• Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications
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• v.31 no.7
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• pp.911-921
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• 2004

Accurate minutiae extraction from input fingerprint images is one of the critical modules in robust automatic fingerprint identification system. However, the performance of a minutiae extraction is heavily dependent on the quality of the input fingerprint images. If the preprocessing is performed according to the fingerprint image characteristics in the image enhancement step, the system performance will be more robust. In this paper, we propose a knowledge-based preprocessing method, which extracts S features (the mean and variance of gray values, block directional difference, orientation change level, and ridge-valley thickness ratio) from the fingerprint images and analyzes image quality with Ward's clustering algorithm, and enhances the images with respect to oily/neutral/dry characteristics. Experimental results using NIST DB 4 and Inha University DB show that clustering algorithm distinguishes the image Quality characteristics well. In addition, the performance of the proposed method is assessed using quality index and block directional difference. The results indicate that the proposed method improves both the quality index and block directional difference.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.143-151
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• 2021

The enormous prevalence of transferring official confidential digital documents via the Internet shows the urgent need to deliver confidential messages to the recipient without letting any unauthorized person to know contents of the secret messages or detect there existence . Several Steganography techniques such as the least significant Bit (LSB), Secure Cover Selection (SCS), Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) and Palette Based (PB) were applied to prevent any intruder from analyzing and getting the secret transferred message. The utilized steganography methods should defiance the challenges of Steganalysis techniques in term of analysis and detection. This paper presents a novel and robust framework for color image steganography that combines Linear Congruential Generator (LCG), simulated annealing (SA), Cesar cryptography and LSB substitution method in one system in order to reduce the objection of Steganalysis and deliver data securely to their destination. SA with the support of LCG finds out the optimal minimum sniffing path inside a cover color image (RGB) then the confidential message will be encrypt and embedded within the RGB image path as a host medium by using Cesar and LSB procedures. Embedding and extraction processes of secret message require a common knowledge between sender and receiver; that knowledge are represented by SA initialization parameters, LCG seed, Cesar key agreement and secret message length. Steganalysis intruder will not understand or detect the secret message inside the host image without the correct knowledge about the manipulation process. The constructed system satisfies the main requirements of image steganography in term of robustness against confidential message extraction, high quality visual appearance, little mean square error (MSE) and high peak signal noise ratio (PSNR).

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.26 no.11
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• pp.33-40
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• 2021

Due to advanced complex strategies, the complexity of information that a commander must analyze is increasing. An intelligent service that can analyze battlefield is needed for the commander's timely judgment. This service consists of extracting knowledge from battlefield information, building a knowledge base, and analyzing the battlefield information from the knowledge base. This paper extract information similar to an input query by embedding the knowledge base built in the 2^nd step. The transformation model is needed to generate the embedded knowledge base and uses the random-walk algorithm. The transformed information is embedding using Word2Vec, and Similar information is extracted through cosine similarity. In this paper, 980 sentences are generated from the open knowledge base and embedded as a 100-dimensional vector and it was confirmed that similar entities were extracted through cosine similarity.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.5 no.4
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• pp.942-950
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• 1998

Extraction of knowledge, especially in the form of rules, from raw data is very important in data mining, the aim of which is to help users who feel the lack of knowledge in spite of the abundance of data. Logic minimization tools are ones which derive optimized knowledge given ON set and DC set. First, the parallel expansion scheme of logic minimization is extracted and used to obtain intial knowledge to get final rules, which are successfully applicable to real world data. The prototype system based on this new approach has been experimented with real world data to show that it is as practical as conventional long studied decision tree methods like C4.5 system.

• Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.77-98
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• 2001

As the role of a library has changed to the integrated management system of knowledge, the library needs new information retrieval tools. The purpose of this study is to propose a method and principle of the Korean-English semantic thesaurus construction for a knowledge management system. The method and principle is as follows; 1) in collecting terminology, I included not only internal documents but external documents on the web as a source for the descriptors extraction. 2) conceptual descriptors are more needed than semantic ones. I also proposed the necessity of the authority files for complement. 3) I proposed the appropriate scale of the descriptors to be 15,000 in a thesaurus. And 4) I proposed a hybrid method that used both a manual and an automatic process in establishing the relationship.

