• 디자인학연구
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.317-328
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• 2006

지금까지 사용성과 관련된 웹 이용행위에 대한 예측이나 분석은 사용자의 인구통계학적 특성이나 사용정황의 특성만으로 주로 설명되어 왔다. 그러나 그러한 특성만이 행위를 유발하늑 요인으로 볼 수 있는지, 그렇지 않다면 어떠한 요인이 있으며 또한 그러한 요인들은 행위에 어떠한 특성을 유발할 것인지에 대한 의문으로 본 연구를 진행하였다. 이는 사용자 중심의 사용자인터페이스(UI)디자인에서 사용자 특성을 정의하는데 중요한 요소로 활용되었던 사용자정보(User Profile)를 사용에 있어서의 특정유형과의 상관관계를 포함하는 사용자정보(User Profile)로 확장시킴으로써 구체적인 사용자인터페이스(UI)디자인에 적용될 수 있도록 하기 위함이다. 연구내용은 첫째, 다양한 미디어에 따른 사용자를 이해하고 기존의 사용자 분류 방법을 고찰한다. 둘째, 웹 이용행태에 따른 사용자 분류를 위한 사용자 분류변수 및 변수 측정 척도를 마련하고 사례 연구를 통해 사용자 행위 특성을 추출하여 특성에 따른 사용자를 분류한다. 셋째, 실험을 통해 수집된 데이터를 바탕으로 분류된 사용자 집단의 사용자정보(User Profile)의 특성을 밝혀 사용자정보(User Profile)의 특성이 유발하는 행위의 요인을 규명하기 위해 행위 특성과 사용자정보(User Profile)의 특성을 맵핑시켰다. 이를 통해 사용자의 이용행태에 따른 특성이 사용자정보(User Profile)특성 중 사용자의 일반 정보와 사용정황 뿐 아니라 개인성향이나 매체 사용태도와 성격유형 등도 영향을 끼칠 수 있다는 가능성을 발견할 수 있었다. 실험 설계상의 몇 가지의 문제점들이 발견되었으나 이를 개선하고 보완한다면 좀 더 명확한 사용행위에 따른 사용자정보(User Profile)특성을 추출할 수 있을 것이다. 따라서 사용자정보(User Profile) 특성으로도 사용자의 행위 유형을 예측할 수 있어 사용자 분류를 활용한 사용자인터페이스(UI)디자인의 가능성을 확대시킬 수 있을 것이다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.1146-1153
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• 2022

As the population is aging, accidents involving elderly people are also increasing (2014:11,667 persons; 2018: 11,797 persons). In the case of the elderly population, falling accidents are the primary direct or indirect causes of death; in particular, they face an elevated risk of staircase falls. This study proposes a method of evaluating the safety of staircases using Building Information Modeling (BIM)-based virtual simulation. By making a virtual user with the behavioral characteristics of the elderly respond to a staircase in a BIM model, its safety performance can be evaluated. The evaluation criteria were derived from regulations, elements, and characteristics relevant to the safety of staircases. To validate the proposed method, safety evaluation tests were simulated on actual staircases. The evaluation result of the test simulation shows the safety scores of 1.97 points for the elderly user and 2.95 points for the average male adult user against a required safety score of a minimum of 2 points. That is, safety is relative to users as the safety of the same staircase can be different depending upon the different behavioral characteristics of users. The study suggests that the risk of staircase-related fall accidents to the elderly can be reduced by improving staircase designs through the proposed method.

• 한국BIM학회 논문집
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.21-30
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• 2017

Due to the rapidly aging population, the death rate of elderly people by safety accidents has been increasing. In particular, precautions are needed for falls prevention because they either directly or indirectly cause death. In the case of elderly people, most of the fall accidents occur in dense residential areas, and particularly, the staircase poses a risk of falling. Therefore, a safety assessment should be performed from the design phase. However, in general, staircases are designed using existing stair data or only aims to satisfy the installation criteria. Laws and regulations only define minimum requirements for safety, so it is not possible to prevent fall accidents even if they satisfy the requirements. Therefore, this study proposes a simulation-based method for evaluating the safety of staircases. The behavioral characteristics of the elderly are implemented to an virtual user in a virtual space including staircases, and fall accidents are evaluated by the evaluation logic related to the behavioral characteristics. The result shows that the safety of staircases can be preevaluated and reflected on the design to reduce the possibility of fall accidents of the elderly.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.29-37
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• 2019

