• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.343-352
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• 2021

This study aims to identify the impact of the audit approach based on business risks (i.e., external environment risk, operations risk, information risk) in reducing unsystematic risks (i.e., operational risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, capital risk, and administrative risk) in Jordanian banks. To reduce the effect of unsystematic risks and, thus, improve banking performance, an audit approach based on business risks has emerged. To achieve the objectives, this study relied on descriptive statistics and the regression approach to study twenty-five Jordanian banks. The researcher used the intentional sampling method represented by employees of the accounting, financial and control departments in Jordanian banks. Seventeen banks contributed to the study, with a percentage of 68%, totaling 356 employees. A questionnaire was designed to obtain the data, and due to homogeneity among the sampling members, a purposive sample was drawn and 300 questionnaires were distributed. The results of the study found a statistically significant effect of the audit approach based on business risks with its combined dimensions on reducing unsystematic risks in Jordanian banks. The results of the study also found a statistically significant effect of the business risk-based audit approach with its combined dimensions on reducing operational risks in Jordanian banks.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.89-97
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• 2020

This study was conducted to examine how independent audit firms in Vietnam understand and use risk based audit approach (RBAA) in audit practice. To answer the research questions, the researchers used primary and secondary data collected from 2018 to 2019. The results from the interview survey showed that audit firms were aware of the advantages of adopting RBAA. However, RBAA is practiced to a moderate extent by audit firms in Vietnam. Big 4 audit firms use RBAA more popularly than Non-Big 4 audit firms. The causes of the difference are the disadvantages of adopting RBAA and client's characteristics such as relevant guideline, audit fees, auditors' knowledge and experience. Besides, the study investigated factors impacting on the RBAA adoption by distributing a questionnaire to 246 auditors of 126 audit firms in Vietnam. A set of statistical appropriate methods where used through SPSS software version 22.0. The results indicated that there were six factors influencing RBAA adoption including: Auditor's ability, Technological development, Audit fees, auditors' motivation, Audit time and client's risk. Of which, auditor's ability and technological development are factors that have the most significant and positive impacts on the adoption of RBAA. Additional implications were argued in the final section of this study.

• 한국지능정보시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지능정보시스템학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.338-346
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• 2003

Information Technology (IT) and the internet have been major drivers the changes in all aspects of the business processes and activities. They have brought major changes to the financial statements audit environment as well, which in turn has required modifications in audit procedures. There exist, however, certain difficulties with current audit procedures especially for the assessment of the level of control risk. This assessment is primarily based on the auditors' professional judgment and experiences, not based on the objective hies or criteria. To overcome these difficulties, this paper proposes a prototype decision support model named CRAS-CBR using case based reasoning (CBR) to support auditors in making their professional judgment on the assessment of the level of control risk of the general accounting system in the manufacturing industry. To validate the performance, we compare our proposed model with benchmark performances in terms of classification accuracy for the level of control risk. Our experimental results showed CRAS-CBR outperforms a statistical model (MDA) and staff auditor performance in average hit ratio.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.47-54
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• 2017

Purpose - According to agency theory, managers have incentives to adjust firm revenues to meet earnings expectations or delay bad news disclosure because of performance-based compensation and their reputation in the market. When the bad news accumulates, stock prices fail to reflect all available information. Thus, market prices of stocks are higher than their intrinsic value. After all, bad news crosses the tipping point, it comes out all at once. That results in stock crashes. Auditors can decrease stock crash risk by reducing agency costs through their informational role. Especially, stock price crash risk is expected to be lower for firms adopting high-quality audits. We focus on distribution and service industry to examine the relation between audit quality and stock price crash risk. Industry specialization and auditor size are used as proxies for auditor quality. Research design, data and methodology - Our sample contains distribution and service industry firms listed in KOSPI and KOSDAQ during a period of 2004-2011. We use a logistic regression to test whether auditor quality influences crash risk. Auditor quality was measured by industry specialist auditor and Big4 / non-Big4 dichotomy. Following the approach in prior researches, we use firm-specific weekly returns to measure crash risk. Firms experiencing at least one stock price crash in a specific week during year are classified as the high risk group. Results - The result of analyzing 429 companies in distribution and service industry is summarized as follows: Above all, it is shown that higher audit quality has a significant negative(-) effect on the crash risk. Crash risk is alleviated for firms audited by industry specialist auditors and Big 4 audit firms. Therefore, our results show that hypotheses are supported. Conclusions - This study is very meaningful as the first study which investigated the effects of high audit quality on stock price crash risk. We provide evidence that high-quality auditors reduce stock price crash risk. Our finding implies that the risk of extreme losses can be reduced through screening of high-quality auditors. Therefore investors and regulators may utilize our findings in their investment and rule making decisions.

