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Analysis of the cost effectiveness according to T-P standard enforcement of public sewage treatment facilities (공공하수처리시설의 총인기준 강화에 따른 비용효과분석)

  • Jeong, Won-Gu;Rim, Jay-Myung
    • Journal of Industrial Technology
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    • v.31 no.A
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    • pp.135-145
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    • 2011
  • This study was conducted to analyze the cost effectiveness in line with total phosphorus standard enforcement of public sewage treatment facilities. The additional cost for the total phosphorus removal process was calculated to analyze the cost effectiveness of the advanced water purification process. The analysis results showed that the T-P removal by coagulation sedimentation was more efficient than the advanced water purification facilities in terms of facilities investment cost, and if the coagulation filteration was used for T-P removal, the activated carbon process among the advanced water purification techniques was more efficient in terms of facilities investment cost. In this study, the effects of the T-P removal process that will be additionally introduced according to the tightening of the effluent T-P standard were analyzed within a limit. The actual benefits of improved T-P concentration in the water source will provide diverse values, including the leisure water, environment improvement water, eco-system in the water source and industrial water, in addition to the advanced water purification.

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A Study on the Improvement of Image Classification Performance in the Defense Field through Cost-Sensitive Learning of Imbalanced Data (불균형데이터의 비용민감학습을 통한 국방분야 이미지 분류 성능 향상에 관한 연구)

  • Jeong, Miae;Ma, Jungmok
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.281-292
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    • 2021
  • With the development of deep learning technology, researchers and technicians keep attempting to apply deep learning in various industrial and academic fields, including the defense. Most of these attempts assume that the data are balanced. In reality, since lots of the data are imbalanced, the classifier is not properly built and the model's performance can be low. Therefore, this study proposes cost-sensitive learning as a solution to the imbalance data problem of image classification in the defense field. In the proposed model, cost-sensitive learning is a method of giving a high weight on the cost function of a minority class. The results of cost-sensitive based model shows the test F1-score is higher when cost-sensitive learning is applied than general learning's through 160 experiments using submarine/non-submarine dataset and warship/non-warship dataset. Furthermore, statistical tests are conducted and the results are shown significantly.

A Study on the Improvement for Mixing Conditions of Foundry Sand by Orthogonal Array (직교표에 의한 주물사 배합조건의 개선)

  • 이상도;권영일
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.4 no.5
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    • pp.1-10
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    • 1981
  • The purpose of this study is to cut down cost of production and improve the productivity of industry through quality improvement of castings and reduction of defectives by applying the experimental design to the foundry sand mixing operation done at molding department in the foundry. Among the related foundry sand mixing factors which have an effect on casting the experiment of which factors have a dominant effect on quality improvement was performed between two different levels by means of "$2^n$ type orthogonal array." The results cail be summarized as follows ; (1) The optimum conditions per each foundry sand mixing between two different levels proved to be such as $A_2$(used sand) : 24 unit (172.8kg), $B_2$(unused sand ) : 2 unit (15.0kg), $C_2$(binder) : 2.5 unit (4.4kg). $D_2$(addition agent) : 1 unit(1.4kg) and $F_1$(moisture) : 7.4%(14.6kg). (2) As a result of the application of experimental design, the fraction defective during the foundry sand mixing operation turned out to be reduced front 6.6% to 2.04%. (3) For the purpose of cost-down, It was found that the optimum level decision of foundry sand mixing for various castings is required to be made by means of experimental design.al design.

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A Case Study on Quality Improvement of Employee Foodservice in Hospital, Seoul - Focused on Cost Control by the Quantity of Non-Offered Meal - (서울 지역 종합병원 직원 급식서비스의 질 향상 사례 연구 -잔식량 분석에 의한 원가 관리 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Seung-Lim
    • The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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    • v.23 no.3
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    • pp.411-418
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    • 2010
  • The objective of this study was to analyze the effects of non-offered meal on waste reduction in foodservice. To this end, the quantity of non-offered meal before and after Quality Improvement(QI) activity was analyzed, and employee satisfaction with foodservice was investigated. Statistical data analyses can be summarized as follows: The daily quantity of non-offered meal decreased significantly after QI(p<0.001)($27.80{\pm}3.14\;kg$ before QI and $7.22{\pm}4.17\;kg$ after QI). Among 7 items related to employee satisfaction, kindness of meal service staffs improved significantly after QI(p<0.05)($4.05{\pm}0.74$ before QI and $4.21{\pm}0.17$ after QI). No significant difference was found in the variety of menus, or cooking/seasoning of food, and there seemed to be greater satisfaction with taste of food after QI.

