• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 1th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.437-446
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• 2005

Recently as people's values are changing from development phase into running stage after quality of life, so that the needs of environmentally friendly construction are gradually increasing. Also populace discontent about the pollution during construction process such as the noise and vibration caused by construction machinery is increasing. Even though it is impossible to eliminate the construction pollution fully, it is necessary to make efforts to reduce construction pollution to a minimum. In terms of construction site operating, the first possible step for solving these matters directly is that the necessary sum of expenses must be secured as the environmental management costs in the conceptual phase. However, in fact, the environmental management costs have not been secured in the budget. Generally it is the major reason not arising proper activities to prevent the pollution in the construction site. The purpose of this research is to suggest the efficient budgeting method regarding Environmental management costs to ensure the necessary sum of environmental management expenses. To provide an efficient budgeting method, interviews with the person in charge of environment management was conducted. 78 construction sites was surveyed and environmental management costs were analyzed through their historical data from the survey. According to the results of analysis, the ratio of environmental management costs is revealed 0.45% of construction cost as average comparing 0.2% of legal limit. And usually the environmental management cost was appropriated into the safety management budget. So it is needed to isolate environmental management budget securely and modify the ratio of Environmental conservation Costs in Construction Technology Management Act.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.211-226
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• 2014

국민연금 노령연금 수급자를 대상으로 소득계층별 차별 사망력과 기대여명을 산출하고, 그 결과를 반영하여 노령 연금 수급자의 수급부담구조를 분석하였다. 분석을 위해 노령연금 수급자의 소득계층에 대한 구분은 생애평균소득을 기준으로 3분위로 세분화하였으며, 사망확률 추정을 위해서 사용된 함수는 고연령 사망확률 추정에 주로 사용되는 gompertz모형을 사용하였다. 산출된 기대여명을 이용하여 소득계층별로 생애 총 연금급여액 규모를 추정함으로서 수익비, 내부수익률 및 후세대 부담전가량 분석의 정확성을 높이는데 기여하였다. 기대여명 추정 결과 60세 남자의 기대여명은 약 23.10년이며, 소득계층별로는 21.69~24.63년의 차이를 보이고 있다. 60세 여자의 기대여명은 약 28.84년이며, 소득계층별로는 27.63~29.81년의 차이를 보이고 있다. 즉 하위소득계층의 기대여명의 경우 소득계층을 통합한 경우의 기대여명보다 1.21~1.41년 낮게 추정되었으며, 상위 소득계층의 경우에는 0.97~1.53년 높게 추정되었다. 산출된 기대여명을 사용하여 수익비를 분석한 결과 하위 소득계층의 경우 약 2.68~4.83% 낮게 분석되었으며 상위 소득계층의 경우에는 2.07~4.98% 높게 분석되었다. 내부수익률은 하위 소득계층의 경우 약 0.00~0.74% 낮고 상위 소득계층의 경우에는 0.03~1.73% 높게 분석되었으며, 후세대 부담전가량은 하위 소득계층의 경우 약 3.00~5.74% 낮고 상위 소득계층의 경우에는 2.53~9.68% 높게 분석되었다. 분석 결과는 노령연금 수급자에 대한 소득계층별 기대여명 추정을 통해 나타난 수급부담구조 분석의 결과로서, 기존의 소득계층별 기대여명을 고려하지 않은 시뮬레이션 분석과는 차별성이 있으며, 소득재분배 효과가 있는 국민연금 노령연금 수급자의 수급 부담구조분석 결과에 대한 대표성을 지닌다.

• 한국연소학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국연소학회 2013년도 제46회 KOSCO SYMPOSIUM 초록집
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• pp.19-20
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• 2013

The cofiring of renewable fuel in coal fired boilers is an attractive option to mitigate $CO_2$ emissions, since it is relatively low cost option for efficiently converting renewable fuel to electricity by adding biomass as partial substitute of coal. However, it would lead to reduce plant efficiency and flexibility in operation, and increase operation cost and capital cost associated with renewable fuels handling and firing equipment. The aim of this study is to investigate reduction of carbon dioxide at varying percentage of biomass in fuel blend to the boiler biomass, and estimate operation and capital cost. Wood pellet, PKS (palm kernel shell), EFB (empty fruit bunch) and sludge are considered as a renewable fuels for a cofiring with coal. Several approaches by the cofiring ratio are chosen from past plant demonstrations and commercial cofiring operation, and they are evaluated and discussed for CO2 reduction and cost estimation.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제22권49호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1999

