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A Survey of Genetic Programming and Its Applications

  • Ahvanooey, Milad Taleby;Li, Qianmu;Wu, Ming;Wang, Shuo
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.13 no.4
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    • pp.1765-1794
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    • 2019
  • Genetic Programming (GP) is an intelligence technique whereby computer programs are encoded as a set of genes which are evolved utilizing a Genetic Algorithm (GA). In other words, the GP employs novel optimization techniques to modify computer programs; imitating the way humans develop programs by progressively re-writing them for solving problems automatically. Trial programs are frequently altered in the search for obtaining superior solutions due to the base is GA. These are evolutionary search techniques inspired by biological evolution such as mutation, reproduction, natural selection, recombination, and survival of the fittest. The power of GAs is being represented by an advancing range of applications; vector processing, quantum computing, VLSI circuit layout, and so on. But one of the most significant uses of GAs is the automatic generation of programs. Technically, the GP solves problems automatically without having to tell the computer specifically how to process it. To meet this requirement, the GP utilizes GAs to a "population" of trial programs, traditionally encoded in memory as tree-structures. Trial programs are estimated using a "fitness function" and the suited solutions picked for re-evaluation and modification such that this sequence is replicated until a "correct" program is generated. GP has represented its power by modifying a simple program for categorizing news stories, executing optical character recognition, medical signal filters, and for target identification, etc. This paper reviews existing literature regarding the GPs and their applications in different scientific fields and aims to provide an easy understanding of various types of GPs for beginners.

A Verification Strategy for the Origin of Electronic Records (전자기록의 출처확인 지원전략)

  • Song, Byoungho
    • The Korean Journal of Archival Studies
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    • no.25
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    • pp.47-89
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    • 2010
  • The target of managing electronic records should be the trusted record services to the end-users. The natural characteristics of electronic records yields the drawback in the authenticity aspect and in the integrity aspect, and current standards and methodologies have beed developed to treat this drawback. However the authenticity and the integrity concepts is hardly separated each other and too completed, so alternative "source" concept is introduced and a verification strategy for the origin of electronic records is discussed in this paper. According to this concept, current standards and methodologies may be criticized for the negligence of necessary information organizing/verification, the doubtful long-term verification, and the missing counter-strategy for the verification-failed records. To solve this, needed facters for origin verification is described, new preservation format divided into temporally-fluctuating (variable) part and immutable (fixed) part is proposed, and a strategy to prevent, avoidance, and detection/recovery important records is suggested.

Analysis of Design Elements and Barriers to Link the Emission Trading Systems between the Republic of Korea and China (한·중 배출권거래제 연계를 위한 설계요소 및 장애요인 분석)

  • Park, Su Gyeong;Park, Soon chul;Song, Cholho;Lim, Chul-Hee;Lee, Soo Jeong;Lee, Woo-Kyun
    • Journal of Climate Change Research
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.471-485
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    • 2018
  • The Republic of Korea (ROK) has made many efforts to reduce greenhouse gases through a legal framework, making obligations to reach domestic and overseas targets via the Paris Convention in 2015. China recently launched a nation-wide emission trading system (ETS) and has considered extending this ETS to include the ROK. This study examines the possibility of linking the ETS between ROK and China by considering the institutional design elements of the ETS. Additionally, this study provides policy implications to reach Korea's overseas reduction target. For the research methodology, the design elements of both the ROK and China policies were analyzed by categorizing their standard design elements based on the International Carbon Action Partnership. This paper focuses on four main barriers (cap type, borrowing, offset and price ceiling) based on their environmental benefits and analyzes the challenges to combining the design elements between the ROK and China systems. The two ETS commonly share the same cap types, and there is similar institutional progress regarding the offset and price ceiling. In addition to this, note that China has a borrowing system that is opposite to the borrowing system in ROK. According to these findings, there are major challenges to linking the ROK and China systems due to differences in the major design elements. Thus, it is necessary to modify the Korean domestic borrowing system and understand the Chinese institutional processes related to environmental negotiation to achieve further cooperation.

