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The Optimal Preferred Alternatives for MNDM Problems using the Taguchi's Loss function (다구찌의 손실함수를 이용한 다망목특성을 가지는 의사결정문제의 최적 선호대안 결정)

  • Lee, Kang-In
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.24 no.4
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    • pp.493-502
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    • 1998
  • The purpose of this paper is to propose an interactive method, which is designed to select the optimal preferred alternatives for the MNDM(Multi-N type Decision- Making) problems with the-Nominal-the-best characteristics. The basic idea of the paper is essentially to eliminate inefficient alternatives based on the concept of the lass function and the cutting range instead of using the utility/value function on the group of attributes that can be considered as important by the decision-maker. As a result, the method proposed in the paper for MNDM problems can be significant in that the change of characteristics is transformed into the size of loss, which can be relatively easy to understand by decision-makers.

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Design of Fixed Phase Control Circuit of Group Delay Line using Adaptive Vector Control (자동적응 벡터 제어를 이용한 군속도 지연선로의 고정 위상 제어기 설계)

  • 정용채
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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    • v.11 no.8
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    • pp.1376-1385
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    • 2000
  • The phase characteristic of delay line in feedfarward linearizer has been changed due to variation of operating temperature. In this paper, design method of fixed phase control circuit of group delay line using adaptive vector control is derived. To maintain transfer characteristics of nominal operating temperature, the error correlated signals, which are changed adaptively due to changing of temperature, are added to main signals. The proposed method maintains transfer characteristics under 0.06dB of insertion loss and 0.36$^{\circ}$ of phase variation in case of 1-tone(880 MHz) and under 0.07 dB of insertion loss and 0.35$^{\circ}$ of phase variation in case of 2-tones(877 MHz, 882 MHz) for 10dB input power dynamic range and +/-10$^{\circ}$ phase variation respectively.

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An Evaluative Study of Health Education Programs for Community-based Hypertension Control in Public Health Centers (보건소 고혈압관리 교육사업의 평가적 연구)

  • Lee, In-Sook
    • Research in Community and Public Health Nursing
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.517-527
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    • 2004
  • Purpose: This research is to find a solution for educational work on high blood pressure control in public health centers by analyzing their current status. Method: It analyzed data from 133 public health centers that had been doing educational work on high blood pressure, through a questionnaire. Also, it developed recommendations by converging opinions from an expert group made of 25 people with nominal group technique. Result: The educational methods of public health centers did not make any approach to get to the goal of the work. The mass media education and campaign activities for the general public had just temporary and passive propensities. In education for patients, it did not use appropriate methods to present management techniques for diagnosis process of patients, medication management, self monitoring BP, and risk factors. Pocket book for monitoring high blood pressure was not focused on self-recording for self-management. The expert group recommended that educational materials for adults should be developed focusing on treatments and observance of risk factors through daily living, and those for children should be focused on basic understanding about diseases, and life style. Conclusion: Presenting direction and strategy of fundamental education work is needed for public health centers by giving them standard educational guidelines of managing high blood pressure nationally, and it is desirable that fundamental frameworks of educational materials should be developed and distributed by professional groups nationally.

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A Study on Developing Productivity Improvement Program Through Employee Involvement (종업원이 참여하는 생산성향상 프로그램 개발)

  • 이재권;장영기
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.18 no.35
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    • pp.61-70
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    • 1995
  • The objective of this study is In develope on productivity improvement program, which named PPM(Participative Productivity Management). This program consists of 3 stages which are Goal setting and sharing. Productivity measurement and evaluation, and Gain sharing. Each concepts of NGT(Nominal Group Technique), Objectives matrix method and Gain sharing was applied to form this frame. This program rewards members of an organization for their contributions to improve business results. It also fits perfectly with today's participative management philosophies. Furthermore, the company and its employees could be partners a win-win situation, and one more barrier to a high-involvement culture should be eliminated.