• Annual Conference on Human and Language Technology
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• 2012.10a
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• pp.53-57
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• 2012

본 논문은 소셜 미디어 기반 의사결정 지원 시스템인 '소셜위즈덤'에 포함된 이벤트 템플릿 추출에 대해서 소개한다. 의사결정 지원 시스템은 경제적, 사회적 중요사항을 결정할 수 있도록 관련 정보와 인사이트(Insight)를 제공하는 정보시스템을 이른다. 기존 시스템은 단지 특정 키워드 빈도나 공기하는 키워드들의 관계만을 제공하였다. 그러나, 소셜위즈덤은 이벤트로 정의되는 주체(Subject), 이벤트 속성(Event-Property), 객체(Object)의 트리플(Triple) 집합인 템플릿을 추출하여 이를 기반으로 이벤트 정보를 함께 제공한다. 템플릿 추출은 고정밀 언어분석의 관계추출 기술과 온톨로지에 기반한 템플릿 제약 및 필터링 규칙을 이용하였다. 수작업으로 구축한 평가데이터로 평가한 결과, 템플릿 추출 성능(F-Score)은 뉴스 0.544, 블로그 0.3386, 트위터 0.3251이고 전체 통합 성능은 0.4648이었다. 필터링 성능(Accuracy)은 뉴스 0.7257, 블로그 0.6122, 트위터 0.6207이고 전체 통합 성능은 0.722이었다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.74-82
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• 2008

The objective of this paper is to remove noises of image based on the heuristic noises filter and to extract a tumor region by using morphology techniques in breast ultrasound image. Similar objective studies have been conducted based on ultrasound image of high resolution. As a result, efficiency of noise removal is not fine enough for low resolution image. Moreover, when ultrasound image has multiple tumors, the extraction of ROI (Region Of Interest) is not accomplished or processed by a manual selection. In this paper, our method is done 4 kinds of process for noises removal and the extraction of ROI for solving problems of restrictive automated segmentation. First process is that pixel value is acquired as matrix type. Second process is a image preprocessing phase that is aimed to maximize a contrast of image and prevent a leak of personal information. In next process, the heuristic noise filter that is based on opinion of medical specialist is applied to remove noises. The last process is to extract a tumor region by using morphology techniques. As a result, the noise is effectively eliminated in all images and a extraction of tumor regions is possible though one ultrasound image has several tumors.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.171-177
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• 2011

The decision making process is based on accurate and timely available information. To obtain precise information from the internet is becoming more difficult due to the continuous increase in vagueness and uncertainty from online information resources. This also poses a problem for blind people who desire the full use from online resources available to other users for decision making in their daily life. Ontology is considered as one of the emerging technology of knowledge representation and information sharing today. Fuzzy logic is a very popular technique of artificial intelligence which deals with imprecision and uncertainty. The classical ontology can deal ideally with crisp data but cannot give sufficient support to handle the imprecise data or information. In this paper, we incorporate fuzzy logic with heavyweight ontology to solve the imprecise information extraction problem from heterogeneous misty sources. Fuzzy ontology consists of fuzzy rules, fuzzy classes and their properties with axioms. We use Fuzzy OWL plug-in of Protege to model the fuzzy ontology. A prototype is developed which is based on OWL-2 (Web Ontology Language-2), PAL (Protege Axiom Language), and fuzzy logic in order to examine the effectiveness of the proposed system.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.632-637
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• 2008

In real system application, the propeller shaft rate (PSR) estimation algorithm for the feature extraction of the sonar target operates with the following problems: it requires both accurate and efficient the fundamental finding method because it is essential and difficult to distinguish harmonic family composed of the fundamental and its harmonics from the multiple spectral lines in the frequency spectrum-based sonar target classification, and further, it requires an easy design procedure in terms of its structures and parameters. To solve these problems, an evolutionary PSR estimation algorithm using an expert knowledge and the evolution strategy, is proposed. To verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, a sonar target PSR estimation is performed. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm effectively solves the problems in the realtime system application.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.60-68
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• 2000

Biofiltration is an environmentally-sound technology for elimination of VOCs and odorous compound from low-concentration, high-volume waste gas streams because of its simplicity and cost-effectiveness. It can be appled to the treatment of gases from publicly owned treatment works, composting facilities, landfill sites, and soil vapor extraction systems. The ability to design an effective biofilter system involves a combination of fundamental biofilter knowledge, practical experience, and bench- and pilot-scale testing. The objective of this paper was to review principle, design parameters, operational conditions, case studies, and economy of biofiltration through literature.