• 정보처리학회논문지D
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• 제9D권3호
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• pp.467-476
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• 2002

은행업에 있어서 정보시스템의 중요성은 다른 산업에 비해서 매우 높다. 본 논문에서는 한 은행의 사례를 토대로 은행에서 실시하고 있는 정보시스템 감사 제도의 전반적인 현황을 분석하여 문제점 및 발전 방향을 제시한다. 주요한 문제점은 다음과 같다. 전반적으로 정보시스템 프로세스의 수행 정도가 미흡하고, 감사 실시 정도는 전반적으로 중요한 프로세스에는 적절히 대응하고 있으나 금융 및 전산사고 예방에만 초점을 맞추어 전략적인 측면의 대응이 미흡한 것으로 나타났다. 또한 감사 활동이 프로세스 수행에 긍정적인 영향을 미치지 못하고 있어서 감사 사후 관리를 개선할 필요성이 제기되었다. 감사 인력/조직적인 측면에서는 인력의 충원이 필요하고, 전략 기획 분야와 연구·개발 활동이 미흡하고, 감사인의 적격성 및 독립성 분야에서 기준 대비 미흡한 면이 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 여기에 대한 발전 방향으로는 내부 감사 부서들간의 적절한 감사 분담, 외부 감사의 활용, 감사 자동화 도구 도입, 자가통제평가 제도 도입, 감사인력에 대한 경력개발 제도 실시, 위험 기반 감사 제도 도입 등이 있다. 본 연구의 결과는 은행업, 더 나아가서 다른 산업의 기업들이 참고할 수 있는 사시점을 제공하고, 본 연구에서 활용한 분석 프레임워크는 향후 정보시스템 감사 분야의 학술적인 연구에서 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2003년도 추계학술대회 논문집(II)
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• pp.223-228
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• 2003

Risk Management does not mean accepting a risk but having a good grasp of, eliminating and controling the exact causes of known hazards. Good safety management plan or system for the safety of any systems need to include the procedures about standing safety goals, related technical information, time schedule, audit programs, etc at least. In this paper the summeries on general risk assessment techniques and the examples of risk assessment system and railway risk management strategies used in UK, Australia and Canada are introduced, and applicable establishment procedures for domestic railway industries are proposed.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.70-80
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• 2018

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published ISO 9001 Quality Management System (QMS)-Requirements in 1987 and has revised four times since then. ISO 9001:2015 is the latest edition. This latest edition has two most noticeable changes. The first major change of new edition focuses on performance with an emphasis on Risk-Based Thinking (RBT) to enhance the process approach. The new edition consists of ten clauses whose first three clauses are largely same as older edition but risks are clearly stated and stressed in last seven clauses, emphasizing on Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle at all levels in the organization. The second major change is that the new edition has the same overall structure as other ISO management system standards known as High Level Structure (HLS) with Annex SL. The companies obtained the certificate of new ISO 9001:2015 QMS by September 15, 2018 in order to maintain as an ISO QMS registered firm. In this article we collected transition audit data from more than 100 companies that registered ISO 9001:2015 QMS for recent three years. We performed a statistical analysis to disclose the relationships between the characteristics of companies and the minor nonconformities found in ISO 9001:2015 requirements during transition audit processes. We also aim to interpret the findings and deduce the implications of the statistical results.

