• 콘크리트학회논문집
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.149-156
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• 2016

염해에 노출된 콘크리트의 내구수명은 매우 중요한데, 주로 Fick's 2법칙에 근거한 결정론적인 방법과 확률론에 근거한 방법이 사용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 시간의존적 확산계수와 표면염화물량을 고려하여 내구적 파괴확률과 이에 따른 내구수명의 변화를 평가하였다. 이를 위해 3.5~4.5년, 비교적 짧은 기간 염해에 노출된 RC 교각에 대하여 해상부(9.0 m)와 간만대(6.0 m) 구분하여 실태조사를 수행하였다. 피복두께, 표명염화물량, 염화물 확산계수에 대한 확률변수를 도출하였으며, MCS을 이용하여 내구적 파괴확률과 내구수명을 평가하였다. Life365를 이용한 결정론적 방법과 다르게, 시간의존성을 고려한 확률해석에서는 내구수명의 변동이 크게 발생하였으며, 표면염화물량이 낮은 조건에서는 초기에 빠른 내구수명의 감소가 평가되었다. 실태조사 결과를 이용하여 확률론적인 내구성 평가를 할 경우, 장기간 염해에 노출되어 $10.0kg/m^3$ 이상의 높은 표면염화물량이 필요함을 알 수 있으며, 확산계수의 시간의존성에 따른 감소를 고려하면 합리적인 내구수명을 평가할 수 있다.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.157-173
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• 2018

Purpose Product characteristics and price value in website have strongly effects on customer satisfaction. Especially, in the online shopping site, the scarcity limits the customer's opportunity to purchase the product. Thus scarcity has been proposed as a important factor that makes the customer highly aware of the merchantability of the product. The scarcity in the web store is used as an important variable to make purchasing decisions of users easier by psychological pressure. In the case of scarce products with price discounts in online commerce, advertising formats that highlight scarcity value in the web commerce market are very effective in enhancing purchase intentions of consumers. Unlike offline stores, the importance of scarcity becomes more important when reflecting the characteristics of online commerce. Therefore, this study intends to confirm the influence of the degree of price discounts and scarcity information presented by Web sites on consumer purchase behavior in Web purchase behavior. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted a web-based experimental study on price sensitivity and price discount. Therefore, we created experimental web-sites that offer two stimuli according to the discount rate. The 200 respondents were randomly assigned. The stimuli were fictitious based on tourism products. The first stimulus presented the price discount(15% discount) with basic explanation about the package of the tourist package. The stimuli assigned to the second group were used for groups with high price discount intensity(65% discount). In this way, the two stimuli clearly distinguished the level of price discount intensity. This paper conducted t-test analysis and structural equation to analyze the experiemental results after confirming the reliability and validity. Findings The results of this study are as follows. The difference in price discount intensity (15% vs 65%) with scarcity showed the mean difference among all the variables. Therefore, this study concluded that there is a significant difference between the price discount of 15% and 65% for the acquisition value and transaction value of users. In particular, consumers' purchase intention is greater and product recommendation intensity is stronger when the price discount is 65%. As a result, the high degree of the price discount intensity with scarcity exerts a greater influence on consumers' purchase intentions. Product scarcity also have a significant impact on perceived value of users. Therefore, purchase intention of customers increases when perceived value increases their profit and pleasure feeling.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2016

