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Hierarchical Petri netting for design and supervision of an automated vehicle system

  • Sakai, Y.;Kitazawa, M.;Nakamura, M.;Matsuda, N.
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1994.10a
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    • pp.763-768
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    • 1994
  • A hierarchical Petri- net is utilized in supervising an automated vehicle system, The supervisory system is supported by computer networking in order to facilitate necessary processing, and consists of control flow level and computer allocation level so that a designer and an operator can easily build and/or access to each level. There are two modes of utilizing Petri net here in this paper. One is to employ it in designing the control system, in order to optimally allocate computers in every stage of processing. The other is for supervision of the system in operation, in order for the operator to be in a easy-to-comprehend environment of operation. The effect of these two modes of utilizing Petri net is examined.

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Higher-order Factor Structure of Consumer Dissatisfaction with Clothing -Off-line Purchase and Usage- (의복 불만족의 고차요인구조 -오프라인 의복구매 및 사용-)

  • Ahn, Soo-Kyoung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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    • v.35 no.5
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    • pp.561-574
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    • 2011
  • This study investigates the ultimate factor structure of consumer dissatisfaction with the off-line purchase and usage of clothing. It identifies the determinant dimensions of consumer dissatisfaction on clothing purchase and usage and investigates the hierarchical structure of consumer dissatisfaction by assessing and comparing the effectiveness of five alternative factor structure models. A total of 300 women were online-surveyed to assess the level of dissatisfaction based on their dissatisfying experience with clothing purchases and usage in terms of product quality, price, salesperson's attitude, and store environment. The exploratory factor analysis identified the underlying dimensions of dissatisfaction: Handling, Aesthetics, Salesperson, Size, Price, Product Quality, Service, and Environment. By employing a first-order confirmatory factor analysis and higher-order confirmatory factor analysis, consumer dissatisfaction was confirmed to have a hierarchical structure with three second-order constructs Intrinsic instrument is manifested by handling, quality, and size, Intrinsic expression consists of service, salesperson, and environment, and Extrinsic circumstance contains aesthetics and price. On empirically demonstrating the multi-dimensional constructs of consumer dissatisfaction by identifying its hierarchical structure, the study provides the theoretical and practical insights to comprehend consumer purchase and post-purchase behavior. Specifically, it affords an empirical platform to extend the scope of research with condensed concepts of dissatisfaction to researchers. In addition, it also enables marketers to take a broader view of consumer dissatisfaction by providing cues about potential problems and identifying the source of those problems.

Remote Monitoring with Hierarchical Network Architectures for Large-Scale Wind Power Farms

  • Ahmed, Mohamed A.;Song, Minho;Pan, Jae-Kyung;Kim, Young-Chon
    • Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.1319-1327
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    • 2015
  • As wind power farm (WPF) installations continue to grow, monitoring and controlling large-scale WPFs presents new challenges. In this paper, a hierarchical network architecture is proposed in order to provide remote monitoring and control of large-scale WPFs. The network architecture consists of three levels, including the WPF comprised of wind turbines and meteorological towers, local control center (LCC) responsible for remote monitoring and control of wind turbines, and a central control center (CCC) that offers data collection and aggregation of many WPFs. Different scenarios are considered in order to evaluate the performance of the WPF communications network with its hierarchical architecture. The communications network within the WPF is regarded as the local area network (LAN) while the communication among the LCCs and the CCC happens through a wide area network (WAN). We develop a communications network model based on an OPNET modeler, and the network performance is evaluated with respect to the link bandwidth and the end-to-end delay measured for various applications. As a result, this work contributes to the design of communications networks for large-scale WPFs.

A Study on the Cooperative Control of Multiple Mobile Robots Using a Hierarchical Structure (계층적 구조에 의한 다중이동로봇의 협동제어에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Sung-Kyu;Lee, Kee-Seong
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2001.11c
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    • pp.95-98
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    • 2001
  • A hierarchical structure for the cooperative control of multiple mobile robots using coordinates of objects obtained from vision system is proposed. The order-level perceives environments represented by workspace sets. The algorithm selects an object to be moved using an object discrimination part and determines the robot actions. The action-level generates a trajectory of each wheel velocity of robot. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

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New Techniques for Anonymous HIBE with Short Ciphertexts in Prime Order Groups

  • Lee, Kwang-Su;Lee, Dong-Hoon
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.4 no.5
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    • pp.968-988
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    • 2010
  • Anonymous hierarchical identity based encryption (HIBE) is an extension of identity based encryption (IBE) that can use an arbitrary string like an e-mail address for a public key, and it additionally provide the anonymity of identity in ciphertexts. Using the anonymous HIBE schemes, it is possible to construct anonymous communication systems and public key encryption with keyword search. This paper presents an anonymous HIBE scheme with constant size ciphertexts under prime order symmetric bilinear groups, and shows that it is secure under the selective security model. Previous anonymous HIBE schemes were constructed to have linear size ciphertexts, to use composite order bilinear groups, or to use asymmetric bilinear groups that is a special type of bilinear groups. Our construction is the first efficient anonymous HIBE scheme that has constant size ciphertexts and that uses prime order symmetric bilinear groups. Compared to the previous scheme of composite order bilinear groups, ours is ten times faster. To achieve our construction, we first devise a novel cancelable random blinding technique. The random blinding property of our technique provides the anonymity of our construction, and the cancellation property of our technique enables decryption.

