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A Multiagent System for Workflow-Based Bioinformatics Tool Integration

  • Sohn, Bong-Ki;Lee, Keon-Myung;Kim, Hak-Joon
    • International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.133-137
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    • 2003
  • Various bioinformatics tools for biological data processing have been developed and most of them are available in public. Most bioinformatics works are carried out by a composite application of those tools. Several integration approaches have been proposed for easy use of the tools. This paper proposes a new multi agent system to integrate bioinformatics tools in the perspective of workflow since the composite applications of tools can be regarded as workflows. For the easy integration, the proposed system employs wrapper agents for existing tools, uses XML-based messages in the inter-agent communication, and agents are supposed to extract necessary information from the received messages. This allows new tools to be easily added on the integration framework. The proposed method allows various control structures in workflow definition and provides the progress monitoring capability of the on-going workflows. In particular, agents in this system have the rule-based architecture which allows the defined rule set to be a special role agent. This feature provides fast and flexible agent development to aid in managing the complexity of bioinformatics application. This system has been partially implemented and has been proven to be a viable implementation for workflow-based bioinformatics tool integration.

Developing A Tool for Collaborative Multimedia Systems Design (협력적인 멀티미디어 시스템 디자인을 위한 도구 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Baek, Seung-Ik
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartD
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    • v.9D no.1
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    • pp.135-144
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    • 2002
  • Multimedia systems design generally requires a collaborative effort from a group of designers with a variety of backgrounds and tasks, such as content experts, instructional designers, media specialists, users, and so forth. The fact that the designers have totally different backgrounds and tasks may hinder their collaboration. This research develops a collaborative design tool for multimedia systems design, called the Designer's Cafe, with which multimedia designers can share their design knowledge on the Web freely. Designer's Cafe consists of three intelligent agents that are designed for supporting collaboration activities of multimedia designers. The intelligent agents are implemented by using JAVA SCRIPT and COLD FUSION. By using the tool, designers create, revise, and share their knowledge/ideas in very structured ways. The structured design process might enhance the collaboration activities of designers while designing a multimedia system within a virtual working space.

A Fuzzy Agent System to Control the State Transition for an Autonomous Decision Making on Taxi Driving (택시 운행 중 상태변화에 대한 자율적 의사결정을 위한 퍼지 에이전트)

  • Lim, Chun-Kyu;Kang, Byung-Wook
    • The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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    • v.12B no.4 s.100
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    • pp.413-420
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we apply software agents, which use fuzzy logic and make autonomous decisions according to state transitions, to car driving environment. We carry out an experiment on artificial intelligent car driving in terms of real-time reactive agents. Inference techniques for constructing real-time reactive agents consider the settings with max-product inference, n-fuzzy rules, and n-associatives ($A_l,\;B_l),\;{\ldots}(A_n,\;B_n$). Then we perform defuzzification processes, extract a central value, and work out inference processes.

Design of Web Agents Module for Information Filtering Based on Rough Sets (러프셋에 기반한 정보필터링 웹에이전트 모듈 설계)

  • 김형수;이상부
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2004.05b
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    • pp.552-556
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    • 2004
  • This paper surveys the design of the adaptive information filtering agents to retrieve the useful information within a large scale database. As the information retrieval through the Internet is generalized, it is necessary to extract the useful information satisfied the user's request condition to reduce the seeking time. For the first, this module is designed by the Rough reduct to generate the reduced minimal knowledge database considered the users natural query language in a large scale knowledge database, and also it is executed the soft computing by the fuzzy composite processing to operate the uncertain value of the reduced schema domain.

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Streptomyces Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Their Roles in the Biosynthesis of Macrolide Therapeutic Agents

  • Cho, Myung-A;Han, Songhee;Lim, Young-Ran;Kim, Vitchan;Kim, Harim;Kim, Donghak
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.127-133
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    • 2019
  • The study of the genus Streptomyces is of particular interest because it produces a wide array of clinically important bioactive molecules. The genomic sequencing of many Streptomyces species has revealed unusually large numbers of cytochrome P450 genes, which are involved in the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites. Many macrolide biosynthetic pathways are catalyzed by a series of enzymes in gene clusters including polyketide and non-ribosomal peptide synthesis. In general, Streptomyces P450 enzymes accelerate the final, post-polyketide synthesis steps to enhance the structural architecture of macrolide chemistry. In this review, we discuss the major Streptomyces P450 enzymes research focused on the biosynthetic processing of macrolide therapeutic agents, with an emphasis on their biochemical mechanisms and structural insights.