Purpose - A variety of indicators are used for the diagnosis of economic situation. However, most indicators explain the past economic situation because of the time difference between the measurement and announcement. This study aims to argue for the resurrection of an idea: electricity demand can be used as an indicator of economic activity. In addition, this study made an endeavor to develop a new Real Business Index(RBI) which could quickly represent the real economic condition based on the sales statistics of industrial and public electricity. Research design, data, and methodology - In this study monthly sales of industrial and public electricity from 2000 to 2015 was investigated to analyze the relationship between the economic condition and the amount of electricity consumption and to develop a new Real Business Index. To formulate the Index, this study followed next three steps. First, we decided the explanatory variables, period, and collected data. Second, after calculating the monthly changes for each variable, standardization and estimating the weighted value were conducted. Third, the computation of RBI finalized the development of empirical model. The principal component analysis was used to evaluate the weighted contribution ratio among 3 sectors and 17 data. Hodrick-Prescott filter analysis was used to verify the robustness of out model. Results - The empirical results are as follows. First, compatibility of the predictability between the new RBI and the existing monthly cycle of coincident composite index was extremely high. Second, two indexes had a high correlation of 0.7156. In addition, Hodrick-Prescott filter analysis demonstrated that two indexed also had accompany relationship. Third, when the changes of two indexes were compared, they were found that the times when the highest and the lowest point happened were similar, which suggested that it is possible to use the new RBI index as a complementing indicator in a sense that the RBI can explain the economic condition almost in real time. Conclusion - A new economic index which can explain the economic condition needs to be developed well and rapidly in a sense that it is useful to determine accurately the current economic condition to establish economic policy and corporate strategy. The salse of electricity has a close relationship with economic conditions because electricity is utilized as a main resource of industrial production. Furthermore, the result of the sales of electricity can be gathered almost in real time. This study applied the econometrics model to the statistics of the sales of industrial and public electricity. In conclusion, the new RBI index was highly related with the existing monthly economic indexes. In addition, the comparison between the RBI index and other indexes demonstrated that the direction of the economic change and the times when the highest and lowest points had happened were almost the same. Therefore, this RBI index can become the supplementary indicator of the official indicators published by Korean Bank or the statistics Korea.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.73-82
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• 2015

Purpose - This paper aims to investigate whether information asymmetry could explain capital structures in Korean corporations. According to Myers (1984), firms prefer internal funding to external financing due to the costs associated with information asymmetry. When external financing is necessary, firms prefer to issue debt rather than equity by the same reasoning. Since Shyam-Sunder and Myers (1999), numerous studies continue to debate the validity of the theory. In this paper, we show how the theory depends on assumptions and incorporated variables. We hope our investigation can provide helpful implications regarding capital structure, information asymmetry, and other firm characteristics. Specifically, our empirical results are complementary to the analysis of Son and Lee's (2015), a recent study that examines the pecking order theory prediction for Korean retail firms. Research design, data, and methodology - We test empirical models that are some variants of model used in Shyam-Sunder and Myers (1999). The financial and accounting data are provided by WISEfn for the firms listed on the KOSPI during 1990 to 2013. Bond ratings are supplied by the Korea Investor Service (KIS). We take into account the heterogeneity in debt capacity; a firm's debt capacity is measured by using the method of Lemmon and Zender (2010) based on its bond ratings. Finally, we estimate empirical models suggested by Shyam-Sunder and Myers (1999), Frank and Goyal (2003), and Lemmon and Zender (2010). Results - First, we find that Shyam-Sunder and Myers' (1999) prediction fails to explain total debt changes of Korean firms. Second, we find a non-monotonic relationship between total debt changes and financial deficits with respect to debt capacity. This contradicts the prediction of Lemmon and Zender (2010) that argues the pecking order theory survives with a monotonically increasing relationship. Third, we estimate a negative correlation coefficient between financial deficit and current debt changes. The result is the complete opposite of the prediction of Lemmon and Zender (2010). Finally, we also confirm the non-monotonic relationship between non-current debt changes and financial deficits with respect to debt capacity. Yet, the slope of coefficient is smaller than that of total debt change case. Indeed, the results are, to some extent, consistent with the prediction of pecking order theory, if we exclude the mid-debt capacity firms. Conclusions - Our empirical results complementary to the analysis of Son and Lee (2015), a recent study focusing on capital structure in Korean retail firms; their paper suggests interesting topics regarding capital structure, information asymmetry, and other firm characteristics in Korean corporations. Contrary to Son and Lee (2015), our results show that total debt changes and current debt changes are inconsistent with the prediction of Shyam-Sunder and Myers (1999). However, similar to Son and Lee (2015), non-current debt changes are consistent with the pecking order prediction, in the case of excluding the mid-level debt capacity firms. This contrast allows us to infer that industry characteristics significantly affect the validity of the pecking order prediction. Further studies are needed to analyze the economics behind this phenomenon, which is beyond the scope of our paper. In addition, the estimation bias potentially matters regarding the firm-level debt capacity calculation. We also reserve this topic for future research.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2015

