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Software Fault Prediction at Design Phase

  • Singh, Pradeep;Verma, Shrish;Vyas, O.P.
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.1739-1745
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    • 2014
  • Prediction of fault-prone modules continues to attract researcher's interest due to its significant impact on software development cost. The most important goal of such techniques is to correctly identify the modules where faults are most likely to present in early phases of software development lifecycle. Various software metrics related to modules level fault data have been successfully used for prediction of fault-prone modules. Goal of this research is to predict the faulty modules at design phase using design metrics of modules and faults related to modules. We have analyzed the effect of pre-processing and different machine learning schemes on eleven projects from NASA Metrics Data Program which offers design metrics and its related faults. Using seven machine learning and four preprocessing techniques we confirmed that models built from design metrics are surprisingly good at fault proneness prediction. The result shows that we should choose Naïve Bayes or Voting feature intervals with discretization for different data sets as they outperformed out of 28 schemes. Naive Bayes and Voting feature intervals has performed AUC > 0.7 on average of eleven projects. Our proposed framework is effective and can predict an acceptable level of fault at design phases.

A Methodology on Estimating the Product Life Cycle Cost using Artificial Neural Networks in the Conceptual Design Phase (개념 설계 단계에서 인공 신경망을 이용한 제품의 Life Cycle Cost평가 방법론)

  • 서광규;박지형
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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    • v.21 no.9
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    • pp.85-94
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    • 2004
  • As over 70% of the total life cycle cost (LCC) of a product is committed at the early design stage, designers are in an important position to substantially reduce the LCC of the products they design by giving due to life cycle implications of their design decisions. During early design stages, there may be competing concepts with dramatic differences. In addition, the detailed information is scarce and decisions must be made quickly. Thus, both the overhead in developing parametric LCC models fur a wide range of concepts, and the lack of detailed information make the application of traditional LCC models impractical. A different approach is needed, because a traditional LCC method is to be incorporated in the very early design stages. This paper explores an approximate method for providing the preliminary LCC, Learning algorithms trained to use the known characteristics of existing products might allow the LCC of new products to be approximated quickly during the conceptual design phase without the overhead of defining new LCC models. Artificial neural networks are trained to generalize product attributes and LCC data from pre-existing LCC studies. Then the product designers query the trained artificial model with new high-level product attribute data to quickly obtain an LCC for a new product concept. Foundations fur the learning LCC approach are established, and then an application is provided.

Optimization of 3G Mobile Network Design Using a Hybrid Search Strategy

  • Wu Yufei;Pierre Samuel
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.471-477
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    • 2005
  • This paper proposes an efficient constraint-based optimization model for the design of 3G mobile networks, such as universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS). The model concerns about finding a set of sites for locating radio network controllers (RNCs) from a set of pre-defined candidate sites, and at the same time optimally assigning node Bs to the selected RNCs. All these choices must satisfy a set of constraints and optimize an objective function. This problem is NP-hard and consequently cannot be practically solved by exact methods for real size networks. Thus, this paper proposes a hybrid search strategy for tackling this complex and combinatorial optimization problem. The proposed hybrid search strategy is composed of three phases: A constraint satisfaction method with an embedded problem-specific goal which guides the search for a good initial solution, an optimization phase using local search algorithms, such as tabu algorithm, and a post­optimization phase to improve solutions from the second phase by using a constraint optimization procedure. Computational results show that the proposed search strategy and the model are highly efficient. Optimal solutions are always obtained for small or medium sized problems. For large sized problems, the final results are on average within $5.77\%$ to $7.48\%$ of the lower bounds.

Partial replacement of soybean meal with different protein sources in piglet feed during the nursery phase

