• 간호행정학회지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.309-321
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• 2002

Purpose: A cost analysis for nursing services in operative nursing unit, emergency nursing unit, and ambulatory nursing unit was performed using patient classification system by nursing intensity in order to determine an appropriate nursing fee schedule. Method: The data were collected from 4 secondary hospitals and 5 tertiary hospitals from November 14th 2000 to January 15th 2001. The study was conducted through four phases as follows: 1) Nursing hours of each nursing service in special nursing units were measured using three kinds of patient classification systems by nursing intensity. 2) The nursing cost of nursing services in operative nursing unit, emergency nursing unit, and ambulatory nursing units was estimated based on patient classification system by nursing intensity. Results: As a result, nursing hours by nursing intensity of each special nursing unit were measured, and every nursing cost by nursing intensity in operation room and emergency room was estimated, meanwhile, the cost of nursing services in ambulatory care units was estimated only per visit as shown in chapter 4. Conclusion: Future research on nursing cost should be extended to other special nursing units such as various intensive nursing care units, delivery room, and so on. In addition, the patient classification system should be refined for its appropriateness to apply all levels of medical institutions.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.331-343
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• 2009

Many types of sensor data exhibit strong correlation in both space and time. Both temporal and spatial suppressions provide opportunities for reducing the energy cost of sensor data collection. Unfortunately, existing clustering algorithms are difficult to utilize the spatial or temporal opportunities, because they just organize clusters based on the distribution of sensor nodes or the network topology but not on the correlation of sensor data. In this paper, we propose a novel clustering algorithm based on the correlation of sensor data. We modify the advertisement sub-phase and TDMA schedule scheme to organize clusters by adjacent sensor nodes which have similar readings. Also, we propose a spatio-temporal suppression scheme for our clustering algorithm. In order to show the superiority of our clustering algorithm, we compare it with the existing suppression algorithms in terms of the lifetime of the sensor network and the size of data which have been collected in the base station. As a result, our experimental results show that the size of data is reduced and the whole network lifetime is prolonged.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권12호
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• pp.4343-4355
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• 2014

Multicast group communication has many advantages in data centers and thus is widely used by many applications. It can efficiently reduce the network traffic and improve the application throughput. For the multicast application in data centers, an essential problem is how to find a minimal multicast tree, which has been proved to be NP-hard. In this paper, we propose an approximation tree-building method for the minimal multicast problem, named HD（Hamming Distance）-based multicast tree. Consider that many new network structures have been proposed for data centers. We choose three representative ones, including BCube, FBFLY, and HyperX, whose topological structures can be regarded as the generalized hypercube. Given a multicast group in BCube, the HD-based method can jointly schedule the path from each of receiver to the only sender among multiple disjoint paths; hence, it can quickly construct an efficient multicast tree with the low cost. The experimental results demonstrate that our method consumes less time to construct an efficient multicast tree, while considerably reduces the cost of the multicast tree compared to the representative methods. Our approach for BCube can also be adapted to other generalized hypercube network structures for data centers after minimal modifications.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2012년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회
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• pp.119-120
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• 2012

The management for materials and inventory is one of the factors which are considered the most for profits of a business in almost all industrial fields. Resource procurement which occupies more than 40% of an overall construction cost has a strong relationship with profits of a business but it is regarded as a work for a manager rather than for a technician. It makes the importance of resource procurement relatively low and slows down the development of workings. As the construction project becomes more larger and complicated, effective management for materials are directly affecting the profits of a business. Therefore, this research works on finding an economical managing method for materials according to a characteristic of construction project based on accurately forecasted BIM data. Finding a reorder point by using BIM data which contains an accurate data for schedule and material enables a better management for materials and provides more accurate data on matters which were used to be determined by an intuition of a manager.

