts to automate welding processes. This automation process could be said to fall into two categories, weld seam tracking and weld quality evaluation. Recently, the attempts to achieve these two functions simultaneously are on the increase. For the study presented in this paper, a vision sensor is made, and using this, the 3 dimensional geometry of the bead is measured in real time. For the application in welding, which is the characteristic of nonlinear process, a fuzzy controller is designed. And with this, an adaptive control system is proposed which acquires the bead height and the coordinates of the point on the bead along the horizontal fillet joint, performs seam tracking with those data, and also at the same time, controls the bead geometry to a uniform shape. A communication system, which enables the communication with the industrial robot, is designed to control the bead geometry and to track the weld seam. Experiments are made with varied offset angles from the pre-taught weld path, and they showed the adaptive system works favorable results.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.54 no.4
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• pp.177-184
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• 2005

This paper proposes a improved investment priority decision method of the facilities considering the reliability of distribution networks. The proposed method decides a investment order of the facilities combining, by fuzzy rules, the investment priority decision of KEPCO and the priority decision considering reliability evaluation indices. Where reliability evaluation indices are SAIFI(System Average Interruption Frequency Index) and SAIDI(System Average Interruption Duration Index), as referred to evaluation index for sustained interruption. The reliability analysis method of distribution networks applied in this paper utilizes analytic method, where the used reliability data is historical data of KEPCO. Particularly, we assumed that the failure rate increased as the equipment ages. To verify the performance of the proposed method, we applied it with the planned projects to reinforce the weak facility electrical facilities in KEPCO in 2004. The evaluation result showed that, under a limited budget, the reliability of the KEPCO in the Busan region using the proposed method can be enhanced than using the conventional KEPCO's method. Therefore, the results verify the proposed method can be efficiently used in the actual priorities method for investing the electrical facilities.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.06b
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• pp.376-378
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 소동물 양전자방출단층촬영 영상(Positron Emission Tomography, PET) 내 종양영역을 자동분할하고 분할된 윤곽선주변의 기하학적 위험구간에 따른 종양의 형태특성을 분석하기 위한 방법을 제시한다. PET 영상내 검출된 종양영역의 신뢰성을 위해 위음성(False negative, FN) 및 위양성(False positive, FP)의 위험구간을 같이 제공하는 것이 필요하다. 따라서, 방사선 특이적 특성이 반영된 명암값을 기반으로 Fuzzy C-Means(FCM) 클러스터링을 수행하여 종양영역을 자동 분할한다. 분활된 종양영역의 위험구간은 클러스터 간 공유되는 영역의 소속값을 이용하여 위음성, 위양성을 계산한다. 또한, 임의의 소속값 임계치 변화를 통해 위험구간의 변화에 따른 종양의 형태적 특성변화를 관측한다. 이러한 지역적 변화의 관측을 통해 위험구간의 형태학적 위치를 판단할 수 있어 위험구간에 따른 추가적인 잔여 암의 위치 및 형태 파악을 용이하게 한다.