• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.43-53
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• 2004

Component-based development(CBD) has acquired a substantial acceptance in both academia and industry as an effective inter-organizational reuse technology. A component framework in product line engineering(PLE) which consists of related components, connectors and their semantics has a greater potential for reusability than components. In frameworks, components are glued with association, dependency and connections. Problems occur like affecting the implementation code of components when they are glued and replaced because the association and dependency relationships between COTS components which are acquired for application development do not match exactly. Especially, a connector may not only connect related components, but also mate partially-matched COTS components fit together. However, little has been studied to date about connectors that can be used practically. In this paper, we present a meta-model for connectors and show how a connector can be designed and implemented in practice. We propose five main patterns of connectors. Proposed major patterns Provide design guidelines for practical and efficient connector configuration based on component framework. And also, applying techniques and applied case studies of the major patterns show greatly increased applicability and reusability of the component without component modification.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.556-563
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• 2007

The current trend of low cost ultra-small satellites is to utilize Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) parts to save cost, and accordingly, Command and Data Handling (C&DH) that operates the satellite and collects/processes the data is also designed and developed around commercial controllers. However, functionalities of commercial controllers are limited according to the specs outlined by the manufacturer. In order for the commercial controllers to be used for satellites where variety of interfaces is required, a separate interface circuit is required. Therefore, a Multi Digital Data Control System (MDDCS) using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) has been developed in order to expand multiple digital interfaces that are not supported by the commercial controller, and also to compensate for SEU. This has been implemented on Actel A3P1000 using Very High Speed Integrated Circuits Hardware Description Language (VHDL).

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.2329-2336
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• 2016

Background: Despite the existence of established guidelines advocating the use and value of chemotherapy order templates, chemotherapy orders are still handwritten in many hospitals in Lebanon. This manuscript describes the implementation of standardized chemotherapy order templates (COT) in a Lebanese tertiary teaching hospital through multiple steps. Initial Assessment: An initial assessment was conducted through a retrospective appraisal of completeness of handwritten chemotherapy orders for 100 adult patients to serve as a baseline for the project and identify parameters that might afford improvement. Choice of solution: Development of over 300 standardized pre-printed COTs based on the National Comprehensive Cancer Network templates and adapted to the practice culture and patient population. Implementation: The COTs were implemented, using Kotter's 8-step model for leading change, by engaging health care providers, and identifying and removing barriers. Evaluation: Assessment of physicians' compliance with the new practice (122 orders assessed) was completed through two phases and allowed for the identification of areas of improvement. Lessons Learned: Overall, COT implementation showed an average improvement in order completion from 49.5% (handwritten orders) to 77.6% (phase 1-COT) to 87.6% (phase 2-COT) reflecting an increase of 38.1% between baseline and phase 2 and demonstrating that chemotherapy orders completeness was improved by pre-printed COT. As many of the hospitals in Lebanon are moving towards standardized COTs and computerized physician order entry (CPOE) in the next few years, this study provides a prototype for the successful implementation of COT and demonstrates their role in promoting quality improvement of cancer care.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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• v.23 no.7
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• pp.845-851
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• 2019

We design, implement, and evaluate a user-level ad hoc network routing protocol on the COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) mobile devices. In situations such as disaster recovery, emergency communication between mobile devices is necessary. For wide deployability and usability of such a system, we design and implement the networking protocols on the user level instead of modifying the kernel of mobile devices. In order to support reliable data transfer in high mobility scenarios, we selected to implement AODV (Ad Hoc On-Demand Distance Vector) as the routing protocol and TCP as the transport layer protocol. With our implementation of ad hoc networking stack on COTS smartphones, we conducted experiments in various networking environments. Our experimental results show that ad hoc networking is possible in up to 12 hops in a line topology and 5 concurrent devices in a star topology.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1999.05a
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• pp.87-87
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• 1999

• Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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• 2007.10a
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• pp.83.2-83.2
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• 2007

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.998-1013
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• 2013

Wireless wearable sensor networks have emerged as a promising technique for human motion tracking due to the flexibility and scalability. In such system several wireless sensor nodes being attached to human limb construct a wearable sensor network, where each sensor node including MEMS sensors (such as 3-axis accelerometer, 3-axis magnetometer and 3-axis gyroscope) monitors the limb orientation and transmits these information to the base station for reconstruction via low-power wireless communication technique. Due to the energy constraint, the high fidelity requirement for real time rendering of human motion and tiny operating system embedded in each sensor node adds more challenges for the system implementation. In this paper, we discuss such challenges and experiences in detail during the implementation of such system with wireless wearable sensor network which includes COTS wireless sensor nodes (Imote 2) and uses TinyOS 1.x in each sensor node. Since our system uses the COTS sensor nodes and popular tiny operating system, it might be helpful for further exploration in such field.

