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Opportunity Coefficient for Cluster-Head Selection in LEACH Protocol

  • Soh, Ben;AlZain, Mohammed;Lozano-Claros, Diego;Adhikari, Basanta
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.6-11
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    • 2021
  • Routing protocols play a pivotal role in the energy management and lifespan of any Wireless Sensor Network. Lower network lifetime has been one of the biggest concerns in LEACH protocol due to dead nodes. The LEACH protocol suffers from uneven energy distribution problem due to random selection of a cluster head. The cluster head has much greater responsibility compared to other non- cluster head nodes and consumes greater energy for its roles. This results in early dead nodes due to energy lost for the role of cluster- head. This study proposes an approach to balance the energy consumption of the LEACH protocol by using a semi-deterministic opportunity coefficient to select the cluster head. This is calculated in each node with the battery energy level and node ID. Ultimately, based on the opportunity cost, cluster head will be selected and broadcasted for which other nodes with higher opportunity cost will agree. It minimizes the chances of nodes with lower battery level being elected as cluster head. Our simulation experiments demonstrate that cluster heads chosen using our proposed algorithm perform better than those using the legacy LEACH protocol.

Fostering Franchising Intention of SMEs in Vietnam: A Motivation-Opportunity-Ability Perspective

  • TRUONG-THI, Ninh Thuy
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.99-107
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    • 2022
  • Franchising is one of the most interesting areas of management research, attracting researchers and practitioners from all over the world. Many factors that drive franchising intention have been identified by previous researchers. They also demonstrated that there are numerous research gaps in this subject that must be filled. The primary goal of this study is to identify and test new factors of franchising intent. Finally, to clarify the role of these components, this study used the Motivation - Opportunity - Ability paradigm. To test the hypothesis, SmartPLS software was used to evaluate a total of 252 valid questionnaires collected from small and medium businesses in Hanoi, Vietnam. The findings revealed that franchisee motivation, franchisor support, and asset specificity have a positive impact on franchising intention. In whatever case, the opportunity has the greatest impact on participation intentions. In terms of the impact level on SMEs' intentions in the franchise system, ability comes in second. Furthermore, the moderating influence of franchisee asset specialization in the relationship between opportunity and franchising intention is confirmed by this study. This study examines the theoretical and practical contributions, as well as their limitations, and suggests some future research on the subject.

A study on factors that influence organizational identification among employees who work for foreign multinational corporations in Korea (국내 진출 다국적기업 자회사 종사자들의 조직동일시에 미치는 요인에 대한 연구)

  • Jeong Hun Kim;Duckjung Shin
    • Korea Trade Review
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.55-75
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    • 2020
  • This study examines factors that influence organizational identification of employees who work for foreign multinational corporations in Korea. First, we test whether employee perceptions on leader-member exchange, trust in CEO, and career growth opportunity can influence their organizational identification. second, we also investigate moderation effects of employee perception on subsidiary level factors such as co-operation between the subsidiary and its HQ, firm reputation of the subsidiary, and opportunity to work overseas. 391 survey results from 350 subsidiaries of multinational corporations in Korea has been collected for this study. We found that leader-member exchange, trust in CEO and career growth opportunity had a positive effect on organizational identification of employees who work for foreign subsidiaries of multinational corporations in Korea. We also found partial support for the moderation effects of HQ-subsidiary interrelationship and opportunity to work overseas in the relationship between predictors and organizational identification. With this in mind, I hope this help to reconsider competitiveness of global companies in Korea by increasing organizational identification.

Effects of Entrepreneurship Motivation on Entrepreneurial Opportunity Competence in Preliminary Young Entrepreneurs: Focusing on Mediating Effects Of Entrepreneurial Efficacy and Entrepreneurial Orientation (예비청년창업가의 창업동기가 창업기회역량에 미치는 영향: 창업효능감과 기업가지향성의 매개변수의 효과 중심으로)

  • Shan, Liang;Heo, Chul Moo
    • Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.117-137
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    • 2019
  • In young entrepreneurs, the individual situation of opportunity discovery is very important. It is very important that the opportunities that are created for a particular individual entrepreneur are also recognized and assessed through the process. The need for the development of entrepreneurial opportunity competencies, which have a low proportion of opportunistic entrepreneurship, is low in the entrepreneurship education. In particular, young entrepreneurs are in desperate need of opportunistic entrepreneurship. The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of entrepreneurship motivation on entrepreneurial opportunity competence, using entrepreneurial orientation and entrepreneurship orientation as mediation variables for preliminary young entrepreneurs (19-39 old). In the case of young entrepreneurs, there is a tendency to study entrepreneurship policies and education through the system of youth entrepreneurship schools, mainly on college students and youths, and on the effects of institutional support on entrepreneurship. There is little research on the effect of a entrepreneurial motivation on the entrepreneurial opportunity competence needed to promote an entrepreneurial venture in a model with multiple mediators. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of start - up motivation on the entrepreneurial opportunity competence. To do this we analyzed 374 questionnaires collected from preliminary young entrepreneurs in Seoul and Gyeonggi provinces. The results of the analysis using SPSS v22.0 and Process macro v3.0 showed that the motivation of start - up had a significant effect on both opportunity recognition and opportunity evaluation of entrepreneurial opportunity competence. Second, motivation of entrepreneurs has a significant effect on entrepreneurial efficacy. Third, entrepreneurial efficacy has a significant effect on entrepreneurial orientation. Fourth, entrepreneurial orientation has a significant effect on entrepreneurial opportunity competence. Fifth, there is a significant indirect effect between entrepreneurial motivation and entrepreneurial opportunity recognition when passing through entrepreneurial orientation, entrepreneurial efficacy and entrepreneurial orientation at the same time, But indirect effects was insignificant when only entrepreneurship efficacy is passed. There is a significant indirect effect on all mediators between entrepreneurial motivation and entrepreneurial opportunity valuation. It is suggested that strengthening education on entrepreneurship is necessary to cultivate awareness of entrepreneurship opportunities and strengthening education on both entrepreneurial efficacy and entrepreneurship is necessary to cultivate evaluation of entrepreneurship opportunities by type of entrepreneurial motivation.