Purpose - Before the year 2000, the housing prices in Korea were increasing every decade. After 2000, for the first time, Korea experienced a decrease in housing prices, and the repetitive cycle of price fluctuation started. Such a "boom and bust cycle" is a worldwide phenomenon. The current study proposes a mathematical model to explain price fluctuation cycles based on the theory of consumer psychology. Specifically, the model incorporates the effects of buyer expectations of future prices on actual price changes. Based on the model, this study investigates various independent variables affecting the amplitude of price fluctuations in housing markets. Research design, data, and methodology - The study provides theoretical analyses based on a mathematical model. The proposed model uses the following assumptions of the pricing mechanism in housing markets. First, the price of a house at a certain time is affected not only by its current price but also by its expected future price. Second, house investors or buyers cannot predict the exact future price but make a subjective prediction based on observed price changes up to the present. Third, the price is determined by demand changes made in previous time periods. The current study tries to explain the boom-bust cycle in housing markets with a mathematical model and several numerical examples. The model illustrates the effects of consumer price elasticity, consumer sensitivity to price changes, and the sensitivity of prices to demand changes on price fluctuation. Results - The analytical results imply that even without external effects, the boom-bust cycle can occur endogenously due to buyer psychological factors. The model supports the expectation of future price direction as the most important variable causing price fluctuation in housing market. Consumer tendency for making choices based on both the current and expected future price causes repetitive boom-bust cycles in housing markets. Such consumers who respond more sensitively to price changes are shown to make the market more volatile. Consumer price elasticity is shown to be irrelevant to price fluctuations. Conclusions - The mechanism of price fluctuation in the proposed model can be summarized as follows. If a certain external shock causes an initial price increase, consumers perceive it as an ongoing increasing price trend. If the demand increases due to the higher expected price, the price goes up further. However, too high a price cannot be sustained for long, thus the increasing price trend ceases at some point. Once the market loses the momentum of a price increase, the price starts to drop. A price decrease signals a further decrease in a future price, thus the demand decreases further. When the price is perceived as low enough, the direction of the price change is reversed again. Policy makers should be cognizant that the current increase in housing prices due to increased liquidity can pose a serious threat of a sudden price decrease in housing markets.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제37권12호
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• pp.689-695
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• 2015

부착성 미생물을 이용하여 기체상 오염물질을 여과 방식으로 처리하는 생물 공정은 기체상의 흐름 특성과 공정 인자간 관련성이 매우 복잡하게 작용하는 특징을 가진다. 본 연구는 기체상 공정의 특성으로 미세한 변화에도 반응이 급변하는 현상과 물질간 반응관계의 중요성을 고려하여 일반화된 plug flow계 반응조의 공정 분석 도구로 활용 가능한 1차원 동적 수치해석 모델을 개발하였다. 개발 모델은 물질수지 원리를 기초하여 확산을 단순화하고 물질간 경쟁, 상승, 억제 반응 등 상호 반응관계를 반영하여 구성이 용이하도록 하였다. 개발 모델의 적용성 평가는 저속과 고속으로 구분된 BTX 제거 실험에 대하여 보정과 검정 절차로 수행되었다. 개발 모델은 고속 조건의 toluene을 제외하고 모든 조건과 항목에서 상관계수($R^2$) 0.79 이상에서 실험 결과를 재현하였다. 개발 모델은 연속흐름(plug flow)계로써 기체상-생물막의 일반화된 공정에 적용할 수 있는 것으로 평가되었으며 복잡하고 다양한 공정 실험에서 설계 인자 분석 및 효율 평가에 유용한 도구로 사용될 수 있다.

