• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.1398-1417
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• 2013

A method is proposed to reduce excess resources from a virtual machine(VM) while avoiding subsequent migrations for a computer cluster that provides cloud service. The proposed scheme cuts down on the resources of a VM based on the probability that migration may occur after a reduction. First, it finds a VM that can be scaled down by analyzing the history of the resource usage. Then, the migration probability is calculated as a function of the VM resource usage trend and the trend error. Finally, the amount of resources needed to eliminate from an underutilized VM is determined such that the migration probability after the resource reduction is less than or equal to an acceptable migration probability. The acceptable migration probability, to be set by the cloud service provider, is a criterion to assign a weight to the resource reduction either to prevent VM migrations or to enhance VM utilization. The results of simulation show that the proposed scheme lowers migration frequency by 31.6~60.8% depending on the consistency of resource demand while losing VM utilization by 9.1~21.5% compared to other known approaches, such as the static and the prediction-based methods. It is also verified that the proposed scheme extends the elapsed time before the first occurrence of migration after resource reduction 1.1~2.3-fold. In addition, changes in migration frequency and VM utilization are analyzed with varying acceptable migration probabilities and the consistency of resource demand patterns. It is expected that the analysis results can help service providers choose a right value of the acceptable migration probability under various environments having different migration costs and operational costs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.587-590
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• 2019

This paper is about to improve the network life's reduction due to the deviation of sensor node and frequently change of network, the main problem of sensor network. The existing Scalable Topology Organization(STO)-based ZigBee Tree Topology Control Algorithm did not consider ways to consume power so the network lifetime is too short. Accordingly, per each round, electing a new parent node and consisting of the new network topology technique, The Cluster Header Selection, extending the network's overall lifetime. The OMNet++ Simulator yielded results from the existing STO Algorithm and the proposed Cluster Header Selection Technique in the same experimental environment, which resulted in an increase in overall network life by about 40% and an improvement of about 10% in performance in the remaining portion of the battery.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2011.05a
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• pp.70-70
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• 2011

기후변화 연구는 불확실한 미래를 전망하는 과정이므로 '불확실성'은 모든 기후변화 영향평가의 키워드임에 분명하다. 하지만 불확실성 평가를 위해 IPCC에서 제공되고 있는 수많은 GCM 시나리오를 모두 활용하기에는 많은 시간과 노력이 필요하기 때문에 이를 효율적으로 수행할 수 있는 방법이 필요하다 본 연구에서는 시나리오 저감(scenario reduction)방법을 이용하여, 수많은 GCM 시나리오 대신 몇 개의 대표적 GCM 시나리오로도 충분히 불확실성을 유지할 수 있는 시나리오 저감(scenario reduction)방법을 수립하고 제시하였다. IPCC 기후시나리오 중 20C3M과 A & B 배출시나리오를 바탕으로 생산되는 71개의 GCM 시나리오를 다운로드 받아 월평균 기온과 강수량에 대하여 한반도를 대상으로 분석하였다. 비교결과, 기온 전망은 실측과 비슷한 경향성을 보였으나 강수량은 홍수기를 모의하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 시나리오 저감방법은 시나리오 분류(scenario cluster)방법과 시나리오 선정(scenario selection) 방법으로 구성된다. 시나리오 분류방법에서는 k-mean방법을 이용하여 5개의 cluster로 나누었으며, 시나리오 선정방법에서는 GCM 시나리오 선정기법을 조사 분석하여 연구방향과 목적에 따라 GCM 시나리오 선정기법을 선택할 수 있는 표를 제시하고, 이 중 시나리오의 확률밀도함수를 이용하는 PDF method를 적용하였다. 본 연구에서는 불확실성 정량화를 위해 maximum entropy를 이용하였다. 또한 시나리오 저감방법이 불확실성을 유지하는지 비교하기 위해 PDF method를 이용하여 정확성이 높은 순으로 5개의 GCM 시나리오를 선정(best 시나리오)하여 불확실성을 정량화하였다. GCM 시나리오의 분산을 이용하여 maximum entropy를 산정한 결과, 20C3M 배출시나리오에서는 모든 시나리오의 entropy는 3.08, 시나리오 저감방법은 2.75, best 시나리오는 2.28이었으며, 이는 시나리오 저감방법은 모든 시나리오의 89.3%의 불확실성을 설명하고 있으나 best 시나리오는 74.0%밖에 설명하지 못한다는 것을 나타낸다. A & B 배출시나리오에서도 시나리오 저감 방법을 사용한 GCM 시나리오가 best 시나리오보다 모든 시나리오의 불확실성을 더 잘 설명하는 것으로 나타났다. 이와 같이 수많은 GCM 시나리오를 사용하는 것보다 몇 개의 대표 시나리오를 이용하여 기후 변화 불확실성을 유지하면서 미래전망을 할 수 있다면, 매우 효율적으로 기후변화 연구를 수행할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• Phonetics and Speech Sciences
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.45-53
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• 2015

