• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.45 no.9
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• pp.901-913
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• 2012

This study will be a new attempt to quantify flood vulnerability taking into account uncertainty. Information obtained from the real world has lots of uncertainties. Therefore, this study developed an approach to quantify spatial flood vulnerability of Korea using Fuzzy TOPSIS approach. Also, Fuzzy TOPSIS were compared with TOPSIS and weighted sum method. As a result, rankings of some areas were changed dramatically due to the uncertainty. Spearman rank correlation analysis indicated that the rankings of TOPSIS and weighted sum method were almost similar, but quite different from ranking of Fuzzy TOPSIS. In other words, because applying Fuzzy concept in regional vulnerability assessment may cause a significant change in priorities, the model presented in this study may be a method of vulnerability assessment.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.46 no.10
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• pp.977-987
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• 2013

This study aims to develop a multiple criteria decision making (MCDM) approach for flood vulnerability assessment which considers uncertainty. The flood vulnerability assessment procedure consists of three steps: (1) use the Delphi process to determine the criteria and their corresponding weights-the adopted criteria represent the social, economic, and environmental circumstances related to floods, (2) construct a fuzzy data matrix for the flood vulnerability criteria using fuzzification and standardization, and (3) set priorities based on the number of assessed vulnerabilities. This study uses a modified fuzzy TOPSIS method based on ${\alpha}$-level sets which considers various uncertainties related to weight derivation and crisp data aggregation. Further, Spearman's rank correlation analysis is used to compare the rankings obtained using the proposed method with those obtained using fuzzy TOPSIS with fuzzy data, TOPSIS, and WSM methods with crisp data. The fuzzy TOPSIS method based on ${\alpha}$-cut level sets is found to have a higher correlation rate than the other methods, and thus, it can reduce the difference of the rankings which uses crisp and fuzzy data. Thus, the proposed flood vulnerability assessment method can effectively support flood management policies.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.235-248
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• 2022

Through the research on the design evaluation index of parent-child interactive game furniture, it is convenient for designers to quantitatively analyze the design advantages and disadvantages of related products, which is of positive help to control and improve the design quality. Combined with AHP and TOPSIS, this study proposes the evaluation model of three design criteria and 26 design indexes. After expert scoring, calculation, and consistency test of each index, the weight value of each design index is obtained, and the index is classified according to the importance of each index. Finally, eight essential indicators, eleven secondary indicators, and seven general indicators are classified. A case study was conducted with TOPSIS, and the design samples of three parent-child climbing game furniture were analyzed. Finally, the three samples' relative proximity was 0.505, 0281, and 0.640, respectively. The research shows that the AHP-TOPSIS method can scientifically and effectively sort and screen the advantages and disadvantages of design schemes and provide a reference for the research and development of related products.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.19-34
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• 2018

This study analyzed specific ports' marketing strategies through interviews and, using fuzzy TOPSIS methodology, derived marketing strategies for the Incheon and Pyeongtaek-Dangjin ports by comparing them with the Busan port. Previous studies had concentrated on the Busan port, and the majority of these studies analyzed the present conditions and suggested 4P strategies using a marketing mix. After weighting all of the respondents' answers, the results show that among all marketing strategies, incentive provisions ranked the highest, followed by the intermediary role between the relevant agencies and companies, and last- the agent system for establishing local networks. The fuzzy TOPSIS analysis results showed that the Busan port had the best marketing performance. The most sensitive strategies, based on the sensitivity analysis, were the intermediary role between relevant agencies and companies in the Incheon port, and the incentive provision in Pyeongtaek-Dangjin port. The implications of this study are that the port management agencies' actual marketing strategies were similar to the marketing promotion strategies suggested by previous research, and thus, each port's marketing targets and their characteristics should be clearly defined.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.19-32
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• 2017

This study aims to (1) investigate the main factors for the evaluation of port competitiveness through a literature review; (2) compare each terminal's competitiveness in Busan and Shanghai ports using TOPSIS methodology; (3) determine how to improve Busan port competitiveness. TOPSIS analysis of throughput shows that the terminals in Shanghai (SMCT, SGICT) are competitive. Shanghai is ranked first in both the port physical analysis (SMCT) and the financial one (SSICT). Total competitiveness analysis shows that Shanghai terminals (SSICT, SMCT, and SGICT) are more competitive than the ones in the Busan port. In this analysis, the SSICT ranks the top terminal in port physical and financial categories, while the SMCT ranks the first terminal in terms of throughput. The results of this study provide important policy implications for the Busan port, whose international status as a transshipment port and international logistics hub has lowered, and whose recent growth is slower than that of the competing international ports.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2016.05a
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• pp.241-241
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• 2016