• 대한한의학방제학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.227-239
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• 2010

Objective : The purpose of this study was to develop the simulator which can analyze the anti-inflammatory effects of herbs based on e-cell, or the virtual cell. Method : We have ensured the medical herbs and its active compounds by investigating the oriental medicine records and NBCI(Biomedicine database). Also we have developed the web-based search system for confirming database related to anti-inflammation. We have researched the cell signal pathway related with inflammatory response control and established the mathematical model of herb interaction on selected signal pathway in e-cell. Finally we have developed the prototype which can confirm the result of this model visibly. Results : We constructed the database of 62 cases of anti-inflammatory active compounds in 61 cases of medical herbs which have been known anti-inflammation effects in the paper, 16 cases of inflammatory factors, 10 cases of signal pathways related with inflammatory response and 6,834 cases of URL(Uniform Resource Locator) of referenced papers. And we embodied the web-based research system, which can research this database. User can search basic and detailed information of medical plants related with anti-inflammatory by using information system. And user can acquire information on an active compounds, a signal pathway and a link URL of related paper. Among investigated ten pathways, we selected NF-${\kappa}B$, which plays important role in activation of immune system, and we searched the mechanisms of actions of proteins which could be components of this pathway. We reduced total network into IKK-$I{\kappa}B$ - NF-${\kappa}B$, and completed mathematic modeling by using ordinary differential equations and response variables of $I{\kappa}B-NF-{\kappa}B$ signaling model network which is suggested by Baltimore Group. We designed OED(Ordinary Differential Equation) for response of IKK, $I{\kappa}B$, $NF-{\kappa}B$ in e-cell's cytoplasm and nucleus, and measured whether an active compound of medicinal plants which is inputted by an user would have a anti-inflammation effects in obedience to change in concentration over time. The proposed model was verified by using experimental results of the papers which are listed on NCBI.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:컴퓨팅의 실제 및 레터
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.141-150
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• 2001

낙공정 제어 응용은 로봇, AGV(Automatic Guided Vehicle), 컴베이어 등과 같이 능동적이면서 병행적으로 동작하는 컴포넌트들로 구성되며 이들간의 상호작용으로 수행이 이루어진다. 객체지향 기술은, 이러한 컴포넌트들을 재사용이 가능한 객체로 모델링하여, 공정 제어 응용의 생산성 및 확장성을 향상시킬 수 있다. 그러나 기존 객체지향 기술의 객체는 상태와 행위 정보만을 캡슐화하여 실세계의 객체를 표현하며, 메시지가 전달되어야만 반응하는 수동 객체(passive object)이다. 본 논문에서 소개하는 분산 능동 객체 시스템(Distributed Active Object System: DAOS) 방식은 Java/CORBA 기반의 분산 환경에서 객체의 상태와 행위 정보 뿐 아니라 객체 자신의 제어(control) 부분까지 캡슐화한 능동 객체(active object)을 지원하여, 공정 제어 컴포넌트들을 더욱 완전하게 모델링할 수 있다. 여기서, 자신의 제어란 자신의 상태뿐 아니라 인터페이스 변수(interface variable)로 연결된 타 객체의 상태까지 모니터링하고 그 상태 변화에 따라 스스로 행위를 수행할 수 있는 기능을 말한다[1, 2]. 따라서 DAOS 방식은, 메시지 전달을 이용해 각 분산 객체들의 제어를 기술하지 않고, 인터페이스 변수들을 사용하여, 스스로 기동할 수 있는 객체들을 구성적으로 조립하여 시스템을 구축한다. 즉, DAOS 방식은 객체 조립성을 지원하여 기존 객체지향 기술보다 분산 공정 제어 소프트웨어 생산성 및 확장성을 개선하고, 제어까지 캡슐화된 능동 객체를 지원하여 컴포넌트의 재사용을 향상시킨다.

