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Supply Chain Collaboration Degree of Manufacturing Enterprises Using Matter-Element Method

  • Xiao, Qiang;Yao, Shuangshuang;Qiang, Mengjun
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.918-932
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    • 2021
  • Evaluation of the collaboration of the upstream and downstream enterprises in the manufacturing supply chain is important to improve their synergistic effect. From the supply chain perspective, this study establishes the evaluation model of the manufacturing enterprise collaboration on the basis of fuzzy entropy according to synergistic theory. Downstream enterprises carry out coordinated capital, business, and information flows as subsystems and research enterprises as composite systems. From the three subsystems, the collaboration evaluation index is selected as the order parameter. The compound fuzzy matter-element matrix is established by using its improved algorithm. Subordinate membership and standard deviation fuzzy matter-element matrixes are constructed. Index weight is determined using the entropy weight method. The closeness of each matter element is then calculated. Through a representative of the home appliance industry, namely, Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai, empirical analysis of data in 2011-2017 from the company and its upstream and downstream enterprise collaboration shows a good trend, but the coordinated development has not reached stability. Gree Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai need to strengthen the synergy with upstream and downstream enterprises in terms of cash, business, and information flows to enhance competitiveness. Experimental results show that this method can provide precise suggestions for enterprises, improve the degree of collaboration, and accelerate the development and upgrading of the manufacturing industry.

Paradoxical Leadership and Proactive Work Behavior: The Role of Psychological Safety in the Hotel Industry

  • KIM, Ji Eun
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.167-178
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    • 2021
  • This study aims to identify the influence of paradoxical leadership on proactive work behavior mediated through psychological safety in the hotel industry. This study employs survey data of five-star deluxe hotels in South Korea using convenience sampling. The number of 270 cases was used for analysis and the hypotheses were analyzed with structural equation modeling and AMOS 20. Paradoxical leadership includes five sub-variables of self-centeredness with other-centeredness (SO) distance and closeness (DC), uniformly and individualization (UI), work requirements and flexibility (RF), and decision control and autonomy (CA). The results indicate that DC, UI, and CA positively influence psychological safety. Further, RF and CA make a positive impact on proactive work. Psychological safety fully mediates the effect of DC and UI on proactive work behavior and partially mediates the effect of CA on it. The findings of this study suggest that the impact of paradoxical leadership on proactive work behavior can be strengthened when this relationship is accompanied with psychological safety and other mediation variables for the relationship need to be further investigated. This study suggests how hotel managers enhance the level of proactive work behavior by training themselves to be paradoxical leaders and making psychologically safe environment.

The Effects of Chatbot Anthropomorphism and Self-disclosure on Mobile Fashion Consumers' Intention to Use Chatbot Services

  • Kim, Minji;Park, Jiyeon;Lee, MiYoung
    • Journal of Fashion Business
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    • v.25 no.6
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    • pp.119-130
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    • 2021
  • This study investigated the effects of the chatbot's level of anthropomorphism - closeness to the human form - and its self-disclosure - delivery of emotional exchange with the chatbot through its facial expressions and chatting message on the user's intention to accept the service. A 2 (anthropomorphism: High vs. Low) × 2 (self-disclosure through facial expressions: High vs. Low) × 2 (self-disclosure through conversation: High vs. Low) between-subject factorial design was employed for this study. An online survey was conducted and a total of 234 questionnaires were used in the analysis. The results showed that consumers used chatbot service more when emotions were disclosed through facial expressions, than when it disclosed fewer facial expressions. There was statistically significant interaction effect, indicating the relationship between chatbot's self-disclosure through facial expression and the consumers' intention to use chatbot service differs depending on the extent of anthropomorphism. In the case of "robot chatbots" with low anthropomorphism levels, there was no difference in intention to use chatbot service depending on the level of self-disclosure through facial expression. When the "human-like chatbot" with high anthropomorphism levels discloses itself more through facial expressions, consumer's intention to use the chatbot service increased much more than when the human-like chatbot disclosed fewer facial expressions. The findings suggest that chatbots' self-disclosure plays an important role in the formation of consumer perception.

