• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.430-436
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• 1993

Due to the failure of the instrument and control devices of nuclear power plants caused by aging, nuclear power plants occasionally trip. Even a trip of a single nuclear power plant (NPP) causes an extravagant economical loss and deteriorates public acceptance of nuclear power plants. Therefore, the replacement of the instrument and control devices with proper consideration of the aging effect is necessary in order to prevent the inadvertent trip. In this paper we investigated the optimal replacement periods of the control computer's components of Wolsung nuclear power plant Unit 1. We first derived mathematical models for optimal replacement periods to the digital control computer's components of Wolsung NPP Unit 1 and calculated the optimal replacement periods analytically. We compared the periods with the replacement periods currently used at Wolsung NPP Unit 1. The periods used at Wolsung is not based on mathematical analysis, but on empirical knowledge. As a consequence, the optimal replacement periods analytically obtained and those used in the field show a little difference.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2000.10c
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• pp.340-342
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• 2000

웹 캐쉬는 자주 쓰이는 웹 문서를 복제함으로써 네트웍 혼잡, 서버 부하, 문서 도착 시간을 줄이는데 목적을 둔다. 웹 캐쉬에서 중요한 이슈 중에 하나인 제한된 저장 공간을 어떻게 사용할 것인가에 대한 연구로서 분할 캐쉬 접근 방법이 있다. 분할 캐쉬는 캐쉬 저장 공간을 여러 개의 분할된 영역으로 나눔으로써, 이질적인 웹 상의 객체를 동종의 데이터 집합으로 나누어서 각각의 분할 영역에서 다루도록 할 수 있게 한다. 실험적 연구 결과는 분할 캐쉬가 기존의 캐쉬 저장 공간을 관리하는 교체 알고리즘보다 우수한 성능을 보여준다는 것을 증명하고 있다. 그러나 기존의 분할 캐쉬에서는 각각의 분할 영역에서 동일한 교체 알고리즘을 사용하였다. 본 연구는 각각의 분할 영역에 다양한 교체 알고리즘을 적용하는 실험을 하고, 이 실험결과에 기반 하여 웹 상에서의 분할 캐쉬를 위한 최적 교체 알고리즘을 제시한다.

• Journal of the Korean Data and Information Science Society
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.873-882
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• 2010

This paper considers a Bayesian approach to replacement policy following the expiration of non-renewing combination warranty. The non-renewing combination warranty is the combination of the non-renewing free replacement warranty and the non-renewing pro-rata replacement warranty. We use the criterion based on the expected cost and the expected downtime to determine the optimal replacement period. To do so, we obtain the expected cost rate per unit time and the expected downtime per unit time, respectively. When the failure times are assumed to follow a Weibull distribution with uncertain parameters, we propose the optimal replacement policy based on the Bayesian approach. The overall value function suggested by Jiang and Ji (2002) is utilized to determine the optimal replacement period. Also, the numerical examples are presented for illustrative purpose.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.23 no.6
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• pp.1147-1156
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• 2010

This paper proposes a replacement policy following the expiration of a non-renewing free replacement-repair Warranty(NFFRW). The non-renewing free replacement-repair warranty is defined and then the maintenance model following the expiration of the NFRRW is studied from the user's point of view. As the criteria to determine the optimality of the maintenance policy, we consider the expected cost rate per unit time from the user's perspective. All maintenance costs of the system incurred after the expiration of the warranty are paid by the user. Given the cost structures during the life cycle of the system, we determine the optimal maintenance period following the expiration of a NFRRW. Finally, the numerical examples are presented for illustrative purposes.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.09a
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• pp.92-94
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• 2008

