• Computers and Concrete
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.229-241
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• 2013

The objective of this study is to reveal the sufficiency of neural networks (NN) as a securer, quicker, more robust and reliable method to be used in seismic assessment of existing reinforced concrete buildings. The NN based approach is applied as an alternative method to determine the seismic performance of each existing RC buildings, in terms of damage level. In the application of the NN, a multilayer perceptron (MLP) with a back-propagation (BP) algorithm is employed using a scaled conjugate gradient. NN based model wasd eveloped, trained and tested through a based MATLAB program. The database of this model was developed by using a statistical procedure called P25 method. The NN based model was also proved by verification set constituting of real existing RC buildings exposed to 2003 Bingol earthquake. It is demonstrated that the NN based approach is highly successful and can be used as an alternative method to determine the seismic performance of each existing RC buildings.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.101-107
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• 2002

이 논문에서는 자기공명심장영상에서 내벽과 외벽의 추출을 위한 반자동 분할 알고리즘을 제안하였다. 이 알고리즘은 Generalized gradient vector flow snake와 초기 윤곽선 예측 과정을 기반으로 한다. 특히 이 알고리즘은 내벽과 외벽의 공간적인 특설을 이용하며 Cross profile correlation matching (CPCM)을 사용한다. 현재 공간에서의 이전 시간에 관계된 영상과 현재 시간에서의 공간에 관계된 영상을 사용하여 초기 윤곽선 예측을 더욱 효과적으로 수행하였다. Multislice와 multiphase의 Siemens와 GE. Medinus 자기공명심장영상을 사용하여 실험하였고 많은 영상들에 대해 충분히 만족할만한 결과를 얻었다. 그리고 분할한 결과로 quantitative analysis를 수행하였고 시각적으로 보여주었다. 개발된 소프트웨어는 Visual C++을 사용하여 windows 환경의 응용프로그램으로 개발되었다.

• 전력전자학회:학술대회논문집
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• 전력전자학회 1998년도 Proceedings ICPE 98 1998 International Conference on Power Electronics
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• pp.293-297
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• 1998

This paper presents a newly developed speed sensorless drive using RLS based on Neural Network Training Algorithm. The proposed algorithm has just the time-varying learning rate, while the wellknown back-propagation algorithm based on gradient descent has a constant learning rate. The number of iterations required by the new algorithm to converge is less than that of the back-propagation algorithm. The theoretical analysis and experimental results to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy are described.

• 방송공학회논문지
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.156-169
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• 1997

본 논문에서는 형태학적 연산(morphological operation)과 영역 융합(region merging) 방법을 이용한 영상 분할(image segmentation) 방법을 제안한다. 이를 위해서 형태학적 필터(morphological filter)를 이용하여 단순화한 영상에 대해, 다중크기 경사(multiscale gradient) 연산자를 이용하여 경사 영상(gradient image)을 얻는다. 경사 영상에 watershed 변환을 적용하면 분할 영상을 얻을 수 있는데, 이렇게 얻은 분할 영상은 대개 과분할(oversegmentation) 영상이므로, 분할 영역을 줄이기 위해 미소 영역(small region)이나 비슷한 특성을 갖는 인접 영역들은 서로 융합시킬 필요가 있다. 본 논문에서는 영역을 융합하기 위한 기준으로서 영역간의 평균 에지 강도와 각 영역의 화소값들에 비해 평균값을 사용하는데, 이러한 융합 기준은 contour following 과정에서 계산된다. 제안한 방법은 watershed 알고리듬, 영역에 기반한 영상 분할, 경계에 기반한 분할 방법을 결합한 방법으로서, 향상된 영상 분할이 가능함을 실험을 통하여 제시하였다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.359-368
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• 2018

A method is proposed for the identification of instantaneous frequencies (IFs) in time-varying structures. The proposed method combines a maximum gradient algorithm and a smoothing operation. The maximum gradient algorithm is designed to extract the wavelet ridges of response signals. The smoothing operation, based on a polynomial curve fitting algorithm and a threshold method, is employed to reduce the effects of random noises. To verify the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed method, a numerical example of a signal with two frequency modulated components is investigated and an experimental test on a steel cable with time-varying tensions is also conducted. The results demonstrate that the proposed method can extract IFs from the noisy multi-component signals and practical response signals successfully. In addition, the proposed method can provide a better IF identification results than the standard synchrosqueezing wavelet transform.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2016년도 추계학술발표대회
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• pp.733-734
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• 2016