Improvement Plan for Cash Receipt System

  • Kim, Ki Beom;Woo, Hyung Rok
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.243-248
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    • 2022
  • Considering the current situation where cash transactions account for 51.5% of private consumption expenditure, it is very important to secure a tax base by exposing business operators' cash transactions. In the September 2011 national audit, it was pointed out that although a significant part of the investment amount of businesses (VAN operators, etc.) related to the issuance of cash receipts has been recovered, they are still supported through the state tax. At this point in time when a significant amount of the initial investment has been recovered, it is necessary to study a new way to support business operators through methods other than the tax credit method. This study proposes various methods to improve the current cash receipt system and describes the advantages and disadvantages of each method. The most important thing for the improvement of the cash receipt system is that the issuance of cash receipts should be beneficial to business operators. As a result of this study, the most desirable improvement method is to provide differential compensation for the discriminatory cost because the cost is different for each cash receipt operator. For this purpose, we analyze the best way to improve the cash receipt system is a tax credit method and a tax credit for maintenance costs.

A Basic Study for Establishing of Numerical Range Criteria for Classification of Value Improvement Types (VE 가치향상 유형별 수치적 범위기준 설정을 위한 기초연구)

  • Nam, Keong Woo;Jang, Myunghoun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2018.05a
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    • pp.74-75
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    • 2018
  • VE, rather than just cost reduction tool, have established as a value enhancement tool of the construction industry. Value improvement types of VE proposal can show the effect of VE activities, also acts as an important element in which the owner adopts a proposal and confirms the results of the VE activities. However, problems in the process of quantification for VE proposal and ambiguous standards in classification of value improvement types is need to be supplemented. Accordingly, This study suggests the plan for establishing of numerical range criteria for classification of value improvement types of VE proposal. Implementing this plan will be able to improve the reliability and availability for VE activities.

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An Estimation of the Standard Cost of Project Management of Empowerment Sector in Comprehensive Rural Village Development Project (일반농산어촌개발 지역역량강화사업비의 적정요율 산정)

  • Choi, Young-Wan;Park, Hyun-Yong;Kim, Young-Joo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.131-144
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    • 2013
  • The existing standard cost of project management of empowerment sector in general rural development project has problems with standard cost system without considering characteristics of empowerment project and unclear division of works. These problems are a lot of trouble to fulfill the project. Thus, it needs an arrangement of standard cost considering detailed characteristics of project management in the empowerment sector. The contents and results of this study can be summarized as follows. 1) To set accurate standard cost, we carried out three-step processes, such as elicitation of standard works, calculation of workload and determination of standard cost. (1) In an investigation of 30 rural area dividing 8 parts about an workload of empowerment project, an average workload is 1,499 hours. (2) Based on this results, the standard cost is calculated at 15% of project cost in over 600 million won, at 28.75% of project cost in under 500 million won, by standards of empowerment project cost. 2) It set the responsibility management cost to 15% of empowerment project cost considering existing awareness, workload and work professionalism of project management. Based on the results, It suggested the practical use as basis for efficient management of the future empowerment projects. To achieve this, It needs to promote maximizing results on the whole project through the legalization processes including amendment of existing regulations.

The study on Analysis of Influence factors on Items in Apartment House Maintenance Cost (공동주택 관리비 항목별 영향요인 분석 연구)

  • Lim, Nam-gi;Park, Chan-jeong;Jung, Sang-jin
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Building Construction
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.155-162
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    • 2002
  • In this research, I finally came to a conclusion analyzing the connection among managing of each items in management expenses, the size of each complex and stories, and the term of using. (1) In the managing cost regarding to the management manner, although the managing cost of self-governing management is less imposed than the one of commission management, there is slight difference between those Costs. And it is more important to consider the effectiveness of management than to emphasize reduction of management cost. (2) The higher the stories, the higher the managing cost of elevator per the unit area. It Is caused by the fact that the father the distance of the elevator operating, the higher the electric charges. (3) The third of one of total management cost goes to pay the personnel expenses. So I found that the effective management of the expenses is available to reduce management cost. (4) The higher the stones, the lower the cost of personnel expenses including the cleaner cost. (5) The sum of costs assigned in repairment and management increases in proportion to the term of using. The costs assigned in special repairment and management are interacting to each other. (6) To reduce the management cost, we have to cut down the personnel in security guard that occupies one third of total management cost with application to the joint security system and operation of the self-governing guard. Through this process, it will be easy to accomplish the rationalization of contract with an outside order. Because the improvement of management service is not only the responsibility of owner but also the one of dwellers. And it Is imperative to realize the importance of cooperation and trust between the owner and dwellers. And the establishment of effective managing system which has convenience and rationality must be settled without delay.

ZVT single phase power factor correction circuit with low conduction loss and low cost (저도통 손실, 저가의 ZVT 단상 역률 보상 회로)

  • Baek, J.W.;Cho, J.G.;Kim, W.H.;Rim, G.H.;Song, D.I.;Kwon, S.G.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1996.07a
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    • pp.255-258
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    • 1996
  • A new low conduction loss, low cost zero-voltage-transition power factor correction circuit(PFC) is presented. Conventional PFC which consists of a bridge diode and a boost converter(one switch) always has three semiconductor conduction drops. Two switch type PFCs reduces conduction loss by reducing one conduction drop but the cost is increased because of increased number of active switches. The proposed PFC reduces conduction loss with one switch, which allows low cost. Conduction loss improvement is a little bit less than that of two switch type, but very close up. Operation and features are comparatively illustrated and verified by simulation and experimental results of 1 kW laboratory prototype.

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