• 한국도서관정보학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.323-350
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• 2004

본 연구의 목적은 도서관에서 벤치마킹 기법을 도입ㆍ활용할 때 선행적으로 요구되는 벤치마킹 기법의 개념, 수행절차, 적합 모형 등에 관한 이론적 고찰과 국내ㆍ외 도서관 적용 사례를 분석하여 도서관의 벤치마킹 성공요소를 제시하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 도서관 현장에서 벤치마킹 기법을 활용할 때 참고가 될 것이며 후속 연구를 위한 기초로서 활용될 것이다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.135-161
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• 2013

This work presents a test platform for the assessment and benchmarking of modern actuators which have been specifically developed for the new field and service robotics applications. This versatile platform has been designed for the comparative analysis of actuators of dissimilar technology and operating conditions. It combines a modular design to adapt to linear and rotational actuators of different sizes, shapes and functions, as well as those with different load capacities, power and displacement. This test platform emulates the kinematics of robotic joints while an adaptive antagonist-load actuator allows reproducing the variable dynamic loads that actuators used in real robotics applications will be subjected to. A data acquisition system is used for monitoring and analyzing test actuator performance. The test platform combines hardware and software in the loop to allow actuator performance characterization. The use of the proposed test platform is demonstrated through the characterization and benchmarking of three controllable impedance actuators recently being incorporated into modern robotics.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 3th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.935-941
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• 2009

In competitive society, performance management is an essential element of business success. Despite the importance of performance management, it has not been widely implemented in construction companies. In the recent years, construction companies have become more aware of its need to identify, implement, and sustain performance improvements more systematically. Thus, the objective of this paper is to develop performance management system (PMS) for construction companies. The roles of performance management system is not only measuring performance but also offering guidance to improve performance. Therefore, PMS needs benchmarking process that provides Best Practice and new knowledge. This paper investigates the case of PMSs in UK, USA, Brazil, and Chile and discusses the lessons learned. To overcome the limitations of existing PMSs, new performance measurement framework, in form of 'Construction' BSC, is proposed. Based on the 'Construction' BSC, key performance indicators are derived and methodology of performance management is suggested. This paper concludes by developing PMS for benchmarking in construction companies and recommending some further directions on this research topic.

• Educational Technology International
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.21-46
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• 2011

International virtual teamwork offers new opportunities for the professional development of teachers. In this paper, we examine the initial experiences in an ongoing international virtual benchmarking project coordinated by the Finnish Online University of Applied Sciences. What challenges does an international context present for project construction and collaboration? Data from five countries, in the form of participant reflections and researchers' observations, were analysed according to four types of barriers: language, time, technical and mental barriers. Initial data indicates that trust is an essential starting point, as there is neither time nor possibilities to build mutual trust by traditional means. Organisational confidentiality issues, however, can complicate the situation. The project introduces 'collision' as a method of professional development, in which physical and organisational borders are crossed and the skills and competencies needed in global learning environments are acquired.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.198-208
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• 2021

ArangoDB는 대용량 데이터 저장을 위해 많은 응용에서 활용되고 있는 NoSQL 데이터베이스 시스템이다. ArangoDB와 같은 새로운 NoSQL 데이터베이스 시스템을 실제 환경에 적용하기 위해서 성능을 평가해 줄 수 있는 벤치마킹 시스템이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 응용 계층뿐만 아니라 커널 계층에서의 성능이 측정 가능한 ArangoDB 기반 벤치마킹 시스템을 설계하고 구현한다. 클러스터 환경에서의 NoSQL 데이터베이스 시스템 성능을 측정하기 위해서 YCSB를 일부 수정한다. 또한, 기존 자료 분석을 통해 실세계에서 발생하는 세가지 워크로드 유형을 정의한다. 세 가지 워크로드 유형의 벤치마킹을 통해 ArangoDB에서 활용 가능한 워크로드를 도출하였고, 응용 계층뿐만 아니라 커널 계층의 성능이 가시화될 수 있음을 입증하였다. 기존 데이터베이스에서 ArangoDB로 데이터 이전 작업이 필요한 환경에서는 본 시스템의 벤치마킹을 통해 적용 가능성과 리스크 검토가 가능할 것으로 기대된다.