최근 기후변화로 인한 극한강우현상의 강도가 증가함에 따라 유출량과 첨두유량이 급격하게 증가하고 도달시간이 짧아지고 있어 홍수에 대한 피해가 증가하고 있다. 이와 더불어 도심지에서는 불투수면적 비율이 늘어나 수문순환에 큰 영향을 보이고 있다. 특히, 우리나라는 도시지역에 인구의 91.58%가 거주하고 있음에 따라 도시집중현상이 나타나고 있어 도심지의 홍수피해는 더욱 심각한 상황이다. 이에 본 연구에서는 서울의 청계천 유역을 대상으로 도시홍수 위험도 분석을 실시한다. SWMM을 이용하여 청계천 유역을 구성하고 소유역으로 나누어 재현기간에 따른 유출량에 대한 분석을 실시하고, 홍수 피해에 영향을 줄 수 있는 인문, 사회적인 자료를 수집한다. 소유역별로 수집된 자료를 바탕으로 TOPSIS(Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution)을 통해 도시홍수에 대한 위험도 분석을 실시하였다.

• IE interfaces
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.19-27
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• 1992

The ABC analysis is a widely used inventory control technique which consists of classifying inventory items into three categories according to annual dollar usage and concentrating managerial efforts on the high value items. But its major weakness is that the classification is somewhat arbitrary and is made in the light of single criterion, the annual usage. In this paper, a modified approach using TOPSIS is proposed where 1) the inventory items are ranked, rather than classified into three categories, in the order of relative importance and 2) the latter is determined by considering the multiple criteria such as annual usage, difficulty of procurement, lead time and shelf life. A case study was performed with the field data from a company producing electronical parts. The rank order produced by TOPSIS was judged quite reasonable by the company inventory control manager.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2012.05a
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• pp.49-53
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• 2012

본 연구는 불확실성을 고려하여 홍수 취약성 평가를 정량화하기 위한 새로운 방법을 제시하였다. 현실 세계로부터 얻는 많은 정보들은 불확실성을 가지고 있으므로 본 연구는 우리나라의 공간적 홍수 취약성을 산정하기 위해 Fuzzy TOPSIS기법을 사용하였다. 또한 Fuzzy TOPSIS의 결과를 TOPSIS 및 가중합계법을 적용한 결과와 비교하였다. 그 결과 일부 지역의 취약성 순위가 큰 폭으로 역전되는 현상을 보였다. Spearman 순위 상관분석을 실시한 결과 TOPSIS와 가중합계법의 순위는 높은 일치성을 보였으나 Fuzzy TOPSIS의 순위와는 상당히 일치하지 않은 결과를 나타냈다. 즉, Fuzzy 개념을 반영하여 지역별 취약성을 산정할 경우 우선순위의 변동이 크게 발생할 수 있으므로 본 연구에서 제시한 모형도 하나의 취약성 평가의 방법이 될 수 있다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.46 no.2
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• pp.99-109
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• 2013

Increasing complexity of the basin environments makes it difficult for single decision maker to consider all relevant aspects of problem, and thus the uncertainty of decision making grows. This study attempts to develop an approach to quantify the spatial flood vulnerability of South Korea. Fuzzy TOPSIS is used to calculate individual preference by each group and then three GDM techniques (Borda count method, Condorcet method, and Copeland method) are used to integrate the individual preference. Finally, rankings from Fuzzy TOPSIS, TOPSIS, and GDM are compared with Spearman rank correlation, Kendall rank correlation, and Emond & Mason rank correlation. As a result, the rankings of some areas are dramatically changed by the use of GDM techniques. Because GDM technique in regional vulnerability assessment may cause a significant change in priorities, the model presented in this study should be considered for objective flood vulnerability assessment.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.917-926
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• 2013

This study presents the feasibility of fuzzy multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques for the robust prioritization of projects. It is applied to water resources planning problem. Results from weighted sum method (WSM), analytic hierarchy process (AHP), revised analytic hierarchy process (R-AHP), and TOPSIS are compared with those from Fuzzy WSM, Fuzzy, AHP, Fuzzy R-AHP, and Fuzzy TOPSIS. For the calculation, all weights on criteria and the normalized data were obtained from the same investigation. As a result, the rankings from four MCDM techniques are slightly different while those from fuzzy MCDM show the comparatively consistent ranking. Therefore, it is desirable to use fuzzy MCDM technique when MCDM is used for the prioritization problem, since fuzzy MCDM can include the uncertain variability of input data and weighting values on criteria.