• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.186-191
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• 2003

Skills in tracing of the MR divide into following, approaching, avoiding and warning and so on. It is difficult to have all these skills learned as neural network. To make this up for, skills consisted of each module, and Mobile Robot was controlled by the output of module adequate for the situation. A mobile Robot was equipped multi-ultrasonic sensor and a USB Camera, which can be in place of human sense, and the measured environment information data is learned through Modular Neural Network. MNN consisted of optimal combination of activation function in the Expert Network and its structure seemed to improve learning time and errors. The Gating Network(GN) used to control output values of the MNN by switching for angle and speed of the robot. In the paper, EN of Modular Neural network was designed optimal combination. Traveling with a real MR was performed repeatedly to verity the usefulness of the MNN which was proposed in this paper. The robot was properly controlled and driven by the result value and the experimental is rewarded with good fruits.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.29 no.5C
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• pp.618-626
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• 2004

In this paper, we describe a robot endeffector recognition system based on a Modular Neural Networks (MNN). The proposed recognition system can be used for vision system which track a given object using a sequence of images from a camera unit. The main objective to achieve with the designed MNN is to precisely recognize the given robot endeffector and to minimize the processing time. Since the robot endeffector can be viewed in many different shapes in 3- D space, a MNN structure, which contains a set of feedforwared neural networks, can be more attractive in recognizing the given object. Each single neural network learns the endeffector with a cluster of training patterns. The training MNN patterns for a neural network share the similar characteristics so that they can be easily trained. The trained UM is les s sensitive to noise and it shows the better performance in recognizing the endeffector. The recognition rate of MNN is enhanced by 14％ over the single neural network. A vision system with the MNN can precisely recognize the endeffector and place it at the center of a display for a remote operator.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2002.12a
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• pp.415-418
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• 2002

MR의 자율주행 기능에는 추종, 접근, 충돌회피, 경고 등의 여러 기능이 있다. 이 기능들을하나의 Neural Network로 학습시키는 것은 어려운 일이다. 이것을 보안하고자 기능들을 각각의 Module로 구성하여 상황에 맞게 학습된 Module의 출력 값으로 MR을 제어하였다 로봇은 인간의 감각을 대신할 수 있는 다중 초음파 센서와 PC 카메라를 장착하고 있으며, 이곳에서 측정된 환경정보 데이터들은 Modular Neural Network을 통해 학습이 이루어진다 MNN에서의 출력값은 Gating Network(GN)에서 로봇의 진행 방향과 속도를 스위칭 출력함으로서 MR을 제어하는데 사용된다. MNN 내 EN의 활성화 함수 최적결합을 통해 효과적인 MNN을 구성하였다. 본 논문에서는 Modular Neural Network의 Expert Network(EN)을 최적설계 하였고, 제안한 MNN의 검증을 위해 실시간으로 MR에 구현하였다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 1999.06a
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• pp.496-499
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• 1999

This paper describes a medular neural network(MNN) for a vision system which tracks a given object using a sequence of images from a camera unit. The MNN is used to precisely recognize the given robot endeffector and to minize the processing time. Since the robot endeffector can be viewed in many different shapes in 3-D space, a MNN structure, which contains a set of feedforwared neural networks, co be more attractive in recognizing the given object. Each single neural network learns the endeffector with a cluster of training patterns. The training patterns for a neural network share the similar charateristics so that they can be easily trained. The trained MNN is less sensitive to noise and it shows the better performance in recognizing the endeffector. The recognition rate of MNN is enhanced by 14% over the single neural network. A vision system with the MNN can precisely recognize the endeffector and place it at the center of a display for a remote operator.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2003.09a
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• pp.694-697
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose modular network to solve difficult and complex problems that are seldom solved with Multi-Layer Neural Network(MLNN). The structure of Modular Neural Network(MNN) in researched by Jacobs and jordan is selected in this paper. Modular network consists of several Expert Networks(EN) and a Gating Network(CN) which is composed of single-layer neural network(SLNN) or multi-layer neural network. We propose modular network structure using Recurrent Neural Network(RNN), since the state of the whole network at a particular time depends on aggregate of previous states as well as on the current input. Finally, we show excellence of the proposed network compared with modular network.

• Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.701-711
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• 2001

Forecasting of water quality variation is not an easy process due to the complicated nature of various water quality factors and their interrelationships. The objective of this study is to test the applicability of neural network models to the forecasting of the water quality at Gongju station in Geum River. This is done by forecasting monthly water qualities such as DO, BOD, and TN, and comparing with those obtained by ARIMA model. The neural network models of this study use BP(Back Propagation) algorithm for training. In order to improve the performance of the training, the models are tested in three different styles ; MANN model which uses the Moment-Adaptive learning rate method, LMNN model which uses the Levenberg-Marquardt method, and MNN model which separates the hidden layers for judgement factors from the hidden layers for water quality data. the results show that the forecasted water qualities are reasonably close to the observed data. And the MNN model shows the best results among the three models tested

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.123-126
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• 2010

Modeling non-point pollution across multiple scales has become an important environmental issue. As a more representative and practical approach in quantifying and qualifying surface water, a modular neural network (MNN) was implemented in this study. Two different site-scales ($1.5\;{\times}\;10^5$ and $1.62\;{\times}\;10^6\;m^2$) with the same plants, soils, and paddy field management practices, were selected. Hydrologic data (rainfall, irrigation and surface discharge) and water quality data (time-series nutrient loadings) were continuously monitored and then used for the verification of MNN performance. Correlation coefficients (R) for the results predicted from the networks versus measured values were within the range of 0.41 to 0.95. The small block could be extrapolated to the large field for the rainfall-surface drainage process. Nutrient prediction produced less favorable results due to the complex phenomena of nutrients in the drainage water. However, the feasibility of using MNN to generate improved prediction accuracy was demonstrated if more hydrologic and environmental data are provided. The study findings confirmed the estimation accuracy of the upscaling from a small-segment block to large-scale paddy field, thereby contributing to the establishment of water quality management for sustainable agriculture.