• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.333-347
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• 2013

The present study numerically models the interaction between a regular wave and the roll motion of a rectangular floating structure. In order to simulate two-dimensional incompressible viscous two-phase flow in a numerical wave tank with the rectangular floating structure, the present study used the volume of fluid method based on the finite volume method. The sliding mesh technique is adopted to handle the motion of the rectangular floating structure induced by fluid-structure interaction. The effect of the wave period on the flow, roll motion and forces acting on the structure is examined by considering three different wave periods. The time variations of the wave height and the roll motion of the rectangular structure are in good agreement with experimental results for all wave periods. The present response amplitude operator is in good agreement with experimental results with the linear potential theory. The present numerical results effectively represent the entire process of vortex generation and evolution described by the experimental results. The longer wave period showed a different mechanism of the vortex evolution near each bottom corner of the structure compared to cases of shorter wave periods. In addition, the x-directional and z-directional forces acting on the structure are analyzed.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SP
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.41-50
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• 2004

MPEG-4 표준에서는 객체 단위의 부호화를 수행하기 위해 자연영상으로부터 비디오 객체를 분리하는 영상분할(segmentation) 기술이 필요하다. 영상분할 방법은 크게 자동 영상분할(automatic segmentation)과 반자동 영상분할(semi-automatic segmentation)의 두 부류로 나눌 수 있다. 지금까지 개발된 대부분의 자동 영상분할 방법은 비디오 객체의 명확한 수학적인 모델을 제시하기 곤란하며 한 화면에서 개별 객체를 추출하기 어렵기 때문에 그 성능에 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 문제점을 극복하기 위해 active contour 알고리즘을 이용한 반자동 영상분할 알고리즘을 제안한다. 초기 곡선으로부터 변화 가능한 모든 곡선의 집합을 모양공간으로 정의하고 그 공간을 선형공간이라고 가정하면, 모양공간(shape space)은 모양 행렬에 의해 행(column) 공간과 남은 빈(left null) 공간으로 나뉘어진다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 알고리즘은 행공간의 모양공간 벡터를 이용하여 초기 곡선으로부터 영상의 특징점까지의 변화를 기술하고 동적 그래프 검색 알고리즘을 이용하여 객체의 세밀한 부분을 묘사한다. 모양 행렬과 객체의 윤곽을 추정하기 위한 SUSAN 연산자의 사용으로 제안한 알고리즘은 저수준 영상처리로부터 생성되는 불필요한 특징점을 무시할 수 있다. 또한, 모양 행렬의 사용으로 생긴 제약은 동적 그래프 검색 알고리즘으로 보상한다.

• 한국컴퓨터그래픽스학회논문지
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.1-16
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• 2016

본 논문에서는 최소자승법에 기반한 효율적인 곡선 복구 기법을 제안한다. 구체적으로는, 법선 벡터를 포함한 평면상의 샘플포인트가 주어졌을 때 계층적인 ZP(Zwart-Powell)-스플라인의 레벨로 곡선을 복구하는데, 세밀한 부문을 복구하면서도 비교적 큰 구멍도 효율적으로 메꾸고 있다. 정규화를 위해서는, (1) 선형시스템의 특이성을 피하기 위한 티코노프 정규항과 (2) 아이소커브를 부드럽게 하기 위한 이산 라플라스 정규항 두 가지를 사용하고 있다. 정량적인 벤치마크 테스트를 통해 비교한 결과, 본 방법은 다항식에 기반한 기법들에 비해 훨씬 우수한 결과를 보여준다는 것을 확인할 수 있다. 구멍이 있는 데이터의 경우, 계층적인 B-스플라인과 비교해본 결과 엇비슷한 품질을 보이지만 약 90%의 계산량만을 필요로 한다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.191-198
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• 2015

In this study, we proposed a new type of dual-buoy wave energy converter (WEC) exploiting multi-resonance and analyzed the experimental results from a model test in a 2-D wave flume. A dual-buoy WEC using multi-resonance has two advantages: high efficiency at the resonant frequencies and the potential to extend the frequency range available to extract wave power from the WEC. The suggested WEC was composed of an outer buoy and an inner buoy sliding vertically inside the outer buoy. As the power take-off device, a linear electric generator (LEG) consisting of permanent magnets and coils fixed at each buoy was adopted. Electricity was produced by the relative heave motion between the two buoys. To search for the optimal shape of a dual-buoy WEC, we conducted experiments on the heave motion of a two-body system in regular waves without an LEG installed. Model tests with six combinations of experimental models were conducted in order to find the motion characteristics of a dual-buoy WEC. It was found that model 2, which included a ring-shaped appendage to move the resonant frequency of the outer buoy toward a high value, showed a higher relative heave response amplitude operator (RAO) curve than model 1. In addition, the double-peak shape of the heave RAO curve shown for model 2 indicated the extension of the frequency range for extracting wave power in irregular waves.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• 제8권1호
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• pp.55-66
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• 2012