폴리머 애자는 경량, 미려함, 소형, 비 분해 폭발 특성과 같은 다양한 장점 때문에 세라믹 애자를 대체하여 사용이 증가되고 있다. 그러나 폴리머 재료는 동일 목적의 세라믹 애자에 비하면 열화가 빠르고 성능이 저하되는 문제점이 있다. 최근 폴리머 애자의 사용기간이 10년 이상 경과하면서 이들에 대한 교체시기에 관한 관심이 증가하고 있으나 사용기간이 짧아 교체 시기론 예측하기 불가능한 실정이다. 이에 따라 본 논문에서는 국내에서 사용중인 폴리머애자 신품과 경년품의 복합가속열화시험을 실시하고 자연열화 시료와 비교하여 장기 열화특성을 평가하고 최적 교체방법을 제안하였다.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.909-923
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• 2008

This paper considers the replacement model and the preventive maintenance model following the expiration of combination warranty for a repairable system. If the system fails after the combination warranty is expired, then it is minimally repaired at each failure. The criterion used to determine the optimal replacement policy and the optimal preventive maintenance policy is the overall value function based on the expected cost rate per unit time and the expected downtime per unit time. The numerical examples are presented for illustrative purpose when the failure time follows a Weibull distribution.

• Land and Housing Review
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.297-303
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• 2014

Recently, block and permeable pavements have been placed in apartment complex. However. it is hard to decide the cycle of maintenance and repair due to lack of performance evaluation criteria for these pavements. This study carried out life cycle cost analysis(LCCA) to present resonable alternatives of the pavements by considering initial construction cost, maintenance and repair cost along with the cycle of repair. According to results of LCCA, the interlocking concrete block pavement is the best alternative when the repair cycle of 20years is assumed, while asphalt concrete pavement is the best alterative when the repair cycle of 10years is assumed. Therefore, the repair cycle is most important factor to select alternative. Also, it is necessary to develop resonable performance evaluation index to quantify the cycle of maintenance and repair in the future.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.81-90
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• 2001

One of the Repeated survey which estimates variability of population, we can be consider rotation sample survey. There are two kinds of rotation sample survey - onelevel rotation sample survey and multi-level rotation sample survey. In rotation sample survey, Composite estimator is used to measure level or level change of the population. This study suggests Generalized Composite estimator as considering intraclass correlation in multi-level rotation sample survey, and optimal weight minimizing variance of estimator. Numerical example shows efficiency of Generalized Composite estimator as considering intraclass correlation according to the sample unit and change degree of intraclass correlation in the rotation group.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.1063-1067
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• 2005

기술개발 경쟁이 점점 치열해 지면서 기업의 입장에서 언제 신기술을 도입하여 사용할지에 대한 고민도 늘어가고 있다. 우리는 본 연구에서 기존 기술과 신기술이 공존 할 때 어떤 시점에서 새로운 기술로 기존 기술을 교체하는 것이 최적인가에 대해 고찰하고자 하였다. 이 문제에 대한 기존 연구에 대한 분석을 토대로 개념적인 수리적 모델을 제시하고 있으며 향후 이 연구가 어떠한 방향으로 이루어져야 하는지에 대한 방향을 모색하고자 한다.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.42 no.7
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• pp.525-535
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• 2009

In this paper a heuristic method for identifying individual pipes in water pipe networks to determine specific sections of the pipes that need to be replaced due to deterioration. An appropriate minimum pipe length is determined by selecting the pipe length that has the greatest variance of the average cumulative break number slopes among the various pipe lengths used. As a result, the minimum pipe length for the case study water network is determined as 4 m and a total of 39 individual pipe IDs are obtained. The economically optimal replacement times of the individual pipe IDs are estimated by using the threshold break rate of an individual pipe ID and the pipe break trends models for which the General Pipe Break Prediction Model(Park and Loganathan, 2002) that can incorporate the linear, exponential, and in-between of the linear and exponetial failure trends and the ROCOFs based on the modified time scale(Park et al., 2007) are used. The maximum log-likelihoods of the log-linear ROCOF and Weibull ROCOF estimated for the break data of a pipe are compared and the ROCOF that has a greater likelihood is selected for the pipe of interest. The effects of the social costs of a pipe break on the optimal replacement time are also discussed.