• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.926-937
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• 2016

In this paper, we study the feasibility of receiver diversity for application to downlink cellular networks, where low-energy devices are equipped with information decoding and energy harvesting receivers for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer. We compare several options that are based on selection combining and maximum ratio combining, which provide different implementation complexities. By capitalizing on the Frechet inequality, we shed light on the advantages and limitations of each scheme as a function of the transmission rate and harvested power that need to be fulfilled at the low-energy devices. Our analysis shows that no scheme outperforms the others for every system setup. It suggests, on the other hand, that the low-energy devices need to operate in an adaptive fashion, by choosing the receiver diversity scheme as a function of the imposed requirements. With the aid of stochastic geometry, we introduce mathematical frameworks for system-level analysis. We show that they constitute an important tool for system-level optimization and, in particular, for identifying the diversity scheme that optimizes wireless information and power transmission as a function of a sensible set of parameters. Monte Carlo simulations are used to validate our findings and to illustrate the trade-off that emerge in cellular networks with simultaneous wireless information and power transfer.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.502-512
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• 2016

The wireless carrier sense multiple access with collision detection (WCSMA/CD) and carrier sense multiple access with collision resolution (CSMA/CR) protocols are considered representative distributed collision detection protocols for fully connected dense wireless local area networks. These protocols identify collisions through additional short-sensing within a collision detection (CD) period after the start of data transmission. In this study, we analyze their throughput numerically and show that the throughput has a trade-off that accords with the length of the CD period. Consequently, we obtain the optimal length of the CD period that maximizes the throughput as a closed-form solution. Analysis and simulation results show that the throughput of distributed collision detection protocols is considerably improved when the optimal CD period is allocated according to the number of stations and the length of the transmitted packet.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제76권6호
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• pp.675-685
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• 2020

As the classical response surface method (RSM), the polynomial RSM is so easy-to-apply that it is widely used in reliability analysis. However, the trade-off of accuracy and efficiency is still a challenge and the "curse of dimension" usually confines RSM to low dimension systems. In this paper, based on the univariate decomposition, the polynomial RSM is executed in a new mode, called as DPRSM. The general form of DPRSM is given and its implementation is designed referring to the classical RSM firstly. Then, in order to balance the accuracy and efficiency of DPRSM, its adaptive order revision around the most probable point (MPP) is proposed by introducing the univariate polynomial order analysis, noted as RDPRSM, which can analyze the exact nonlinearity of the limit state surface in the region around MPP. For testing the proposed techniques, several numerical examples are studied in detail, and the results indicate that DPRSM with low order can obtain similar results to the classical RSM, DPRSM with high order can obtain more precision with a large efficiency loss; RDPRSM can perform a good balance between accuracy and efficiency and preserve the good robustness property meanwhile, especially for those problems with high nonlinearity and complex problems; the proposed methods can also give a good performance in the high-dimensional cases.

• 한국건설관리학회논문집
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• 제17권2호
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• pp.135-145
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• 2016

최근 국내 공동주택 골조공사에 있어서 소음저감형 알루미늄 거푸집의 활용이 증가하고 있다. 그러나 현재까지 개발된 소음저감형 알루미늄 거푸집은 복잡한 작업프로세스로 인해 작업 생산성이 저하되고, 특히 설치 해체 작업 시 알루미늄의 물성으로 인해 발생하는 소음을 여전히 방지하지 못한다는 문제점을 지니고 있다. 따라서 본 연구의 목적은 새로운 소음저감형 알루미늄 거푸집의 최적 개념디자인을 제안하고, 최적 개념디자인을 토대로 제작된 워킹목업(Working Mock-up)의 기술적 타당성을 검토하는 것이다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 기존 알루미늄 거푸집의 분석을 통해 새로운 형태의 소음저감형 알루미늄 거푸집 개넘디자인 3개 안을 도출하였으며, 현장 전문가 설문조사를 통해 AHP 분석을 수행하였다. AHP 분석 기법을 활용하여 Trade-off Analysis를 수행한 결과, 안전성(0.52)과 작업편의성(0.54) 부분에서 가장 높은 가중치 값이 도출된 '드롭다운 동바리와 가변빔이 적용된 소음저감형 시스템 알루미늄 거푸집'이 최적 개념디자인으로 선정되었다. 본 연구를 통해 도출된 소음저감형 알루미늄 시스템 거푸집의 최적 개념디자인은 기존 소음저감형 시스템 거푸집의 문제점을 해결하고, 실질적인 소음저감은 물론 작업 편의성 및 노무자의 안전성이 제고된 실제 소음저감형 알루미늄 거푸집의 개발에 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 해양환경안전학회지
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• 제25권7호
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• pp.936-944
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• 2019

