• 한국통계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국통계학회 2003년도 춘계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.157-162
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• 2003

Estimates from an EM algorithm are somewhat sensitive to the initial values for the estimates, and it is more likely when the model becomes larger and more complicated. In this article, we examined how the estimates fluctuate during an EM procedure for a recursive model of categorical variables. It is found that the fluctuation takes place mostly during the first half of the procedure and that it can be subdued by applying the Bayesian method of estimation. Both simulation data and real data are used for illustration.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.619-628
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• 2012

Noise reduction is an important issue in the field of image processing because image noise lowers the quality of the original pure image. The basic difficulty is that the noise and the signal are not easily distinguished. Simple smoothing is the most basic and important procedure to effectively remove the noise; however, the weakness is that the feature area is simultaneously blurred. In this research, we use ways to measure the degree of noise with respect to the degree of image features and propose a Bayesian noise reduction method based on MAP (maximum a posteriori). Simulation results show that the proposed adaptive noise reduction algorithm using Bayesian MAP provides good performance regardless of the level of noise variance.

• 한국지구물리탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지구물리탐사학회 2003년도 Proceedings of the international symposium on the fusion technology
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• pp.340-343
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• 2003

This study presents a practical procedure for the Bayesian inversion of geophysical data by Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling and geostatistics. We have applied geostatistical techniques for the acquisition of prior model information, and then the MCMC method was adopted to infer the characteristics of the marginal distributions of model parameters. For the Bayesian inversion of dipole-dipole array resistivity data, we have used the indicator kriging and simulation techniques to generate cumulative density functions from Schlumberger array resistivity data and well logging data, and obtained prior information by cokriging and simulations from covariogram models. The indicator approach makes it possible to incorporate non-parametric information into the probabilistic density function. We have also adopted the MCMC approach, based on Gibbs sampling, to examine the characteristics of a posteriori probability density function and the marginal distribution of each parameter. This approach provides an effective way to treat Bayesian inversion of geophysical data and reduce the non-uniqueness by incorporating various prior information.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제25권5호
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• pp.523-544
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• 2018

Bivariate distributions play a fundamental role in survival and reliability studies. We consider a regression model for bivariate survival times under right-censored based on the bivariate Kumaraswamy Weibull (Cordeiro et al., Journal of the Franklin Institute, 347, 1399-1429, 2010) distribution to model the dependence of bivariate survival data. We describe some structural properties of the marginal distributions. The method of maximum likelihood and a Bayesian procedure are adopted to estimate the model parameters. We use diagnostic measures based on the local influence and Bayesian case influence diagnostics to detect influential observations in the new model. We also show that the estimates in the bivariate Kumaraswamy Weibull regression model are robust to deal with the presence of outliers in the data. In addition, we use some measures of goodness-of-fit to evaluate the bivariate Kumaraswamy Weibull regression model. The methodology is illustrated by means of a real lifetime data set for kidney patients.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.1-5
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• 2007

We construct the procedure to predict safety accidents following Bayesian approach. We make a model that can utilize the data to predict other levels of accidents. An event tree model which is a frequently used graphical tool in describing accident initiation and escalation to more severe accident is transformed into an influence diagram model. Prior distributions for accident occurrence rate and probabilities to escalating to more severe accidents are assumed and likelihood of number of accidents in a given period of time is assessed. And then posterior distributions are obtained based on observed data. We also points out the advantages of the bayesian approach that estimates the whole distribution of accident rate over the classical point estimation.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.239-250
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• 2022

In many applications, we frequently encounter correlated multiple outcomes measured on the same subject. Joint modeling of such multiple outcomes can improve efficiency of inference compared to independent modeling. For instance, in developmental toxicity studies, fetal weight and number of malformed pups are measured on the pregnant dams exposed to different levels of a toxic substance, in which the association between such outcomes should be taken into account in the model. The number of malformations may possibly have many zeros, which should be analyzed via zero-inflated count models. Motivated by applications in developmental toxicity studies, we propose a Bayesian joint modeling framework for continuous and count outcomes with excess zeros. In our model, zero-inflated Poisson (ZIP) regression model would be used to describe count data, and a subject-specific random effects would account for the correlation across the two outcomes. We implement a Bayesian approach using MCMC procedure with data augmentation method and adaptive rejection sampling. We apply our proposed model to dose-response analysis in a developmental toxicity study to estimate the benchmark dose in a risk assessment.

