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Factor Analysis of Visual Literacy Influencing Diagram Understanding and Drawing in Computer Science Education

  • Park, Chan Jung;Hyun, Jung Suk
    • Journal of Advanced Information Technology and Convergence
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.67-76
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    • 2019
  • Recently, with the advent of the software-based society, many organizations have been providing software developing education, such as coding, to Computer Science majors and non-Computer Science majors. When implementing a program, teachers can let students draw a variety of diagrams, such as flowcharts, UML diagrams, and ERD diagrams ahead. As the importance of computational thinking is increasingly emphasized, abstracting algorithms into diagrams is considered an important educational element. In this paper, we examined the visual literacy and abstract/concrete way of thinking of novice programmers in order to analyze factors affecting the abstraction process of drawing diagrams, and how they influence students' ability to understand diagrams and ability to draw. If we understand what factors influence the abstraction process in this study, we can suggest educational alternatives for future strategies in which teachers will teach students.

Forecasting Accidents by Transforming Event Trees into Influence disgrams

  • Yang, Hee-Joong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.72-75
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    • 2006
  • Event trees are widely used graphical tool to denote the accident inintiation and escalation to more severe accident. But they have some drawbacks in that they do not have efficient way of updating model parameters and also they can not contain the information about dependency or independency among model parameters. A tool that can cure such drawbacks is an influence diagram. We introduce influence diagrams and explain how to update model parameters and obtain predictive distributions. We show that an event tree can be converted to a statistically equivalent influence diagram, and bayesian prediction can be made more effectively through the use of influence diagrams.

Approximations of Optimal Calibration Experimental Designs Using Gaussian Influence Diagrams

  • Kim, Sung-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.219-234
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    • 1993
  • A measuring instrument must be calibrated for accurate inferences of an unknown quantity. Bayesian calibration designs with respect to squared error loss based on a linear model are discussed in Kim and Barlow (1992). In this paper, we consider approximations of the optimal calibration designs using the idea of Gaussian inflence diagrams. The approximation is evaluated by means of numerical calculations, where it is compared with the exact values from the numerical integration.

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A Heuristic Algorithm to Update Probabilities in Influence Diagrams (영향도에서의 확률개선을 위한 휴리스틱 알고리즘)

  • Bae, Ki Woong
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.18 no.36
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    • pp.83-91
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    • 1995
  • The objective of this paper is to develop ail algorithm to update probabilities in influence diagrams. Pearl has designed the method of conditioning. This paper applies his algorithm for probability updates by selecting a loop-outset for tile diagram and instantiating these loop-outset nodes. It is discussed the conditions that need to be satisfied by the selected nodes. And a heuristic algorithm is presented for finding a loop-outset that satisfies these conditions.

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Diagrammatic Reasoning in Joseon Mathematics Book 'JuseoGwangyeon' (조선 산학서 《주서관견》의 도해적 추론)

  • CHANG Hyewon
    • Journal for History of Mathematics
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    • v.36 no.4
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    • pp.61-78
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    • 2023
  • By virtue of the characteristics inherent in diagrams, diagrammatic reasoning has potential and limitations that distinguish it from general thinking. It is natural that diagrams rarely appeared in Joseon mathematical books, which were heavily focused on computation and algebra in content, and preferred linguistic expressions in form. However, as the late Joseon Dynasty unfolded, there emerged a noticeable increase in the frequency of employing diagrams, due to the educational purposes to facilitate explanations and the influence of Western mathematics. Analyzing the role of diagrams included in Jo Taegu's 'JuseoGwangyeon', an exemplary book, this study includes discussions on the utilization of diagrams from the perspective of mathematics education, based on the findings of the analysis.

Comparison of Form Factors of Heart in ZangFu Diagrams before and after Northern Song Dynasty (북송 이전과 이후 장부도(臟腑圖)의 심장 형태요소의 비교)

