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Evaluation of the medical staff effective dose during boron neutron capture therapy using two high resolution voxel-based whole body phantoms

  • Golshanian, Mohadeseh;Rajabi, Ali Akbar;Kasesaz, Yaser
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.49 no.7
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    • pp.1505-1512
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    • 2017
  • Because accelerator-based boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) systems are planned for use in hospitals, entry into the medical room should be controlled as hospitals are generally assumed to be public and safe places. In this paper, computational investigation of the medical staff effective dose during BNCT has been performed in different situations using Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP4C) code and two voxel based male phantoms. The results show that the medical staff effective dose is highly dependent on the position of the medical staff. The results also show that the maximum medical staff effective dose in an emergency situation in the presence of a patient is ${\sim}25.5{\mu}Sv/s$.

A Batch Scheduling Problem for Jobs with Interval-typed Processing Time (구간 공정 시간을 갖는 작업들의 일괄처리 일정계획문제)

  • 오세호
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.47-50
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    • 2004
  • This paper deals with the problem of batching and scheduling of jobs whose processing times are different respectively But, they are given as not the exact value but the range from the lower limits to the upper, which makes it possible to group jobs into batches. The grouping of jobs is desirable because of the capability of the batch processor to accommodate several jobs at once. The time required to process the jobs in any batch depends on their lower limit processing times. Once processing is initiated on a batch processor, the batch cannot be interrupted, nor can other jobs be started. And all jobs are assumed to be simultaneously available. This paper develops the model to describe these situation and a heuristic method to minimize its total tardiness.

EFFICIENT ESTIMATION OF POPULATION MEAN IN STRATIFIED SAMPLING USING REGRESSION TYPE ESTIMATOR

  • Grover Lovleen Kumar
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.35 no.4
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    • pp.441-452
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    • 2006
  • Here an efficient regression type estimator for a stratified population mean is proposed under the two-phase sampling scheme. While constructing the proposed estimator, it is assumed that the first auxiliary variable x is directly and highly correlated with the study variable y, and the second auxiliary variable z is directly and highly correlated with the first auxiliary variable x. However the variable z is not directly correlated with the variable y, but they are just correlated with each other only due to their direct and high correlation with the variable x. The proposed regression type estimator is found to be always more efficient than the existing estimators defined under the same situation.

An Analysis of Combining Methods in Cooperative Spectrum Sensing over Rayleigh Fading Channel

  • Truc, Tran Thanh;Kong, Hyung-Yun
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.190-198
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    • 2010
  • This paper evaluates the performance of two methods of spectrum sensing: the linear combining method and the selection combining method which is based on maximum SNR of sensing channel. We proposed a rule for global detection for the purpose of combating hidden terminal problems in spectrum sensing. Our analysis considers a situation when sensing channels experience the non-identically, independently distributed(n.i.d) Rayleigh fading. The average probabilities of global detection in these methods are derived and compared. In the scope of this paper, the reporting channels are assumed to be the AWGN channel with invariant and identical gain during the system's operation.

A Study on the Optimal Replacement Time of T-53 Engine (T-53엔진의 최적교체시기에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Chung-Young;Goun, Jun
    • Korean Management Science Review
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.143-152
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    • 1998
  • This paper focuses on the determining the optimal replacement interval and the corresponding minimum cost of replacement for the renewal T-53 engine. It is assumed that sample failure data of T-53 engine are drawn from the mixed population, and then parameters of the failure distributions are estimated. On the basis of the above situation, the Multi-step Weibull distributions are estimated and then the optimal replacement time of T-53 engine is determined. This paper shows that if the replacement time is reduced to 2000 hours, the 2,217won of the replacement cost per unit time is only saved but also reliability of the T-53 engine is increased.