This paper presents a dual modeling method that simulates the graphic and haptic behavior of a volumetric deformable object and conveys the behavior to a human operator. Although conventional modeling methods (a mass-spring model and a finite element method) are suitable for the real-time computation of an object's deformation, it is not easy to compute the haptic behavior of a volumetric deformable object with the conventional modeling method in real-time (within a 1kHz) due to a computational burden. Previously, we proposed a fast volume haptic rendering method based on the S-chain model that can compute the deformation of a volumetric non-rigid object and its haptic feedback in real-time. When the S-chain model represents the object, the haptic feeling is realistic, whereas the graphical results of the deformed shape look linear. In order to improve the graphic and haptic behavior at the same time, we propose a dual modeling framework in which a volumetric haptic model and a surface graphical model coexist. In order to inspect the graphic and haptic behavior of objects represented by the proposed dual model, experiments are conducted with volumetric objects consisting of about 20,000 nodes at a haptic update rate of 1000Hz and a graphic update rate of 30Hz. We also conduct human factor studies to show that the haptic and graphic behavior from our model is realistic. Our experiments verify that our model provides a realistic haptic and graphic feeling to users in real-time.

• Imaging Science in Dentistry
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.45-49
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• 2018

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the quantitative strain elastography of tongue carcinoma using intraoral ultrasonography. Materials and Methods: Two patients with squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) who underwent quantitative strain elastography for the diagnosis of tongue lesions using intraoral ultrasonography were included in this prospective study. Strain elastography was performed using a linear 14 MHz transducer (Aplio 300; Canon Medical Systems, Otawara, Japan). Manual light compression and decompression of the tongue by the transducer was performed to achieve optimal and consistent color coding. The variation in tissue strain over time caused by the compression exerted using the probe was displayed as a strain graph. The integrated strain elastography software allowed the operator to place circular regions of interest (ROIs) of various diameters within the elastography window, and automatically displayed quantitative strain (%) for each ROI. Quantitative indices of the strain (%) were measured for normal tissues and lesions in the tongue. Results: The average strain of normal tissue and tongue SCC in a 50-year-old man was 1.468% and 0.000%, respectively. The average strain of normal tissue and tongue SCC in a 59-year-old man was 1.007% and 0.000%, respectively. Conclusion: We investigated the quantitative strain elastography of tongue carcinoma using intraoral ultrasonography. Strain elastography using intraoral ultrasonography is a promising technique for characterizing and differentiating normal tissues and SCC in the tongue.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.411-425
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• 2021

가속화 실패시간모형은 로그 생존시간과 공변량간의 선형적 관계를 묘사해 준다. 가속화 실패시간모형에서 생존시간의 평균뿐만 아니라 변동성에도 영향을 미치는 공변량 효과를 추론하는 것은 흥미가 있다. 이를 위해 생존시간의 평균뿐만 아니라 분산을 모형화 하는 것이 필요하며, 이러한 모형을 평균-분산 가속화 실패시간모형이라 부른다. 본 논문에서는 벌점 가능도함수를 이용하여 평균-분산 가속화 실패시간모형에서 회귀모수에 대한 변수선택 절차를 제안한다. 여기서 벌점함수로서 LASSO, ALASSO, SCAD 그리고 HL (계층가능도)와 같은 네 가지 벌점함수를 연구한다. 제안된 변수선택 절차를 통해 중요한 공변량의 선택 뿐만 아니라 회귀모수의 추정을 동시에 제공할 수 있다. 제안된 방법의 성능은 모의실험을 통해 평가하고, 하나의 임상 예제자료를 통해 제안된 방법을 예증하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.101-118
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• 2023