A Study on the Laws and Regulations in Respect of Preparation and Processing of Herbal Medicines at Hospitals of Korean Medicine (한방의료기관 조제·포제 관련 법규에 대한 고찰)

  • Eom, Seok-Ki;Kim, Se-Hyun
    • The Journal of Korean Medical History
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    • v.28 no.1
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    • pp.81-92
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    • 2015
  • Objectives : The purpose of this study is to analyze and identify the problems of current laws and regulations regarding preparation and processing of herbal medicines at hospitals of Korean Medicine. Possible solutions are proposed in the end Methods : Based on the status of hospitals of Korean Medicine and characteristics of Korean Medicine and Korean Medicine industry, I analyze the laws and regulations in regards to preparation and processing of herbal medicines and propose possible solutions. Results : Regulations for the agents, places, and cautions in respect of preparation and processing of herbal medicines are inadequate. Meanwhile, the definition of drug preparation in the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act does not apply to processing and preparation of herbal Medicines at hospitals of Korean Medicine, since herbal medicines accompanies chemical and physical change. Discussions & Conclusions : New regulations for on-site preparation at hospitals of Korean Medicine are necessary. Also, the definition for herbal medicines preparation, which states possible chemical and physical changes of herbal medicines, should be specified in Pharmaceutical Affairs Act.

A Creative Solution of Distributed Modular Systems for Building Ubiquitous Heterogeneous Robotic Applications

  • Ngo Trung Dung;Lund Henrik Hautop
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • summer
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    • pp.410-415
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    • 2004
  • Employing knowledge of adaptive possibilities of agents in multi-agents system, we have explored new aspects of distributed modular systems for building ubiquitous heterogeneous robotic systems using intelligent building blocks (I-BLOCKS) [1] as reconfigurable modules. This paper describes early technological approaches related to technical design, experimental developments and evaluation of adaptive processing and information interaction among I-BLOCKS allowing users to easily develop modular robotic systems. The processing technology presented in this paper is embedded inside each $DUPLO^1$ brick by microprocessor as well as selected sensors and actuators in addition. Behaviors of an I-BLOCKS modular structure are defined by the internal processing functionality of each I-Block in such structure and communication capacities between I-BLOCKS. Users of the I-BLOCKS system can easily do 'programming by building' and thereby create specific functionalities of a modular robotic structure of intelligent artefacts without the need to learn and use traditional programming language. From investigating different effects of modern artificial intelligence, I-BLOCKS we have developed might possibly contain potential possibilities for developing modular robotic system with different types of morphology, functionality and behavior. To assess these potential I-BLOCKS possibilities, the paper presents a limited range of different experimental scenarios in which I-BLOCKS have been used to set-up reconfigurable modular robots. The paper also reports briefly about earlier experiments of I-BLOCKS created on users' natural inspiration by a just defined concept of modular artefacts.

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Effect of Various Sizing Agents on the Properties of Nylon6/Carbon Fiber Composites Prepared by Reactive Process (다양한 사이징제가 반응중합에 의해 제조된 나일론 6/탄소섬유 복합체의 물성에 미치는 영향)

  • Park, Ha-Neul;Lee, Hak Sung;Huh, Mongyoung
    • Composites Research
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.299-303
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    • 2018
  • In order to improve the interfacial bonding force and reaction polymerization degree of the carbon fiber reinforced nylon 6 composite material, the surface of the existing epoxy-sizing carbon fiber was desized to remove the epoxy and treated with urethane, nylon and phenoxy sizing agent, was observed. The interfacial bond strength of the resized carbon fiber was confirmed by IFSS (Interfacial Shear Strength) and the fracture surface was observed by scanning electron microscope. The results showed that the interfacial bonding strength of the carbon fiber treated with nylon and phenoxy sizing agents was higher than that of urethane - based sizing. It has been found that the urethane - type resizing carbon fiber has lower interfacial bonding strength than the conventional epoxy - sizing carbon fiber. This result shows that the interfacial bonding between carbon fiber and nylon 6 is improved by removing low activity and smoothness of existing carbon fiber.

Implementation of the multi-target tracker for MIROSOT

  • In, Chu-Sik;Choi, Yong-Hee;Lee, Ja-Sung
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.828-831
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    • 1997
  • One of the most important design factor for the image tracker is the speed of the data processing which allows real-time operation of the system and provides reasonably accurate performance at the same time. Use of powerful DSP alone does not guarantee to meet such requirement. In this paper, a simple efficient algorithm for real-time multi-target image tracking is suggested. The suggested method is based on a recursive centroiding technique and color table look-up. This method has been successfully implemented in a image processing system for Micro-Robot Soccer Tournament(MIROSOT). This tracker can track positions of a ball, 3 enemies, and 3 agents at the same time. The experimental results show that the processing time for each frame of image is less than 7ms, which is well within the 60Hz sampling interval for real-time operation.

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Atomic Force Microscopy: a Powerful Tool for Biological Engineering on the Micro/Nano Scale

  • Lovitt, R.W.;Wright, C.J.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Applied Microbiology Conference
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    • 2004.06a
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    • pp.187-193
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    • 2004
  • This paper covers the basic principles of the AFM and how these systems may be used to image biological materials and measure particle-surface interactions in process environments. e.g. visualize molecules and structure on surfaces in aqueous environments, measure forces of interaction of proteins and DNA, biosurface and cells. Examples of work include applications biological spore control agents control systems, process materials selection for example appropriate filters for biological processing, mechanical properties and bio-surface engineering.

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