• 경영과학
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.1-27
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• 1994

A reliability data processing MPRDP (Multi-Purpose Reliability Data Processor) has been developed in FORTRAN language since Jan. 1992 at KAERI (Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute). The purpose of the research is to construct a reliability database(plant-specific as well as generic) by processing various kinds of reliability data in most objective and systematic fashion. To account for generic estimates in various compendia as well as generic plants' operating experience, we developed a 'three-stage' Bayesian procedure[1] by logically combining the 'two-stage' procedure[2] and the idea for processing generic estimates[3]. The first stage manipulates generic plant data to determine a set of estimates for generic parameters,e.g. the mean and the error factor, which accordingly defines a generic failure rate distribution. Then the second stage combines these estimates with the other ones proposed by various generic compendia (we call these generic book type data). This stage adopts another Bayesian procedure to determine the final generic failure rate distribution which is to be used as a priori distribution in the third stage. Then the third stage updates the generic distribution by plant-specific data resulting in a posterior failure rate distribution. Both running failure and demand failure data can be handled in this code. In accordance with the growing needs for a consistent and well-structured reliability database, we constructed a generic reliability database by the MPRDP code[4]. About 30 generic data sources were reviewed and available data were collected and screened from them. We processed reliability data for about 100 safety related components frequently modeled in PSA. The underlying distribution for the failure rate was assumed to be lognormal or gamma, according to the PSA convention. The dependencies among the generic sources were not considered at this time. This problem will be approached in further study.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.523-541
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• 2014

본 연구는 국회의 기명투표 분석에 적용될 수 있는 베이즈 방법론을 사용하여 지난 18대 국회에서 처리된 2,389개의 법안에 대한 표결기록을 분석하였다. 기명투표 분석은 의정연구에 관련된 이론적 가설의 실증적 검증을 위한 기초 데이터를 제공하는 경우가 많아 정치학 연구 전반의 발전을 위해 매우 중요한 의미를 가진다. 기명투표 분석에 있어 베이즈 방법론은 기존의 빈도주의적 방법론을 적용할 때 발생할 수 있는 통계적 문제들에 대한 훌륭한 대안을 제시한다. 본 연구에서는 Clinton 등 (2004)가 제안한 베이지언 방법론을 적용, 18대 국회에서 처리된 모든 법안에 대한 표결기록을 분석하여 개별 의원들의 최대선호점(ideal points)과 신뢰구간을 추정했다. 본 연구에서 제안한 방법론의 유용성 을 보여주기 위해 시범적으로 두 가지 경우에 대한 분석을 실시하였다. 하나는 널리 알려진 세 개의 의원 소모임의 최대선호점을 살펴봄으로써 한국 의회 내에 유의미한 표결성향의 스펙트럼이 존재하는지를 살펴보았다. 다른 하나는 제안된 방법론을 활용하여 어떻게 이론적 가설의 검증이 이루어질 수 있는지를 보여주기 위해 18대 국회의 '중간축'과 '몸싸움 방지축'의 위치와 두 중추적 위치에 해당할 가능성이 높은 의원들이 누구인지를 살펴보았다.

• 한국수자원학회논문집
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.855-862
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• 1998

본 연구는 수력발전을 위한 저수지 관리에 있어 예측오차의 영향을 살펴보기 위해 예측오차를 Root Mean Square Error(RMSE)로 측정하였고, 이를 Generalized Maintenance Of Variance Extension (GMOVE)기법을 통하여 변화시켜보았다.변화된 예측오차의 RMSE는 천이확률을 통하여 Bayesian Stochastic Dynamic Programming (BSDP)에 고려되어졌으며, 이 BSDP 모형을 이용하여 월별 방류량을 결정하였고 그 유용성을 평가하였다. 제시된 연구방법은 미국의 Skagit 시스템에 적용되었고, 그 결과로 Skagit 시스템의 운영은 예측오차의 RMSE에 비선형이므로 반응하므로 이 시스템의 운영을 개선하기 위해서는 현재의 수문학적 예측기법을 개선해야함을 제시하였다.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.627-640
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• 2017

A common interest in gene expression data analysis is to identify genes that present significant changes in expression levels among biological experimental conditions. In this paper, we develop a Bayesian approach to make a gene-by-gene comparison in the case with a control and more than one treatment experimental condition. The proposed approach is within a Bayesian framework with a Dirichlet process prior. The comparison procedure is based on a model selection procedure developed using the discreteness of the Dirichlet process and its representation via Polya urn scheme. The posterior probabilities for models considered are calculated using a Gibbs sampling algorithm. A numerical simulation study is conducted to understand and compare the performance of the proposed method in relation to usual methods based on analysis of variance (ANOVA) followed by a Tukey test. The comparison among methods is made in terms of a true positive rate and false discovery rate. We find that proposed method outperforms the other methods based on ANOVA followed by a Tukey test. We also apply the methodologies to a publicly available data set on Plasmodium falciparum protein.