• Aerospace Engineering and Technology
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.153-160
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• 2010

Air Data Recording System (ADRS) is the flight data recorder for the SmartUAV development. ADRS of the low cost designed for the SmartUAV has been developed and tested through the ground test. ADRS is the reconstructing data acquisition system and can be programmed automation controller. This paper focuses on the design aspects of the hardware and software. The hardware aspects of the ADRS include details about the hardware configurations for the interfaces with the Digital Flight Control Computer(DFCC) and sensors, components modifications. The software section describes the ADRS Operating System(OS) and data flow for archived files. Finally, ADRS-based results of the SmartUAV that include the Iron-bird test, system interface test and ground test are presented.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.643-645
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• 2001

B2C 쇼핑몰 시스템의 경우 사용자 인터페이스에 관련된 부분에서만 차이를 보일 뿐 시스템의 기능적인 요구사항과 아키텍처는 유사하며 재사용 가능한 컴포넌트나 COTS 제품을 사용하여 시스템의 많은 부분을 구축할 수 있다. 따라서 쇼핑몰 시스템 구축 시 매번 각 기능들을 설계하고 구현하는 것은 중복 투자를 하는 것과 같다. 이에 본 논문에서는 B2C 소핑몰 시스템의 공통 요구사항을 기반으로 B2C 쇼핑몰 시스템 구축을 위한 프로덕트 라인을 제시한다. 쇼핑몰 시스템 구축에 프로덕트 라인을 적용한다면 중복 투자를 줄이고 미리 준비한 COTS 제품이나 컴포넌트를 사용하여 좋은 품질의 시스템을 빠르게 구축할 수 있다. B2C 쇼핑몰 시스템의 프로덕트 라인을 제시하기 위해 프로덕트 라인의 Core Asset Development 프로세스를 수행하여 쇼핑몰 시스템에 특화된 Product Line Scope, Core Assets, Production Plane을 정의하였다. B2C 쇼핑몰 시스템의 Product Lien Scope는 웹 상에서 물건 판매, 주문 정보 접수, 고객 정보 관리 등의 공통점과 가격의 고정 여부, 검색 등 기타 기능, 공동구매 기능 등의 차이점으로 정의할 수 있다. Core Asset는 B2C 쇼핑몰 시스템의 아키텍처와 시험 및 설계 방법, 재사용 가능한 컴퍼넌트 목록 등이 있다. 마지막으로 Production Plan은 각각의 Core Asset의 부착 프로세스를 연결하여 제시한다. B2C 쇼핑몰 시스템의 Production Plan은 프로젝트 계획, 아키텍처 정체, 사용자 인터페이스 프로토타핑, 컴포넌트 획득, 구현, 통합 및 테스팅, 운영 단계로 구성된다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• v.54 no.6
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• pp.2198-2203
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• 2022

As robotics become more sophisticated, there are a growing number of generic systems being used for routine tasks in nuclear environments to reduce risk to radiation workers. The nuclear sector has called for more commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) devices and components to be used in preference to nuclear specific hardware, enabling robotic operations to become more affordable, reliable, and abundant. To ensure reliable operation in nuclear environments, particularly in high-gamma facilities, it is important to quantify the tolerance of electronic systems to ionizing radiation. To deliver their full potential to end-users, mobile robots require sophisticated autonomous behaviors and sensing, which requires significant computational power. A popular choice of computing system, used in low-cost mobile robots for nuclear environments, is the UP Core single board computer. This work presents estimates of the total ionizing dose that the UP Core running the Robot Operating System (ROS) can withstand, through gamma irradiation testing using a Co-60 source. The units were found to fail on average after 111.1 ± 5.5 Gy, due to faults in the on-board power management circuitry. Its small size and reasonable radiation tolerance make it a suitable candidate for robots in nuclear environments, with scope to use shielding to enhance operational lifetime.