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EXISTENCE OF GLOBAL SOLUTIONS FOR A PREY-PREDATOR MODEL WITH NON-MONOTONIC FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE AND CROSS-DIFFUSION

  • Xu, Shenghu
    • Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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    • v.29 no.1_2
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    • pp.75-85
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, using the energy estimates and the bootstrap arguments, the global existence of classical solutions for a prey-predator model with non-monotonic functional response and cross-diffusion where the prey and predator both have linear density restriction is proved when the space dimension n < 10.

Biomass Expansion Factors for Pinus densiflora in Relation to Ecotype and Stand Age (소나무의 생태형과 임령에 따른 물질 현존량 확장계수)

  • Park, In Hyeop;Park, Min Su;Lee, Kyeong Hak;Son, Yeong Mo;Seo, Jeong Ho;Son, Yowhan;Lee, Young Jin
    • Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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    • v.94 no.6
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    • pp.441-445
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    • 2005
  • Researches on estimating national-scaled forest biomass are being carried out to quantify the carbon stock of forests with the Kyoto Protocol. In general, estimates of national-scaled forest biomass are based on forest inventory data which provides estimates of forest area, stem volume, and growth of stem by age classes. Estimates of forest biomass are, however, obtained by converting stem volumes to dry weight with stem density and thereafter to whole tree biomass with biomass expansion factors (ratios of whole tree dry weight to stem dry weight). Pinus densiflora is widely distributed and one of the most economically important timber species in Korea. The species are largely grouped into two ecotypes of Geumgang and Jungbu. Stems of Geumgang type trees are straight and high compared to those of Jungbu type trees. The objective of this study was to determine and compare stem density and biomass expansion factors fore two ecotypes of Pinus densiflora according to stand age. Stem density of both ecotypes of Pinus densora increased and biomass expansion factors of them decreased with increasing tree age. In he same age class, stem density and biomass expansion factor of Geungang type Pinus densiflora were lower than those of Jungbu type Pinus densiflora. There were statistically significant differences in stem density and biomass expansion factors between Geumgang type and Jungbu type Pinus densiflora in 0-20-year-old stands and 40-60-year-old stands. Our results suggested that the reliability of the national forest biomass inventory could be improved by applying the ecotype- and age-dependent stem density and biomass expansion factors.

THE STUDY OF PARAMETRIC AND NONPARAMETRIC MIXTURE DENSITY ESTIMATOR FOR FLOOD FREQUENCY ANALYSIS

  • Moon, Young-Il
    • Water Engineering Research
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.49-61
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    • 2000
  • Magnitude-frequency relationships are used in the design of dams, highway bridges, culverts, water supply systems, and flood control structures. In this paper, possible techniques for analyzing flood frequency at a site are presented. A currently used approach to flood frequency analysis is based on the concept of parametric statistical inference. In this analysis, the assumption is make that the distribution function describing flood data in known. However, such an assumption is not always justified. Even though many people have shown that the nonparametric method provides a better fit to the data than the parometric method and gives more reliable flood estimates. the noparpmetric method implies a small probability in extrapolation beyond the highest observed data in the sample. Therefore, a remedy is presented in this paper by introducing an estimator which mixes parametric and nonparametric density estimate.

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Vertical Scale Height of the Topside Ionosphere Around the Korean Peninsula: Estimates from Ionosondes and the Swarm Constellation

  • Park, Jaeheung;Kwak, Young-Sil;Mun, Jun-Chul;Min, Kyoung-Wook
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.311-315
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    • 2015
  • In this study, we estimated the topside scale height of plasma density (Hm) using the Swarm constellation and ionosondes in Korea. The Hm above Korean Peninsula is generally around 50 km. Statistical distributions of the topside scale height exhibited a complex dependence upon local time and season. The results were in general agreement with those of Tulasi Ram et al. (2009), who used the same method to calculate the topside scale height in a mid-latitude region. On the contrary, our results did not fully coincide with those obtained by Liu et al. (2007), who used electron density profiles from Arecibo Incoherent Scatter Radar (ISR) between 1966 and 2002. The disagreement may result from the limitations in our approximation method and data coverage used for estimations, as well as the inherent dependence of Hm on Geographic LONgitude (GLON).

