• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.1-21
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• 2017

This paper discusses a reverse supply chain (RSC) which consists of the process flows from procurement of used products collected from a market, through remanufacturing products from the used products, to sales of the products in a market. In general, it is conceivable for the RSC to face the uncertainty in quality of used products collected from a market. Inspection is one of efficient methods to deal with the problem regarding quality of used products. However, there is a trade-off between inspection cost and inspection accuracy. This paper focuses on the following five types of inspection: (1) 100% inspection, (2) sampling inspection, (3) sampling inspection with screening of rejected lots, (4) sampling inspection with screening of acceptable lots, and (5) no inspection, and determines the optimal operation consisting of the optimal number of procured used products and the optimal inspection policy. Numerical analysis clarifies not only how changes of conditions of the RSC affect the manufacturer's optimal operation but also features of each inspection type. In addition, from the results of numerical analysis, this paper shows the usability to add the proposed inspection in this paper, the sampling inspection with screening of acceptable lots, to choices of inspection type.

• 국제지역연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.49-67
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• 2008

본 연구에서는 경제 내 갑작스런 구조적 변화가 있을 경우의 최적 통화정책 준칙을 살펴본다. 연구의 첫 단계에서는 Markov 상태전환모형을 이용하여 미국 주택가격 상승률의 추이에 두 개의 상이한 상태가 존재함을 보인다. 식별된 두 개의 상태 중 하나는 실질 이자율이 상승시 주택 가격 상승률이 하락한다는 면에서 '통상적'인 상태로 보인다. 반면, 다른 상태 하에서는 주택가격 상승률과 실질 이자율이 양의 상관관계를 갖는다는 면에서 '이례적'인 상태라 할 수 있다. 연구의 두 번째 단계에서는 주택시장에 이와 같은 두 개의 상태가 존재할 경우 중앙은행의 최적통화준칙을 살펴본다. '통상적' 상태 하에서는 인플레이션 압력에 반대로 대응해야 하는 반면, '이례적' 상태에서는 인플레이션 압력을 수용(accommodate)해야 한다는 면에서 중앙은행의 최적통화정책은 비대칭적이다. 또한, 미래 상태에 대한 불확실성이 있을 경우 더욱 보수적으로 통화정책을 운용해야 한다는 결과가 도출된다.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.39-63
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• 2011

Referring to the formulation of physical stochastic optimal control of structures and the scheme of optimal polynomial control, a nonlinear stochastic optimal control strategy is developed for a class of structural systems with hysteretic behaviors in the present paper. This control strategy provides an amenable approach to the classical stochastic optimal control strategies, bypasses the dilemma involved in It$\hat{o}$-type stochastic differential equations and is applicable to the dynamical systems driven by practical non-stationary and non-white random excitations, such as earthquake ground motions, strong winds and sea waves. The newly developed generalized optimal control policy is integrated in the nonlinear stochastic optimal control scheme so as to logically distribute the controllers and design their parameters associated with control gains. For illustrative purposes, the stochastic optimal controls of two base-excited multi-degree-of-freedom structural systems with hysteretic behavior in Clough bilinear model and Bouc-Wen differential model, respectively, are investigated. Numerical results reveal that a linear control with the 1st-order controller suffices even for the hysteretic structural systems when a control criterion in exceedance probability performance function for designing the weighting matrices is employed. This is practically meaningful due to the nonlinear controllers which may be associated with dynamical instabilities being saved. It is also noted that using the generalized optimal control policy, the maximum control effectiveness with the few number of control devices can be achieved, allowing for a desirable structural performance. It is remarked, meanwhile, that the response process and energy-dissipation behavior of the hysteretic structures are controlled to a certain extent.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.673-682
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• 2005

In this paper, we generalize the software reliability growth model by assuming that the testing cost and maintenance cost are random and adopt the Bayesian approach to determine the optimal software release time. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the Bayesian method for certain parametric models.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.117-122
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• 2011

In this paper, we suggest the optimal replacement policy following the expiration of repair warranty when the cost of minimal repair depends on the age of system. To do so, we first explain the replacement model under repair warranty. And then the optimal replacement policy following the expiration of repair warranty is discussed from the user's point of view. The criterion used to determine the optimality of the replacement model is the expected cost rate per unit time, which is obtained from the expected cycle length and the expected total cost for our replacement model. The numerical examples are given for illustrative purpose.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.41-48
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• 2011

This paper considers the maintenance model suggested by Jung and Park (2010) to adopt the Bayesian approach and obtain an optimal replacement policy following the expiration of NFRRW. As the criteria to determine the optimal maintenance period, we use the expected cost during the life cycle of the system. When the failure times are assumed to follow a Weibull distribution with unknown parameters, we propose an optimal maintenance policy based on the Bayesian approach. Also, we describe the revision of uncertainty about parameters in the light of data observed. Some numerical examples are presented for illustrative purpose.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.142-147
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• 2003

Burn-in is a widely used method to eliminate the initial failures. Preventive maintenance policy such as block replacement with minimal repair at failure is often used in field operation. In this, paper burn-in and maintenance policy are taken into consideration at the same time. The cost of a minimal repair is assumed to be a non-decreasing function of its age. The problems of determining optimal burn-in times and optimal maintenance policy are considered.

• Journal of the Korean Statistical Society
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.147-154
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• 1997

An infinite dam with a compound Poisson input having exponential jumps is considered. As an output policy, we adopt the $P_{\lambda}$$^{M}$ Policy. After assigning costs to the dam we obtain the long-rum average cost per unit time of operating the dam and find the optimal values of .lambda. and M which minimize the long-run average cost.t.

• 한국통계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국통계학회 2002년도 추계 학술발표회 논문집
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• pp.147-151
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• 2002

Burn-in is a widely used method to eliminate initial failures. Preventive maintenance policy such as block replacement with minimal repair at failure is often used in field operation. In this paper burn-in and maintenance policy are taken into consideration at the same time. The cost of a minimal repair is assumed to be a non-decreasing function of its age. The problems of determining optimal burn-in times and optimal maintenance policy are considered.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제15권26호
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• pp.99-109
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• 1992

This paper presents a cost model of the system which is managed under a continuous review (Q,r) policy at each retailer and peridic review (R,T) policy at the central warehouse. An iterative procedure is performed to find the optimal or near-optimal' solution for the policy parameters at each retailers and a central warehouse in this study.