Purpose - Korea became a trillion-dollar trading country in 2011. With the exponential increase in Korea's trade volume over the past decades, trade-related administrative burdens per capita for Korea Customs became enormous, for which the government established the Single Window, a trade-facilitating system, in 2004 to enhance the efficiency of customs-clearing procedures for traders. This paper focuses on finding whether the Korean Single Window system affects the country's trade facilitation positively through an empirical methodology. Design/methodology - To find empirical evidence that Single Window affects trade facilitation for the customs-clearing procedure, this study assumes that a time-efficient environment enables the handling of the increase in trade volume, under which four independent variables related to import customs-clearing procedures and two dependent variables to import were adopted for empirical analysis. The import customs procedures are classified into four steps from port entry to declaration acceptance. To understand the relationship between variables, scattered plots and correlation coefficients were calculated. Eight hypotheses were set and underwent simple linear regression. The data for analysis were collected by Korea Customs, and were about the lead time of import, the volume of imports in million USD, and the number of import declarations reported to customs offices on a monthly basis from 2005 to 2013. Findings - Six of the eight hypotheses showed the statistically significant result that lead time in the import customs-clearing procedure positively affects the number of import declaration reports and import volume. Specifically, Hypothesis 1, Hypothesis 2, and Hypothesis 3 strongly support the assumption lead time in import customs declaration has an inverse relationship with the number of import declarations, which means that the shorter the import lead time, the more import declaration increases. Research Limitations/Implications - With limited data accessibility to the government's custom-sclearing procedures, only the import lead time for customs clearance were adopted as independent variables. This paper, however, successfully found that the Single Window system contributed to trade facilitation. Originality/value - This study found that the time-saving Single Window system of Korea Customs enables itself to manage an exponentially-increasing trade volume by creating a trade-facilitating environment for customs personnel and traders, which may be a unique implication found through quantitative methodology.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.457-463
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• 2014

Ultrasound measurements of backfat thickness (UBF), longissimus muscle area (ULMA) and marbling score (UMS) and carcass measurements of carcass weight (CW), backfat thickness (BF), longissimus muscle area (LMA), and marbling score (MS) on 7,044 Hanwoo steers were analyzed to estimate genetic parameters. Data from Hanwoo steers that were raised, finished in Hoengseong-gun, Gangwon-do (province) and shipped to slaughter houses during the period from October 2010 to April 2013 were evaluated. Ultrasound measurements were taken at approximately three months before slaughter by an experienced operator using a B-mode real-time ultrasound device (HS-2000, FHK Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan) with a 3.5 MHz linear probe. Ultrasound scanning was on the left side between 13th rib and the first lumbar vertebrae. All slaughtering processes and carcass evaluations were performed in accordance with the guidelines of beef grading system of Korea. To estimate genetic parameters, multiple trait animal models were applied. Fixed effects included in the models were: the effects of farm, contemporary group effects (year-season at the time of ultrasound scanning in the models for UBF, ULMA, and UMS, and year-season at slaughter in the models for CW, BF, LMA, and MS), the effects of ultrasound technicians as class variables and the effects of the age in days at ultrasound scanning or at slaughtering as linear covariates, respectively for ultrasound and carcass measures. Heritability estimates obtained from our analyses were 0.37 for UBF, 0.13 for ULMA, 0.27 for UMS, 0.44 for CW, 0.33 for BF, 0.36 for LMA and 0.54 MS, respectively. Genetic correlations were strongly positive between corresponding traits of ultrasound and carcass measures. Genetic correlation coefficient between UBF and BF estimate was 0.938, between ULMA and LMA was 0.767 and between UMS and MS was 0.925. These results suggest that ultrasound measurement traits are genetically similar to carcass measurement traits.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.117-127
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• 2001

본 연구에서 대상으로 하고 있는 LG정유 광양항 제품부두는 7선석(Berth)에 재화중량(DWT) 300톤에서 48000톤의 선박까지 다양한 선박이 이용하고 있으며, 해상의 기상상태에 따른 선박 입출항 통제 지침 설정이 어렵고, 현재 사용하고 있는 지침의 근거가 명확하지 않아 현재의 부두 운영이 비효율적이거나 안정성이 결여되어 있다고 할 수 있다. 따라서 이를 개선하기 위한 합리적인 부두운영 제한조건 개발이 절실히 요구되었다. 본 논문에서는 대상 부두의 특성, 대상 선박의 특성, 하중상태, 선박 운항자의 특성 등을 고려하여 해상/기상 상황(바람, 조류 및 파랑)에 따른 부두 입출항 가능 여부를 정량적으로 판단하고, 안전성 향상 방안을 제시할 수 있는 의사결정 시스템을 개발하고 5번, 7번 선석을 대상으로 이를 검증하였다. 여기서는 입출항 여부를 정량적으로 판단하여 결과를 제시하기 위해서 유전적 프로그램이(Genetic Programming)을 이용한 기계학습 방법을 이용하였으며, GP의 방대한 계산량을 줄이기 위한 가중 선형 연상 기억(Weighted Linear Associative Memory:WLAM) 방법의 도입 및 전역 최적점을 쉽게 찾기 위한 Group of Additive Genetic Programming Trees(GAGPT)를 도입함으로써 학습 성능을 개선하였다.