A cost minimization model for designing AS/RS (Automated Storage/Retrieval Systems) has been developed, whose objective function includes penalty cost caused by the incapability of meeting throughput rate requirements as well as S/R machine cost, storage rack cost, and interface conveyor cost. Since the model is a nonlinear integer programming problem which is very hard to solve with large problem size the problem is divided into four cases according to the ratio of horizontal S/R machine speed to its vertical speed and the existence of the penalty cost. A solution procedure is developed which solves each problem exactly under the different number of S/R machines.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제39권5_6호
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• pp.895-918
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• 2021

Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) also known as sleeping sickness, is a neglected tropical vector borne disease caused by trypanosome protozoa transmitted by bites of infected tsetse fly. The basic reproduction number, R₀ derived using the next generation matrix method which shows that the disease persists in the population if the value of R₀ > 1. The numerical simulations of optimal control model carried out to determine the control strategy that can combat HAT under the minimum cost. The results indicate that, the use of both education campaign, treatment and insecticides are more efficient and effective to eliminate HAT in African community but too costly. Furthermore, the cost-effectiveness of the control measures (education campaign, treatment and insecticides) were determined using incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) approach and the results show that, the use of education and treatment of infected people as the best cost effective strategy compared to other strategies.

• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.261-272
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• 2022

This study examined the association between key audit matters (KAM) and the cost of debt. Financial records and auditors' reports were used to collect data for the fiscal years 2016 and 2017, which were the first two years after KAM was implemented in Thailand. Samples are listed companies in Thailand, where the financial system is primarily debt-based and external auditors play an important role in maintaining financial reporting quality. The final samples for the two-year period consist of 770 observations. The KAM is measured in three aspects: the number of issues, the number of words, and the readability, while the cost of debt is measured by the ratio of interest expense to total debt. The research finds that the KAM readability is significantly and negatively related to the cost of debt. Meanwhile, the number of issues and words have no significant effect on the cost of debt. The finding suggests that auditors' writing skills play a crucial role in the lending decisions of creditors.

• 한국병원경영학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.66-94
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• 2004

The objective of this study is to examine how to maximize the efficiency of hospital management by minimizing the unit cost of hospital operation. For this purpose, this paper proposes to develop a model of the profit maximization based on the cost minimization dictum using the statistical tools of arriving at the maximum likelihood values. The preliminary survey data are collected from the annual statistics and their analyses published by Korea Health Industry Development Institute and Korean Hospital Association. The maximum likelihood value statistical analyses are conducted from the information on the cost (function) of each of 36 hospitals selected by the random stratified sampling method according to the size and location (urban or rural) of hospitals. We believe that, although the size of sample is relatively small, because of the sampling method used and the high response rate, the power of estimation of the results of the statistical analyses of the sample hospitals is acceptable. The conceptual framework of analyses is adopted from the various models of the determinants of hospital costs used by the previous studies. According to this framework, the study postulates that the unit cost of hospital operation is determined by the size, scope of service, technology (production function) as measured by capacity utilization, labor capital ratio and labor input-mix variables, and by exogeneous variables. The variables to represent the above cost determinants are selected by using the step-wise regression so that only the statistically significant variables may be utilized in analyzing how these variables impact on the hospital unit cost. The results of the analyses show that the models of hospital cost determinants adopted are well chosen. The various models analyzed have the (goodness of fit) overall determination (R2) which all turned out to be significant, regardless of the variables put in to represent the cost determinants. Specifically, the size and scope of service, no matter how it is measured, i. e., number of admissions per bed, number of ambulatory visits per bed, adjusted inpatient days and adjusted outpatients, have overall effects of reducing the hospital unit costs as measured by the cost per admission, per inpatient day, or office visit implying the existence of the economy of scale in the hospital operation. Thirdly, the technology used in operating a hospital has turned out to have its ramifications on the hospital unit cost similar to those postulated in the static theory of the firm. For example, the capacity utilization as represented by the inpatient days per employee tuned out to have statistically significant negative impacts on the unit cost of hospital operation, while payroll expenses per inpatient cost has a positive effect. The input-mix of hospital operation, as represented by the ratio of the number of doctor, nurse or medical staff per general employee, supports the known thesis that the specialized manpower costs more than the general employees. The labor/capital ratio as represented by the employees per 100 beds is shown to have a positive effect on the cost as expected. As for the exogeneous variable's impacts on the cost, when this variable is represented by the percent of urban 100 population at the location where the hospital is located, the regression analysis shows that the hospitals located in the urban area have a higher cost than those in the rural area. Finally, the case study of the sample hospitals offers a specific information to hospital administrators about how they share in terms of the cost they are incurring in comparison to other hospitals. For example, if his/her hospital is of small size and located in a city, he/she can compare the various costs of his/her hospital operation with those of other similar hospitals. Therefore, he/she may be able to find the reasons why the cost of his/her hospital operation has a higher or lower cost than other similar hospitals in what factors of the hospital cost determinants.