• 항공우주정책ㆍ법학회지
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.73-96
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• 2013

ICAO는 기존의 항공안전평가제도를 개선한 항공안전평가제도(USOAP)를 1995년 도입하였다. 이는 최근의 항공기 사고율 감소에 효과적인 역할을 하고 있다고 평가되고 있으며 이러한 성과를 바탕으로 2013년부터는 기존의 '스냅샷 방식'에서 '상시 모니터링 방식(USOAP-Continuous Monitoring Approach)'으로 전환하였다. ICAO 항공안전평가 결과는 오늘날 국제사회에서 국가의 '항공안전 신인도'를 판단하는 객관적인 지표로써 항공산업에 막대한 영향을 미치고 있으며, 특히 평가결과가 미흡할 경우엔 항공노선 확충 및 코드쉐어 금지, 환승객 감소 국제항공 비즈니스 및 보험료 인상 등 경제적 불이익을 감수해야 한다. 또한, ICAO는 기존의 법규이행(Prescriptive Approach)을 기본으로 하되 리스크 기반(Risk-based) 사전예방형(Proactive Approach) 항공안전시스템 개념을 새로 도입하는 등 국제항공안전정책 패러다임을 전환하여 왔다. ICAO가 새로운 국제항공안전정책을 추진함에 따라 대한민국 정부도 이에 발맞춰 국내항공안전정책을 변화시켜 왔다. 특히, 시스템적 안전관리를 위해 기존의 법규이행 중심의 정부 안전감독시스템에 리스크 기반의 사전 예방적 안전관리 개념을 도입하고 있으며, ICAO 국제기준에 따라 항공서비스제공자에게 자체 안전관리시스템(SMS)를 운영토록 항공법에 규정하였다. 또한, 항공안전의 중심 분야인 항공기 운항 및 정비 분야에 대한 안전 증진을 위해 다양한 안전정책을 추진하고 있다. 이러한 신 국제항공안전정책 패러다임 변화에 발맞춰 국제사회에서 가장 모범적인 항공안전시스템을 갖춘 나라로 확고히 자리 매김하고, 우리 항공의 경쟁력을 튼튼하게 뒷받침한다는 계획이다. 이를 위해서는 정부, 항공사, 연구기관 등 항공관계자가 모두가 노력할 때 실질적인 효과를 기대할 수 있을 것이다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.2082-2102
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• 2024

Accurate segmentation of magnetic resonance (MR) images is crucial for providing doctors with effective quantitative information for diagnosis. However, the presence of weak boundaries, intensity inhomogeneity, and noise in the images poses challenges for segmentation models to achieve optimal results. While deep learning models can offer relatively accurate results, the scarcity of labeled medical imaging data increases the risk of overfitting. To tackle this issue, this paper proposes a novel fuzzy c-means (FCM) model that integrates a deep learning approach. To address the limited accuracy of traditional FCM models, which employ Euclidean distance as a distance measure, we introduce a measurement function based on the skewed normal distribution. This function enables us to capture more precise information about the distribution of the image. Additionally, we construct a regularization term based on the Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence of high-confidence deep learning results. This regularization term helps enhance the final segmentation accuracy of the model. Moreover, we incorporate orthogonal basis functions to estimate the bias field and integrate it into the improved FCM method. This integration allows our method to simultaneously segment the image and estimate the bias field. The experimental results on both simulated and real brain MR images demonstrate the robustness of our method, highlighting its superiority over other advanced segmentation algorithms.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2022년도 학술발표회
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• pp.305-305
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• 2022

A better approach for assessing meteorological drought occurrences is increasingly important in mitigating and adapting to the impacts of climate change, as well as strategies for developing early warning systems. The present study defines meteorological droughts as a period with an abnormal precipitation deficit based on monthly precipitation data of 18 gauging stations for the Han River watershed in the past (1974-2015). This study utilizes a Bayesian parameter estimation approach to analyze the effects of climate change on future drought (2025-2065) in the Han River Basin using the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) with four bias-corrected general circulation models (GCMs) under the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway (SSP)2-4.5 scenario. Given that drought is defined by several dependent variables, the evaluation of this phenomenon should be based on multivariate analysis. Two main characteristics of drought (severity and duration) were extracted from precipitation anomalies in the past and near-future periods using the copula function. Three parameters of the Archimedean family copulas, Frank, Clayton, and Gumbel copula, were selected to fit with drought severity and duration. The results reveal that the lower parts and middle of the Han River basin have faced severe drought conditions in the near future. Also, the bivariate analysis using copula showed that, according to both indicators, the study area would experience droughts with greater severity and duration in the future as compared with the historical period.