• 한국경영과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한산업공학회/한국경영과학회 2002년도 춘계공동학술대회
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• pp.285-292
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• 2002

A cluster tool for semiconductor manufacturing is an integrated device that consists of several single wafer processing modules and a wafer transport module based on a robot. The distributed module controllers are integrated by an inter-module communication network and coordinated by a centralized controller, called a cluster tool controller (CTC). Since the CTC monitors and coordinates the distributed complex module controllers for advanced process control, complex commuication messaging and services between the CTC and the module controllers are required. A SEMI standard, CTMC(Cluster Tool Module Communication), specifies application-level communication service requirements for inter-module communication. We propose the use of high-level fieldbuses, for instance. PROFIBUS-FMS, for implementing CTMC since the high-level fieldbuses are well suited for complex real-time distributed manufacturing control applications. We present a way of implementing CTMC using PROFIBUS-FMS as the communication enabler. We first propose improvements of a key object of CTMC for material transfer and the part transfer protocol to meet the functional requirements of modem advanced cluster tools. We also discuss mapping objects and services of CTMC to PROFIBUS-FMS communication objects and services. Finally, we explain how to implement the mappings.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권5호
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• pp.1532-1553
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• 2014

Radio spectrum is a precious resource and characterized by fixed allocation policy. However, a large portion of the allocated radio spectrum is underutilized. Conversely, the rapid development of ubiquitous wireless technologies increases the demand for radio spectrum. Cognitive Radio (CR) methodologies have been introduced as a promising approach in detecting the white spaces, allowing the unlicensed users to use the licensed spectrum thus realizing Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) in an effective manner. This paper proposes a generalized framework for DSA between the licensed (primary) and unlicensed (secondary) users based on Continuous Time Markov Chain (CTMC) model. We present a spectrum access scheme in the presence of sensing errors based on CTMC which aims to attain optimum spectrum access probabilities for the secondary users. The primary user occupancy is identified by spectrum sensing algorithms and the sensing errors are captured in the form of false alarm and mis-detection. Simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed spectrum access scheme in terms of the throughput attained by the secondary users, throughput optimization using optimum access probabilities, probability of interference with increasing number of secondary users. The efficacy of the algorithm is analyzed for both imperfect spectrum sensing and perfect spectrum sensing.

• 경영과학
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.1-13
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• 2014

In almost all of the organizations, the cost for acquiring and maintaining the inventory takes a considerable portion of the management budget, and thus a certain constraint is set upon the budget itself. The previous studies on inventory control for each item that aimed to improve the fill rate, backorder, and the expenditure on inventory are fitting for the commercially-operated SCM, but show some discrepancies when they are applied to the spare parts for repairing disabled systems. Therefore, many studies on systematic approach concept considering spare parts of various kinds simultaneously have been conducted to achieve effective performance for the inventory control at a lower cost, and primarily, METRIC series models can be named. However, the past studies were limited when dealing with the probability distributions for representing the situation on demand and transportation of the parts, with the (S-1, S) inventory control policy, and so on. To address these shortcomings, the Continuous Time Markov Chain (CTMC) model, which considers the phase-type distributions and the (s, Q) inventory control policies to best describe the real-world situations inclusively, is presented in this study. Additionally, by considering the cost versus the system availability, the optimization of the inventory level, based on this model, is also covered.

• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.191-200
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• 2007

We propose the QoS (Quality of Service) assurance model for AMR (Adaptive MultiRate) voice users considering the capacity and service quality jointly in downlink WCDMA system. For this purpose, we introduce a new system performance measure and the number-based AMR mode allocation scheme. The proposed number-based AMR mode allocation can be operated only with the information of total number of ongoing users. Therefore, it can be more simply implemented than the existing power-based allocation. The proposed system performance measure considers the stochastic variations of AMR modes of ongoing users and can be analytically obtained using CTMC (Continuous Time Markov Chain) modeling. In order to validate the proposed analytical model, a discrete event-based simulation model is also developed. The performance measure obtained from the analytical model is in agreement with the simulation results and is expected to be useful for parameter optimization.

• 산업공학
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.216-226
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• 2007

In code-division multiple-access (CDMA) systems with soft handoff, mobile station (MS) within soft handoff region can use multiple radio channels and receive their signals from multiple base stations (BSs) simultaneously. In this paper, the effects of soft handoff region ratio (SHRR) on reverse link of a CDMA cellular system are analytically investigated. In order to analyze the network performance and quality of service (QoS) perceived by users more realistically, both the soft capacity increasing factor and the traffic load variation affected by SHRR are jointly considered and a two-dimensional continuous time Markov chain (CTMC) model is built. In the numerical example, it is observed that the optimal guard channel exists according the variations of the traffic load and propagation conditions when the proper value of SHRR is determined.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권1B호
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• pp.50-58
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• 2012

본 연구의 주된 목적은 사용자 관점에서 본 통신 시스템 서비스 가용도의 이론적 모델 개발이다. 이를 위하여 호(Call) 도착은 non-homogeneous 포아손 과정의 가정, 그리고 시스템 상태는 CTMC 모델의 가정을 토대로 서비스 가용도의 추계적 모델을 개발하였다. 제시한 모델은 시간에 따라 변하는 호 도착률을 포함하여 사용자 관점에서 본 서비스 신뢰도 모형의 사용자 모델을 효율적으로 나타냈다. 아울러 시스템 자원의 고장 없이도 사용자가 서비스를 받지 못하는 시스템 상태인 운영 고장 상태를 모델에 포함하여 제공자 입장이 아니라 사용자 관점에서 모델을 구축하였다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.232-237
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• 2005

Mast cells play an important role in allergic inflammation by releasing their bioactive mediators. The function of mast cells is enhanced by stimulation because of the induction of specific genes and their products. While many inducible genes have been elucidated, we speculated that a significant number of genes remain to be identified. Thus, we applied differential display (dd) PCR to establish a profile of the induced genes in bone marrow-derived mast cells (BMMCs) after they were co-cultured with 3T3 fibroblasts. To date, 150 cDNA fragments from the connective-type mast cells (CTMCs) were amplified. Among them, thirty cDNA fragments were reamplified for cloning and sequencing. The ddPCR strategy revealed that serine proteases were the most abundant genes among the sequenced clones induced during the maturation. Additionally, unknown genes from the co-culture of BMMCs with 3T3 fibroblasts were identified. We confirmed their induction in the CTMCs by Northern blot analysis and RT-PCR. Characterization of these induced genes during the maturation processes will provide insight into the functions of mast cells.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제11권6호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2011

유비쿼터스 서비스(U-service)를 제공하는 시스템은 서비스 생존성이 취약한 환경을 극복해야하는 네트워크 시스템이다. 네트워크 시스템의 생존성은 시스템 구성요소에 장애나 사고, 물리적 공격이 발생하더라도 시스템에 부여된 본연의 서비스를 중단 없이 제공할 수 있는 시스템 능력으로 정의하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 비잔틴 장애를 초래하는 의도적인 사이버테러가 네트워크 시스템에 가해졌을 때의 상황을 고려하여, 사용자 입장에서 서비스 생존성을 정량적으로 평가 할 수 있는 프레임워크를 제시한다. 본 논문에서는 무선 LAN 기반의 Jini 시스템을 생존성 정량화 모델의 예로 삼는다. 그리고 Jini 시스템이 제공하는 U-service의 생존성을 평가하기 위한 연속시간 마코프 모델을 제시하고 이를 토대로 사용자가 서비스에 접근할 수 없는 확률(blocking probability)로서 U-service 생존성을 평가하는 방안을 제시한다.