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A Heuristic Optimal Path Search Considering Cumulative Transfer Functions (누적환승함수를 고려한 경험적 최적경로탐색 방안)

  • Shin, Seongil;Baek, Nam Cheol;Nam, Doo Hee
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.60-67
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    • 2016
  • In cumulative transfer functions, as number of transfer increase, the impact of individual transfer to transfer cost increase linearly or non linearly. This function can effectively explain various passengers's travel behavior who choose their travel routes in integrated transit line networks including bus and railway modes. Using the function, it is possible to simulate general situations such that even though more travel times are expected, less number of transfer routes are preferred. However, because travel cost with cumulative transfer function is known as non additive cost function types in route search algorithms, finding an optimal route in integrated transit networks is confronted by the insolvable enumeration of all routes in many cases. This research proposes a methodology for finding an optimal path considering cumulative transfer function. For this purpose, the reversal phenomenon of optimal path generated in route search process is explained. Also a heuristic methodology for selecting an optimal route among multiple routes predefined by the K path algorithm. The incoming link based entire path deletion method is adopted for finding K ranking path thanks to the merit of security of route optimality condition. Through case studies the proposed methodology is discussed in terms of the applicability of real situations.

Development of forest carbon optimization program using simulated annealing heuristic algorithm (Simulated Annealing 휴리스틱 기법을 이용한 임분탄소 최적화 프로그램의 개발)

  • Jeon, Eo-Jin;Kim, Young-Hwan;Park, Ji-Hoon;Kim, Man-Pil
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.18 no.12
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    • pp.197-205
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    • 2013
  • In this study, we developed a program of optimizing stand-level carbon stock using a stand-level yield model and the Simulated Annealing (SA) heuristic method to derive a optimized forest treatment solution. The SA is one of the heuristic algorithms that can provide a desirable management solution when dealing with various management purposes. The SA heuristic algorithm applied 'thermal equilibrium test', a thresholds approach to solve the phenomenon that does not find an optimum solution and stays at a local optimum value during the process. We conducted a sensitivity test for the temperature reduction rate, the major parameter of the thermal equilibrium test, to analyze its influence on the objective function value and the total iteration of the optimization process. Using the developed program, three scenarios were compared: a common treatment in forestry (baseline), the optimized solution of maximizing the amount of harvest(alternative 1), and the optimized solution of maximizing the amount of carbon stocks(alternative 2). As the results, we found that the alternative 1 showed provide acceptable solutions for the objectives. From the sensitivity test, we found that the objective function value and the total iteration of the process can be significantly influenced by the temperature reduction rate. The developed program will be practically used for optimizing stand-level carbon stock and developing optimized treatment solutions.

A Heuristic Approach for Approximating the ARL of the CUSUM Chart

  • Kim, Byung-Chun;Park, Chang-Soon;Park, Young-Hee;Lee, Jae-Heon
    • Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.89-102
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    • 1994
  • A new method for approximating the average run length (ARL) of cumulative sum (CUSUM) chart is proposed. This method uses the conditional expectation for the test statistic before the stopping time and its asymptotic conditional density function. The values obtained by this method are compared with some other methods in normal and exponential case.

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A practical coherency model for spatially varying ground motions

  • Yang, Qing-Shan;Chen, Ying-Jun
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.141-152
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    • 2000
  • Based on the discussion about some empirical coherency models resulted from earthquake-induced ground motion recordings at the SMART-1 array in Taiwan, and a heuristic model of the coherency function from elementary notions of stationary random process theory and a few simplifying assumptions regarding the propagation of seismic waves, a practical coherency model for spatially varying ground motions, which can be applied in aseismic analysis and design, is proposed, and the regressive coefficients are obtained using least-square fitting technique from the above recordings.

A Multi-Resource Leveling Algorithm for Project Networks

  • Lee, Chung-Ung
    • Journal of the military operations research society of Korea
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.123-136
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    • 1977
  • This thesis presents a modification and extension to the Burgess and Killebrew heuristic resource leveling procedure for project networks. In contrast to previous algorithms appearing in the literature, the objective function of this algorithm. is the minimization of the sum of the squared errors in each time period (deviations around the mean usage) of all resources over the duration of the project. This objective function continues the search for an improved schedule beyond that of previous algorithms with their associated objective functions. One important feature is that the algorithm tends to reduce the number of periods that a resource is idle during its duration on the project.

