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Suggesting Structure and Direction of a Library and Information Science Curriculum Applying Design Thinking Methods

  • Kung Jin Lee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
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    • v.57 no.1
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    • pp.339-363
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    • 2023
  • In response to the changing needs of users and library services, there is a need to develop a library information science curriculum that reflects such change and to foster competent librarians. Recent studies abroad have emphasized the need for librarians who can apply design thinking methods which is a problem-solving methodology that expansively explores various alternatives and derives results, in response to recent changes and problems occurring in libraries. In this study, in order to understand how design thinking methods can be taught and to understand the perceptions of the students and librarians involved in the course, a case study is conducted of a class that applied design thinking methods and students and librarians have been interviewed who had experience participating in the class. By reflecting on the needs of students and librarians', this study explored new directions of what forms courses can take for future librarians. Based on the results of the analysis, among the different characteristics of design thinking, the value of cooperation, problem-solving ability, flexibility and iteration of design characteristics was considered as the value of a class for LIS students and librarians where design thinking methods were applied. From the findings, the research suggests future directions of creating more structured courses that involve an element of design thinking.

Beamforming for Downlink Multiuser MIMO Time-Varying Channels Based on Generalized Eigenvector Perturbation

  • Yu, Heejung;Lee, Sok-Kyu
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.869-878
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    • 2012
  • A beam design method based on signal-to-leakage-plus-noise ratio (SLNR) has been recently proposed as an effective scheme for multiuser multiple-input multiple-output downlink channels. It is shown that its solution, which maximizes the SLNR at a transmitter, can be simply obtained by the generalized eigenvectors corresponding to the dominant generalized eigenvalues of a pair of covariance matrices of a desired signal and interference leakage plus noise. Under time-varying channels, however, generalized eigendecomposition is required at each time step to design the optimal beam, and its level of complexity is too high to implement in practical systems. To overcome this problem, a predictive beam design method updating the beams according to channel variation is proposed. To this end, the perturbed generalized eigenvectors, which can be obtained by a perturbation theory without any iteration, are used. The performance of the method in terms of SLNR is analyzed and verified using numerical results.

A Tabu Search Algorithm to Optimal Weight Selection in Design of Robust $H_{\infty}$ Power System Stablilizer

  • Dechanupaprittha, S.;Ngamroo, I.
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2002.07a
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    • pp.486-489
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    • 2002
  • This paper proposes a tabu search (TS) algorithm to optimal weight selection in design of robust H$_{\infty}$ power system stabilize. (PSS), In H$_{\infty}$ control design, the weight selection and the representation of system uncertainties are the major difficulties. To cope with these problems, TS is employed to automatically search for the optimal weights. On the other hand, the normalized coprime factorization (NCF) is used. The H$_{\infty}$ controller can be directly developed without ${\gamma}$-iteration. Also, the pole-zero cancellation phenomena are prevented. The performance and robustness of the proposed PSS under different loading conditions are investigated in comparison with a robust tuned PSS by examining the case of a single machine infinite bus (SMIB) system. The simulation results illustrate the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed PSS.

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Topology Design of a Structure with a Specified Eigenfrequency (주어진 고유주파수를 갖는 구조물의 위상최적설계)

  • Lee, Jong-Hwan;Min, Seung-Jae
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2001.06c
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    • pp.392-397
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    • 2001
  • Topology optimization is applied to determine the layout of a structure whose eigenfrequency coincides with a specified frequency. The topology optimization problem is formulated to minimize the difference between the structural frequency and a given frequency using the homogenization method and the modified optimality criteria method. It turns out that the value of a weighting factor in the updating scheme plays an important role to achieve both a suitable speed and a stable convergence of an algorithm. Unlike a constant weighting factor in previous works, it is suggested that a weight factor is varied during the iteration to control the amount of the frequency change. To substantiate the proposed approach two-dimensional structural design problems are presented and the resulted topology layouts for the specified eigenfrequency are compared to layouts for maximizing the corresponding eigenfrequency.

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Topology Design of Connection Component System Using Density Distribution Method (밀도분포법을 이용한 부재의 연결구조 최적화)

  • 한석영;유재원;박재용
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.15-20
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    • 2003
  • Most engineering products contain more than one component. Failure occurs either at the connection itself or in the component at the point of attachment of the connection in many engineering structures. The allocation and design of connections such as bolts, spot-welds, adhesive etc. usually play an important role in the structure of multi-components. Topology optimization of connection component provides more practical solution in design of multi-component connection system. In this study, a topology optimization based on density distribution approach has been applied to optimal location of fasteners such as T-shape, L-shape and multi-component connection system. From the results, it was verified that the number of iteration was reduced, and the optimal topology was obtained very similarly comparing with ESO method. Therefore, it can be concluded that the density distribution method is very suitable for topology optimization of multi-component structures.