A Study on the Weavigation Service for Smart Devices that Reflects the Real-Time Weather Conditions in Vulnerable Area (취약지역 실시간 기상상황을 반영한 스마트기기용 웨비게이션 서비스 연구)

  • Bae, Kwang Yong;Lee, Jae Eun;Kim, Young Beom
    • Journal of Climate Change Research
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.385-395
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, we target to develop weather platform and services to use in smart devices which is in real-time mobility environment. The existing TPEG-based navigation service requires a dedicated terminal, DMB communication method, and service scalability, so there are limits. In this paper, we analyze, processing and storage the real-time weather information suitable for navigation on the end user's smart devices by weather information service platform has been developed that can provide a standardized. In addition, we develop weavigation services and API for the developer to develop weather services easily. And we introduce system for serving information of dangerous district forecast based on natural disaster dangerous district data.

Development of Customer Satisfaction Quality Indicator Considering Producer's Specification Limits (생산자규격을 고려한 소비자만족품질지표의 개발)

  • Kim, Dong-Hyuk;Chung, Young-Bae
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.41 no.4
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    • pp.50-58
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    • 2018
  • Process Capability ($C_{pk}$) is a representative measure of how well the producer manages dispersion and bias for the specifications needed by the consumer. This is expressed as a ratio of 6 times the natural tolerance to the specification. As the producer manages the dispersion small, the capacity index becomes higher. And it is classified into 5 grades according to the degree of management. It is a measure of the quality of processes used in most industrial fields. However, $C_{pk}$ is calculated by only reflecting the mean and dispersion of the process, there is a disadvantage that it can not give information about the economic loss caused by the inconsistency of the process with the target value. Overcoming these drawbacks, process capability indexes reflecting various types of loss functions such as $C_{pm}$, $C^+_{pm}$ and $C_{pl}$ have been developed. However, all of these previous studies have applied the limit to the consumer specification, which is based on the traditional and passive quality perception that the quality characteristic should exist within the limits of the consumer specification. In this study, we will develop 'Customer Satisfaction Quality Indicator (CSQI)' which is a quantitative indicator that can be fully evaluated when the manufacturer's specification limit, which is an aggressive quality strategy, is applied. This is expected to be useful decision information for both producers and consumers.

Determination of dichloroacetic acid and trichloroacetic acid in fresh-cut salads using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS를 이용한 신선편의 샐러드 중 dichloroacetic acid와 trichloroacetic acid의 분석)

  • Kim, Hekap;Lee, Seong-gyun;Yun, A-hyeon
    • Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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    • v.51 no.1
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    • pp.12-17
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    • 2019
  • Dichloroacetic acid (DCAA) and trichloroacetic acid (TCAA) in fresh-cut salads available from the market were determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The target compounds in 3 g of acidified homogenates were extracted with 20 mL of methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE). The extract was concentrated to 1 mL and heated for 1 h at $55^{\circ}C$. The analytes were separated using a DB-1701 column and detected with a mass spectrometer. The method detection limit was approximately $6{\mu}g/kg$, and both analytical accuracy and precision were found to be satisfactory. The linearity of the calibration curves expressed as the coefficients of determination was >0.996. The analysis of seven samples using the established method showed that the four samples contained considerable amounts of analytes ($25.4-31.2{\mu}g/kg$ of DCAA and $18.8-46.1{\mu}g/kg$ of TCAA). These results raised a concern about the impact of fresh-cut salad consumption on human health.

An Evaluation of Active Case Detection in Malaria Control Program in Kiyuni Parish of Kyankwanzi District, Uganda

  • Bahk, Young Yil;Cho, Pyo Yun;Ahn, Seong Kyu;Lee, Woo-Joo;Kim, Tong-Soo;Working Groups in ChildFund Korea;Uganda, Uganda
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.56 no.6
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    • pp.625-632
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    • 2018
  • Malaria remains one of the leading health burdens in the developing world, especially in several sub-Saharan Africa countries; and Uganda has some of the highest recorded measures of malaria transmission intensity in the world. It is evident that the prevalence of malaria infection, the incidence of disease, and mortality from severe malaria remain very high in Uganda. Although the recent stable political and economic situation in the last few decades in Uganda supported for a fairly good appreciation of malaria control, the declines in infection, morbidity, and mortality are not sufficient to interrupt transmission and this country is among the top 4 countries with cases of malaria, especially among children under 5 years of age. In fact, Uganda, which is endemic in over 95% of the country, is a representative of challenges facing malaria control in Africa. In this study, we evaluated an active case detection program in 6 randomly selected villages, Uganda. This program covered a potential target population of 5,017 individuals. Our team screened 12,257 samples of malaria by active case detection, every 4 months, from February 2015 to January 2017 in the 6 villages (a total of 6 times). This study assessed the perceptions and practices on malaria control in Kiyuni Parish of Kyankwanzi district, Uganda. Our study presents that the incidence of malaria is sustained high despite efforts to scale-up and improve the use of LLINs and access to ACDs, based on the average incidence confirmed by RDTs.

