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Operational Optimization Analysis of Industrial Operators' Fleet (화주 직접운항 선대의 운영 최적화 분석)

  • 김시화;이경근
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.33-51
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    • 1998
  • The industrial operation is one of the three basic modes of shipping operation with liner and Tramp operations. Industrial operators usually control vessels of their own or on a time charter to minimize the cost of shipping their cargoes. Such operations abound in shipping of bulk commodities, such as oil, chemicals and ores. This work is concerned with an operational optimization analysis of the fleet owned by a major oil company. a typical industrial operator. The operational optimization problem of the fleet of a major oil company is divided Into two phase problem. The front end corresponds to the optimization problem of the transportation of crude oil. product mix. and the distribution of product oil to comply with the demand of the market. The back end tackles the scheduling optimization problem of the fleet to meet the seaborne transportation demand derived from the front end. A case study reflecting the practices of an international major oil company is demonstrated to make clear the underlying ideas.

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Optimal location of overwork-allowed facilities subject to choice of various equipment modes

  • Kwon, Min-Kyu;Sung, Chang-Sup
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.332-335
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    • 2006
  • This paper considers a facility location problem, which is concerned with locating facilities on a supply chain network and installing the associated equipments at the facilities to meet a given set of demands. The objective function is to minimize the sum of setup cost (facility opening cost and equipment installation cost), operation cost, and distribution cost. For the equipments, various choices of equipment modes need to be determined. Moreover, in the problem, overwork is allowed each facility but at expensive operation cost. The proposed problem is characterized as being NP-hard problem, so that a heuristic algorithm is derived. In order to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm, computational experiments with various numerical instances are conducted.

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An Application of Enhanced Genetic Algorithm to solve the Distribution System Restoration Problem (배전계통 사고복구 문제에 갠선된 유전 알고리즘 적용)

  • Lee, Jung-Kwan;Mun, Kyeong-Jun;Hwang, Gi-Hyun;Seo, Jeong-Il;Lee, H.S.;Park, J.H.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1999.07c
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    • pp.1123-1125
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    • 1999
  • This paper proposes an optimization technique using Genetic Algorithm(GA) for service restoration in the distribution system. Restoration planning problem can be treated as a combinatorial optimization problem. So GA is appropriate to solve the service restoration problem in the distribution network. But searching capabilities of the GA can be enhanced by developing relevant repairing operation and modifying GA operations. In this paper, we aimed at finding appropriate open sectionalizing switch position for the restoration of distribution networks after disturbances using enhanced GA with repairing operation and modified mutation. Simulation results show that proposed method found the open sectionalizing switches with less out of service area and minimize transmission line losses and voltage drop.

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A Study for Parking Characteristic of Parking Operation Method (주차장 운영방식에 따른 주차특성 분석)

  • Jung, Ki-Soo;Lee, Young-Woo
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.5-13
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    • 2010
  • Industrialization and urbanization occurred-traffic delay, traffic accident and parking problem etc.-variety of transportation problems. Parking problem is one of the transportation problem then transportation engineers would get involved in trying to solve parking problem. A way to overcome a variety of parking problems needs preliminary data for conditions of parking but it lacks the preliminary data to do so. Thus this study analyzed a characteristic of a parking through a field survey for parking in Daegu Metropolitan City. This study analyzed parking characteristic of parking operation method. This study result reveals difference between a toll parking and a no charge parking characteristic. Thus a close examination for a toll parking characteristic and a no charge parking characteristic is a prerequisite for a rational parking policy.

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A Part-Machine Grouping Algorithm Considering Alternative Part Routings and Operation Sequences (대체가공경로와 가공순서를 고려한 부품-기계 군집 알고리듬)

  • Baek, Jun-Geol;Baek, Jong-Kwan;Kim, Chang Ouk
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.213-221
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we consider a multi-objective part-machine grouping problem, in which part types have several alternative part routings and each part routing has a machining sequence. This problem is characterized as optimally determining part type sets and its corresponding machine cells such that the sum of inter-cell part movements and the sum of machine workload imbalances are simultaneously minimized. Due to the complexity of the problem, a two-stage heuristic algorithm is proposed, and experiments are shown to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm.

OPERATION MODES ANALYSIS FOR A DVR IN DISTRIBUTION GRIDS

  • Kim, Hyo-Sung;Kim, Pederson John
    • Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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    • 2001.10a
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    • pp.480-483
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    • 2001
  • Recent power quality measurement projects report that voltage sags are the most frequent disturbances in the sites [1]-[4]. DVRs were emerged as the best effective and economic solution for this problem [11]. This paper analyzed the power flow of a DVR in distribution grids. This paper showed various operation modes and boundaries such as inductive operation, capacitive operation, and minimal power operation beside the in-phase compensation.