• 한국철도학회논문집
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.373-380
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• 2014

연구의 목적은 동북아 철도물류시스템에 한국형 궤간가변대차가 상용화되는 것을 가정하고, 향후 궤간 가변대차의 도입 및 운영에 필요한 경제성 분석을 목적으로 하였다. 이를 위해 향후 컨테이너 수송에서 예상되는 화물 연계 서비스 중 환적방식과 궤간가변방식의 서비스 유형에 대하여 경로별 그리고 수송량 별로 수송시스템의 획득, 운영 및 유지보수, 폐기의 전 과정 속에서 발생되는 총 수명주기비용을 예측하고 이를 기반으로 각 대안을 비교 분석하였다. 또한, 각 대안별 경제성을 추정하기 위하여 객관적 비용으로 나타나는 LCC 비용뿐만 아니라 서비스 유형의 차이로 발생하는 궤간변경 지점에서의 통행시간 절감부분과 부가적인 서비스 등 서비스 이용자의 직접적인 편익을 고려한 비용-편익 비를 분석하여 경제성을 추정하였다. LCC 분석 및 B/C 분석결과, 경제성 측면에서 환적방식에 비하여 궤간가변방식이 우수함을 확인하였다.

• 한국주거학회논문집
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.89-99
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• 2002

The multifamily housing has various advantages in construction cost, land-use intensity. KRIHS(1997) recommended the proper scale of th multifamily housing as 800 households in constructability, 1,000 households in facility compactability, 500 households in social aspect. At the early planning stage of project, the size of the multiftmily housing has, until now, been maximizingly considered under the regulation on which has been emphasized at the building volume ratio, land area, etc., except for the expenditure during the maintenance stage. This paper aimed at providing the proper size of multifamily housing in aspect of area and household number with maintenance cost at the early stage of project. For these, it took 곧 average cost function which is made from the 3-rd quardratic form and analyzes the unit increasing rate of the average cost. It surveyed in nationwide focused on the central heating system using diesel and kerosene. The number of samples is 88 and items of management cost is 11. The results are as follows ; first, 3rd-order quadratic function is proper at explaining the cost variation, considering the multicollinearity and statistics. Second, the proper size of multifamily housing is recommended with 83,000 $m^2$ on management area, 820 or over the 2,630 household number in aspect of total management cost.

• 한국전산구조공학회논문집
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.429-436
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• 2016

연구에서는 철근콘크리트 건물에 대한 유전자 알고리즘 기반의 최적구조설계기법을 제시하고자 한다. 목적함수는 구조물의 비용과 이산화탄소 배출량을 동시에 각각 최소화하는 것이다. 비용 및 인산화탄소 배출량은 구조설계안에서 얻을 수 있는 단면치수, 부재길이, 재료강도, 철근량 등과 같은 설계정보를 통해 계산한다. 즉, 구조물의 물량을 기초로 하여 비용과 이산화탄소 배출량을 평가한다. 재료의 운반, 시공 및 건물 운영 단계에서 발생하는 비용 및 이산화탄소 배출량은 본 연구에서 제외한다. 제약조건은 철근콘크리트 건물을 구성하는 기둥과 보 부재의 강도조건과 층간변위조건이 고려된다. 제약조건을 평가하기 위해 OpenSees를 활용한 선형정적해석이 수행된다. 제약조건을 만족시키면서 목적함수에 대해 최소의 값을 제시하는 설계안을 찾기 위해 유전자 알고리즘이 사용된다. 제시한 알고리즘의 적용성을 검증하기 위해 4층 철근콘크리트 모멘트 골조 예제에 제시하는 기법을 적용하여 검증한다.