• Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.73-79
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• 2004

In this paper, we propose an efficient soft decision decoding algorithm for linear block codes. A conventional soft decision decoder have to invoke a hard decision decoder several times to estimate its soft decision values. However, in this method, we may not have candidate codewords, thus it is very difficult to produce soft decision values. We solve this problem by introducing an efficient algorithm to search candidate codewords. By using this, we can highly reduce the cases we cannot find candidate codewords. We estimate the performance of the proposed algorithm by using the computer simulations. The simulation is performed for binary (63, 36) BCH code in fading channel.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.7 no.9
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• pp.2120-2133
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• 2013

In this paper, we address the problem of linear minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) transmitter design for the cognitive radio (CR) multi-user multiple-input single-output (MU-MISO) broadcasting channel (BC), where the cognitive users are subject to not only a sum power constraint, but also a interference power constraint. Evidently, this multi-constraint problem renders it difficult to solve. To overcome this difficulty, we firstly transform it into its equivalent formulation with a single constraint. Then by utilizing BC-MAC duality, the problem of BC transmitter design can be solved by focusing on a dual MAC problem, which is easier to deal with due to its convexity property. Finally we propose an efficient two-level iterative algorithm to search the optimal solution. Our simulation results are provided to corroborate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm and show that this proposed CR MMSE-based scheme achieves a suboptimal sum-rate performance compared to the optimal DPC-based algorithm with less computational complexity.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.18 no.8
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• pp.2157-2177
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• 2024

Demand response (DR) refers to the customers' active reaction with respect to the changes of market pricing or incentive policies. DR plays an important role in improving network reliability, minimizing operational cost and increasing end users' benefits. Hence, the integration of DR in the microgrid (MG) management is gaining increasing popularity nowadays. This paper proposes a day-ahead MG scheduling framework in conjunction with DR and investigates the impact of DR in optimizing load profile and reducing overall power generation costs. A linear responsive model considering time of use (TOU) price and incentive is developed to model the active reaction of customers' consumption behaviors. Thereafter, a novel multi-swarm sine cosine algorithm (MSCA) is proposed to optimize the total power generation costs in the framework. In the proposed MSCA, several sub-swarms search for better solutions simultaneously which is beneficial for improving the population diversity. A cooperative learning scheme is developed to realize knowledge dissemination in the population and a competitive substitution strategy is proposed to prevent local optima stagnation. The simulation results obtained by the proposed MSCA are compared with other meta-heuristic algorithms to show its effectiveness in reducing overall generation costs. The outcomes with and without DR suggest that the DR program can effectively reduce the total generation costs and improve the stability of the MG network.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.217-224
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• 2020

In this study, a framework for optimizing the opening in an outrigger wall is proposed. To solve a constrained bounded optimization problem, an in-house finite element program and SQP algorithm in Python SciPy library are utilized. The openings of the outrigger wall are located according to the strut-tie behavior of the outrigger wall deep beam. A linear interpolation method is used to obtain differentiable continuous functions required for optimization, whereas a database is used for the efficiency of the optimization program. By comparing the result of the two-variable optimization through the moving path of the search algorithm, it is confirmed that the algorithm efficiently determines the optimized result. When the size of each opening is set to individual variables rather than the same width of all openings, the value of the objective function is minimized to obtain better optimization results. It was confirmed that the optimization time can be effectively reduced when using the database in the optimization process.

• The KIPS Transactions:PartB
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• v.11B no.3
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• pp.387-394
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• 2004

In this paper, we propose a modified unsupervised linear alignment algorithm for building an aligned corpus. The original algorithm inserts null characters into both of two aligned strings (source string and target string), because the two strings are different from each other in length. This can cause some difficulties like the search space explosion for applications using the aligned corpus with null characters and no possibility of applying to several machine learning algorithms. To alleviate these difficulties, we modify the algorithm not to contain null characters in the aligned source strings. We have shown the usability of our approach by applying it to different areas such as Korean-English back-trans literation, English grapheme-phoneme conversion, and Korean morphological analysis.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.19 no.8
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• pp.725-730
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• 2013

This paper proposed a novel method for an analysis feature of an Electroencephalogram (EEG) at all channels simultaneously. In a BCI (Brain-Computer Interface) system, EEGs are used to control a machine or computer. The EEG signals were weak to noise and had low spatial resolution because they were acquired by a non-invasive method involving, attaching electrodes along with scalp. This made it difficult to analyze the whole channel of EEG signals. And the previous method could not analyze multiple stimuli, the result being that the BCI system could not react to multiple orders. The method proposed in this paper made it possible analyze multiple-stimuli by grouping the channels. We searched the groups making the largest correlation coefficient summation of every member of the group with a BHS (Binary Harmony Search) algorithm. Then we assumed the EEG signal could be written in linear summation of groups using concentration parameters. In order to verify this assumption, we performed a simulation of three subjects, 60 times per person. From the simulation, we could obtain the groups of EEG signals. We also established the types of stimulus from the concentration coefficient. Consequently, we concluded that the signal could be divided into several groups. Furthermore, we could analyze the EEG in a new way with concentration coefficients from the EEG channel grouping.

