• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.308-317
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• 2016

Multiple evidences based decision making is an important functionality for computers and robots. To combine multiple evidences, mathematical theory of evidence has been developed, and it involves the most vital part called Dempster's rule of combination. The rule is used for combining multiple evidences. However, the combined result gives a counterintuitive conclusion when highly conflicting evidences exist. In particular, when we obtain two different sources of evidence for a single hypothesis, only one of the sources may contain evidence. In this paper, we introduce a modified combination rule based on the partial conflict measurement by using an absolute difference between two evidences' basic probability numbers. The basic probability number is described in details in Section 2 "Mathematical Theory of Evidence". As a result, the proposed combination rule outperforms Dempster's rule of combination. More precisely, the modified combination rule provides a reasonable conclusion when combining highly conflicting evidences and shows similar results with Dempster's rule of combination in the case of the both sources of evidence are not conflicting. In addition, when obtained evidences contain multiple hypotheses, our proposed combination rule shows more logically acceptable results in compared with the results of Dempster's rule.

• 한국HCI학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국HCI학회 2008년도 학술대회 1부
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• pp.200-204
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 지능형 무인 운송 시스템의 위치 인식 문제를 풀기 위한 방법으로, 실외 환경에서 보이는 건물 혹은 건물 입구의 상대적 위치와 자세 추정이 가능한 파티클 필터 기반 3 차원 물체 인식 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 파티클 필터에 기반한 인식 시스템은 다양한 인식 증거들을 연속 영상에서 융합 및 모델 매칭을 함으로써 강인한 3 차원 물체 인식 및 자세 추정이 가능하다. 제안하는 방법은, 적합한 인식 증거들을 수집/선택하고, 다양한 인식 증거들로 부터 나타나는 인식 대상의 자세를 3 차원 공간상의 확률적인 파티클로 표현하며, 파티클 필터링을 통하여 연속 영상 상의 다양한 인식 증거들을 융합하는 것을 특징으로 한다. 스테레오 카메라를 이용한 실험을 통하여, 제안하는 방법이 실외 건물의 기하학적 특정을 인식 증거로 활용한 효율적인 3 차원 인식 및 자세 추정을 수행하는 것은 보여준다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권8호
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• pp.3965-3983
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• 2017

We propose a novel eye tracking method that can estimate 3D world coordinates using an infrared (IR) stereo camera for indoor and outdoor environments. This method first detects dark evidences such as eyes, eyebrows and mouths by fast multi-level thresholding. Among these evidences, eye pair evidences are detected by evidential reasoning and geometrical rules. For robust accuracy, two classifiers based on multiple layer perceptron (MLP) using gradient local binary patterns (GLBPs) verify whether the detected evidences are real eye pairs or not. Finally, the 3D world coordinates of detected eyes are calculated by region-based stereo matching. Compared with other eye detection methods, the proposed method can detect the eyes of people wearing sunglasses due to the use of the IR spectrum. Especially, when people are in dark environments such as driving at nighttime, driving in an indoor carpark, or passing through a tunnel, human eyes can be robustly detected because we use active IR illuminators. In the experimental results, it is shown that the proposed method can detect eye pairs with high performance in real-time under variable illumination conditions. Therefore, the proposed method can contribute to human-computer interactions (HCIs) and intelligent transportation systems (ITSs) applications such as gaze tracking, windshield head-up display and drowsiness detection.

• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.232-239
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• 2001

Objective & Method : To identify current state of bee venom therapy(BVT) research as a treatment of autoimmune diseases, we reviewed the PubMed electronic database. 9 articles with clinical implications were discussed. Results : BVT is reported as effective in the treatment of such autoimmune related diseases as rheumatoid arthritis and insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in animal experiment, The lack of evidence on BVT as a treatment of multiple sclerosis deters us from reaching any determination. There also lacks firm evidences of immune response regulative or anti inflammatory mechanism of BVT. No clinicla trial was found. Conculsion : This review raises the urgent need of study to provide scientific and clinical evidences.

• Wind and Structures
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.235-256
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• 2010

The aeroelastic stability of bridge decks equipped with multiple tuned mass dampers is studied. The problem is attacked in the time domain, by representing self-excited loads with the aid of aerodynamic indicial functions approximated by truncated series of exponential filters. This approach allows to reduce the aeroelastic stability analysis in the form of a direct eigenvalue problem, by introducing an additional state variable for each exponential term adopted in the approximation of indicial functions. A general probabilistic framework for the optimal robust design of multiple tuned mass dampers is proposed, in which all possible sources of uncertainties can be accounted for. For the purposes of this study, the method is also simplified in a form which requires a lower computational effort and it is then applied to a general case study in order to analyze the control effectiveness of regular and irregular multiple tuned mass dampers. A special care is devoted to mistuning effects caused by random variations of the target frequency. Regular multiple tuned mass dampers are seen to improve both control effectiveness and robustness with respect to single tuned mass dampers. However, those devices exhibit an asymmetric behavior with respect to frequency mistuning, which may weaken their feasibility for technical applications. In order to overcome this drawback, an irregular multiple tuned mass damper is conceived which is based on unequal mass distribution. The optimal design of this device is finally pursued via a full domain search, which evidences a remarkable robustness against frequency mistuning, in the sense of the simplified design approach.