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An Experimental Study on Shear Strength of Set Anchors Installed in Plain Concrete (무근콘크리트에 매입된 셋트앵커의 전단내력평가에 관한 실험적 연구)

  • Seo, Seong Yeon;Yang, Young Sung;Kim, Kyu Suk
    • Journal of Korean Society of Steel Construction
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    • v.17 no.3 s.76
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    • pp.271-283
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    • 2005
  • This paper concerns the prediction of shear capacity, as governed by steel failure and concrete breakout failure, of set anchors installed in plain concrete. For this purpose, the methods to evaluate the shear capacity of the set anchors in concrete are summarized and the experimental data are compared with capacities by the two present methods : the method of ACI349-90 and the Concrete Capacity Design (CCD) method. (1) The constant-0.684 in the steel strength equation of set anchor was determined from shear test data at the 5 percent fractile probability. Consequently, it was concluded that the constant-0.6 and 0.5 in the steel strength equation for steel failure of ACI318-02 and EOTA were safe. The nominal shear strength of set anchor was proposed as following. $V_s=0.684 A_{se}f_{ut}$. (2) The CCD method was considered reasonable in estimating the concrete breakout strength of set anchors. In terms of the CCD method, the nominal concrete breakout strength of set anchor in shear was provided as follows; $V_b=0.609(\frac{\iota}{d_o})^{0.2}\sqrt{d_0}\sqrt{f_c}(c_1)^{1.5}$(N). (3) The CCD method was considered reasonable in estimating the concrete breakout strength for spacing of set anchors. The proposed equation was considered safe in estimating the concrete breakout strength for spacing of set anchors.

NUCLEAR DATA UNCERTAINTY AND SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS WITH XSUSA FOR FUEL ASSEMBLY DEPLETION CALCULATIONS

  • Zwermann, W.;Aures, A.;Gallner, L.;Hannstein, V.;Krzykacz-Hausmann, B.;Velkov, K.;Martinez, J.S.
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.343-352
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    • 2014
  • Uncertainty and sensitivity analyses with respect to nuclear data are performed with depletion calculations for BWR and PWR fuel assemblies specified in the framework of the UAM-LWR Benchmark Phase II. For this, the GRS sampling based tool XSUSA is employed together with the TRITON depletion sequences from the SCALE 6.1 code system. Uncertainties for multiplication factors and nuclide inventories are determined, as well as the main contributors to these result uncertainties by calculating importance indicators. The corresponding neutron transport calculations are performed with the deterministic discrete-ordinates code NEWT. In addition, the Monte Carlo code KENO in multi-group mode is used to demonstrate a method with which the number of neutron histories per calculation run can be substantially reduced as compared to that in a calculation for the nominal case without uncertainties, while uncertainties and sensitivities are obtained with almost the same accuracy.

Nano-scale Friction Properties of SAMs with Different Chain Length and End Groups

  • R.Arvind Singh;Yoon Eui-Sung;Han, Hung-Gu;Kong, Ho-Sung
    • KSTLE International Journal
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.13-16
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    • 2005
  • Friction characteristics at nano-scale of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) having different chain lengths and end groups were experimentally studied.51 order to understand the effect of the chain length and end group on the nano-scalefriction: (1) two different SAMs of shorter chain lengths with different end groups such as methyl and phenyl groups, and (2)four different kinds of SAMs having long chain lengths (C10) with end groups of fluorine and hydrogen were coated on siliconwafer (100) by dipping method and Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) technique. Their nano-scale friction was measuredusing an Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) in the range of 0-40 nN normal loads. Measurements were conducted at the scanning speed of 2 $mu$m/s for the scan size of 1$mu$m x 1 $mu$m using a contact mode type $Si_3N_4$ tip (NPS 20) that had a nominal spring constant0.58 N/m. All experiments were conducted at anlbient temperature (24 $pm$1$circ$C) and relative humidity (45 $pm$ 5%). Results showedthat the friction force increased with applied normal load for all samples, and that the silicon wafer exhibited highest frictionwhen compared to SAMs. While friction was affected by the inherent adhesion in silicon wafer, it was influenced by the chainlength and end group in the SAMs. It was observed that the nano-friction decreased with the chain length in SAMs. In the caseof monolayers with shorter length, the one with the phenyl group exhibited higher friction owing to the presence of benBenerings that are stiffer in nature. In the case of SAMs with longer chain length, those with fluorine showed friction values relativelyhigher than those of hydrogen. The increase in friction due to the presence of fluorine group has been discussed with respect tothe siBe of the fluorine atom.