• 산경연구논집
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• 제9권11호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2018

Purpose - Electrical energy saving is one of the practical virtues relating to sustainable living. Therefore, policy-makers has tried to find a way to change the behaviors of individuals to encourage them to actively practice electrical energy saving, even if they have never had this concern or have only passively practiced electrical energy saving to this point. Prior research related to electrical energy saving can be categorized into several types. The first is focused on consumer characteristics linked to electrical energy saving. These studies are based on individual or household socio-demographic variables (e.g., age, gender, household income, education level, occupants, marital status, number of households), and psycho-graphics (e.g., environmental consciousness, value, attitude, motivation, lifestyle). The second is focused on policies (e.g., monetary incentives, information sharing, social comparison, feedback), and technologies (e.g., energy-efficiency home appliances, energy-reduced products, renewable resources). People generally have a favorable attitude towards electrical energy saving, while electrical energy saving practices tend to be less favorable. Therefore, it is necessary for policy-makers to seek out gaps between attitudes and behaviors and find alternatives to reduce these gaps. This study investigates the influence of authenticity on the behavioral intention of electrical energy saving. It is supposed that electrical energy saving practices are likely to be stronger as authenticity of individual or household becomes stronger. This study reviews prior literature and examines various studies to provide an understanding of the relationships between authenticity and electrical energy saving behavioral intention. Research design, data, and methodology - Hypothesis was drawn from analysis based on previous research. The items related to authenticity and electrical energy saving were selected from items found in previous research. To verify this hypothesis, data were collected via experimental survey method and the resulting data were analyzed using reliability analysis, correlation analysis, and hierarchical regression analysis. Results - This study found that authenticity had a positive impact on the behavioral intention of electrical energy saving. The higher the perceived degree of authenticity, the higher the behavioral intention of electrical energy saving. Conclusions - This study assesses the impact of authenticity on the behavioral intention of electrical energy saving. In order to enhance the practice of electrical energy saving, it is efficient strategy for policy-maker to improve the perceived authenticity of individuals.

• 융합정보논문지
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.59-66
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• 2018

보행 시 지면에 대한 수직력에 대한 전단력의 비율, 즉 보행자가 사용한 마찰계수(UCOF)는 미끄러짐 발생 가능성 있는 시점을 식별하는데 사용된다. 신발보행은 신발창 두께와 경도, 뒤꿈치 모양, 밑창 문양 등의 신발 디자인이 사용마찰계수를 변화시킬 것이다. 본 연구에서는 보행 시 신발 착용 유무에 따른 사용마찰계수(UCOF) 차이를 분석하기 위해 성인남녀 21명(여자 10명, 남자 11명, 나이: $25.2{\pm}2.3yrs$, 키: $165.6{\pm}7.2cm$, 몸무게: $62.2{\pm}7.8kg$)을 대상으로 보행속도, 지면반력, 사용마찰계수(UCOF) 최대 시점, CoP-CoM-수직선 각도의 차이를 알아보고, 사용마찰계수(UCOF)와의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 그 결과, 첫째, 보행 시 신발 착용으로 인해 체중수용기(제동기)의 더 이른 시점에 사용마찰계수가 최대치에 도달하고, 또 그 크기도 증가한다. 둘째, CoP-CoM의 Tangent 값과 사용마찰계수(UCOF1)와의 상관관계는 오른발 제동 초기시점(UCOF1_h)보다 추진 후기에 발생하는 왼발(다음발) 착지시점(UCOF2_h)에서 더 높은 상관관계를 보여, 제동기 보다는 추진기(다음 발 제동기)와의 연관성을 시사한다.