• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제62권1호
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• pp.83-89
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• 2019

Objective : This study is a retrospective cost-benefit analysis of cervical anterior interbody fusion and cervical artificial disc replacement, which are the main surgical methods to treat degenerative cervical disc disease. Methods : We analyzed 156 patients who underwent anterior cervical disc fusion and cervical artificial disc replacement from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009, diagnosed with degenerative cervical disc disorder. In this study, the costs and benefits were analyzed by using quality adjusted life year (QALY) as the outcome index for patients undergoing surgery, and a Markov model was used for the analysis. Only direct medical costs were included in the analysis; indirect medical costs were excluded. Data were analyzed with TreeAge Pro $2015^{TM}$ (TreeAge Software, Inc, Williamstown, MA, USA). Results : Patients who underwent cervical anterior fusion had a total cost of KRW 2501807/USD 2357 over 5 years and obtained a utility of 3.72 QALY. Patients who underwent cervical artificial disc replacement received 4.18 QALY for a total of KRW 3685949/USD 3473 over 5 years. The cumulative cost-effectiveness ratio of cervical spine replacement surgery was KRW 2549511/QALY (USD 2402/QALY), which was lower than the general Korean payment standard. Conclusion : Both cervical anterior fusion and cervical artificial disc replacement are cost-effective treatments for patients with degenerative cervical disc disease. Cervical artificial disc replacement may be an effective alternative to obtain more benefits.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.95-113
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• 2007

To minimize IT operational risks and the opportunity cost for lost business hours. it is necessary to have preparedness in advance and mitigation activities for minimization of a loss due to the business discontinuity. There are few cases that banks have a policy on systematic management, system recovery and protection activities against system failure. and most developers and system administrators response based on their experience and the instinct. This article focuses on the mitigation model development for minimizing the incidents of disk unit in IT operational risks. The model will be represented by a network model which is composed of the three items as following: (1) the risk factors(causes, attributes and indicators) of IT operational risk. (2) a periodic time interval through an analysis of historical data. (3) an index or an operational regulations related to the examination of causes of an operational risk. This article will be helpful when enterprise needs to hierarchically analyze risk factors from various fields of IT(information security, information telecommunication, web application servers and so on) and develop a mitigation model. and it will also contribute to the reduction of operational risks on information systems.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.869-877
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• 2016

Necessity has compelled man to improve upon the art of tapping wind energy for power generation; an apt reliever of strain exerted on the non-renewable fossil fuel. The power generation in a Wind Farm (WF) depends on site and wind velocity which varies with time and season which in turn determine wind power modeling. It implies, the development of an accurate wind speed model to predict wind power fluctuations at a particular site is significant. In this paper, Box-Jenkins ARIMA (Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average) time series model for wind speed is developed for a 99MW wind farm in the southern region of India. Because of the uncertainty in wind power developed, the economic viability and reliability of power generation is significant. Life Cycle Costing (LCC) method is used to determine the economic viability of WF generated power. Reliability models of WF are developed with the help of load curve of the utility grid and Capacity Outage Probability Table (COPT). ARIMA wind speed model is used for developing COPT. The values of annual reliability indices and variations of risk index of the WF with system peak load are calculated. Such reliability models of large WF can be used in generation system planning.

• Journal of Korea Trade
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.99-112
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• 2022

Purpose - This paper empirically investigates via a spatial lag model from the perspective of space economy to find the influencing factors of South Korea's OFDI along with 60 countries. Design/methodology - In the study of regional economic phenomena, we must first test the corresponding spatial correlation, and on this basis, complete the construction of the spatial model. For the target research object, after testing the spatial correlation, if there is spatial correlation, a spatial measurement model is needed. This paper uses the global Moran's I index for calculation. Based on the characteristics and research needs of the research object, this paper selects the spatial lag model to verify the existence of the spatial effect and factors affecting OFDI. Findings - Our results show that export scale, infrastructure, technology level, political stability, resource endowment, market size, distance and labor cost have a certain impact on Korea's OFDI, but at present the distance and market size factors are the most important influencing factors for South Korea's OFDI, The technical level and political stability have little effect on South Korea's OFDI, and are not main factors determining South Korea's OFDI. Originality/value - Through spatial measurement verification, it was found that the spatial effect has a significant impact on OFDI, along with more than 60 countries. On this basis, relevant suggestions are put forward, which have strong practical significance for South Korea's OFDI to achieve healthy and sustainable development.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.95-108
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• 2011