Purpose - This paper analyzes the effects of the SST characteristics at airports on behavioral intention through technology acceptance and customer satisfaction, and presents a strategic plan for introducing SSTs to airports providing differentiated services. Research design, data, and methodology - We examine the role of airport self-service characteristics and access the influence of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) on both customer satisfaction and behavioral intentions towards SSTs. To do this, a survey is conducted with passengers having used self-service technologies(SSTs) at Incheon International Airport. A total of 400 questionnaires are then analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results - According to the results, of the self-service characteristics, customer satisfaction and behavioral intention were affected by optimism through perceived ease of use, perceived usefulness, and perceived enjoyment and by innovativeness and insecurity through perceived ease of use. Conclusions - According to the results of the study, the purpose of using TBSS in the airport is to save time and convenience. Therefore, it is necessary to closely analyze the differences in technology acceptance by age and generation, increase user self-efficacy, increasing satisfaction through effective management of cognitive and emotional waiting time will have a positive impact on behavioral intentions.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제26권6호
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• pp.93-102
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• 2015

Most existing residential environment of disabled people has made them exposed to the risk of safety accidents, and therefore hinders their independent living. In this regard, the importance of desirable residential environment has emerged. Some preceding studies have addressed the characteristics of disabled people's residential environment plan; however, the information on what environmental benefits are offered through such characteristics is insufficient. This study aims to analyze the housing design guidelines for disabled people in respect of the benefit of disabled people who are actual users. In this study, essential design guidelines for disabled people verified through expert workshop panel was analyzed based on user benefit theory. According to the study results, the total guidelines have the most characteristics supporting behavioral facilitation, and mainly consist of physiological maintenance characteristics related to disabled people's health and safety. Also, it is founded that environmental affordance essentially required depending on each spatial function was different. The ratio of physiological maintenance item is high in access route, unlike living room, kitchen and bed room where behavioral facilitation is especially emphasized. These findings can be utilized as basic data for customized residential environment plan to realize residential welfare for disabled people.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.105-117
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• 2011

This study describes behavioral characteristics of Korean population over twenty years old in a variety of activities of daily living by analyzing the raw data of the time use survey provided by Statistics Korea (KOSTAT). Seven activities and forty four sub-activities of daily living were selected for analysis : personal care, employment, household care, family care, voluntary work and community participation, social life, recreation and leisure, and travel. In order to quantitatively understand how Korean adults spend their time for a day and how their lifestyle changes over time, we collected the time recorded by 3,673 respondents in three surveys over the past ten years (in 1999, 2004, and 2009). Then, we performed analysis of variance to compare the behavioral characteristics by user age and gender based on the mean time of each activity. The differences in behavior among user groups and over time could be used to design ergonomic products and services based on user experience, especially for universal design of housing and transportation facilities.

• 의료ㆍ복지 건축 : 한국의료복지건축학회 논문집
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2015

Purpose: This study is to derive the behavioral characteristics of the users appear in the outpatient department of psychiatry. Methods: By referencing John Zeisel's Tools for environment-behavior research, observation of user behavior and expert interviews as a method of the study has been carried out. Results: The results of this study are as follows. First, adjacent placement among children, youth and regular the outpatient department of psychiatry is necessary and easy access to internal medicine department and family medicine department is required in order to allow cooperated treatments. Secondly, depending on the characteristics of the outpatient department of psychiatry treatment, adjustment of space requirement or the change of kinds of necessary space is required. Third, considering the psychological and behavioral characteristics of mental illness and guardians, various search for the environment that can support this. Implications: This study is a basic research for space improvement and evaluation of the outpatient department of psychiatry, and need to be followed by further study using various perspectives and methods.

