• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권10호
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• pp.3361-3377
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• 2014

Synchronous computing models provided by real-time synchrony protocols, such as TTA [1] and PALS [2], greatly simplify the design, implementation, and verification of real-time distributed systems. However, their application to real systems has been limited since their assumptions on underlying systems are hard to satisfy. In particular, most previous real-time synchrony protocols hypothesize the existence of underlying fault tolerant real-time networks. This, however, might not be true in most soft real-time applications. In this paper, we propose a practical approach to a synchrony protocol, called Quality-Aware PALS (qPALS), which provides the benefits of a synchronous computing model in environments where no fault-tolerant real-time network is available. qPALS supports two flexible global synchronization protocols: one tailored for the performance and the other for the correctness of synchronization. Hence, applications can make a negotiation flexibly between performance and correctness. In qPALS, the Quality-of-Service (QoS) on synchronization and consistency is specified in a probabilistic manner, and the specified QoS is supported under dynamic and unpredictable network environments via a control-theoretic approach. Our simulation results show that qPALS supports highly reliable synchronization for critical events while still supporting the efficiency and performance even when the underlying network is not stable.

• Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2016

Navigating a large 3D virtual environment using a generic haptic device can be challenging since the haptic device is usually bounded by its own physical workspace. On the other hand, mouse interaction easily handles the situation with a clutching mechanism-simply lifting the mouse and repositioning its location in the physical space. Since the haptic device is used for both input and output at the same time, in many cases, its freedom needs to be limited in order to accommodate such a situation. In this paper, we propose a new mechanism called Z-Clutching for 3D navigation of a virtual environment by using only the haptic device without any interruption or sacrifice in the given degrees of freedom of the device's handle. We define the clutching state which is set by pulling the haptic handle back into space. It acts similarly to lifting the mouse off the desk. In this way, the user naturally feels the haptic feedback based on the depth (z-direction), while manipulating the haptic device and moving the view as desired. We conducted a user study to evaluate the proposed interaction technique, and the results are promising in terms of the usefulness of the proposed mechanism.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.1279-1300
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• 2017

In the interweave cognitive networks, the interference from the primary user degrades the performance of the cognitive user transmissions. In this paper, we propose an adaptive cooperation scheme in the interweave cognitive networks to improve the performance of the cognitive user transmissions. In the proposed scheme for the bidirectional communication of two end-source cognitive users, the bidirectional communication is completed through the non-relay direct transmission, the one-way relaying cooperation transmission, and the two-way relaying cooperation transmission depending on the limited feedback from the end-sources. For the performance analysis of the proposed scheme, we derive the outage probability and the finite-SNR diversity multiplexing tradeoff (f-DMT) in a closed form, considering the imperfect spectrum sensing, the interference from the primary user, and the power allocation between the relay and the end-sources. The results show that compared with the direct transmissions (DT), the pure one-way relaying transmissions (POWRT), and the pure two-way relaying transmissions (PTWRT), the proposed scheme has better outage performance. In terms of the f-DMT, the proposed scheme outperforms the full cooperation transmissions of the POWRT and PTWRT.

• 천문학회보
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.43.1-43.1
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• 2014

We report on the optical spectroscopic analysis of a Low Luminosity Quasi Stellar Objects (LLQSOs) sample at $z{\leq}0.06$ based on the Hamburg/ESO QSO survey (HES). To better relate the low-redshift Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) to the QSO population it is important to study samples of the latter type at a level of detail similar to that of the low-redshift AGN. Powerful QSOs, however, are absent at low redshifts due to evolutionary effects and their small space density. Our understanding of the (distant) QSO population is, therefore, significantly limited by angular resolution and sensitivity. The LLQSOs presented here offer the possibility to study the faint end of this population at smaller cosmological distances and, therefore, in greater detail. This, in turn, provides information about the key ingredients with respect to fueling and feedback of QSOs, and their relative importance/strength. Here, we present results of the analysis of visible wavelength spectroscopy provided by the HES and the 6 Degree Field Galaxy Survey (6dFGS). Interesting differences in the taxonomy of the sources having both types of spectra have been noticed and will be discussed.

• 천문학회보
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• 제41권2호
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• pp.36.1-36.1
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• 2016

This is a presentation of the paper published as Kimm et al. 2016, ApJ, 823, 52. We investigate the formation of metal-poor globular clusters (GCs) at the center of two dark matter halos with $Mhalo{\sim}4{\times}107Msun$ at z>10 using cosmological radiation-hydrodynamics simulations. We find that very compact (${\leq}1$ pc) and massive (${\sim}6{\times}105Msun$) clusters form rapidly when pristine gas collapses isothermally with the aid of efficient $Ly{\alpha}$ emission during the transition from molecular-cooling halos to atomic-cooling halos. Because the local free-fall time of dense star-forming gas is very short (${\ll}1Myr$), a large fraction of the collapsed gas is turned into stars before stellar feedback processes blow out the gas and shut down star formation. Although the early stage of star formation is limited to a small region of the central star-forming disk, we find that the disk quickly fragments due to metal enrichment from supernovae. Sub-clusters formed in the fragmented clouds eventually merge with the main cluster at the center. The simulated clusters closely resemble the local GCs in mass and size but show a metallicity spread that is much wider than found in the local GCs. We discuss a role of pre-enrichment by Pop III and II stars as a potential solution to the latter issue. Although not without shortcomings, it is encouraging that a naive blind (not tuned) cosmological simulation presents a possible channel for the formation of at least some massive GCs.