  • Jo, Hak-Jun
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.101-118
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    • 2017
  • Purpose : This paper explores the extent to which ZangFu diagrams made after Northern Song Dynasty were influenced by ZangFu diagrams made before Northern Song Dynasty, and how diagrams of the whole body and heart originated from MingTangZangFuTu and affected each other when quoted in books published after Northern Song Dynasty. Method : The author used four form factors including heart shape, internal curved lines, cylinder-like structures above heart, and wuzangxi (五臟系) which resembles a lotus flower which has not yet bloomed, to analyze and compare different ZangFu diagrams before and after the Northern Song Dynasty. Results : Two form factors, the shape of heart and wuzangxi, are described in ZangFu diagrams before Northern Song, and may have influenced ZangFu diagrams after Northern Song. However, the other two form factors (internal curved lines and cylinder-like structures above the heart) did not influence ZangFu diagrams after Northern Song. All form factors of heart found in WuCangLiuFuZhiTu (within the whole body) and diagram of heart in ZhenJiuJuYing (鍼灸聚英) were most similar, but the two paintings became less similar as they were cited in several books. With the exception of the form factor with structures above heart, the three other form factors are almost identical between two paintings produced after Northern Song dynasty, as displayed in the same book. Conclusion : ZangFu diagrams of the heart produced after Northern Song Dynasty, were not completely based on ZangFu diagrams made before Northern Song Dynasty. Diagrams of whole body and those of the heart were changed, while influencing each other after Northern Song.

A Study on the Influence Diagrams for the Application to Containment Performance Analysis (격납용기 성능해석을 위한 영향도에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Joon-Won;Jae, Moon-Sung;Chun, Moon-Hyun
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.129-136
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    • 1996
  • Influence diagram method is applied to containment performance analysis of Young-Gwang 3&4 in an effort to overcome some drawbacks of current containment performance analysis method. Event tee methodology has been adopted as a containment performance analysis method. There are, however, some drawbacks on event tree methodology. This study is to overcome three major drawbacks of the current containment performance analysis method : 1) Event tree cannot express dependency between events explicitly. 2) Accident Progression Event Tree (APET) cannot represent entire containment system. 3) It is difficult to consider decision making problem. To resolve these problems, influence diagrams, is proposed. In the present ok, the applicability of the influence diagrams has been demonstrated for YGN 3&4 containment performance analysis and accident management strategy assessments of this study are in good agreement with those of YGN 3&4 IPE. Sensitivity analysis has been peformed to identify relative important variables for each early containment failure, late containment and basemat melt-though. In addition, influence diagrams are used to assess two accident management strategies : 1) RCS depressurization, 2) cavity flooding. It is shown that influence diagrams can be applied to the containment performance analysis.

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Analyzing a Class of Investment Decisions in New Ventures : A CBR Approach (벤쳐 투자를 위한 의사결정 클래스 분석 : 사례기반추론 접근방법)

  • Lee, Jae-Kwang;Kim, Jae-Kyeong
    • Proceedings of the Korea Inteligent Information System Society Conference
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    • 1999.10a
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    • pp.355-361
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    • 1999
  • An application of case-based reasoning is proposed to build an influence diagram for identifying successful new ventures. The decision to invest in new ventures in characterized by incomplete information and uncertainty, where some measures of firm performance are quantitative, while some others are substituted by qualitative indicators. Influence diagrams are used as a model for representing investment decision problems based on incomplete and uncertain information from a variety of sources. The building of influence diagrams needs much time and efforts and the resulting model such as a decision model is applicable to only one specific problem. However, some prior knowledge from the experience to build decision model can be utilized to resolve other similar decision problems. The basic idea of case-based reasoning is that humans reuse the problem solving experience to solve a new decision. In this paper, we suggest a case-based reasoning approach to build an influence diagram for the class of investment decision problems. This is composed of a retrieval procedure and an adaptation procedure. The retrieval procedure use two suggested measures, the fitting ratio and the garbage ratio. An adaptation procedure is based on a decision-analytic knowledge and decision participants knowledge. Each step of procedure is explained step by step, and it is applied to the investment decision problem in new ventures.

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Finite Element Analysis of Cracted Structural Steel Member (균열을 가진 강구조부재의 한계하중에 대한 유한요소해석)

  • 박용걸
    • Computational Structural Engineering
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.123-126
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    • 1995
  • The purpose of the analysis is the numerical simulation of structures strained to the limit loads. The finite element calculations and experiments with cracked structures have been carried out yielding over limit strains between 10% and 15% by single peak load. Load versus displacement-diagrams and J-diagrams up to the limit load are calculated. By this way the influence of geometric parameters may be assessed in the post yield region. It is proposed to use such calculations to correlate experiments carried out with small specimens to experiments simulating the true dimensions of the design structure.

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