• 대한산업공학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.515-532
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• 1997

When balancing mixed model assembly lines (MMALs), workload smoothness should be considered on the model-by-model basis as well as on the station-by-station basis. This is because although station-by-station assignments may provide the equality of workload to workers, it causes the utilization of assembly lines to be inefficient due to the model sequences. This paper presents a genetic algorithm to improve the workload smoothness on both the station-by-station and the model-by-model basis in balancing MMALs. Proposed is a function by which the two kinds of workloads smoothness can be evaluated according to the various preferences of line managers. To enhance the capability of searching good solutions, our genetic algorithm puts emphasis on the utilization of problem-specific information and heuristics in the design of representation scheme and genetic operators. Experimental results show that our algorithm can provide better solutions than existing heuristics. In particular, our algorithm is outstanding on the problems with a larger number of stations or a larger number of tasks.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.84-90
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• 2010

데이터베이스 시스템의 응용분야가 데이터웨어하우징에서 전자상거래에 이르기까지 광범위해지면서 데이터베이스 시스템이 대형화되었다. 이로 인해 데이터베이스 시스템의 성능 향상을 위한 튜닝이 중요한 논점이 되었다. 데이터베이스 시스템의 튜닝은 워크로드 특성을 고려하여 수행할 필요가 있다. 그러나 복합적인 데이터베이스 환경에서 워크로드를 식별하기는 어려우므로 자동적인 식별 방법이 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 데이터베이스 워크로드를 자동적으로 식별하는 SVM 워크로드 분류기를 제안한다. TPC-C와 TPC-W 성능 평가에서 자원할당 파라미터 변경에 따른 워크로드 데이터를 수집하여 SVM을 통해 분류 한다. SVM의 커널별 커널 파라미터와 오류 허용 임계치 값인 C의 조정을 통하여 최적의 SVM 워크로드 분류기를 선택한다. 제안한 SVM 워크로드 분류기와 Decision Tree, Naive Bayes, Multilayer Perceptron, K-NN 분류기의 분류 성능을 비교한 결과, SVM 워크로드 분류기가 다른 기계 학습 분류기보다 9% 이상 향상된 분류 성능을 보였다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.492-499
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• 2022

A large number of employees shifted to Work from home (WFH) due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the construction workforce. The changes in workload and productivity due to WFH impact the work performance and economic outputs of companies. However, there are mixed results about the impacts of WFH on workload and productivity. In particular, limited studies focused on specific types of work of different occupations in the construction workforce. This study aims to explore the impacts of WFH on workload and productivity considering different types of work for the construction workforce in the U.S. After identifying three main occupations and five types of work, an online survey (N = 69) was distributed. Descriptive analysis showed that participants had less workload (0.82 hours/week) and lower productivity (9.69%) during WFH. Three occupations had varied changes due to the different types of work. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) indicated that there was no significant difference in workload, while productivity was decreased during WFH. In particular, the productivity of project-related work and communication and documentation decreased significantly. Overall, participants finished 2.85% less workload per week during WFH. The findings provide an insight into WFH in the construction workforce, which improves future remote or hybrid work arrangements in the construction industry.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.98-108
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• 2005

The assembly line balancing problem has been focused by many research works because the efficient management of the assembly line might influence not only the quality of the products but also the working conditions for the workers. This paper deals with U-shape mixed-model assembly line balancing and considers both the processing time and the physical workloads. We suggest the goal programming approach for this situation and to overcome some difficulties of finding optimal solution, we adopt the genetic algorithm that is one of the most promising solution techniques. We tested several test problems and present the results that indicate some improvement for the line balancing as well as the stable performance of the algorithm.

• 한국산업정보학회논문지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.69-80
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• 2024

본 논문에서는 대기행렬이론의 대표적인 서버제어정책 중 D-정책과 T-정책이 혼합된 상황 하에서 운영되는 이산시간 대기행렬시스템을 다룬다. 베르누이 도착과정으로 시스템에 도착하는 고객들을 단일 서버가 선입선출로 서비스하며, 시스템 내에 서비스할 고객이 없으면 서버는 휴가를 떠났다가 돌아와서 대기 중인 고객들의 서비스시간의 총합(즉, 총 일량)이 D를 초과할 때까지 반복하여 휴가를 갖는다. 본 연구에서 다루는 시스템의 운영은 2차전지를 사용하는 모바일 디바이스의 효율적인 자원 활용의 모델링에 사용할 수 있다. 또한 통신·교통 시스템 분석에 적합한 것으로 잘 알려진 이산시간 시스템을 대상으로 하여 유연한 혼합 제어정책(DT-정책) 하에서 대기행렬시스템의 안정상태 대기시간과 체재시간을 하나의 틀 안에서 유도하였다는 데 그 의의가 있다.

