• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.30-35
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• 2010

This paper presents a quality enhancement of images by using a histogram equalization based on the symmetric logistic function. The histogram equalization is a simple and effective spatial processing method that it enhances the quality by adjusting the brightness of image. The logistic function that is a sigmoidal nonlinear transformation function, is applied to non-linearly enhance the brightness of the image according to its intensity level frequency. We propose a flexible and symmetrical logistic function by only using the intensity with maximum frequency in an histogram and the total number of pixels. The proposed function decreases the computation load of an exponential function in the traditional logistic function. The proposed method has been applied for equalizing 5 images with a different resolution and histogram distribution. The experimental results show that the proposed method has the superior enhancement performances compared with the source images and the traditional global histogram equalization, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.787-795
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• 2009

This paper presents a histogram equalization based on the logistic function for enhancing the quality of images. The histogram equalization is a simple and effective spatial processing method that it enhances the quality by adjusting the brightness of image. The logistic function that is a nonlinear transformation function is applied to adaptively enhance the brightness of the image according to its intensity level frequency. We propose a flexible and asymmetrical logistic function by only using the intensity level with maximum frequency and the maximum intensity level in an histogram, and the total number of pixels. The proposed function excludes both the computation load of an exponential function and the heuristic setting of an optimal parameter values in the traditional logistic function. The proposed method has been applied for equalizing many images with a different resolution and histogram distribution. The experimental results show that the proposed method has the superior enhancement performances and the faster equalizing speed compared with the traditional histogram equalization and the adaptively modified histogram equalization, respectively. And the proposed histogram equalization can be used in various multimedia systems in real-time.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.50 no.11
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• pp.725-734
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• 2017

The main purpose of this study is to analyze runoff aggregation structure and energy expenditure pattern of Choyang creek basin within the framework of power law distribution. To this end geomorphologic factors of every point in the basin of interest, which define tractive force and stream power as well as drainage area, are extracted based on GIS, and their complementary cumulative distributions are graphically analyzed through fitting them to power law distribution. The results indicate that three distinct behavioral regimes are observed from the complementary cumulative distributions of three geomorphogic factors. Based on the parameter estimation of power law distribution by maximum likelihood drainage area and stream power can be judged as scale invariance factor without finite scale while tractive force as scale dependence factor with finite scale. Furthermore, it is judged that tractive force would not follow power law distribution because it shows limited complex system behaviors only within the small extent of scale. The exponent of power law distribution for drainage area obtained in this study by maximum likelihood is larger than the previous researches due to the difference of parameter estimation methodologies. And the exponent for stream power is smaller than the previous researches due to the scaling property of channel slope for the basin of interest.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.214-214
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• 2023

네트워크로 구성된 시스템은 물질, 에너지, 신호 등의 입력(input)이 주어졌을 때, 경로 추적, 즉 라우팅(routing)을 통해 출력(output)으로 연결되고, 이를 반응함수로 나타낼 수 있다. 같은 입력값이라도 네트워크에 따른 연결 구조와 라우팅 과정에서 소요되는 시간차에 따라 출력값이 달라질 수 있다. 좋은 예로 강우에 따른 유출반응함수를 나타내는 자연 하천망을 들 수 있다. 이론적으로 순간의 입력이 주어졌을 때 (입력의 지속시간이 0), 출력은 순간반응함수로 표현된다. 자연 하천망에 대한 선행연구에서는 강우강도에 따라 순간반응함수가 변화한다는 비선형성이 알려졌다. 하지만, 비선형성을 가져오는 물리적 과정에 대해서는 많은 연구가 필요하다. 이 연구는 격자 형태로 주어진 임의의 네트워크에서 각 격자에 대해 순간반응함수를 구하는 분포형 모형을 제시한다. 입력자료와 라우팅 방법에 따른 연결 구조 및 순간반응함수의 변화를 격자 별로 확인하고, 이를 통해 시스템의 비선형성을 고려할 수 있는지 고찰하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society
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• v.23 no.1
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• pp.39-47
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• 2024

In this study, physical property tests and standard consolidation tests were conducted on the marine clay of Busan New Port and North Port, the middle and lower reaches of the Nakdong River including Gimhae and Yangsan, and Ulsan regions. The moisture content, a property unrelated to sample disturbance with small individual test errors, was used for regression analysis with the compression index, virgin compression index, consolidation coefficient, expansion index, and secondary compression index, among others. Subsequently, the correlation and accuracy were evaluated. Upon analyzing the correlation between the moisture content, void ratio, and liquid limit commonly used physical properties for calculating compression indexes, it was confirmed that the liquid limit had the lowest correlation. Through a linear regression analysis of the consolidation constants using the current moisture content in the natural state, a high correlation was demonstrated. Relationship equations were then presented to determine settlement and settlement time. This study suggests that moisture content can be utilized as an alternative for evaluating and calculating consolidation constants when examining ground settlement in sedimentary clays distributed in the Busan and Gyeongnam regions.

• Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.638-654
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• 2008

A questionnaire survey is conducted to identify the middle school students' abilities to recognize the proportional symbolic maps. After analyzing the data from the respondents, three facts could be concluded. First, the trends of under-estimation are represented as the power function and the degree of under-estimation is increased as the sequence of line, square, circle, sphere symbols. Second, the estimations of symbol size are effected by the number of symbols in the legend(3, 5, 7), the presentation methods of legends(linear, nested), and the system to scale the symbol size(mathematical, perceptual). Lastly, the size of symbols on the map tends to be over-estimated comparing to the symbols in the legend, and the differences between the first year and third year students to recognize the proportional symbol maps are not identified.

• Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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• v.17 no.5
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• pp.443-450
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• 2006

Micelles have been used in many applications. In these applications it is of prime importance to know how the critical micelle concentration (CMC), above which the micelles are formed, depends on temperature. Up to date polynomial functions of temperature have been used to describe temperature dependence of CMC. In this article it is shown that such polynomials are inadequate tools to express thermal behavior of CMC. Hence, new equations of CMC(T) have been derived on the basis of rigorous thermodynamic equations and experimental observations on CMCs. The new equations fit CMC data excellently, and further they lead to a power law for the CMC. The exponent of the power-law expression is 2 irrespective of surfactant systems, which points to the generality of newly found equations.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• spring
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• pp.107-110
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• 2002

현재까지 개발된 화자식별 시스템 중 가중모델순위(Weighting Model Rank; WMR)방법을 이용한 화자인식 시스템이 비교적 높은 인식성능을 나타내고 있다. WMR 방법은 각 화자에 대한 프레임 유사도의 순위에 따라 지수함수 가중치로 대치시키는 방법을 사용하고 있으나, 이 방법은 유사도 본래의 변별력이 전체 계산에서 고려되지 않는 문제가 있었다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 각 화자의 프레임 유사도와 지수함수를 이용한 가중치를 곱한 값을 이용하여 전체 스코어를 계산하도록 하는 수정된 가중모델 순위방법(Modified Weighting Model Rank; MWMR)을 제안한다. 제안한 방법의 유효성을 확인하기 위하여 316명의 화자를 대상으로 하여 인식실험을 실시한 결과, 학습 프레임이 10,000일 경우, MWMR 방법에서 $98.1\%$의 화자 인식률을 얻어 WMR 방법에 비해 약 $2.0\%$의 향상된 인식결과를 보여 제안한 방법의 유효성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.334-340
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• 2003

Exponential window function Is widely used In impact hammer testing to reduce leakage error as well as to get a good S/N ratio. The larger its decaying rate is, the more effectively the leakage errors are reduced. But if the decay rate of the exponential window is too large, the FRF is distorted. And the modal parameters of the system can not be exactly identified by modal analysis technique. Therefore, it is a difficult problem to determine proper decay rate in impact hammer testing. In this paper, amount of the FRF distortion caused by exponential window is theoretically uncovered. A new circle fitting method is also proposed so that the modal parameters are directly extracted from impulse response spectrum distorted by the exponential-windowed impulse response data. The results by the conventional and proposed circle fitting method are compared through a numerical example.

• The Mathematical Education
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• v.54 no.4
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• pp.299-315
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• 2015

The aim of this qualitative case study is twofold: 1) to analyze how an eleventh-grader, Min-Seon, conceive and represent a pattern of change between two varying quantities in a quadratic functional situation, and 2) further to help her form a concept of 'derivative' as a tool to express the relationship with employing a concept of 'rate of change.' The result indicates that Min-Seon was able to construct graphs of piecewise functions that take average rates of change as range of the functions, and managed to conjecture the derivative of a quadratic function, $y=x^2$. In conclusion, we argue that covariational approach could not only facilitate students' construction of an initial function concept, but also support their understanding of the concept of 'derivative.'