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Design and Steady-state Electromagnetic Analysis of a Wind Energy Generator with Permanent Magnet (영구자석형 풍력발전기 설계 및 정상상태 전자계 해석)

  • Hwang, Don-Ha;Park, Doh-Young;Kang, Do-Hyun;Bae, Sung-Woo;Choi, Kyeong-Ho;Kim, Dong-Hee
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2002.04a
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    • pp.6-8
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents the design and finite-element(FE) analysis of an axial-flux permanent-magnet synchronous generator using neodymium-iron-boron(NdFeB) magnets for directly coupled wind turbines. For the high energy density and light weight, an axial-flux permanent-magnet(PM) generator type is used. The simple magnetic equivalent circuit approach is used for initial design iteration, and the finite-element method is applied to analyze the detailed characteristics.

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A Design on Model Following ${\mu}$-Synthesis Control System for Optimal Fuel-Injection of Diesel Engine Using Genetic Algorithms (유전 알고리즘을 이용한 디젤 엔진의 최적 연료주입 모델 추종형 ${\mu}$-합성 제어 시스템의 설계)

  • Kim, Dong-Wan;Hwang, Hyun-Joon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1997.07b
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    • pp.587-589
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    • 1997
  • In this paper we design the model following ${\mu}$-synthesis control system for optimal fuel-injection of diesel engine using genetic algorithms. To do this, we give gain and dynamics parameters to the weighting functions and apply genetic algorithms with reference model to the optimal determination of weighting functions that are given by D-K iteration method which can design ${\mu}$-synthesis controller in the state space. These weighting functions are optimized simultaneously in the search domain selected adequately. The effectiveness of this ${\mu}$-synthesis control system for fuel-injection is verified by computer simulation.

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Explicit Design of Uniformly Rough Pipe

  • Yoo, Dong-Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Hydrosciences
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    • v.7
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    • pp.107-124
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    • 1996
  • Pipe design normally requires pump power, discharge or pipe diameter for each condition given. Due to several investigators the pipe friction factor con now be estimated by explicit way for a wide range of flow condition. In various problems of pipe design, however, the flow condition cannot be pre-determined even for a uniformly rough pipe. In these cases a lot of iterations are often required to have an accurate solution with ordinary approach. This paper presents the direct computation method of discharge and pipe diameter without any iteration process. Introducing the power law of friction factor, various non-dimensional physical numbers are derived such as power-diameter number, power-discharge number, diameter-slope number and discharge-slope number. One of the physical numbers concerned with discharge or pipe diameter can be related to a combination of the other in an explicit way.

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Design and Analysis of Fuzzy Control in a Variable Speed Refrigeration System

  • Hua, Li;Jeong, Seok-Kwon
    • International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2007
  • This paper deals with fuzzy control with a feedforward compensator to progress both energy saving and coefficient of performance (COP) in a variable speed refrigeration system. Both the capacity and superheat are controlled simultaneously and independently in the system. By adopting the fuzzy theory, the controller design for the capacity and superheat is possible without depending on a dynamic model of the system. Moreover, the feedforward compensator of the superheat can reduce influence of the interfering loop between the capacity and superheat. Some experiments are conducted to design appropriate fuzzy controller by an iteration manner. The results show that the proposed fuzzy controller with the compensator can establish good control performances for the complicated refrigeration system in spite of its inherent strong non-linearity. Also, the fuzzy control performances were investigated by comparing to the model based PI control experimental results to evaluate transient behavior under the control.

Topology and size optimization of truss structures using an improved crow search algorithm

  • Mashayekhi, Mostafa;Yousefi, Roghayeh
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.77 no.6
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    • pp.779-795
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    • 2021
  • In the recent decades, various optimization algorithms have been considered for the optimization of structures. In this research, a new enhanced algorithm is used for the size and topology optimization of truss structures. This algorithm, which is obtained from the combination of Crow Search Algorithm (CSA) and the Cellular Automata (CA) method, is called CA-CSA method. In the first iteration of the CA-CSA method, some of the best designs of the crow's memory are first selected and then located in the cells of CA. Then, a random cell is selected from CA, and the best design is chosen from the selected cell and its neighborhood; it is considered as a "local superior design" (LSD). In the optimization process, the LSD design is used to modify the CSA method. Numerical examples show that the CA-CSA method is more effective than CSA in the size and topology optimization of the truss structures.