• 한국전자파학회논문지
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.1194-1199
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 빔 성형(beamforming) 기술을 사용하는 릴레이 기반 셀룰러 네트웍에서, 순방향 링크 채널 상태에 대한 제한된 피드백 정보를 이용하여, 동시에 전송되는 송신기과 수신기 사이의 직접 링크(direct link)와 중계기(relay station)와 수신기 사이의 중계 링크(relaying link) 간의 간섭을 효과적으로 억제하는 간섭 회피(interference avoidance) 빔 성형 기술을 제안한다. 이를 위해 송신기는 빔 성형을 사용하여 한정된 공간으로만 직접링크 신호 전력을 전송하고, 송신기의 간섭 전력이 도달하지 않는 공간 영역에 위치한 릴레이들의 relaying을 허용함으로써, 효과적으로 직접 링크와 중계 링크간 간섭을 억제할 수 있는 충돌 회피(collision avoidance) 스케줄링 기술을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안하는 간섭 회피 빔 성형 기술이 중계 링크의 전송 용량을 보장하면서 동시에 전송되는 직접 링크 전송 용량을 최대화 할 수 있음을 보인다.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.734-739
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• 2003

Many types of smart materials and control laws are available to actively adjust the structure from various external disturbances. Usually, a certain type of control laws to activate a specific smart material is well established, but the effectiveness of the control scheme is limited by the choice of the smart materials and the responses of the structure. ER fluid is adequate to provide relatively large control force, on the other hand, the PZT patches are suitable to provide small but arbitrary control forces at any point along the structure. It was found that active vibration control mechanism using ER fluid failed to suppress the excitation off the resonant frequency with changed structural characteristics along the frequency response function of the closed loop of the control system. To compensate this additional peak of the closed loop system, PPF control using PZT as an actuator is added to construct a hybrid controller.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.73-82
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• 1992

An industrial robot, installed real manufacturing processes an element of the system autmation, can be considered as an uncertain system due to dynamic uncertainties in inertial parameters and varying payloads. Most difficuties in controlling a robot manipulator are caused by the fact that the dynamic equations describing the motions of the manipulator are inherently nonlinear and heavily coupled effects between joints and associated links. Existing robot conrol systems have constant predefined gains and do not cover the complex dynamic interactions between manipulator joints. As a result, the manipulator is severly limited in range of application, speed of operation and variation of payload. The proposed controller is operated by adjusting its gains based on the response of the manipulator in such a way that the manipulator closely matches the reference model trajectories defined by the desinger. The proposed manipulator studied has two loops, an inner loop of model reference adaptive controller and an outer loop of state feedback controller with integral action to guarantee the stability of the adaptive scheme. This adaptation algorithm is based on the hyperstailiy approach with an improved Lyapunov function. The coupling among joints and the nonlinearity in the dynamic equation are explicitly considered. The designed manipulator controller shows good tracking performance in practical working environment, various load variations and parameter uncertainties.

• 대한화학회지
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• 제36권5호
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• pp.674-678
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• 1992

전기저항이 큰(묽은) 용액에서도 금속전극의 이중층 전기용량을 전위와 시간의 변화에 따라 연속적으로 정확신속하게 측정할 수 있는 간단한 기기를 설계제작하였다. 주사전위에 작은 진폭의 삼각파를 겹칠 때 정전용량의 응답으로 주어지는 구형파를 관찰하면서 용액의 비보상 저항을 보정하여 평평한 부분을 얻고 이부위의 진폭을 샘플-홀드 회로로 채취하여 기록한다. 샘플링 위치와 기간의 조절가능 기능과 저잡음 대책을 마련하여 삼각파의 진폭을 7mV까지 낮출 수가 있어 페러데이 임피던스 영향을 줄일 수가 있었다. 몇가지 경우에 대한 성능 실험을 통해 응용성과 한계를 고찰하였다.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.258-262
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• 2004

검출기의 분광감응도 표준으로부터 출발하여 SI 기본 단위의 하나인 칸델라(candela)눈금의 불확도는 복사계 개구의 면적 측정 불확도에 의해서 제한을 받는다. 칸델라 눈금을 새로 실현하기 위하여 다이아몬드 선삭가공기를 사용하여 개구의 가장자리가 칼날과 같도록 가공하였다. 이 개구를 디지털 되먹임 알고리듬을 채용한 x-y 이송대에 설치한 후, 출력이 안정화된 레이저 광선을 빔 허리가 5 $\mu\textrm{m}$ 이하가 되도록 집속시키고, 이송대를 이동하면서 개구의 가장자리 좌표를 칼날주사 방법으로 검출하였다. 이 좌표들을 지나는 최적의 타원을 최소 제곱법으로 결정하여 개구의 면적으로 구하였다. 측정 불확도를 분석한 결과 제작한 장치의 면적 측정의 상대 측정 표준 불확도(k=1)는 8${\times}$$10^{-5}$이다.