  • Genova, Jansller Luiz;Carvalho, Paulo Levi de Oliveira;Oliveira, Newton Tavares Escocard de;Oliveira, Aparecida da Costa;Gois, Franz Dias;Castro, Davi Elias de Sa e;Souza, Fabio Nicory Costa;Trautenmuller, Heloise;Santos, Liliana Bury de Azevedo dos;Leal, Isabela Ferreira
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.32 no.11
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    • pp.1725-1733
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    • 2019
  • Objective: Evaluate the partial replacement of soybean meal with different protein sources in piglet feed during the nursery phase in terms of digestibility of feed, nitrogen balance, growth performance and blood parameters. Methods: Experiment I involved 24 crossbred entire male pigs with an initial body weight (BW) of $18.28{\pm}0.7kg$ and used a randomized complete block design consisting of 3 treatments (fish meal, FM; soybean protein concentrate, SPC; and soybean meal, SBM) and 8 replicates, with 1 pig per experimental unit. Experiment II involved 1,843 crossbred male and female pigs with an initial BW of $6.79{\pm}0.90kg$ and was based on a completely randomized design with a $2{\times}3$ factorial arrangement (2 sexes and 3 protein sources) and 13 replicates. Results: The results of Exp. I indicate effects (p<0.05) of dietary protein sources on digestible protein (FM, 17.84%; SPC, 16.72%, and SBM, 18.13%) and on total nitrogen excretion (TNE, $g/kg\;BW^{0.75}/d$) in which pigs fed with SBM-based feed had TNE values that were 5.36% and 3.72% greater than SPC and FM, respectively. In the Exp. II, there was difference (p<0.01) between sexes in the pre-starter I and starter phases, and total period in average daily feed intake (ADFI), which were greater in females, and between the protein sources, ADFI, final weight and daily weight gain. For urea in the pre-starter II and starter phases and glucose in the pre-starter II phase, there was a difference (p<0.05) between protein sources and between sexes, in starter phase in urea concentrations (females: 57.11 mg/dL and males: 50.60 mg/dL). Conclusion: The use of SBM as only protein source influences larger TNE ($g/kg\;BW^{0.75}/d$), reduces the growth performance of piglets and increases plasma urea concentrations in prestarter II phase.

Design of Output Regulator for Rejecting Periodic Eccentricity Disturbance in Optical Disc Drive

  • Shim, Hyung-Bo;Kim, Hyung-Jong;Chung, Chung-Choo
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.452-457
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    • 2003
  • An add-on type output regulator is proposed in this paper. By an add-on controller we mean an additional controller which operates harmonically with a pre-designed one. The role of the add-on controller is to reject a sinusoidal disturbance of unknown magnitude and phase but with known frequency. Advantages of the proposed controller include that (1) it can be used only when the performance of disturbance rejection needs to be enhanced, (2) when it is turned on or off, unwanted transient can be avoided (i.e., bumpless transfer), (3) it is designed for perfect disturbance rejection not just for disturbance reduction, (4) ability for perfect rejection is preserved even with uncertain plant model. This design may be promising for optical disc drive (ODD) systems in which disc eccentricity results in a sinusoidal disturbance. For ODD systems, the sensitivity function obtained by the pre-designed controller, which may have been designed by the lead-lag, $H_{\infty}$, or DOB (disturbance observer) technique, does not change much with the add-on controller except at the frequency of the disturbance. Since the add-on controller does the job of rejecting major eccentricity disturbance, the gain of the pre-designed controller does not have to be too high.

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The Study on the Design and Implementation of SHF band Downconverter of Digital Satellite Communication (디지털위성중계기용 SHF 대역 하향주파수 변환장치 설계 및 구현에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Ki-Jung
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.427-432
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    • 2017
  • This study describes the design and implementation of SHF band Downconverter Digital Satellite Communication. The SHF band Downconverter unit consists of PLDRO and Frequency converter. In Frequency converter, microstrip BPF and LPF designed through the pre EM simulation are implemented to minimize the unwanted spurious in Frequency converter. Through the pre-simulation analysis of space environment, the possibility of and minimized about the malfunction of equipment and we designed a reliable SHF band Downconverter through simulation for a TID according to the vibration generated during the launch and space radiation environment, and compared pre-simulation of main performance results to test results about main performances of SHF band Downconverter after production.

The Study on the Design and Implementation of SHF band Upconverter of Digital Satellite Communication (디지털위성중계기용 SHF 대역 상향주파수 변환장치 설계 및 구현에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Ki-Jung
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.261-266
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    • 2017
  • This study describes the design and implementation of SHF band Upconverter Digital Satellite Communication. The SHF band Upconverter unit consists of PLDROand frequency converter. In frequency converter, microstripBPF and LPF designed through the pre EMsimulation are implemented to minimize the unwanted spurious in frequency converter. Through the pre-simulation analysis ofspace environment, the possibility of and minimized about the malfunction of equipment and we designed a reliable SHF band Upconverter through simulation for a TID according to the vibration generated during the launch and space radiation environment, and compared pre-simulation of main performance results to test results about main performances of SHF band Upconverter after production.