인터넷 비즈니스의 활성화에 따라서 기업은 고객의 인물정보 및 거래정보를 활용하여 보다 맞춤화된 개인화 서비스를 제공하고 있다. 기존의 고객군별 예측기법은 유사한 고객들을 군집화하여 고객군별로 예측모델을 수립하는 것으로, 구매가 많고 충성도가 높은 핵심고객에게 요구되는 일대일 서비스를 제공하는 데는 한계가 있다. 반면 일대일 고객별 예측기법은 각 고객에게 고도로 맞춤화된 서비스를 제공하지만, 과거 구매이력이 많지 않은 고객 이나 신규 고객에게는 정확한 개인화 서비스를 제공하지 못한다. 본 연구는 고객의 구매빈도에 따라서 유사 고객들과의 군집화 수준을 동적으로 조정하는 새로운 지능형 개인화 시스템을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템은 과거 구매가 많은 고객들에 대해서는 일대일 예측모델을 수립하지만, 구매 빈도가 낮은 고객의 경우 다른 고객들과의 최적화된 군집화를 통해 예측모델을 수립한다. 본 기법을 Neilsen의 음료수 구매 데이터셋에 적용하여 고객의 일회 구매금액 및 구매품목을 예측한 결과, 기존 두 예측기법들에 비하여 적정한 계산비용(computational cost)으로 더욱 정확한 개안화 서비스를 제공할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.185-205
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• 2023

코로나19 팬데믹 이후 관광 산업이 회복되면서 많은 관광객들이 다양한 플랫폼을 활용하고 리뷰를 남기고 있지만, 대량의 데이터 속에서 유용한 정보를 찾기 어려워 아직도 여행지 선정 과정에서 많은 시간과 비용이 낭비되고 있다. 이에 따라 많은 연구들이 진행되고 있지만, 평점이 없거나 플랫폼별로 다른 형태의 평점 제공으로 인해 연구에 한계를 가지고 있으며, 평점과 리뷰 내용이 일치하지 않는 경우도 있어 추천 모델 구축에 어려움을 주고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 7,104개의 제주도 지역 관광지 리뷰를 활용하여 제주도에 특화된 관광지 만족도 정량 지수를 개발하고 이를 활용하여 '평점 예측 모델'을 구축하였다. 모델의 성능을 확인하기 위해 실험 데이터 700건의 평점을 본 연구에서 개발된 모델과 LSTM을 활용하여 예측 하였으며, 제안된 모델이 LSTM 보다 약 4.67% 높은 73.87%의 가중 정확도로 성능이 더 우수한 것을 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 통해 평점과 리뷰 내용 사이의 불일치 문제를 해결하고, 평점이 없는 리뷰나 다양한 형태의 평점을 정형할 수 있으며, 다른 도메인에 적용하여 여행의 모든 분야에서 신뢰할 수 있는 평점 지표를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권7호
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• pp.1270-1275
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• 2009

The structure of a power distribution system will change in a loop configuration such as in the case of a smart grid. If power distribution system changes radial to loop form, the structure may have to be changed significantly. Therefore, we analyzed the reliability indices and calculated a CIC(Customer Interruption Cost) for the loop power distribution system. The power distribution system reliability depends on the protection scheme. This study is applied to the current protection scheme method and is compared with each model. When the CIC was evaluated, most studies performed calculations only for sustained interruptions. However, in actuality, momentary interruption frequencies occurred more than sustain interruptions. Thus, it is occurred the CIC additively. Therefore, we evaluated a CIC including momentary interruption, for each model, and then compared with MAIFI(Momentary Average Interruption Frequency Index)

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권8호
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• pp.1472-1478
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• 2009

The domestic power distribution system is operating in an open loop mode; however, it already has a loop structure. Power distribution systems must be changed for bi-directions power supply for smart networks due to a changing of paradigm in electric power industry. The simplest bi-directions distribution networks can make it closing of normally open switch. However, bi-directions power supply is very difficulty to be operated and there are many parts which it must study. This paper presented various models that are able to change a radial system for loop structures. Further, we compared the reliability index for each model by evaluating the amount of improvement reliability required in radial power distribution system. In addition, we calculated CIC(Customer Interruption Cost) for each model by comparing and analyzing.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 추계학술대회 논문집 전력기술부문
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• pp.435-437
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• 2001

The change of the electricity charge from cost base to price base due to the introduction of the electricity market competition causes consumer to choose a variety of charge schemes and a portion of loads to be affected by this change. Besides, it is required the index that consolidate the price volatility experienced on the power exchange with gaming and strategic bidding by suppliers to increase profits. Therefore, in order to find a mathematical model of the sensitively-responding-to-price loads, the price-sensitive load model is needed. And the development of state-of-the-art technologies affects the electricity price, so the diffusion of high-efficient end-uses and these price affect load patterns. This paper shows the analysis on learning curves algorithms which is used to investigate the correlation of the end-uses' price and load patterns.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.778-787
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• 2014

This study presents an input filter resonance mitigation method for an AC-DC matrix converter. This method combines the advantages of the one-cycle control strategy and the active damping technique. Unnecessary sensors are removed, and system cost is reduced by employing the grid-side input currents as feedback to damp out LC resonance. A model that includes the proposed method and the input filter is established with consideration of the delay caused by the actual controller. A zero-pole map is employed to analyze model stability and to investigate virtual resistor parameter design principles. Based on a double closed-loop control scheme, the one-cycle control strategy does not require any complex modulation index control. Thus, this strategy can be more easily implemented than traditional space vector-based methods. Experimental results demonstrate the veracity of theoretical analysis and the feasibility of the proposed approach.