• 한국건축시공학회지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.200-207
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• 2011

Construction management services have been adopted for more than a decade and are continuously growing; however, the advantages of utilizing a construction management service are still not quite clear, regardless of many arguments can be made in their favor. The construction manager, as a coordinator, is supposed to smoothly facilitate the project teamwork in order to deliver a profitable and satisfactory project, not only for the owner's interests but also for the success of all project participants. This study has focused on the teamwork supports a construction manager can provide during project operations. This study developed a benchmarking tool to assess the construction manager's role in terms of its project teamwork supports, by utilizing the evaluation model and several case studies. In addition, this study also attempted to set the industry average and higher performance so that both the owner and the construction manager can self-assess, and more importantly, can improve project operation. The actual implementation of the benchmarking tool into on-going projects can allow the construction manager to understand the current operation and to make a better project process through teamwork.

• Advances in Energy Research
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.207-217
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• 2017

Energy consumption in agriculture is responsible for greenhouse gas emission but it can be reduced after efficient utilization of energy inputs. Therefore, the present study aims for the estimation of energy efficiency and extent of greenhouse gas reduction after benchmarking of inefficient farms in off-season tomato in Punjab province of Pakistan. Primary data were collected from 70 farmers with simple random sampling. By using data envelopment analysis, the average value of technical, pure technical and scale efficiency was 0.80, 0.92 and 0.87, respectively while increasing, constant and decreasing return to scale was observed in 33, 26 and 11 farmers, respectively. Total input energy was reduced by $12,688.91MJ\;ha^{-1}$ (13.89%) if inefficient farms used the energy inputs according to recommendations or benchmarking. A major portion of energy saving comes from fertilizers (68.79%) followed by diesel (15.70%), chemicals (5.91%), machinery (4.37%) and water (4.00%). Total greenhouse gases reduction was $499.17kg\;CO_2\;eq.ha^{-1}$ (14.57%) as a result of improvement in energy efficiency or benchmarking of inefficient farms. Agricultural extension staff should visit the vegetable farms on regular basis and give necessary information about efficient utilization of energy inputs. The government should create awareness about the optimum use of input through seminars and pamphlets.

• 대한설비공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한설비공학회 2008년도 하계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.937-942
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• 2008

In this paper, new methodology is proposed to estimate the cooling load using design parameters of building and predicted weather data. Only two parameters such as maximum and minimum temperature are necessary to obtain hourly distribution of cooling load for the next day. The maximum and minimum temperature that are used for input parameters can be obtained from forecasted weather data. Benchmarking building(research building) is selected to validate the performance of the proposed method, and the estimated cooling loads in hourly bases are calculated and compared with the measured data for benchmarking building. The estimated results show fairly good agreement with the measured data for benchmarking building.

• 국제초고층학회논문집
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.285-291
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• 2013

This paper proposes a framework for understanding the energy consumption differences between tall and low-rise buildings. Energy usage data from 706 office buildings in New York illustrates expected correlations from the framework. Notable correlations include: taller buildings tend to use more energy until a plateau at 30~39 floors; tall buildings in Manhattan use 20% more energy than low-rise buildings in Manhattan, while tall buildings outside Manhattan use 4% more energy than low-rise buildings outside Manhattan. Additional correlations are discussed, among which is the trend that the Energy Star program in New York City assigns higher ratings to tall buildings with higher EUIs than low-rise buildings with the same EUI. Since Energy Star is based on regressions of existing buildings, the Energy Star ratings suggest taller buildings have higher EUIs than shorter buildings, which is confirmed by the New York City energy benchmarking data.

• 한국정보과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보과학회 2005년도 한국컴퓨터종합학술대회 논문집 Vol.32 No.1 (A)
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• pp.820-822
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• 2005

The current paper is on a study of the performance estimation fer data processing time and CPU utilization to efficiently develop the real-time system. The analytical modeling and OPNET modeling and benchmarking tests are applied to perform the estimation for data processing time and CPU utilization in real-time system. We demonstrate that the estimation results can be predicted fairly and accurately through the benchmarking test results although there is a small variance between the estimation results and the benchmarking test results.