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Distribution Planning in a Multi-Echelon Inventory Model under Rolling Horizon Environment (Rolling Horizon 환경하에서 다단계 재고 모형의 분배계획 수립에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, Jae-Sung;Kwon, Ick-Hyun;Kim, Sung-Shick
    • IE interfaces
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.441-449
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    • 2003
  • In this paper we propose a distribution planning method aiming the use in the real-life situations. The assumed form of the distribution network is arborescence. At every node in the distribution network, orders are placed periodically. At each renewal of planning horizon, demand informations of periods in the horizon are updated. The objective of the problem is to minimize the total cost, which is the sum of holding and backorder costs of all sites during planning horizon. For such a situation, this study addressed an effective distribution plan when demands for demand-sites are provided for a given planning horizon.

A Transportation Problem with Uncertain Truck Times and Unit Costs

  • Mou, Deyi;Zhao, Wanlin;Chang, Xiaoding
    • Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.30-35
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    • 2013
  • Motivated by the emergency scheduling in a transportation network, this paper considers a transportation problem, in which, the truck times and transportation costs are assumed as uncertain variables. To meet the demand in the practical applications, two optimization objectives are considered, one is the total costs and another is the completion times. And then, a multi-objective optimization model is developed according to the situation in applications. Because there are commensurability and conflicting between the two objectives commonly, a solution does not necessarily exist that is best with respective to the two objectives. Therefore, the problem is reduced to a single objective model, which is an uncertain programming with a chance-constrain. After some analysis, its equivalent deterministic form is obtained, which is a nonlinear programming. Based on a stepwise optimization strategy, a solution method is developed to solve the problem. Finally, the computational results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of our model and algorithm.

Nonparametric Estimation for Ramp Stress Tests with Stress Bound under Intermittent Inspection (단속적 검사에서 스트레스한계를 가지는 램프스트레스시험을 위한 비모수적 추정)

  • Lee Nak-Young;Ahn Ung-Hwan
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.208-219
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    • 2004
  • This paper considers a nonparametric estimation of lifetime distribution for ramp stress tests with stress bound under intermittent inspection. The test items are inspected only at specified time points an⊂1 so the collected observations are grouped data. Under the cumulative exposure model, two nonparametric estimation methods of estimating the lifetime distribution at use condition stress are proposed for the situation which the time transformation function relating stress to lifetime is a type of the inverse power law. Each of items is initially put on test under ramp stress and then survivors are put on test under constant stress, where all failures in the Inspection interval are assumed to occur at the midi)oint or the endpoint of that interval. Two proposed estimators of quantile from grouped data consisting of the number of items failed in each inspection interval are numerically compared with the maximum likelihood estimator(MLE) based on Weibull distribution.

Vibration characteristics of advanced nanoplates in humid-thermal environment incorporating surface elasticity effects via differential quadrature method

  • Ebrahimi, Farzad;Heidari, Ebrahim
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.68 no.1
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    • pp.131-157
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    • 2018
  • In this study, Eringen nonlocal elasticity theory in conjunction with surface elasticity theory is employed to study nonlinear free vibration behavior of FG nano-plate lying on elastic foundation, on the base of Reddy's plate theory. The material distribution is assumed as a power-law function and effective material properties are modeled using Mori-Tanaka homogenization scheme. Hamilton's principle is implemented to derive the governing equations which solved using DQ method. Finally, the effects of different factors on natural frequencies of the nano-plate under hygrothermal situation and various boundary conditions are studied.

A Simulation of Flame-Vortex Interaction considering the Alteration of Vortex by Flame (와동의 변화를 고려한 화염-와동 상호 작용 모사)

  • Kang, Ji-Hoon;Kwon, Se-Jin
    • 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.05a
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    • pp.189-196
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    • 2000
  • A numerical simulation was conducted to analyze the interaction of flame and vortices. The characteristic scales of flame and vortices were limited in the thin laminar flamelet regime. Within this regime, flame is assumed as discontinuity surface and its motion in flow field was described by G-equation instead of full governing equations. Additional approximations include distribution of line volume sources on flame surface to simulate effect of volume expansion. Contrast to previous calculations, current study employed vortex transport equation to evaluate attenuation and smearing of vortices. Two extreme conditions of frozen vortex and frozen flame were considered to validate the current method. Comparison with direct numerical simulation resulted in satisfactory quantitative agreement with higher computational efficiency which warrants the usefulness of the present model in more complex situation.

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