Extracting of Interest Issues Related to Patient Medical Services for Small and Medium Hospital by SNS Big Data Text Mining and Social Networking (중소병원 환자의료서비스에 관한 관심 이슈 도출을 위한 SNS 빅 데이터 텍스트 마이닝과 사회적 연결망 적용)

  • Hwang, Sang Won
    • Korea Journal of Hospital Management
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.26-39
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    • 2018
  • Purposes: The purpose of this study is to analyze the issue of interest in patient medical service of small and medium hospitals using big data. Methods: The method of this study was implemented by data mining and social network using SNS big data. The analysis tool were extracted key keywords and analyzed correlation by using Textom, Ucinet6 and NetDraw program. Findings: In the results of frequency, the network-centered and closeness centrality analysis, It was shown that the government center is interested in the major explanations and evaluations of the technology, information, security, safety, cost and problems of small and medium hospitals, coping with infections, and actual involvement in bank settlement. And, were extracted care for disabilities such as pediatrics, dentistry, obstetrics and gynecology, dementia, nursing, the elderly, and rehabilitation. Practical Implications: Future studies will be more useful if analyzed the needs of customers for medical services in the metropolitan area and provinces may be different in the small and medium hospitals to be studied, further classification studies.

A stress model reflecting the effect of the friction angle on rockbursts in coal mines

  • Fan, Jinyang;Chen, Jie;Jiang, Deyi;Wu, Jianxun;Shu, Cai;Liu, Wei
    • Geomechanics and Engineering
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.21-27
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    • 2019
  • Rockburst disasters pose serious threat to mining safety and underground excavation, especially in China, resulting in massive life-wealth loss and even compulsive closed-down of some coal mines. To investigate the mechanism of rockbursts that occur under a state of static forces, a stress model with sidewall as prototype was developed and verified by a group of laboratory experiments and numerical simulations. In this model, roadway sidewall was simplified as a square plate with axial compression and end (horizontal) restraints. The stress field was solved via the Airy stress function. To track the "closeness degree" of the stress state approaching the yield limit, an unbalanced force F was defined based on the Mohr-Coulomb yield criterion. The distribution of the unbalanced force in the plane model indicated that only the friction angle above a critical value could cause the first failure on the coal in the deeper of the sidewall, inducing the occurrence of rockbursts. The laboratory tests reproduced the rockburst process, which was similar to the prediction from the theoretical model, numerical simulation and some disaster scenes.

Scientometric Analysis through Centrality Analysis of Graph for Linkage Relation of Keyword for Elder's Rehabilitation and Healthcare (노인 재활 헬스케어에 대한 키워드 연결 관계의 그래프 중심성 분석을 통한 계량 정보 분석)

  • Kim, Myung-Mi
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.447-452
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    • 2019
  • The elder problem is very serious stage in the age of present. This paper carries out scientometric analysis based on keyword that effort of global researcher for this research field as viewpoint of ICT and healthcare in order to settle physical exercise and rehabilitation of elder. First, this paper performs analysis of linkage relation of keyword. Second this paper carries out the analysis of degree distribution and centrality analysis of network based on betweenness centrality, closeness centrality and harmony centrality. Through this process, this paper reviews research trend of present and future through core keyword in the field of ICT and healthcare.

Research Trend Analysis on Practical Arts (Technology & Home Economics) Education Using Social Network Analysis (소셜 네트워크 분석(SNA)을 이용한 실과(기술·가정)교육 분야 연구 동향 분석)