• 한국실내디자인학회논문집
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• 제9호
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• pp.108-115
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• 1996

The relationship between users and physical elements of environmental gives a space special characteristics. The Environment Probabilitism by Altman shows that behavior and environment, both response, effect each other construct their characteristics. People can choose their response consciously or unconsciously during their walking , sitting, standing, talking in their environment. Designing a good place can lead people to the goal that they want and designer intend to get, A good place well designed as an positive place is organised with 3 points(1) User's behavior (2) physical elements in environment (3) meanings produced between behavior and physical elements. In this study the importance of physical elements are focused on. In the place where we can have permeability, variety , legibility, robutness, visual appropriateness, richness, personalisation physically , these characteristics will encourage people to have strong motivation and to choose the most active way . From this perspective the circulation of physically handicapped persons is analyzed into their behavioral environment and their behavioral response. The analysis shows the handicapped in our situation has no environmental right for a man itself ,even they have no street to walk safely. And their response to the environment was very negative. Basically the elements from exterior space to interior space should be guaranteed for everyday according to their behavioral characteristics include handicapped. From this study the result shows that the needs of a person should be considered and accepted as an important design problem for improvement our environment.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.1-24
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• 2007

With the development of information technology (IT), various information systems (IS) such as Web-based systems and mobile systems have appeared utilizing different technologies. However, recent studies on IS use and user satisfaction rarely account for technological differences among IS and environmental characteristics where IS are intended to be used. The purpose of this research is to investigate the determinants of the use of Web-based ticketing systems for cultural activities and to empirically validate their relationships. Environmental psychology suggests that human beings respond to external stimuli from environments with their emotions, and their emotional states influence human actions, e.g., IS use in this research. Applying environmental psychology to the use of Web-based systems in the culture and entertainment industry, we propose that web site characteristics first influence a user's internal state of mind (i.e., flow) and then the flow state influences the IS use. Studies related to the state of flow collectively affirm the key role played by the flow construct in shaping individual attitudes and behaviors toward IS. Users' flow states are captured by their shopping enjoyment, perceived behavioral control, and the level of concentration on the IS use. Referring to social presence theory, we have included such web site characteristics as content quality, context of web site, and community quality. In our research model, a second order construct is utilized to represent web site quality, because flow theory suggests that holistic experiences with web-based systems (rather than individual characteristics of the web site) are important in explaining the IS use. Further, we have included trust as another important factor influencing the IS use since business transactions on the web encompass higher uncertainty comparing to offline transactions. In order to test our hypotheses, we have conducted an online survey which results in 1,141 valid responses in the final sample. The data were collected from respondents who have experiences in Internet ticketing systems. Although it was a convenient sample, the sample represents a wide variety of user demographics. Validity and reliability of the research instrument were tested and research hypotheses were examined using PLS Graph 3.0. The results indicate that web site characteristics significantly influence the level of user concentration, user's enjoyment in shopping, and perceived behavioral control. Further, the use of Internet ticketing systems is influenced by users' flow states and trust in the web channel. User satisfaction is turned out to be affected by the use of Internet ticketing systems. Unlike extant research on the relationship between web site characteristics and its use, our study has found that, in the culture and entertainment industry, the impact of web site characteristics on IS use is mediated by a user's flow state. This finding has a practical implication that web site design should include as many features that enhance shopping enjoyment and concentration. Other practical implications of these findings and future research implications are also discussed.

• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.261-285
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• 2012

이 연구의 목적은 이용자편익기준의 이론적 타당성을 확인하고, 이용자편익기준과 어린이발달영역과의 상호관계를 검증함으로써, 이용자편익기준이 어린이도서관의 이용자편익기준으로 적용될 수 있음을 확인하는 것이다. 이 목적을 위해 이 연구는 전국 어린이도서관 이용자 247명을 대상으로 자료를 수집하였으며, 구조방정식모형으로 분석하였다. 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 신체발달-행동의 용이성, 정서발달-생리적 유지성, 인지발달-지각적 유지성, 사회성발달-사회적 용이성의 대응관계는 적합하였다. 둘째, 편의성, 안전성, 다양성은 행동의 용이성, 자존감, 쾌적성, 편안함은 생리적 유지성, 심미감, 역동성, 융통성은 지각적 유지성, 휴식성, 소통성, 영역성은 사회적 용이성의 측정지표로 타당하였다. 셋째, 신체발달을 선호할수록 행동의 용이성을, 정서발달을 선호할수록 생리적 유지성을, 인지발달을 선호할수록 지각적 유지성을, 사회성 발달을 선호할수록 사회적 용이성을 선호하였다.