The current study investigated CVCC syllables in spontaneous American English speech to find out whether such syllables are produced as phonological units with a string of segments, showing a hierarchical structure. Transcribed data from the Buckeye Speech Corpus was used for the analysis in this study. The result of the current study showed that the constituents within a CVCC syllable as a phonological unit may have phonetic variations (namely, the final coda may undergo deletion). First, voiceless alveolar stops were the most frequently deleted when they occurred as the second final coda consonants of a CVCC syllable; this deletion may be an intermediate process on the way from the abstract form CVCC (with the rime VCC) to the actual pronunciation CVC (with the rime VC), a production strategy employed by some individual speakers. Second, in the internal structure of the rime, the proportion of deletion of the final coda consonant depended on the frequency of the word rather than on the position of postvocalic consonants on the sonority hierarchy. Finally, the segment following the consonant cluster proved to have an effect on the reduction of that cluster; more precisely, the following contrast was observed between obstruents and non-obstruents, reflecting the effect of sonority: when the segment following the consonant cluster was an obstruent, the proportion of deletion of the final coda consonant was increased. Among these results, the effect of word frequency played a critical role for promoting the deletion of the second coda consonant for clusters in CVCC syllables in spontaneous speech. The current study implies that the structure of syllables as phonological units can vary depending on individual speakers' lexical representation.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.55-62
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• 1996

We present UBV CCD photomety of the metal-poor globular cluster M30. The data were obtained using the 40 inch telescope at Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatory (MSSSO). We used DAOPHOT CCD reduction package in order to obtain Color-Magnitude Diagram (CMD). We have derived some fundametal parameters of the globular cluster such as metal abundance ([Fe/H]), helium abundance (Y), and distance modulus (m-M) from the CMD. The derived parameters were [Fe/H]=-2.50, Y=0.28, and (m-M)=14.64. From the latter, the distance of 8.3kpc is obtained. Despite the photometric uncertainty near the main-sequence turnoff, we estimate the age of M30 to be 1.6${\pm}$3 Gyrs from the Revised Yale Isocyrones. If [O/Fe]=+0.4, this age will be reduced to 14.2${\pm}$3 Gyrs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2013.08a
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• pp.123.2-123.2
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• 2013

Etching endpoint detection with plasma impedance monitoring (PIM) is demonstrated for small area dielectric layers inductive coupled plasma etching. The endpoint is determined by the impedance harmonic signals variation from the I-V monitoring system. Measuring plasma impedance has been examined as a relatively simple method of detecting variations in plasma and surface conditions without contamination at low cost. Cluster analysis algorithm is modified and applied to real-time endpoint detection for sensitivity enhancement in this work. For verification, the detected endpoint by PIM and real-time cluster analysis is compared with widely used optical emission spectroscopy (OES) signals. The proposed technique shows clear improvement of sensitivity with significant noise reduction when it is compared with OES signals. This technique is expected to be applied to various plasma monitoring applications including fault detections as well as end point detection.

• Speech Sciences
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.43-60
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• 2008

Instrumental studies (e.g., aerodynamic, EPG, and EMMA) have shown that the first of two stops in sequence can be articulatorily reduced in time and space sometimes; either gradient or categorical. The current EMMA study aims to examine possible factors_linguistic (e.g., speech rate, word boundary, and prosodic boundary) and paralinguistic (e.g., natural context and repetition)_to induce gradient reduction of $C_1$ in /pk/ cluster sequences. EMMA data are collected from five Seoul-Korean speakers. The results show that gradient reduction of lip aperture seldom occurs, being quite restricted both in speaker frequency and in token frequency. The results also suggest that the place assimilation is not a lexical process, implying that speakers have not fully developed this process to be phonologized in the abstract level.

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2002.12a
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• pp.17-17
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• 2002

The magnetic effects connected to finite-size of the particles become dominant at transition of particles in region several nanometers and less [1]. At reduction of atom numbers in magnetic cluster (tens or hundreds atoms), along the classical features, essential appear the quantum phenomena resulting in spin transformation of magnetic structure, both with reduction of the size and at applying of an external magnetic field. (omitted)

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.354-359
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• 2008

Clustering is a method to classify the given data set with same property into several classes. To cluster data, many methods such as K-Means, Fuzzy C-Means(FCM), Mountain Method(MM), and etc, have been proposed and used. But the clustering results of conventional methods are sensitively influenced by initial values given for clustering in each method. Especially, FCM is very sensitive to noisy data, and cluster center distortion phenomenon is occurred because the method dose clustering through minimization of within-clusters variance. In this paper, we propose a clustering method which reduces cluster center distortion through merging the nearest data based on the data weight, and not being influenced by initial values. We show the effectiveness of the proposed through experimental results applied it to various types of data sets, and comparison of cluster centers with those of FCM.

• Journal of the Korean association of regional geographers
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.489-502
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• 2015

Sometimes called the Silicon Fen, the Cambridge cluster is well known as the most innovative hi-tech cluster in the world. This paper attempts to explore the evolutionary dynamics of the Cambridge cluster, drawing upon the triple-helix approach. To understand the evolutionary dynamics of the Cambridge cluster, it is important to examine the role and impact of the University of Cambridge, which is conceived as one of the best higher educational institutions in the world. The Cambridge cluster has been evolved on the basis of a strong university-industry relationship. University spin-outs have a long tradition in Cambridge with the history of more than a century, and they have played a critical role in making the cluster more innovative. Business networks and social capital molded for a long time in the region become a foundation for active local spin-out activities. However, since 2000 the central government started steadily to require British universities to be an entrepreneurial university, with the purpose of the reduction of university subsidies. As a result of this, spin-out activities in the Cambridge cluster show a sharp decline, which is a factor of threatening the dynamic evolution of the cluster.