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Hierarchical Specification and Verification of Requirements using An Object-Oriented Petri Net (객체지향 페트리 넷을 이용한 계층적인 요구사항의 명세 및 검증)

  • Hong, Jang-Eui;Yoon, Il-Cheol;Bae, Doo-Hwan
    • Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.157-167
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    • 2000
  • As the requirements of a software system become large and complex, it causes some problems such that requirements specification using formal methods becomes larger in its size and less understandable. In order to solve such problems, the concepts of modularity and object are adopted to specify the requirements. In addition, top-down and compositional approach to handle such requirements are also adopted. In our paper, we suggest an object-oriented Petri net, called HOONet, to hierarchically specify and verify the complex requirements by incorporating the concepts of modularity, object, abstraction and refinement into a formal method. Our HOONet method supports the incremental specification and verification of partially described or not yet fully analyzed requirements. We also show the applicability of our method by modeling and verifying the requirements of a reactor safety control system.

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Associations between Poorer Mental Health with Work-Related Effort, Reward, and Overcommitment among a Sample of Formal US Solid Waste Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Abas Shkembi;Aurora B. Le;Richard L. Neitzel
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.93-99
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    • 2023
  • Background: Effort-reward imbalance (ERI) and overcommitment at work have been associated poorer mental health. However, nonlinear and nonadditive effects have not been investigated previously. Methods: The association between effort, reward, and overcommitment with odds of poorer mental health was examined among a sample of 68 formal United States waste workers (87% male). Traditional, logistic regression and Bayesian Kernel machine regression (BKMR) modeling was conducted. Models controlled for age, education level, race, gender, union status, and physical health status. Results: The traditional, logistic regression found only overcommitment was significantly associated with poorer mental health (IQR increase: OR = 6.7; 95% CI: 1.7 to 25.5) when controlling for effort and reward (or ERI alone). Results from the BKMR showed that a simultaneous IQR increase in higher effort, lower reward, and higher overcommitment was associated with 6.6 (95% CI: 1.7 to 33.4) times significantly higher odds of poorer mental health. An IQR increase in overcommitment was associated with 5.6 (95% CI: 1.6 to 24.9) times significantly higher odds of poorer mental health when controlling for effort and reward. Higher effort and lower reward at work may not always be associated with poorer mental health but rather they may have an inverse, U-shaped relationship with mental health. No interaction between effort, reward, or overcommitment was observed. Conclusion: When taking into the consideration the relationship between effort, reward, and overcommitment, overcommitment may be most indicative of poorer mental health. Organizations should assess their workers' perceptions of overcommitment to target potential areas of improvement to enhance mental health outcomes.

A study on Classification of Book Trailers (북트레일러의 유형에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Hyunhee
    • Design Convergence Study
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.67-87
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    • 2015
  • With the development of cultural industries and technology, digital video marketing has grown immensely and 'Book Trailer' are now one of the main methods of promoting a title in publishing industry. The demands are growing, but the development lacks basic theoretical foundation and systematic structure. At this crucial moment, basic theoretical research on Book Trailer is necessary to establish a solid foundation for the medium to expand. In this study, I have focused on defining the basic concepts of Book Trailers and analyzing the classification of Book Trailers. In sorting the type of Book Trailers, content and formal appearance were used as standards. As a result, I was able to classify the content genre into message type, conflict type, character type using the elements of story. The formal appearance genre was classified into still photography type, motion typography type, interview type, story movie type and animation type.

Formal Semantics for Lambda Expression of Java (자바 람다식에 대한 형식 의미론)

  • Han Jung Lan
    • KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems
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    • v.12 no.5
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    • pp.157-164
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    • 2023
  • Specifying the semantic structure for functional interfaces and lambda expressions, which are the latest features of Java, can be referenced when designing similar functions in the future, and is also required in the process of standardizing or implementing an optimized translator. In this study, action equation 3.0 is newly proposed to express the static and dynamic semantic structure of functional interfaces and lambda expressions by modifying and upgrading the existing expressions to express the semantic structures of java functional interfaces and lambda expressions. Measure the execution time of java programs by implementing the semantic structure specified in action equation 3.0 in java, and prove that action equation 3.0 is a real semantic structure that can be implemented through simulation. The superiority of this action equation 3.0 is to be confirmed by comparing the action equation 3.0 specified in the four areas of readability, modularity, extensibility and flexibility with the existing representative semantic expression methods.