• 산업공학
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.263-277
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• 2009

This research deals with a task assignment problem to worker group which consists of one master and one assistant. Each task must be assigned to only one worker group and it is possible to make a pair of each master and each assistant to organize a worker group. A worker group may have more than one task assigned to it, but the workloads of each worker group must be balanced within the allowable range. This problem can be formulated mathematically using the Mixed Integer Programming(MIP), where the objective function is to minimize the total assignment cost. A two phase heuristic algorithm is suggested in order to find approximate solutions. The first phase is to obtain an initial solution, where the initial assignment is performed to follow the workload adjustment. In the second phase, the solution is improved through the repeated process of the exchange and the assignment adjustment. Numerical experiments have been performed to evaluate the performance of the heuristic algorithm.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.237-249
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• 2024

Purpose: This study aimed to examine the adequacy of current nurse staffing levels by identifying nursing activities and workload. Methods: The study used a mixed-method design. A nursing activity survey was conducted using the work sampling method over 2 working days with 119 general ward nurses. A focus group interview was conducted with 12 nurses. Quantitative and qualitative data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 and content analysis, respectively. Results: The most amount of time was spent on medication (in direct nursing) and electronic medical record documentation (in indirect nursing). The appropriate nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:7.7 for the day shift, 1:9.0 for the evening shift, and 1:11.9 for the night shift. However, the current nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:9.4, 1:11.0, and 1:13.8 for the day, evening, and night shifts, respectively. Therefore, the current nurse staffing level is insufficient for the workload. In the focus group interview, the main reasons cited for being unable to complete tasks within working hours were communication and coordination, and the nursing electronic medical record. The essential nursing activities of basic nursing and emotional support were overlooked owing to a heavy workload. Therefore, an adequate nurse staffing level should be higher than the measured quantitative workload. Conclusion: These results suggest the general wards of tertiary hospitals should evaluate the adequacy of their current nurse staffing and allocate sufficient nurses to improve patient safety and nursing care quality.

• 디지털콘텐츠학회 논문지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.335-341
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• 2018

기존의 데이터베이스시스템은 정적 페이지 저장 모델을 사용하기 때문에 최근 데이터베이스 시장에서 요구하는 혼합 워크로드를 효율적으로 처리하기에는 한계를 가진다. 이에 본 논문에서는 혼합 워크로드의 특성을 반영할 수 있는 동적 페이지 저장 모델을 소개한다. 또한 혼합 워크로드를 분석하여 최적화된 컬럼 그룹을 추출한 후 동적으로 페이지를 구성하는 방법을 소개한다. 마지막으로 실험을 통해 본 논문에서 제안한 컬럼 그룹 기반의 동적 페이지 저장 모델이 기존의 페이지 저장 모델과 비교할 때 혼합 워크로드를 처리하는데 보다 효율적임을 보인다.

• 한국경영과학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2005

A flexible assembly line (FAL) is a production system that assembles various parts in unidirectional flow line with many constraints and manufacturing flexibilities. In this research we deal with a FAL balancing problem with the objective of minimizing the maximum workload allocated to the stations. However, almost all the existing researches do not appropriately consider various constraints due to the problem complexity. Therefore, this study addresses a balancing problem of FAL with many constraints and manufacturing flexibilities, unlike the previous researches. We use a genetic algorithm (GA) to solve this problem. To apply GA to FAL. we suggest a genetic representation suitable for FAL balancing and devise evaluation method for individual's fitness and genetic operators specific to the problem, including efficient repair method for preserving solution feasibility. After we obtain a solution using the proposed GA. we use a heuristic method for reassigning some tasks of each product to one or more stations. This method can improve workload smoothness and raise work efficiency of each station. The proposed algorithm is compared and analyzed in terms of solution quality through computational experiments.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.131-138
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• 2009

The variable sampling inspection scheme with screening for the purpose of assuring the upper limit of maximum expected surplus loss after inspection has been proposed. In this inspection scheme, it has been assumed that a product lot consists of products manufactured through a single production line and lot quality characteristics follow a normal distribution. In the previous literature with respect to inspection schemes, it has been commonly assumed that lot quality characteristics obey a single normal distribution under the condition that all products are manufactured in the same condition. On the other hand, the production line is designed in order that the workload of respective processes becomes uniform from the viewpoint of line balancing. One of the solutions for the bottleneck process is to arrange the workshops in parallel. The lot quality characteristics from such a production line with the process consisting of some parallel workshops might not follow strictly the single normal distribution. Therefore, we expand an applicable scope of the above mentioned variable sampling inspection scheme with screening in this article. Concretely, we consider the variable sampling inspection with screening for the purpose of assuring the upper limit of average outgoing surplus quality loss in the production lots when the lot quality follows the mixed normal distribution.