• 한국건설관리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건설관리학회 2003년도 학술대회지
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• pp.48-57
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• 2003

BAT 공장 건설 프로젝트는 외국 발주자에게 한국 CM업체의 관리능력을 입증한 대표적인 프로젝트라고 한 수 있다. 본 프로젝트는 CM 사의 전문적인 관리를 통하여 외국의 공장건설에 비하여 $15\%$ 절감된 금액으로 공사를 완공할 수 있었으며, 철저한 공정관리로 공기를 단축하는 한편 준공 후 1개월도 안되어 생산이 이루어지는 성공적인 결과를 달성할 수 있었다. 본 프로젝트의 성공요인(Key Success Factors)은 CM사의 탁월한 관리능력이라고 할 수 있으나 더욱 중요한 성공요인은 사업관리의 모든 권한을 CM사에 위임하는 발주자의 신뢰에서 기인되었다고 할 수 있다. 본 연구는 "One Stop Shop" 개념의 CM 적용을 통하여 사업의 전단계에 걸친 전문적인 관리활동과 발주자와 CM사간의 신뢰의 중요성을 입증한 프로젝트에 적용된 Cost Management, Contract Management, Value Engineering 등의 활동을 고찰하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 민간시장의 CM활성화에 비하여 적용에 어려움을 주고 있는 공공시장에도 CM이 활성화 될 수 있는 계기를 되기를 바란다.

• 한국의료질향상학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.55-59
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• 2008

Background : The purpose of inner cannula is to protect the upper air way and permit air to pass freely, in addition, to provide endotracheal suction, artificial respiration and to maintain adequate oxygen saturation. The tube needs to be sterilized for maintenance and cleanness of air way and for prevention of bronchospasm. However, it has been reported that there is no guideline for sterilization and many hospitals conduct their own sterilization methods, for example, once a day(13's general hospital), three times a day(The Catholic University of Korea ST Mary's hospital) or even no cleansing. Consequently, the QI team of our hospital suggested the SOP(standard operating procedure) of sterilization and evaluate cost and time effect in nursing. Method : 1) Benchmarking of 13's neurosurgery department of general hospital in Seoul 2) Investigation of test records of sputum culture from patients with intubation for tracheotomy 3) Check of results of O2 Sat. monitoring to confirm of maintaining opened air way Result : 1) Improvement of process: decrease of excess sterilization of inner cannula (from 3 times a day to once a day) 2) Cost effects: saving over 10 million won per one year 3) Providing better nursing: time effects (30 min a day) permit to conduct more nursing activities Conclusion : It can get Cost and time effects in nursing with improved sterilization method of inner cannula. It needs to do research on improvement of the monthly exchange protocol of outer cannula and provide supporting data for the proper exchange schedule. The result of additional microorganism detection from patients with new process needs to be evaluated further more.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 3th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.1140-1147
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• 2009

Productivity measurement of construction machinery is a significant issue faced by many contractors especially those involved in earthwork projects. Traditionally, equipment production rate has been estimated using data available in manufacturers' catalogues, results of previous construction projects, or personal experience and assessments of the site personnel. Actual production rates obtained after the completion of a project demonstrate the fact that most of these methods fail to provide accurate results and as a direct consequence, may lead to unrealistic project cost estimations prepared by the contractors. What makes this more critical is that in most cases, inadequate cost estimations lead the entire project to exceed the initial budget or fall behind the schedule. In this paper, a linear regression method to estimate bulldozer productivity is introduced. This method has been developed using SPSS-16 software package. The presented method is used to estimate the productivity of Komatsu D-155A1 series which is commonly used in many earthmoving operations in Iran. The data required for the numerical analysis has been collected from actual site observation and productivity measurement of 60 pieces of D-155A1 series currently being used in several earthmoving projects in Iran. Comparative analysis of the output data of the presented regression method and the existing productivity tables provided by the manufacturer shows that when compared to the actual productivity data collected on the jobsite, a significant increase in accuracy and a remarkable reduction of data variance can be achieved by using the presented regression method.

• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2019

The management of mega construction projects which incorporate a large number of stakeholders, technologies, data, work culture etc., is cumbersome. The experts in the construction arena advocate that interface management serves as a precise tool in resolving these conflict points due to the intricate nature of the construction projects. Interface management is a current trending management practice in the construction industry which is also a beneficiary to mega/fast track projects in enhancing the project performance. The main objective of this study is to validate a model for assessing the relationships among interface management, IT applications, project performance & project benefits. The mediating effect of interface management in relationship between project performance & interfacial factors was also investigated. The research model was validated using PLS-SEM (Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling) approach. Data were collected from clients, contractors, consultants in large scale projects through questionnaire survey and smart-PLS software was used to analyse the conceptual model. The research model comprises eleven hypothesis and the significance of these hypothesis were tested using T- statistics values. The research implies that people/participants factor is greatly influenced by interface management with the path coefficient of 0.608 and also enhancement of project's schedule performance due to the interface management is strongly appealing (Path coefficient = 0.711). The results also reveal IT application is significantly associated with interface management practice (Path coefficient =0.723) and also the effect of IT application on project performance (schedule, cost, quality & safety) is successfully mediated through interface management practice. The practical application of this validated model was done through case study. The case study aims at measuring the impact of interface management on interfacial factors and role of interface management in improving the project performance in the construction organisations.

• 대한교통학회지
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• 제22권7호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2004

교통 혼잡 증가와 사고 발생, 환경오염 등의 문제 해결 방안으로 대중교통으로의 수요 유도를 고려할 수 있다. 하지만 도시철도는 대중교통의 또 다른 수단인 버스와 비교하여 볼 때 정시성 및 대량수송 등의 장점을 갖고있음에도 불구하고 막대한 초기투자비용과 부채의 상환 등으로 인한 적자 상태는 도시철도 서비스의 질을 향상시키기 위하여 해결해야 할 과제로 남아있다. 비용함수의 작성은 효율성 있는 사업의 운영을 위한 한 방법으로, 사업의 운영상태를 파악하고 해결점을 모색할 수 있는 수단이 된다. 열차운행비용함수는 수송인원, 수송수입 등과 같이 열차운행으로 인해 산출된 결과(실적변수)와 열차 운행에 투입된 총비용간의 관계를 함수로 표현한 것으로, 함수 작성을 통해 도시철도 산업의 비용구조 뿐만 아니라, 도시철도 서비스로 인한 실적과 소요된 총비용간의 관계를 파악할 수 있게 된다. 본 연구에서는 그 동안 체계적인 접근이 이루어지지 알았던 서울, 인천, 부산, 대구의 도시철도 운행비용함수를 정립하여 각 기관의 운행비용의 단위비용을 파악하고 규모의 경제 존재 여부를 확인하였다. 총비용발생에 영향을 미치는 실적변수로는 수송인원과 노선-km, 열차-km, 그리고 전체수입을 고려하였다. 각 기관의 운행비용함수를 정립하여 단위비용을 산출한 결과 수송인원 및 전체수입의 단위비용은 서울지하철공사가, 노선-km 및 열차-천km는 서울도시철도공사가 가장 낮은 것으로 나타났으며, 각 기관 모두에서 열차-천km에 대한 규모의 경제가 존재하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.13-21
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• 2017

Airline schedules are highly dependent on various factors of uncertainties such as unfavorable weather conditions, mechanical problems, natural disaster, airport congestion, and strikes. If the schedules are not properly managed to cope with such disturbances, the operational cost and performance are severely affected by the delays, cancelations, and so forth. This is described as a disruption. When the disruption occurs, the airline requires the feasible recovery plan returning to the normal operations in a timely manner so as to minimize the cost and impact of disruptions. In this research, an Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm with re-timing strategy is developed to solve the recovery problem for both aircraft and passenger. The problem consists of creating new aircraft routes and passenger itineraries to produce a feasible schedule during a recovery period. The suggested algorithm is based on an existing ACO algorithm that aims to reflect all the downstream effects by considering the passenger recovery cost as a part of the objective function value. This algorithm is complemented by re-timing strategy to effectively manage the disrupted passengers by allowing delays even on some of undisrupted flights. The delays no more than 15 minutes are accepted, which does not influence on the on-time performance of the airlines. The suggested method is tested on the real data sets from 2009 ROADEF Challenge, and the computational results are compared with the existing ones on the same data sets. The method generates the solution for most of problem set in 10 minutes, and the result generated by re-timing strategy is discussed for its impact.