Problems of Korean School Education Seen from the Standpoint of Enhancement of Community Spirit (공동체의식의 함양에서 본 한국 학교교육의 문제점)

  • Taeyun Jung;Kyung-Sook Jeon;Eun Mi Park
    • Korean Journal of Culture and Social Issue
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    • v.14 no.1_spc
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    • pp.469-485
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    • 2008
  • The purpose of the present study was to see through literature review if Korean formal schooling plays role in enhancing community spirit on the part of students. Seen as quite relevant to community spirit, moral schooling, students' volunteer activities and their evaluation of the Korean society were examined. Results indicated that Korean schooling orients itself to instrumental functions for personal goals rather than heightens community spirit of students. Moral schooling remains formal and superficial, and students' volunteer activities are mandatory in nature for getting good marks. Further, students' evaluation of their school, Koreans and the Korean society are quite negative. In conclusion, methods for enhancing community spirit were discussed.

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Patients Preference for Korean Medicine Doctors' Attire: a Survey of Outpatients at a University Hospital (한방병원 외래 환자의 한의사 복장에 따른 선호도에 관한 연구 - 한의사 복장에 따른 선호도에 관한 연구 -)

  • Ryu, Han-Sung;Lee, In;Han, Chang Woo;Kim, So Yeon;Hong, Jin Woo;Park, Seong Ha;Kwon, Jung Nam;Choi, Jun-Yong
    • Journal of Society of Preventive Korean Medicine
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.155-164
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    • 2013
  • Purpose : This study was conducted to assess whether Korean medicine doctors' attire influences patients' preference (confidence, comfortability, neatness) in a university hospital. Materials and Methods : Employing a cross-sectional design, outpatients answered a questionnaire in a university hospital of Korean Medicine. Respondents were asked for completing the questionnaire to estimate their preference of doctor's attire for confidence, comfortability and neatness after watching 4 types of attire in both male and female Korean medicine doctors, including white coat, traditional attire, formal suit and casual clothes. Whether Korean medicine doctors' attire on a patients' preference is important was also asked for the respondents using a 5-point Likert scale. Results : All 175 patients were enrolled, of whom 38.9% were male respondents, 46.3% graduated from a university at least and mean age of responders was 47.1. Most had a tendency for preferring white coat followed by traditional attire and only a small portion of respondents preferred for formal suit and casual clothes. When comparing preferences in confidence between white coat and traditional attire only, male patients preferred white coat more than female patients did with statistical significance. In addition, 85.4% of respondents answered that Korean medicine doctors' attire is important to a clinical situation with higher ratio of female respondents (87.9%) than male respondents (80.9%). Conclusion : Patients preferred white coat and traditional attire mostly for the Korean Medicine doctor's attire with only small preference for formal suit and casual clothes. Also, Patients recognized that Korean medicine doctors' attire is important in the clinical situation.

Deduction of Considerations During Design and Construction by Analysing Domestic and Abroad Case Analysis of Freeform Building Envelope (국내외 비정형 건축물 외피시스템 사례 분석을 통한 설계 및 시공시 고려사항 도출)

  • Ryu, Han-Guk
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.84-96
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    • 2013
  • Recently, architectural design has been changing from formal design to freeform design due to the digitalization of construction industry. Especially, the formal design has been accepted as a design trend recently and applied many times as a design concept in the architectural design competitions such as turn-key. However, various deflects such as water leak and cracks have been occurred because the traditional construction methods had been applied without any revision or adaptation of the formal construction method for the freeform building construction. Design and construction of freeform building has been developed as an new method in order to solve the problems and minimize the construction duration and cost for the freeform building. Therefore this research deduced the positive implications for developing freefrom envelope by analyzing the domestic and abroad cases and proposed the considerations during design and construction of the freeform envelope as follows. First, the freeform design should consider the constructability for the freeform envelope. Second, manufacturing technology for the two-way curvature of the unit panel should be developed. Third, exposed concrete form method should be developed for the freeform envelope of concrete. Forth, material characteristics, construction method and facility management should be considered in order to manage precipitation and keep water-proof according to the classification of the freeform envelope area.