• 천문학회보
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.74.2-74.2
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• 2013

Recent spectroscopic observations have provided evidences for the multiple stellar populations having different abundances in some massive globular clusters (GCs). In particular, some of these GCs show clear separations of red giant-branches (RGBs) in calcium narrow band photometry. In order to confirm the differences in heavy element abundances and radial velocities among multiple RGBs, we have performed the low-resolution spectroscopy for the RGB stars in these GCs. The spectral data were taken from the multi-object spectroscopic mode with WFCCD mounted on the du Pont 2.5m telescope in Las Campanas Observatory. In this talk, we will present our progress in the spectroscopic analysis of the RGB stars in these GCs.

• 대한신경과학회지
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.273-279
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• 2018

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a diagnosis of exclusion and the lesions or objective findings should disseminate in space and time to diagnose MS. The diagnostic criteria of MS have continuously evolved overtime. The McDonald criteria were originally proposed in 2001, and the revised 2010 McDonald criteria have been used widely. Scientific advances in the past 7 years since 2010 induced the revised 2017 McDonald criteria. All revisions relied entirely on the available evidences, and not expert opinion. In this review, we will provide an overview of the way to diagnose MS and the 2017 McDonald criteria.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.283-291
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose new multiuser detectors (MUDs) based on compressed sensing approaches for the large-scale multiple antenna systems equipped with dozens of low-power antennas. We consider the scenarios where the number of receiver antennas is smaller than the total number of users, but the number of active users is relatively small. This prior information motivates sparsity-embracing MUDs such as sparsity-embracing linear/nonlinear MUDs where the detection of active users and their symbol detection are employed. In addition, sparsity-embracing MUDs with maximum a posteriori probability criterion (MAP-MUDs) are presented. They jointly detect active users and their symbols by exploiting the probability of user activity, and it can be solved efficiently by introducing convex relaxing senses. Furthermore, it is shown that sparsity-embracing MUDs exploiting common users' activity across multiple symbols, i.e., frame-by-frame, can be considered to improve performance. Also, in multiple multiple-input and multiple-output networks with aggressive frequency reuse, we propose the interference cancellation strategy for the proposed sparsity-embracing MUDs. That first cancels out the interference induced by adjacent networks and then recovers the desired users' information by exploiting the low user activity. In simulation studies for binary phase shift keying modulation, numerical evidences establish the effectiveness of our proposed MUDs exploiting low user activity, as compared with the conventional MUD.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.17-26
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• 1999

Mar (multiple-antibiotic-resistance) 대장균의 marRAB 돌연변이가 그람음성 세균들 사이로 전파 될수 있는지를 알아보기 위해서, 염색체 위의 marRAB 돌연변이를 $\lambda$placMu9 (Km$^{r}$)를 이용하여 대장균의 다른 균주내의 pUC19 (Lac$^{+}$, Ap$^{r}$)의 클로닝 사이트, S. typhimurium 및 P. aeruginosa의 염색체 위로 각각 전달시킨 후, Mar phenotype, Km$^{r}$, Lac$^{-}$, 혹은 Ap$^{r}$ 균주를 선택한 다음, salicylate (SAL)의 유도 (induction) 유무에 따른 항생제 내성검사를 실시하였다. pUC19의 보유 유무에 관계없이 대조군인 야생형 대장균 JM109, NM522에 비해서, pUC19::marRAB 돌연변이를 가진 JM109 혹은 NM522의 대부분 균주들은 항생제 내성 수준들이 훨씬 더 높았으며, Mar표현형의 유도도 SAL에 의해서 훨씬 더 높게 나타났다. 하지만 일부 소수의 항생제에 대해서는 예외적으로 내성 수준이 더 낮게 나타났는데, 야생형 JM109 균주에서는 chloramphenicol (Cm)과 tetracycline (Tc)이 , pUC19::marRAB 돌연변이를 가진 NM522 균주 에서는 Tc와 ciprofloxacin (Cp)에 대한 내성 수준이 각각 더 낮게 나타났다. S. typhimurium 및 P. aeruginosa에 대한 같은 실험의 결과도 야생형 대장균의 경우와 거의 대부분 일치하였다. 형질전환 (transformation)과 형질도입 (transduction)의 방법을 주로 사용한 이 실험의 결과는, marRAB 돌연변이가 그람음성 세균들 사이로 전파될 수 있음을 간접적으로 암시한다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제4권4호
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• pp.331-350
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• 2017

Based on the alternative stabilization diagram by varying the time lag parameter in the stochastic subspace identification analysis, this study aims to investigate the measurements from several cases of civil structures for extending the applicability of a recently noticed criterion to ensure stable identification results. Such a criterion demands the time lag parameter to be no less than a critical threshold determined by the ratio of the sampling rate to the fundamental system frequency and is firstly validated for its applications with single measurements from stay cables, bridge decks, and buildings. As for multiple measurements, it is found that the predicted threshold works well for the cases of stay cables and buildings, but makes an evident overestimation for the case of bridge decks. This discrepancy is further explained by the fact that the deck vibrations are induced by multiple excitations independently coming from the passing traffic. The cable vibration signals covering the sensor locations close to both the deck and pylon ends of a cable-stayed bridge provide convincing evidences to testify this important discovery.