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A Heuristic Algorithm for Power Plant Coal Supply Planning Problems (화력발전소 원료 공급계획을 위한 휴리스틱 알고리즘)

  • Kim, Chul-Yeon;Moon, Hyung-Gen;Choi, Gyung-Hyun
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.132-143
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    • 2011
  • This paper deals with a coal supply planning problem for power plants. We propose a mathematical optimization model to make decisions for coal pile sections, movement of reclaimers, and operation time of conveyor belts. The objective of the proposed model is to minimize the total operation time of conveyor belts and total movement time of reclaimers. The algorithm firstly selects a pile section by considering both the location of reclaimers and the stock amount on that pile section. And then the shortest path from the selected pile section has to be put into the operation schedule and check whether the total operation time is satisfied. Then finally the new schedule is updated. To this end, we have tested the proposed algorithm comparing with the general standard optimization package for the simplified problem SCSPP. From the numerous test runs for comparing with the existing coal supply scheduling methods, We see that the proposed model may improve the coal supply operation by reducing significant coal supply costs.

A NOTE ON PRÜFER SEMISTAR MULTIPLICATION DOMAINS

  • Picozza, Giampaolo
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.46 no.6
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    • pp.1179-1192
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    • 2009
  • In this note we give a new generalization of the notions of $Pr{\ddot{U}}fer$ domain and PvMD which uses quasi semistar invertibility, the "quasi P$\star$MD", and compare them with the P$\star$MD. We show in particular that the problem of when a quasi P$\star$MD is a P$\star$MD is strictly related to the problem of the descent to subrings of the P$\star$MD property and we give necessary and sufficient conditions.

Analysis of cavity expansion based on general strength criterion and energy theory

  • Chao Li;Meng-meng Lu;Bin Zhu;Chao Liu;Guo-Yao Li;Pin-Qiang Mo
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.37 no.1
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    • pp.9-19
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    • 2024
  • This study presents an energy analysis for large-strain cavity expansion problem based on the general strength criterion and energy theory. This study focuses on the energy dissipation problem during the cavity expansion process, dividing the soil mass around the cavity into an elastic region and a plastic region. Assuming compliance with the small deformation theory in the elastic region and the large deformation theory in the plastic region, combined with the general strength criterion of soil mass and energy theory, the energy dissipation solution for cavity expansion problem is derived. Firstly, from an energy perspective, the process of cavity expansion in soil mass is described as an energy conversion process. The energy dissipation mechanism is introduced into the traditional analysis of cavity expansion, and a general analytical solution for cavity expansion related to energy is derived. Subsequently, based on this general analytical solution of cavity expansion, the influence of different strength criterion, large-strain, expansion radius, cavity shape and characteristics of soil mass on the stress distribution, displacement field and energy evolution around the cavity is studied. Finally, the effectiveness and reliability of theoretical solution is verified by comparing the results of typical pressure-expansion curves with existing literature algorithms. The results indicate that different strength criterion have a relatively small impact on the displacement and strain field around the cavity, but a significant impact on the stress distribution and energy evolution around the cavity.

Teaching the Derivation of Area Formulas for Polygonal Regions through Dissection-Motion-Operations (DMO): A Visual Reasoning Approach

  • Rahim, Medhat H.
    • Research in Mathematical Education
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.195-209
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    • 2010
  • Utilizing a structure of operations known as Dissection-Motion-Operations (DMO), a set of mathematics propositions or area-formulas in school mathematics will be introduced through shape-to-shape transforms. The underlying theme for DMO is problem-solving through visual reasoning and proving manipulatively or electronically vs. rote learning and memorization. Visual reasoning is the focus here where two operations that constitute DMO are utilized. One operation is known as Dissection (or Decomposition) operation that operates on a given region in 2D or 3D and dissects it into a number of subregions. The second operation is known as Motion (or Composition) operation applied on the resultant sub-regions to form a distinct area (or volume)-equivalent region. In 2D for example, DMO can transform a given polygon into a variety of new and distinct polygons each of which is area-equivalent to the original polygon (cf [Rahim, M. H. & Sawada, D. (1986). Revitalizing school geometry through Dissection-Motion Operations. Sch. Sci. Math. 86(3), 235-246] and [Rahim, M. H. & Sawada, D. (1990). The duality of qualitative and quantitative knowing in school geometry, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology 21(2), 303-308]).