• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 1995.04a
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• pp.529-533
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• 1995

안장은 인체하중이 집중되고, 자전거의 충격과 진동이 직접 전달되는 부위로서 주행 안락도를 높이고 buttock의 discomfort를 감소시킬 수 있도록 설계되어야 한다. 본 연구의 목적은 인체곡면을 본뜬 안장형상 설계를 통하여 buttock의 국부적 discomfort를 감소시키고자 하는 것이다. 인간의 앉은자세에 대한 해부학적 고찰을 통해 좌골결절(Ischial Tuberosity)과 치골결합면(Symphyseal Surface)이 안장과 직접 맞닿는 면으로 파악되었으며, 이들 부위에 대한 집중적 개선이 이루어져야 할 것으로 제안되었다. 문헌조사를 통해 의자설계시 고려해야 할 인체치수 및 지침을 파악하였으며, 안장과 의자의 기능비교를 통해 이를 선별적으로 적용하였다. 인체곡면 측정을 위해 Rod Matrix(3cm 간격, 13*20)방법을 이용하여 10명의 buttock contour를 측정하였으며, 측정된 자료를 분석하여 안장의 곡면형상을 결정하였다. General Comfort Rating, Body Part Discomfort 등의 주관적 안락도 평가방법을 통하여 기존 자전거 안장과 본 연구를 통해 개발된 안장을 비교 평가한 결과, 전반적인 안락도의 향상과 좌골결절 및 치골 결합부의 discomfort 감소효과를 가져온 것으로 파악되었다.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.183-196
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• 2005

In this paper we studied the saddlepoint approximations to the distribution of non-homogeneous quadratic forms in normal variables. The results are the extension of Kuonen's which provide the same approximations to homogeneous quadratic forms. The CGF of interested statistics and related properties are derived for applications of saddlepoint techniques. Simulation results are also provided to show the accuracy of saddlepoint approximations.

• Journal of the Korea Convergence Society
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• v.9 no.11
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• pp.363-369
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• 2018

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences of lumbar muscle activity (LMA) and oxygen consumption (OC) according to bike saddle height in healthy young men. Twenty-two subjects without musculoskeletal disorders participated in this study. Subjects performed 3 min cycling at 3 different saddle heights with 10 minutes of resting time respectively. Surface EMG was used to assess muscle activity in LMA, and OC was assessed by potable gas analyzer. In the result, there was a statistically significant difference in internal oblique abdominis activity (p<0.05), and the OC was significantly higher in high saddle height than the optimal and the low position of the saddle (p<0.05). This study suggest that changes in saddle height affected internal oblique abdominis activity and OC in subjects, however, saddle height does not have much effect on lumbar stabilizer muscle.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.367-376
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• 2010

Recently various methods were suggested and reviewed for estimating diffusion processes. Out of suggested estimation method, we mainly concerns on the estimation method using saddlepoint approximation method, and we suggest a term saddlepoint approximation(ASP) method which is the simplest saddlepoint approximation method. We will show that ASP method provides fast estimator as much as Euler approximation method(EAM) in computing, and the estimator also has good statistical properties comparable to the maximum likelihood estimator(MLE). By simulation study we compare the properties of ASP estimator with MLE and EAM, for Ornstein-Uhlenbeck diffusion processes.

• Journal of the korean academy of Pediatric Dentistry
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• v.49 no.3
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• pp.241-252
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• 2022

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between sella turcica morphology and delayed dental age. In total, 389 participants under 16 years old were selected. Dental age was evaluated by the Demirjian method and age discrepancy (AD), the value subtracted from dental age to chronological age, was calculated. The participants were divided into 8 groups based on the sella turcica type. Bridging ratio (BR) was defined as interclinoid distance divided by sella turcica length to determine the degree of sella turcica bridging (STB) and the participants were classified into 4 groups by BR. The data were statistically analyzed using the Kruskal Wallis test and the Mann Whitney test. Some groups with sella turcica abnormality showed lower AD than that of the normal group and the AD differences varied from 4 months to 1.3 year. As the STB severity increased, AD decreased. AD differences varied from 7 months to 1.19 year. No distinct differences were observed in sella turcica type and STB groups according to sex. The results indicate that sella turcica morphology is associated with delayed dental age. Sella turcica can be used as a supplementary indicator to predict dental development.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.25 no.6
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• pp.1171-1180
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• 2014

We considered saddlepoint approximations to VaR (value at risk) and ES (expected shortfall) which frequently encountered in finance and insurance as the measures of risk management. In this paper we supposed univariate and multivariate skew-normal distributions, instead of traditional normal class distributions, as underlying distribution of linear portfolios. Simulation results are provided and showed the suggested saddlepoint approximations are very accurate than normal approximations.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.1211-1219
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• 2013

Recently, the usage of skew-normal distribution, instead of classical normal distribution, is rising up in many statistical theories and applications. In this paper, we deal with saddlepoint approximation for the distribution function of sample mean of skew-normal distribution. Comparing to normal approximation, saddlepoint approximation provides very accurate results in small sample sizes as well as for large or moderate sample sizes. Saddlepoint approximations related to the skew-normal distribution, suggested in this paper, can be used as a approximate approach to the classical method of Gupta and Chen (2001) and Chen et al. (2004) which need very complicate calculations. Through simulation study, we verified the accuracy of the suggested approximation and applied the approximation to Robert's (1966) twin data.

• Conservation Science in Museum
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• v.23
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• pp.61-70
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• 2020

The excavations of Tombs Nos. 2 and 3 in Daeri-ri, Uiseong within the tomb complex on Geumseongsan Mountain revealed grayish-white organic matter of an undetermined shape and use beneath some horse tack. Stereoscopic examination revealed the matter to be decayed rice bran. That the matter was found spread beneath a saddle and the findings of microscopy suggest that the rice bran was used as filler for a saddle cloth that was placed underneath the saddle to reduce the friction between the saddle and the horse. The exact shape and composition of the filler are difficult to verify due to the lack of related organic matter other than the rice bran. Further discovery of rice bran along with horse tack in different situations will provide an opportunity to more closely investigate the precise uses of the rice bran found in ancient tombs.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.27 no.4
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• pp.959-967
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• 2016

Distributional assumptions on equity returns play a key role in valuation theories for derivative securities. Elberlein and Keller (1995) investigated the distributional form of compound returns and found that some of standard assumptions can not be justified. Instead, Generalized Hyperbolic (GH) distribution fit the empirical returns with high accuracy. Hu and Kercheval (2007) also show that the normal distribution leads to VaR (Value at Risk) estimate that significantly underestimate the realized empirical values, while the GH distributions do not. We consider saddlepoint approximations to estimate the VaR and the ES (Expected Shortfall) which frequently encountered in finance and insurance as measures of risk management. We supposed GH distributions instead of normal ones, as underlying distribution of linear portfolios. Simulation results show the saddlepoint approximations are very accurate than normal ones.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.171-179
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• 2009

In this paper we studied the effective approximations to the distribution of the sum of products of normal variables. Based on the saddlepoint approximations to the quadratic forms, the suggested approximations are very accurate and easy to use. Applications to the FSK (Frequency Shift Keying) communication are also considered.