This study proposes a novel approach for ground segmentation of 3D point cloud. We combine two techniques: gradient threshold segmentation, and mean height evaluation. Acquired 3D point cloud is represented as a graph data structures by exploiting the structure of 2D reference image. The ground parts nearing the position of the sensor are segmented based on gradient threshold technique. For sparse regions, we separate the ground and nonground by using a technique called mean height evaluation. The main contribution of this study is a new ground segmentation algorithm which works well with 3D point clouds from various environments. The processing time is acceptable and it allows the algorithm running in real time.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제33권12호
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• pp.53-62
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• 2017

Many gradient-based mathematical methods have been developed and are in use for structural size optimization problems, in which the cross-sectional areas or sizing variables are usually assumed to be continuous. In most practical structural engineering design problems, however, the design variables are discrete. The main objective of this paper is to propose an efficient optimization method for structures with discrete-sized variables based on the harmony search (HS) meta-heuristic algorithm that is derived using penalty function. The recently developed HS algorithm was conceptualized using the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. It uses a stochastic random search instead of a gradient search so that derivative information is unnecessary. In this paper, a discrete search strategy using the HS algorithm with a static penalty function is presented in detail and its applicability using several standard truss examples is discussed. The numerical results reveal that the HS algorithm with the static penalty function proposed in this study is a powerful search and design optimization technique for structures with discrete-sized members.

• 한국전산구조공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국전산구조공학회 2005년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.359-366
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• 2005

Most engineering optimization are based on numerical linear and nonlinear programming methods that require substantial gradient information and usually seek to improve the solution in the neighborhood of a starting point. These algorithm, however, reveal a limited approach to complicated real-world optimization problems. If there is more than one local optimum in the problem, the result may depend on the selection of an initial point, and the obtained optimal solution may not necessarily be the global optimum. This paper describes a new harmony search(HS) meta-heuristic algorithm-based approach for structural size optimization problems with continuous design variables. This recently developed HS algorithm is conceptualized using the musical process of searching for a perfect state of harmony. It uses a stochastic random search instead of a gradient search so that derivative information is unnecessary. Two classical space truss optimization problems are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and robustness of the HS algorithm. The results indicate that the proposed approach is a powerful search and optimization technique that may yield better solutions to structural engineering problems than those obtained using current algorithms.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제49권9호
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• pp.504-511
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• 2000

The reliability of system is to become a important concern in developed industry. The controller based on the reliability is so important position. PPC(Plant Protection Controller) is for plant protection and human life by fault detection and control action against the transient condition of plant. The protection system of the nuclear reactor and chemical reactor are representative of PPC. This paper presents analysis of PPC relaibility formal problem statement of optimal redundancy based on the reliability for PPC. And the problem is optimized by genetic algorithm, The genetic algorithms is useful algorithm in case of large searching complex gradient existence local minimum. The genetic algorithms is useful algorithm is case of large searching complex gradient existence local minimum. The ability and effectiveness of the proposed optimization is demonstrated by the target reliability of one channel. PPC. using the failure rate based on the MIL-HDBK-217

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.415-422
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• 2018

The Conjugate Finite-Step Length" (CFSL) algorithm is proposed to improve the efficiency and robustness of first order reliability method (FORM) for reliability analysis of highly nonlinear problems. The conjugate FORM-based CFSL is formulated using the adaptive conjugate search direction based on the finite-step size with simple adjusting condition, gradient vector of performance function and previous iterative results including the conjugate gradient vector and converged point. The efficiency and robustness of the CFSL algorithm are compared through several nonlinear mathematical and structural/mechanical examples with the HL-RF and "Finite-Step-Length" (FSL) algorithms. Numerical results illustrated that the CFSL algorithm performs better than the HL-RF for both robust and efficient results while the CFLS is as robust as the FSL for structural reliability analysis but is more efficient.