Innovative Networks of Foreign Capital and Spatial Identity in the Post-socialist System Transformations: The Case of Korean FDI Firms in Shanghai, China (후기 사회주의 체제전환 하의 해외 투자 기업 혁신 네트워크와 공간 특성 분석: 중국 상하이 한국 투자 기업 사례 연구)

  • Kim, Boo-Heon;Lee, Sung-Cheol
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.421-437
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    • 2009
  • China has transformed her strategies for economic development from exogenous development founded on foreign capitals to endogenous development based on enhancing technology innovation capabilities since 2000. More specifically, Chinese business activities have coupled with new institutional settings which enable them to facilitate advanced technology and management methods. As a result, the characteristics of the spatial economy in China are likely to transfer from export-led developmental space to technology-oriented developmental space. In this context, this paper aims to identify the characteristics of technology-oriented space by investigating intra-, inter- and extra-firms relations of Korean FDI firms in Shanghai, China. In terms of intra-firm relations, Korean FDI firms adopted strategies for maximizing business efficiency and effectiveness by transforming their personal networks into formal networks. In terms of inter-firm relations, the distinction of Korean FDI firms' networks has been found in accordance with firm size, industrial sectors, ways of investment etc. Finally, Korean FDI firms has formal networks resulted from institutional involvement, as well as informal (personal) networks based on guanxi (inter-personal relations) in extra-firm relations. Therefore, two types of processes affecting the networks and institutional legacies of the Soviet system can be identified. First is the interaction of institutions and restructuring of pre-existing networks. Second is the insulated institutions and endurance of preexisting networks. And these two governance types have created regional economies which are embedded and over-embedded.

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LOTOS Protocol Conformance Testing for Formal Description Specifications (형식 기술 기법에 의한 LOTOS 프로토콜 적합성 시험)

  • Chin, Byoung-Moon;Kim, Sung-Un;Ryu, Young-Suk
    • The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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    • v.4 no.7
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    • pp.1821-1841
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    • 1997
  • This paper presents an automated protocol conformance test sequence generation based on formal methods for LOTOS specification by using and applying many existing related algorithms and technique, such as the testing framework, Rural Chinese Postman tour concepts. We use the state-transition graphs obtained from LOTOS specifications by means of the CAESAR tool. This tool compiles a specification written in LOTOS into an extended Petri net, from which a transition graph of a event finite-state machine(EvFSM) including data is generated. A new characterizing sequence(CS), called Unique Event sequence(UE sequence) is defined. An UE sequence for a state is a sequence of accepted gate events that is unique for this state. Some experiences about UE sequence, partial UE sequence and signature are also explained. These sequences are combined with the concept of the Rural Chinese Postman Tour to obtain an optimal test sequence which is a minimum cost tour of the reference transition graph of the EvFSM. This paper also presents a fault coverage estimation experience of an automated method for optimized test sequences generation and the translation of the test sequence obtained by using our tool to TTCN notation are also given. A prototype of the proposed framework has been built with special attention to real application in order to generated the executable test cases in an automatic way. This formal method on conformance testing can be applied to the protocols related to IN, PCS and ATM for the purpose of verifying the correctness of implementation with respect to the given specification.

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Notes on Methods for Realization and Analysis for Implementation of Traditional Aesthetic Value (전통 조형정신의 구현체계의 분석 방법과 실현 방안에 관한 고찰)

  • 민경우
    • Archives of design research
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.335-342
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    • 2004
  • Recently there have been various research activities regarding Korean traditional aesthetics. However, those researches were mainly conducted individually, partially, and periodically, which resulted in unsystematic and incomprehensive works. Therefore, it is required to orginze all the precedent research works with more systematic and objective framework. Generally speaking, all the human activities including aesthetic activity have ends, procedure and means. In other words, human being needs three key elements for realizing any thought and those three elements include contents, formal, and practical element. Element of contents is ultimate goal to accomplish as value, concept, and meaning of thought with their aims. Formal element includes methods, principles, norms, procedure, formality and style comprising of thought in order to accomplish the goal. Finally, practical element refers to specific means, tool, media, material and techniques to concretize the contents through form. Almost all of thoughts and meaning which human being tries to express consist of language. Major elements in sentence include 'subject (omissible)' , 'objects (aim)', 'predicate (formality)', 'complement (means)' and they are composed systematically and hierarchically with rules in sentence. The study compared human activity model with language structure and analyzed their implication with design (aesthetics), which made it possible to propose analytic frameworks for traditional aesthetics. In addition, the study also systematically organized the way to realize traditional aesthetic value in the present context based on the methods developed in this study.

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