The Effect of Differentiated Instruction Design Model for Early Childhood on Development of Teacher's Professionalism (수준별 유아수업설계모형이 유아교사의 전문성 발달에 미치는 효과)

  • Kan, Jin-Sook;Keum, Mi-Suck;Lee, Ching-Chan
    • Journal of Fisheries and Marine Sciences Education
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    • v.24 no.1
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    • pp.56-78
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    • 2012
  • This study which is an alternative exploration for improving the quality level of instruction considering the perception of the teachers in early childhood education field on instructional design is to develop Differentiated Instructional Design Model coincides with the purpose of differentiated instruction curricula and with instructional design principles, and to find out whether the model has significant effect on development of teacher's professionalism. With these purposes, the perception of 343 teachers from early childhood education institutions are investigated, and after component variables are set by drawing the instructional design model available in early childhood education field and reviewing the literature of differentiated instruction model, the Differentiated Instructional design Model for Early Childhood are developed based on FGI(Focus Group Interview) expert evaluation. The experimental study of 88 teachers working in childcare facilities was implemented for effectiveness verification. As a result, first, most teachers consider the priority on making the lesson plans as the development of early childhood and Kindergarten Educational Subjects, and they realize the development of instructional design model which contributes on lesson planning and implementation is much needed. Second, the Differentiated Instructional design Model for Early Childhood are developed, which consists of the cyclic process - pre-lesson phase, lesson implementation phase, and assessment phase -based on development characteristics of early childhood. Third, the experiment of the developed model showed that the scores of experimental group is significantly higher than those of comparative group in knowledge and technique development aspect, and self-understanding development aspect among the aspects of development of teacher's professionalism.

Understanding Instructor's Challenges of Content Based Instruction : For Pre-service Teachers in Early Childhood Education (내용기반 교수법을 근거로 예비 유아교사 교육을 실시한 교수자의 어려움)

  • Ahn, Hyo-Jin;Kim, Eunhyun
    • Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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    • v.9 no.5
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    • pp.181-200
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    • 2013
  • This study aimed at exploring how an instructor constructs meanings through content-based instruction (CBI) offered to pre-service teachers majoring in early childhood education. The course, early childhood mathematics education, was conducted during the spring semester in 2011. This study adopted a narrative inquiry, and data were collected through observations, interviews, and work samples. This study found that during the whole process from the preparation phase to the end-of-program evaluation, the instructor captured diverse challenging moments. During the preparation phase, she needed to have careful orchestration in designing lessons in order to overcome her feeling of pressure as a non-native speaker of English and design the integration of contents and English language learning to be truly powerful. In the phase of implementation, the lack of student motivation and building a good rapport between the instructor and the students were certainly challenges. The result of the student evaluations weakened her desire to implement CBI. The instructor incorporated diverse instructional strategies to overcome the obstacles. The instructor's experiences in this study will positively shape future educators' thinking and learning about meaningful and appropriate academic English instruction for content-area teaching of college students who were majoring in early childhood education.

Cognitive behavioral therapy for college students with smartphone addiction

  • Kim, Deokju
    • International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.29-39
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    • 2021
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is effective for people with an addiction tendency. This study aims to implement a CBT program for college students at high risk of smartphone addiction and investigate the impact of the program on their desire to use a smartphone, depression, impulsivity, and anxiety. Baseline/post-intervention evaluation and the ABA' single-case experimental design were used. The study consisted of the baseline phase (A), pre-evaluation, intervention phase (B), post-evaluation, and baseline phase (A'). Six participants were enrolled, and the main outcome variables were daily changes in the desire to use a smartphone and changes in depression, impulsivity, and anxiety after the program. Prior to the intervention, all six participants had mild to moderate depression, but after the intervention, three were normal, two had mild depression, and only one had moderate depression. Impulsivity and anxiety scores decreased after the intervention, with anxiety scores showing the most dramatic change. The percentage of non-overlapping data for the baseline phase (A)-intervention phase (B) was more than 75% and that for baseline phase (A)-baseline phase (A') was 100% for all 6 participants. This study presented a good protocol for people with low access to psychological therapy. We expect the findings will be highly useful for people suffering from psychological difficulties due to smartphone addiction.