Natural-Language-Based Robot Action Control Using a Hierarchical Behavior Model

  • Ahn, Hyunsik;Ko, Hyun-Bum
    • IEIE Transactions on Smart Processing and Computing
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.192-200
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    • 2012
  • In order for humans and robots to interact in daily life, robots need to understand human speech and link it to their actions. This paper proposes a hierarchical behavior model for robot action control using natural language commands. The model, which consists of episodes, primitive actions and atomic functions, uses a sentential cognitive system that includes multiple modules for perception, action, reasoning and memory. Human speech commands are translated to sentences with a natural language processor that are syntactically parsed. A semantic parsing procedure was applied to human speech by analyzing the verbs and phrases of the sentences and linking them to the cognitive information. The cognitive system performed according to the hierarchical behavior model, which consists of episodes, primitive actions and atomic functions, which are implemented in the system. In the experiments, a possible episode, "Water the pot," was tested and its feasibility was evaluated.

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3D Object Extraction Algorithm Based on Hierarchical Phase Using Fast Fourier Transform (고속 푸리에 변환을 이용한 계층적 위상기반 3차원 객체 추출 기법)

  • 한규필;이채수;박양우;엄태억
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2001.06c
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    • pp.145-148
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    • 2001
  • This paper presents a phase-based stereo matching algorithm in order to efficiently extract 3-dimensional objects from two 2D images. Conventional phase-based methods, especially using windowed Fourier phases, inherit good properties in the cage of hierarchical approaches, because they basically use a multi-resolution phase map. On the contrary, their computational cost is too heavy. Therefore, a fast hierarchical approach, using multi-resolution phase-based strategy and reducing redundancies of phase calculations based on FFT concept is proposed in this paper. In addition, a structural matching algorithm on the phase domain is presented to improve the matching quality. In experimental results. it is shown that the computation loads are considerably reduced about 8 times and stable outputs are obtained from various images.

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A Study on the Typological Classification and Characteristics of Contemporary House Plans (현대주택 평면의 유형화와 평면 특성 분석에 관한 연구)

  • 이현수;정승연;최진원
    • Journal of the Korean housing association
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.195-202
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    • 1999
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristics and types of contemporary houses. This study deals with single-unit Korean houses designed by architects, which are included in architectural periodicals and books published since 1990. This study uses three analysis criteria: general characteristics of the house, hierarchical order of the plan and planning elements of houses. These criteria are derived from preceding studies and typological and topographical theories on houses. As the results of this study, the types of contemporary houses's plan are obtained from the perspective of plan's shape, hierarchical space relationship and spatial organization. Ten types corresponding to the plan shape are proposed. And eleven types of hierarchical space relationship are made and six spatial organization plan types are shown in this paper.

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Symbolic Cluster Analysis for Distribution Valued Dissimilarity

  • Matsui, Yusuke;Minami, Hiroyuki;Misuta, Masahiro
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.225-234
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    • 2014
  • We propose a novel hierarchical clustering for distribution valued dissimilarities. Analysis of large and complex data has attracted significant interest. Symbolic Data Analysis (SDA) was proposed by Diday in 1980's, which provides a new framework for statistical analysis. In SDA, we analyze an object with internal variation, including an interval, a histogram and a distribution, called a symbolic object. In the study, we focus on a cluster analysis for distribution valued dissimilarities, one of the symbolic objects. A hierarchical clustering has two steps in general: find out step and update step. In the find out step, we find the nearest pair of clusters. We extend it for distribution valued dissimilarities, introducing a measure on their order relations. In the update step, dissimilarities between clusters are redefined by mixture of distributions with a mixing ratio. We show an actual example of the proposed method and a simulation study.

Analysis of 3-D Superplastic Forming/Diffusion Bonding Process Using a Hierarchical Contact Searching Method(I) (계층적 접촉 탐색방법을 이용한 3-D 초소성 성형/확산접합의 공정설계(I))

  • Kang, Y.K.;Song, J.S.;Hong, S.S.;Kwon, Y.N.;Lee, J.H.;Kim, Y.H.
    • Transactions of Materials Processing
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    • v.16 no.2 s.92
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    • pp.138-143
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    • 2007
  • Superplastic forming/diffusion bonding (SPF/DB) processes were analyzed using a 3-D rigid visco-plastic finite element method. A constant-triangular element based on membrane approximation and an incremental theory of plasticity are employed for the formulation. The coulomb friction law is used for interface friction between tool and material. Pressure-time relationship for a given optimal strain rate is calculated by stress and pressure values at the previous iteration step. In order to improve the contact searching, hierarchical search algorithm has been applied and implemented into the code. Various geometries including sandwich panel and 3 sheet shape for 3-D SPF/DB model are analyzed using the developed program. The validity fer the analysis is verified by comparison between analysis and results in the literature.