  • Kim, Eun Jeung;Lee, Yoon-Jung;Kim, Jisun
    • Human Ecology Research
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    • v.56 no.6
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    • pp.603-617
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    • 2018
  • This study analyzed research trends in the field of Practical Arts (Technology & Home Economics) education. From 958 articles published between 2010 and 2018 in the Journal of Korean Practical Arts Education (JKPAE), Journal of Korean Home Economics Education Association (JHEEA), and Korean Journal of Technology Education Association (KJTEA), 958 keywords were extracted and analyzed using NetMiner 4. When the general network structure was analyzed, keywords such as practical arts education, curriculum, textbook, home economics education, and students were high in the degree centrality and closeness centrality, and textbook, practical arts education, curriculum, student, home economics education, and invention were high in the node betweenness centrality. The cluster analysis showed that a four-cluster solution was most appropriate: cluster 1, technology and experiential learning activities; cluster 2, curriculum studies and practical problem; cluster 3, relationships; and cluster 4, creativity and character education. The three journals showed differences in the knowledge network structure: The topics of JKPAE and JKHEEA focused on general content knowledge and curriculum, while the topics of KJTEA were spread across invention and creativity education, and curriculum studies.

A Study on Improvement of the School Space through Socio-Spatial Network Analysis (사회-공간 네트워크 분석을 활용한 초등학교 공간계획방향에 관한 연구)

  • Jeon, Young-Hoon;Kim, Yoon-Young
    • Journal of the Architectural Institute of Korea Planning & Design
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.21-30
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to present the direction of the new space plan by reflecting the opinions of the user (student) in the existing standardized elementary school space planning. The purpose of this study is to investigate the activities of elementary school students by using socio - spatial network analysis method and to propose the direction of new elementary school space planning through the results. We analyzed the results of each centrality by using the analysis of closeness analysis, betweeness analysis, girvan-newman clustering, and concor analysis. The results of this study are as follows. First, it should be planned to use the classroom and the special room as one area by utilizing the corridor. Second, it should be planned that the outdoor space and the indoor space are closely related to each other by utilizing the hall, the lobby and the classroom. Third, the school should create a small space where physical activity is possible in an indoor space of the school. In order to improve the standardized elementary school space, this study proposes a method to reflect the opinions of the users in the school planning stage.

Investigating Good Teaching and Learning Experiences in the Perspectives of University Students through Social Network Analysis

  • OH, Suna;LYU, Jeonghee;YUN, Heoncheol
    • Educational Technology International
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.193-216
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    • 2020
  • This study investigated university students' perspectives on good class and instructional practices through social network analysis. The subjects were 321 students in the third and fourth academic years in a Korean university. The subjects completed four open-ended questions, asking about experience of good class, good instructors' teaching practice, and their feelings and attitudes when participating in good class. As social network analysis, KrKwic (Korea Key Words in Context) was used to compute word frequencies and analyze semantic network structures and Ucinet Netdraw to assess centrality in the social network, consisting of degree centrality, closeness centrality, and between centrality. The results are as follows. First, students showed 5 keywords to depict what good class is, including 'understanding', 'example', 'video', 'interest', and 'communication'. Second, the characteristics of teaching methods by professors who practice good class indicate 'assignments', 'questions', 'understanding', 'example', and 'feedback'. Third, the top 5 keywords of students' attitudes as participating in good class are 'active', 'participation', 'focus', 'listening', and 'asking'. Last, keywords depicting desirable class that students most wanted to take next time are 'assignments', 'rewards', 'understanding', 'difficulty', and 'interest'. The findings from this study include the meanings of the semantic network structures of words in the text making up messages. Also this study can provide empirical evidence for educators and educational practitioners in higher education to create effective learning environments.

The Effect of Space Size and Dialogue Topic on Metaverse UX (대화 공간의 크기와 대화 주제가 메타버스 경험에 주는 영향)

  • Song, Stephen W.;Chung, Hanna;Chung, Donghun
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.65-76
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    • 2022
  • What difference does the metaverse experience have from the real world? This study investigated the effect of space size and dialogue topic on metaverse user experience. The results from a 3(space size: reality vs. metaverse in an open room vs. metaverse in a closed room) x 2(dialogue topic: positive vs. negative) mixed factorial design experiment (N = 75) revealed statistically significant effects of space on responsiveness, and dialogue topic on closeness. This result implies that designing metaverse for non-immersive devices should include careful considerations regarding the characteristics of the user's real space.