• The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
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• v.13 no.2E
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• pp.20-25
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• 1994

The major drawback to the Code Excited Linear Prediction(CELP) type vocoders is their large computational requirements. In this paper, a simple method is proposed to reduce the pitch searching time in the pitch filter almost without degradation of quality. Bease upon the observational regularity of the correlation function of speech, the searching range can be restricted to the positive side in pitch search. This is done by skipping the negative side with the width which is estimated from the previous positive envelope. In addition to that, the maximum number of available lags can be limited by the threshold, $L_T$, which is set on 58 empirically. So, only the limited numbers of lags are considered in pitch search, which is less than a half of that of the full search method. By using the proposed method in pitch search, its required computations are greatly reduced. Experimental result shows 51% time reduction almost without lowering the speech quality in segmental SNR measure.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.179-190
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• 2010

This paper describes a new stochastic heuristic algorithm in engineering problem optimization especially in power system applications. An improved particle swarm optimization (PSO) called adaptive particle swarm optimization (APSO), mixed with simulated annealing (SA), is introduced and referred to as APSO-SA. This algorithm uses a novel PSO algorithm (APSO) to increase the convergence rate and incorporate the ability of SA to avoid being trapped in a local optimum. The APSO-SA algorithm efficiency is verified using some benchmark functions. This paper presents the application of APSO-SA to find the optimal location, type and size of flexible AC transmission system devices. Two types of FACTS devices, the thyristor controlled series capacitor (TCSC) and the static VAR compensator (SVC), are considered. The main objectives of the presented method are increasing the voltage stability index and over load factor, decreasing the cost of investment and total real power losses in the power system. In this regard, two cases are considered: single-type devices (same type of FACTS devices) and multi-type devices (combination of TCSC, SVC). Using the proposed method, the locations, type and sizes of FACTS devices are obtained to reach the optimal objective function. The APSO-SA is used to solve the above non.linear programming optimization problem for better accuracy and fast convergence and its results are compared with results of conventional PSO. The presented method expands the search space, improves performance and accelerates to the speed convergence, in comparison with the conventional PSO algorithm. The optimization results are compared with the standard PSO method. This comparison confirms the efficiency and validity of the proposed method. The proposed approach is examined and tested on IEEE 14 bus systems by MATLAB software. Numerical results demonstrate that the APSO-SA is fast and has a much lower computational cost.

• Journal of KIISE:Databases
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.655-664
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• 2001

The continuous data such as video streams and voice analog signals can be modeled as multidimensional data sequences(MDS's) in the feature space, In this paper, we investigate the clustering technique for multidimensional data sequence, Each sequence is represented by a small number by hyper rectangular clusters for subsequent storage and similarity search processing. We present a linear clustering algorithm that guarantees a predefined level of clustering quality and show its effectiveness via experiments on various video data sets.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.388-388
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• 2019

하도 홍수추적의 방법은 크게 수리학적 방법과 수문학적 방법으로 구분할 수 있다. 수리학적 홍수추적 방법은 정확하지만 대량의 자료가 필요하고 시간이 오래 걸린다. 이와 반대로 수문학적 홍수추적 방법은 정확성은 떨어지지만 소량의 자료만 있으면 되고 시간이 적게 걸린다. 여러 수문학적 홍수추적에 관한 연구들이 있으며 대표적으로 Muskingum 방법이 있다. Muskingum 방법 중 Linear Muskingum Model(LMM)은 방정식의 구조적 한계 때문에 정확한 홍수추적이 어려웠고, 이를 개선하기위하여 Nonlinear Muskingum Model(NLMM), Nonlinear Muskingum Model Incorporation Lateral Flow(NLMM-L) 및 Advanced Nonlinear Muskingum Model Incorporating Lateral Flow(ANLMM-L)이 제안되었다. 본 연구는 수문학적 홍수추적 중 Muskingum 방법의 결과 차이가 어떤 요인으로 인해 발생하는지 검토하였다. 최적화 알고리즘으로 화음탐색법(Harmony Search, HS)을 사용하였으며 LMM, NLMM, NLMM-L 및 ANLMM-L의 매개변수를 산정하였다. 각 방법에 적용 시 HS의 매개변수에 변화를 주어 민감도 분석을 실시하였으며, 분석을 위한 홍수자료는 The Willson Flood data (1947)를 선택하였다. 오차비교방법은 Sum of Squares(SSQ), Root Mean Square Errors(RMSE), Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency(NSE)를 비교하였다. 비교 결과 알고리즘의 성능에 의한 차이보다 홍수추적 방법의 차이가 더 영향이 큰 것으로 나타났다.