• Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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• v.24 no.1 s.63
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• pp.187-208
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• 2007

This study aims to present a new approach to measure the economic value of the public libraries, identifying and suggesting the modified contingent valuation method (CVM) application. The modified CVM, which applied Dissonance Minimizing (DM) format, is presented as a new approach. A cost-benefit analysis is used as a tool to determine if the benefits of public libraries outweigh the cost incurred in providing the services. The benefits of public libraries are based on estimates of how much the user is willing to pay for the library services and costs are based on the prices of providing the services. A comparison between two methods are conducted in a case study in order to measure the economic value of 'J Public Library'. The study also conducts a case study to analyse the WTP value of the 'J Public Library' and demonstrates how public libraries approach the their local studies.

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.2 no.2
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• pp.13-19
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• 2001

The conventional fractal decoding was required a vast amount computational complexity, since every range blocks was implemented to IFS(iterated function system). In order to improve this, it has been suggested that each range block was classified to iterated and non-iterated regions. Non-iterated regions is called data dependency region, and if data dependency region extended, IFS regions are contractive. In this paper, a searched region of the domain is limited to the range regions that is similar with the domain blocks, and the domain region is more overlapped. As a result, data dependency region has maximum region, that is IFS regions can be minimum region. The minimizing method of domain region is defined to minimum domain(MD) which is minimum IFS region. Using the minimizing method of domain region, there is not influence PSNR(peak signal-to-noise ratio). And it can be performed a fast decoding by reducing the computational complexity for IFS in fractal image decoding.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea CI
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.10-18
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• 2007

In this paper, we address the node positioning method for minimizing the overlap sensing areas in wireless sensor networks with adjustable sensing ranges. To find a optimal node position, we derive a optimal equations by using the overlapped areas, each node's radiuses and expended angles of opposite neighboring nodes. Based on it, we devise a new node positioning method, called as ASRC(Adjustable Sensing Ranges Control). Unlike existing condition based model, our proposed method is derived from mathematical formula, and we confirm its validity through various simulations.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.321-327
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• 1996

A back titration method was suggested to determine the exchangeable acidity of soil originated from exchangeable aluminum and adsorbed hydrogen ion in relation to minimizing its titration error. In this method. soils are treated by neutral salt solution whose concentration is the same as soil solution suspended by distilled water. And then. its pH is adjusted at 3, using 1 N HCl solution and back-titrated by 0.1 N NaOH solution containing 1 N NaCl. The results of the suggested back-titration showed the possibility of practical application with linear relationship to that of standard method.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.24 no.8
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• pp.1-7
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• 2010

The reliability of a power system has close relationship with the maintenance of the distribution systems. This paper presents the method of the maintenance planning of the distribution systems by minimizing the interruption cost. The interruption cost for the equipment failures is formulated using time varying failure rate and minimized by optimization of the object function. The proposed method provides the priority list for the investment of the maintenance subject to the limited investment budget by the economic analysis. In order to test the proposed method, the modified distribution system of a rural area is introduced for the testing system. Test results show that the proposed method is good enough by evaluating the improvement of the reliability of the power system.

• Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.614-622
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• 2016

In this paper, we propose a novel differential equation method for designing a total internal reflection (TIR) LED lens with double freeform surfaces. A complete set of simultaneous differential equations for the method is derived from the condition for minimizing the Fresnel loss, illumination models, Snell’s Law of ray propagation, and a new constraint on the incident angle of a ray on the light-exiting surface of the lens. The last constraint is essential to complete the set of simultaneous differential equations. By adopting the TIR structure and applying the condition for minimizing the Fresnel loss, it is expected that the proposed TIR LED lens can have a high luminous flux efficiency, even though its beam-spread angle is narrow. To validate the proposed method, three TIR LED lenses with beam-spread angles of less than 22.6° have been designed, and their performances evaluated by ray tracing. Their luminous flux efficiencies could be obviously increased by at least 35% and 5%, compared to conventional LED lenses with a single freeform surface and with double freeform surfaces, respectively.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.11 no.5
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• pp.868-874
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• 2007

A real-time frame-layer rate control algorithm with a token bucket traffic shaper is proposed for minimizing video duality variation. The proposed rate control method uses a non-iterative optimization method for low computational complexity, and performs bit allocation at the frame level to minimize variation in distortion between frames. In order to reduce the quality fluctuation, we use a sliding window scheme which does not require the pre-analysis process. Therefore, the proposed algorithm does not produce the delay from encoding, and is suitable for real-time low-complexity video encoder. Experimental results indicate that the proposed control method provides better PSNR performance than the existing rate control method.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1993.10a
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• pp.189-194
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• 1993

This paper presents an ARW(Anti-Reset Windup) method for discrete-time control systems with saturation nonlinearites. The method is motivated by the concept of the equilibrium point. The design parameters of the ARW scheme is explicitly derived by minimizing a reasonable performance index. The proposed method is closely related with the singular perturbed theory. The proposed method is applicable to any open-loop stable plants with saturation nonlinearities whose controllers are determined a priori by some design technique.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.14 no.2
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• pp.351-361
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• 2014

The discrete torque generation mechanism and inherently nonlinear magnetic characterization of switched reluctance motors lead to unacceptable torque ripples and limit the application of these motors. In this study, a phase current profiling technique and torque sharing function are proposed in consideration of magnetic saturation effects and by minimizing power loss in the commutation area between the adjacent phases. Constant torque trajectories are considered in incoming and outgoing phase current planes based on nonlinear T-i-theta curves obtained from experimental measurements. Optimum points on constant torque trajectories are selected by improving drive efficiency and minimizing copper loss in each rotor position. A novel analytic invertible function is introduced to express phase torque based on rotor position and its corresponding phase current. The optimization problem is solved by the proposed torque function, and optimum torque sharing functions are derived. A modification method is also introduced to enhance the torque ripple-free region based on simple logic rules. Compared with conventional torque sharing functions, the resultant reference current from the proposed method has less peak and effective values and exhibits lower copper loss. Experimental and simulation results from a four-phase 4 KW 8/6 SRM validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics Engineers of Korea SC
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.78-89
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• 2012

The generated torque of a switched reluctance(SR) motor is highly nonlinear, which makes it difficult to determine the reference current commands for minimum torque ripples. In this paper, we present a computationally simple and efficient method to minimize torque ripples of SR motors based on iterative learning control. The reference current command of each phase minimizing torque ripples is identified in 2-dimensional look-up table form. Our learning control algorithm does not require the torque model, so our method is not affected by model errors and hence is very accurate. In order to justify our work, we present some computer simulation results.