보이지 않는 힘으로도 불리는 잠수함은 수중에서 활동하는 은밀성을 장점으로 대함전, 대잠전 및 핵심표적 타격 등의 임무를 수행하는 전략 수중 무기 체계로 심해에서 높은 수압을 견디며 작전을 수행할 수 있어야 한다. 이러한 관점에서 잠수함 압력 선체는 잠항 깊이에 상응하는 외부 수압에 저항하는 가장 중요한 체계로서 누수, 화재, 충격 및 폭발과 같은 위험으로부터 안전성을 확보함으로써 생존성을 높임과 동시에, 작전 수행 능력을 유지할 수 있게 해주는 강도를 확보하고 있어야 한다. 이를 위해서는 잠수함 압력 선체의 구조형상 설계가 초기에 수행되는 것이 합리적이다. 특히, 함미 원추부 구조물과 압력선체 평형부 및 함미 비압력선체를 연결하는 함미 트랜지션 링의 경우, 설계된 잠수함에 따라 다양한 형상을 띄고 있다. 본 구조물 설계를 위해서는 응력 흐름과 연결성을 고려한 설계뿐만 아니라 복잡한 형상이 기인한 구조물 제작 투입 시수 증가로 인한 원가 상승 또한 검토해야 한다. 따라서, 본 연구에서는 4가지 서로 다른 형상을 갖는 함미 트랜지션 링에 대해서 비선형 유한요소해석을 통한 구조 강도 검토와 더불어 함미 트랜지션 링 형상 복잡도에 따른 작업 일수 및 자재비 검토를 통해 경제성 측면에서의 적정성 검토를 수행하였으며, 검토된 4가지 형상 중 가장 합리적인 잠수함 함미 트랜지션 링 형상을 제안하였다.

• 한국의류학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.216-230
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• 2014

The importance of the Chinese fashion market is increasing; therefore, this study investigates the possibility of implementing a Word-of-Mouth (WOM) marketing strategy among Chinese students in Korea. This study examines the effects of consumer characteristics (similarity, opinion leadership, and fashion innovativeness), awareness of Korean fashion brands, satisfaction with Korean fashion products on WOM experiences and WOM behavior (off-line as well as on-line). A total of 161 responses from Chinese students in Korea were gathered and analyzed using SPSS 20.0 for descriptive statistics, factor analysis, and regression analysis. The results show that consumer characteristics (except similarity) significantly influence WOM experiences, opinion leadership influence off-line WOM behavior, and fashion innovativeness influence online WOM behavior. However, similarity has no influence on WOM experiences and WOM behavior. Second, Korean brand awareness affect both WOM experiences and behavior; however, satisfaction with Korean fashion products only affected WOM experiences. This study showed the feasibility of conducting a WOM marketing strategy using the WOM effects of Chinese students in Korea. The study may help the Korean apparel industries establish an entry strategy for the Chinese market.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.671-684
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• 2011