Middle-aged Female Consumers' Buying Behavior of Outdoor Sportswear (중년 여성 소비자의 아웃도어 스포츠웨어 구매행동)

  • Chung, Sung Jee
    • Journal of the Korea Fashion and Costume Design Association
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.99-113
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    • 2015
  • The purpose of the study was to explore differences in perceived importance among factors of motives for participating in outdoor sports, product selection criteria of outdoor sportswear and store selection criteria, and in buying frequencies among store types and store locations. Another purpose was to find differences in importance of product selection criteria of outdoor sportswear and store selection criteria and in buying frequencies according to store types and store locations among groups according to motives for participation in outdoor sports. The questionnaire was developed by the researcher and was collected by 221 women aged between 40 and 59. The questionnaire was composed of four parts including participation motives, store selection criteria, and product selection criteria measured by Likert type scale, and demographic characteristics measured by nominal scale. Data were analyzed by frequency test, factor analysis, repeated measure ANOVA, Bonferroni adjusted t-test, cluster analysis by Ward method, ANOVA and Tukey's test as a post-hoc test. The results of the study showed that middle-aged women rated health improvement motive as the most important factor for participating in outdoor sports. Among product selection criteria, comfort was the most important, and among store selection, personal selling was the most important. Among store types, buying frequency in off-price store was the highest and among store locations, buying frequency in stores in a residential area was the highest. Moreover, three groups were classified according to motives for participation in outdoor sports: the health improvement motive group, the conspicuous/sociable motive group, the lower motive group The health improvement motive group rated comfort as the most important factor for product selection criteria, and showed the highest buying frequency in downtown stores. Conspicuous/sociable motive groups valued design and utilization for an everyday wear and shopped more frequently in specialty store and/or in downtown stores.

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Sample size calculation for comparing time-averaged responses in K-group repeated binary outcomes

  • Wang, Jijia;Zhang, Song;Ahn, Chul
    • Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.321-328
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    • 2018
  • In clinical trials with repeated measurements, the time-averaged difference (TAD) may provide a more powerful evaluation of treatment efficacy than the rate of changes over time when the treatment effect has rapid onset and repeated measurements continue across an extended period after a maximum effect is achieved (Overall and Doyle, Controlled Clinical Trials, 15, 100-123, 1994). The sample size formula has been investigated by many researchers for the evaluation of TAD in two treatment groups. For the evaluation of TAD in multi-arm trials, Zhang and Ahn (Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 58, 283-291, 2013) and Lou et al. (Communications in Statistics-Theory and Methods, 46, 11204-11213, 2017b) developed the sample size formulas for continuous outcomes and count outcomes, respectively. In this paper, we derive a sample size formula to evaluate the TAD of the repeated binary outcomes in multi-arm trials using the generalized estimating equation approach. This proposed sample size formula accounts for various correlation structures and missing patterns (including a mixture of independent missing and monotone missing patterns) that are frequently encountered by practitioners in clinical trials. We conduct simulation studies to assess the performance of the proposed sample size formula under a wide range of design parameters. The results show that the empirical powers and the empirical Type I errors are close to nominal levels. We illustrate our proposed method using a clinical trial example.

A Investigation on University Students Preferred Lesson-Methods Under IT Environment (정보기술 환경하에서 대학생들의 학습방법 선호도에 대한 실태분석)

  • Park, Jae-Yong
    • Journal of the Korean Society for information Management
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.279-294
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    • 2009
  • This research evaluated Information Application Mechanism based on university student's preference. In other words, the research content is analyzing what is the most effective learning method for lectures. To obtain this research objective I've done some research in theoretical research and pervious research related to informational mechanism. I also analyzed the degree of understanding in learning-efficiency with students based on lectures using various information mechanisms. For the data gathering I've surveyed 82 students living in Busan, and used the survey sheets to gather data, I made the survey sheet with nominal and interval parts to make the analyzement of data easier. The research result is down below. First, It shows that the students with higher understanding in IT preferred lectures with "PPT"s. Second, The "PPT" preference group thought that the "PPT" teaching method is more effective than other methods. Third, The "WRT" preference group thought that the "WRT" teaching method is more effective than other methods. Forth, Both groups gave each method a 3.08 and 2.95 as a total mean value out on a 1-5 scale showing not much difference. However this research has a research limitation like other researches. In other words, there can be some distortion of information when using the interview method to gather data. The researches from now on will need to organize groups by information mechanisms and research the learning-efficiency with each mechanism.