Seismic Fragility Evaluation of Cable Supported Bridges Based on Probability Distribution Using Safety Factors of Structural Members (안전율 확률분포에 근거한 케이블지지교량 주요부재의 내진성능 취약도 평가)

  • Park, Jin-Woo;Kim, Chang-Sung;Kim, Doo-Kie
    • Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.37-44
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    • 2019
  • The purpose of this study is to rationally determine the priority of seismic reinforcement of main(key) members of bridges. Cable Supported bridge was selected as the evaluation target and the reliability based on the probability distribution was used to evaluate the seismic fragility of the key members as a quantitative indicator. The safety factor, which is a random variable, is considered an artificial (fixed load and live load) load and a natural (earthquake, wind, temperature, etc.) load. The seismic load is applied as a possible earthquake during the lifetime of the bridge. From analyzing the fragility of each key member based on the seismic reliability, it can be concluded that the shoe (23.8%) was the most fragile, where the other members are ranked as place concrete (20.5%), pier (18.9%), foundation (17.3%) and cable (5.0%) respectively.

Detection of Geosmin Production Capability Using geoA Gene in Filamentous Cyanobacteria (Nostocales, Oscillatoriales) Strains (geoA 유전자를 이용한 사상형 남조류(Nostocales, Oscillatoriales)의 Geosmin 생성능 검출)

  • Ryu, Hui-Seong;Shin, Ra-Young;Seo, Kyung-Ae;Lee, Jung-Ho;Kim, Kyunghyun
    • Journal of Korean Society on Water Environment
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.661-668
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    • 2018
  • Geosmin is volatile metabolites produced by a range of filamentous cyanobacteria which causes taste and odor problems in drinking water. Molecular ecological methods which target biosynthetic genes (geoA) are widely adopted to detect geosmin-producing cyanobacteria. The aim of this study was to investigate the potential production capability of 8 strains isolated from the Nakdong River. Ultimately, a suggestion for a genetical monitoring tool for the identification of geosmin producers in domestic waters was to be made. Geosmin was detected using solid phase microextraction gas chromatography mass spectrometry (SPME GC-MS) in two strains of Dolichospermum plactonicum (DGUC006, DGUC012) that were cultured for 28 day. The highest concentrations during the experiment period was $17,535ngL^{-1}$ and $14,311ngL^{-1}$ respectively. Additionally, geoA genes were amplified using two primers (geo78F/971R and geo78F/982R) from strains shown to produce geosmin, while amplification products were not detected in any of non-producing strains. PCR product (766 bp) was slightly shorter than the expected size for geosmin producers. According to the BLAST analysis, amplified genes were at nucleotide level with Anabaena ucrainica (HQ404996, HQ404997), Dolichospermum planctonicum (KM13400) and Dolichospermum ucrainicum (MF996872) between 99 ~ 100 %. Both strains were thus confirmed as potential geosmin-producing species. We concluded that the molecular method of analysis was a useful tool for monitoring potential cyanobacterial producers of geosmin.

A Study on the Improvement of Water Quality according to the Pollution Management Plan of Seomjin River Water System (섬진강수계의 오염원 관리방안에 따른 수질 개선에 관한 연구)

  • Won, Chan-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Environmental Technology
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.514-527
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    • 2018
  • This study formed a scenario to improve a water quality by expecting and analyzing a water quality of Jeollabuk-do Seomjingang water system, so calculated a result. As a result, it was analyzed that a water quality is improved at 15.32 % of the maximum BOD, 7.17 % of T-N, and 62.86 % of T-P according to domestic and livestock cut amount by reinforcing discharge water of sewage disposal plant and improving pollutant management plans. It was analyzed that supplementing various cut plans such as establishment of efficient cut plans, plans to decrease pollution loading amount, plans to increase sewage disposal efficiently, pollutant decrease through an expansion of sewage disposal area, and energy recovery from animal dung of Total Pollutant Load Management System, and developing a study on more efficient improvement plans of water quality by considering natural increase and economic development are efficient in an improvement in a water quality.