Opportunity for CBD Process improvement (CBD의 Process 개선을 위한 Opportunity Tree 설계)

  • 최송아;이경환;이은서
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2004.10b
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    • pp.508-510
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    • 2004
  • 컴포넌트 기반 기술의 장점을 최대로 살리기 위해서는 컴포넌트 기반 개발 프로세스 및 관리 프로세스가 체계적으로 통합 관리되어야 한다. 체계적인 개발 프로세스의 부재 속에서 개발된 컴포넌트는 자신의 최대 이점인 소프트웨어의 재사용과 품질의 향상을 끌어내지 못하기 때문이다. 이에 본 리포트에서는 체계적인 개발 프로세스에 대한 Opportunity Tree를 제안함으로써 컴포넌트를 개발하고자 하는 이들의 CBD에 대한 이해를 높이고, 개발 과정의 주요 프로세스를 효과적으로 수행할 수 있도록 한다.

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Bidding Strategies with the Opportunity Cost of Reactive Power in a Competitive Market (무효전력 기회비용을 반영한 전력시장 입찰전략 연구)

  • 이광호
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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    • v.53 no.1
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2004
  • This paper addresses the bidding strategies of generating firms in a competitive market where the firms are provided with payment for generating reactive power. Reactive support for voltage control is an integral and critical part of power system operations. Since reactive support is unbundled in a competitive market under open access transmission, it is treated as one of ancillary services. The operation costs and opportunity costs for reactive support are compensated by payment to the firms, hence their bidding strategies will be affected. The opportunity costs are evaluated from the foregone profits of a generator in making sales in real power market by providing reactive support instead of real power. Game theory approach is used to analysis the transaction strategies of real power by the bimatrix method in this paper. Through computing the Nash equilibrium in a sample system, an incentive of a generator for improving the reactive generating capacity is found to be effective and the variations of the profits are analyzed as the demand power factor changes.

Economic value evaluation of operating reserve based on opportunity cost (기회비용에 의한 운전예비력의 경제적 가치 평가)

  • Yoon, Yong-Beum;Lee, Jae-Gul;Ahn, Nam-Sung
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2005.07a
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    • pp.751-753
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    • 2005
  • In this raper, Economic value of reserve margin i.i presented by opportunity cost for Korean power system, and the level of compensation for spinning reserve that is necessary to operate power system stably is proposed. The generator that is giving up for opportunity to participate in energy market must take opportunity cost. it is relative to not only whole demand level but also marginal cost of each resource. In this paper, assume that all resource in Korea is equivalent to six generator for simulation. and we evaluate value of reserve in the time of high demand and low demand. Also we propose the way to improve a evaluation method by examine relationship between capacity payment and value of reserve.

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Manage the Software Defects using Opportunity Tree Framework (Opportunity Tree 프레임워크를 이용한 소프트웨어 결함관리)

  • Lim keun
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.9 no.4 s.32
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 2004
  • This paper identifies defects to produce a reliable software and analyzes the relationship between defects. Also, this paper is intended to develop the relationship between defects and their causes to introduce. For the doing, first, to meet to customer satisfaction and make flexibility and productivity and second. to maximize market extension and financial outcome by controlling of quality and delivery.

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A WEALTH-DEPENDENT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY SET: ITS EFFECT ON OPTIMAL CONSUMPTION AND PORTFOLIO DECISIONS

  • Choi, Sung-Sub;Koo, Hyeng-Keun;Shim, Gyoo-Cheol;Zariphopoulou, Thaleia
    • Proceedings of the Korean Statistical Society Conference
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    • 2003.05a
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    • pp.43-48
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    • 2003
  • We consider a consumption and investment problem where an investor's investment opportunity gets enlarged when she becomes rich enough, i.e., when her wealth touches a critical level. We derive optimal consumption and investment rules assuming that the investor has a time-separable von Neumann-Morgenstern utility function. An interesting feature of optimal rules is that the investor consumes less and takes more risk in risky assets if the investor expects that she will have a better investment opportunity when her wealth reaches a critical level.

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Optimal Retirement Time and Consumption/Investment in Anticipation of a Better Investment Opportunity

  • Shim, Gyoocheol
    • Management Science and Financial Engineering
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.13-25
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    • 2014
  • We investigate an optimal retirement time and consumption/investment policy of a wage earner who expects to find a better investment opportunity after retirement by being freed from other work and participating fully in the financial market. We obtain a closed form solution to the optimization problem by using a dynamic programming method under general time-separable von Neumann-Morgenstern utility. It is optimal for the wage earner to retire from work if and only if his wealth exceeds a certain critical level which is obtained from a free boundary value problem. The wage earner consumes less and takes more risk than he would without anticipation of a better investment opportunity.