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Flow Shop Scheduling Problems By using Y-Shape Property ("V-shape"를 이용한 흐름작업 일정계획)

  • 노인규;이정환
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.14 no.23
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    • pp.65-70
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    • 1991
  • This paper is concerned with a flow-shop scheduling problem for all jobs having the common due date using V-Shape penalty cost function for earliness and lateness. The objective of the paper is to develop an efficient heuristic scheduling algorithm for minimizing total penalty cost function and for determining the optimal common due date. In addition, the between-job-delay for two machines are considered for developing the algorithm. A numerical example is given for illustrating the proposed algorithm.

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A study on a schedule-cost analysis model for defense R&D project planning (국방 R&D프로젝트의 일정-비용분석모델의 연구)

  • 황홍석;류정철;정덕길
    • Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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    • 1996.04a
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    • pp.213-216
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    • 1996
  • R'||'&'||'D project management is a process of decisions concerned with the achievement of goals of objectives. Especially, defense R'||'&'||'D project planning is the key in the successfull management of defense development. The defense project managers are constantly having to perform "what if\ulcorner" exercise, such as what if the project is extended out for an additional cost\ulcorner In this reserch, we developed a schedule-cost analysis model based upon Critical Path Method(CPM) and Venture Evaluation and Review Technique(VERT) for schedule-cost trade off analysis defense R'||'&'||'D projects. In the first step, a deterministic model is developed as a heuristic which deterministic model is developed as a heuristic which determines the schedule extension and reduction cost as a function desired schedule. In the second step, a stochastic network simulation model is developed to analyse the project risk (sucess and failure). The expected time and cost can be determined for desired schedule under the assumptions of stochastic arc data (time and cost) with a various precedence relationships. This model provides the defense R'||'&'||'D managers with an estimated and expected cost for curtailing or extending a project a given amount of time. The effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed methods, a heuristic and stochastic networks simulations, have been demonstrated through examples.

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Structural damage detection based on residual force vector and imperialist competitive algorithm

  • Ding, Z.H.;Yao, R.Z.;Huang, J.L.;Huang, M.;Lu, Z.R.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.62 no.6
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    • pp.709-717
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    • 2017
  • This paper develops a two-stage method for structural damage identification by using modal data. First, the Residual Force Vector (RFV) is introduced to detect any potentially damaged elements of structures. Second, data of the frequency domain are used to build up the objective function, and then the Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (ICA) is utilized to estimate damaged extents. ICA is a heuristic algorithm with simple structure, which is easy to be implemented and it is effective to deal with high-dimension nonlinear optimization problem. The advantages of this present method are: (1) Calculation complexity can be decreased greatly after eliminating many intact elements in the first step. (2) Robustness, ICA ensures the robustness of the proposed method. Various damaged cases and different structures are investigated in numerical simulations. From these results, anyone can point out that the present algorithm is effective and robust for structural damage identification and is also better than many other heuristic algorithms.

Traffic Prediction based Multi-Stage Virtual Topology Reconfiguration Policy in Multi-wavelength Routed Optical Networks (다중 파장 광 네트워크 상에서 트래픽 예상 기법 기반 다단계 가상망 재구성 정책)

  • Lin Zhang;Lee, Kyung-hee;Youn, Chan-Hyun;Shim, Eun-Bo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.27 no.8C
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    • pp.729-740
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    • 2002
  • This paper studies the issues arising in the virtual topology reconfiguration phase of Multi-wavelength Routed Optical Networks. This reconfiguration process means to change the virtual topology in response to the changing traffic patterns in the higher layer. We formulate the optimal reconfiguration policy as a multi-stage decision-making problem to maximize the expected reward and cost function over an infinite horizon. Then we propose a new heuristic algorithm based on node-exchange to reconfigure the virtual topology to meet the traffic requirement. To counter the continual approximation problem brought by heuristic approach, we take the traffic prediction into consideration. We further propose a new heuristic reconfiguration algorithm called Prediction based Multi-stage Reconfiguration approach to realize the optimal reconfiguration policy based on predicted traffic. Simulation results show that our reconfiguration policy significantly outperforms the conventional one, while the required physical resources are limited.

Reducing Search Space of A* Algorithm Using Obstacle Information (장애물 정보를 이용한 A* 알고리즘의 탐색 공간의 감소)

  • Cho, Sung Hyun
    • Journal of Korea Game Society
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.179-188
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    • 2015
  • The A* algorithm is a well-known pathfinding algorithm. However, if the information about obstacles is not exploited, the algorithm may collide with obstacles or lead into swamp areas unnecessarily. In this paper, we propose new heuristic functions using the information of obstacles to avoid them or swamp areas. It takes time to process the information of obstacles before starting pathfinding, but it may not cause any problems most of cases because it is not processed in real time. We showed that the proposed methods could reduce the search space effectively through experiments. Furthermore, we showed that heuristic functions using obstacle information could reduce the search space effectively without processing obstacle information at all.