ZERO-DENSITY ESTIMATES FOR EPSTEIN ZETA FUNCTIONS OF CLASS NUMBERS 2 OR 3

  • Lee, Yoonbok
    • Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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    • v.54 no.2
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    • pp.479-491
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    • 2017
  • We investigate the zeros of Epstein zeta functions associated with positive definite quadratic forms with rational coefficients in the vertical strip ${\sigma}_1$ < ${\Re}s$ < ${\sigma}_2$, where 1/2 < ${\sigma}_1$ < ${\sigma}_2$ < 1. When the class number h of the quadratic form is bigger than 1, Voronin gave a lower bound and Lee gave an asymptotic formula for the number of zeros. Recently Gonek and Lee improved their results by providing a new upper bound for the error term when h > 3. In this paper, we consider the cases h = 2, 3 and provide an upper bound for the error term, smaller than the one for the case h > 3.

Measuring of the Perceptibility and Acceptability in Various Color Quality Measures

  • Kim, A-Ri;Kim, Hong-Suk;Park, Seung-Ok
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.310-317
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    • 2011
  • Perceptibility and acceptability are the most often used threshold units in the field of color science. The former refers to a just perceptible difference and the latter evokes a tolerable color difference. Such thresholds can be very significant to color quality control processes in the printing industry and should be defined in quality measure units. Optical density (OD) and color difference models are usually utilized as color quality measures and have been provided in a considerable number of commercial measuring devices such as spectrophotometers. However, their merits and traits are far less understood in the literature. The present study intends to evaluate performance of those color quality measures including the OD and widely known color difference models, e.g. ${\Delta}E{^*}_{ab}$, ${\Delta}E_{CMC(l:c)}$ and ${\Delta}E{^*}_{00}$. A set of psychophysical assessments were carried out in order to accumulate the perceptibility and acceptability thresholds data, and their central trend was compared with the color quality measure estimates.

Easy and Quick Survey Method to Estimate Quantitative Characteristics in the Thin Forests

  • Mirzaei, Mehrdad;Bonyad, Amir Eslam;Bijarpas, Mahboobeh Mohebi;Golmohamadi, Fatemeh
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.73-77
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    • 2015
  • Acquiring accurate quantitative and qualitative information is necessary for the technical and scientific management of forest stands. In this study, stratification and systematic random sampling methods were used to estimation of quantitative characteristics in study area. The estimator ($((E%)^2xT)$) was used to compare the systematic random and stratified sampling methods. 100 percent inventory was carried out in an area of 400 hectares; characteristics as: tree density, crown cover (canopy), and basal area were measured. Tree density of stands was compared through systemic random and stratified sampling methods. Findings of the study reveal that stratified sampling method gives a better representation of estimates than systematic random sampling.

Inversion of Geophysical Data with Robust Estimation (로버스트추정에 의한 지구물리자료의 역산)

  • Kim, Hee Joon
    • Economic and Environmental Geology
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.433-438
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    • 1995
  • The most popular minimization method is based on the least-squares criterion, which uses the $L_2$ norm to quantify the misfit between observed and synthetic data. The solution of the least-squares problem is the maximum likelihood point of a probability density containing data with Gaussian uncertainties. The distribution of errors in the geophysical data is, however, seldom Gaussian. Using the $L_2$ norm, large and sparsely distributed errors adversely affect the solution, and the estimated model parameters may even be completely unphysical. On the other hand, the least-absolute-deviation optimization, which is based on the $L_1$ norm, has much more robust statistical properties in the presence of noise. The solution of the $L_1$ problem is the maximum likelihood point of a probability density containing data with longer-tailed errors than the Gaussian distribution. Thus, the $L_1$ norm gives more reliable estimates when a small number of large errors contaminate the data. The effect of outliers is further reduced by M-fitting method with Cauchy error criterion, which can be performed by iteratively reweighted least-squares method.

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Test for Distribution Change of Dependent Errors (종속 오차에 대한 분포 변화 검정법)

  • Na, Seong-Ryong
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.587-594
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    • 2009
  • In this paper the change point problem of the error terms in linear regression models is considered. Since fixed or stochastic independent variables and weakly dependent errors are assumed, usual multiple regression models and time series models including ARMA are covered. We use the estimates of probability density function based on residuals in order to test the distribution change of the unobserved errors. Under some mild conditions, the test using the residuals is proved to have the same limiting distribution as the test based on true errors.