Deciding on an optimal sensor placement (OSP) is a common problem encountered in many engineering applications and is also a critical issue in the construction and implementation of an effective structural health monitoring (SHM) system. The present study focuses with techniques for selecting optimal sensor locations in a sensor network designed to monitor the health condition of Dalian World Trade Building which is the tallest in the northeast of China. Since the number of degree-of-freedom (DOF) of the building structure is too large, multi-modes should be selected to describe the dynamic behavior of a structural system with sufficient accuracy to allow its health state to be determined effectively. However, it's difficult to accurately distinguish the translational and rotational modes for the flexible structures with closely spaced modes by the modal participation mass ratios. In this paper, a new method of the OSP that computing the mode shape matrix in the weak axis of structure by the simplified multi-DOF system was presented based on the equivalent rigidity parameter identification method. The initial sensor assignment was obtained by the QR-factorization of the structural mode shape matrix. Taking the maximum off-diagonal element of the modal assurance criterion (MAC) matrix as a target function, one more sensor was added each time until the maximum off-diagonal element of the MAC reaches the threshold. Considering the economic factors, the final plan of sensor placement was determined. The numerical example demonstrated the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed scheme.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2017

This paper discusses a reverse supply chain (RSC) which consists of the process flows from procurement of used products collected from a market, through remanufacturing products from the used products, to sales of the products in a market. In general, it is conceivable for the RSC to face the uncertainty in quality of used products collected from a market. Inspection is one of efficient methods to deal with the problem regarding quality of used products. However, there is a trade-off between inspection cost and inspection accuracy. This paper focuses on the following five types of inspection: (1) 100% inspection, (2) sampling inspection, (3) sampling inspection with screening of rejected lots, (4) sampling inspection with screening of acceptable lots, and (5) no inspection, and determines the optimal operation consisting of the optimal number of procured used products and the optimal inspection policy. Numerical analysis clarifies not only how changes of conditions of the RSC affect the manufacturer's optimal operation but also features of each inspection type. In addition, from the results of numerical analysis, this paper shows the usability to add the proposed inspection in this paper, the sampling inspection with screening of acceptable lots, to choices of inspection type.

• 경영과학
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• 제29권3호
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• pp.23-43
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• 2012

Enacted for enhancing the competitiveness of the Korean capital market and financial industry, Capital Market Consolidation Act (CMCA) was intended to induce considerable changes such as adopting the concept of financial investment products, regulating financial investment functionally, extending financial investors' business areas and intensifying protection for investors. Employing DEA (Data Envelopment Analysis), this study measures and compares the efficiencies of domestic financial companies between the before and after the enactment of the Consolidation Act. We categorize the financial companies into 4 groups (banks, life insurance companies, property and casualty insurance companies and securities companies) depending on their business types, and evaluate how much and in which direction the Consolidation Act affects the efficiency of each group respectively. The study shows that there is no significant difference between the average efficiency of banks and that of property and casualty insurance companies due to the trade-off between opportunities and threats of the Act. To the contrary, it shows that the respective average efficiencies of life insurance companies and securities companies moved in the opposite directions to a considerable extent. Through empirical tests, we demonstrate the effect of the Act on the efficiency of Korean financial companies, and suggest the countermeasures for each financial group against the Act.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.439-449
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• 2018

In this paper, multi-objective optimization of a multi-bubble pressure cabin in the underwater glider with Blended-Wing-Body (BWB) is carried out using Kriging and the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II). Two objective functions are considered: buoyancy-weight ratio and internal volume. Multi-bubble pressure cabin has a strong compressive capacity, and makes full use of the fuselage space. Parametric modeling of the multi-bubble pressure cabin structure is automatic generated using UG secondary development. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is employed to study the structural performance using the commercial software ANSYS. The weight of the primary structure is determined from the volume of the Finite Element Structure (FES). The stress limit is taken into account as the constraint condition. Finally, Technique for Ordering Preferences by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method is used to find some trade-off optimum design points from all non-dominated optimum design points represented by the Pareto fronts. The best solution is compared with the initial design results to prove the efficiency and applicability of this optimization method.