• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.45-51
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• 2014

Distribution system is a critical link between customer and utility. The control of power loss is the main factor which decides the performance of the distribution system. There are two methods such as (i) distribution system reconfiguration and (ii) inclusion of capacitor banks, used for controlling the real power loss. Considering the improvement in voltage profile with the power loss reduction, later method produces better performance than former method. This paper presents an advanced evolutionary algorithm for capacitor inclusion for loss reduction. The conventional sensitivity analysis is used to find the optimal location for the capacitors. In order to achieve a better approximation for the current candidate solution, Opposition based Differential Evolution (ODE) is introduced. The effectiveness of the proposed technique is validated through 10, 33, 34 and85-bus radial distribution systems.

• 한국자동차공학회논문집
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.241-249
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• 2014

This paper presents a path planning algorithm of an autonomous vehicle (ADAM III) for collision avoidance in the presence of multiple obstacles. Under the requirements that a low-cost GPS is used and its computation should be completed with a sampling time of sub-second, heading angle estimation is proposed to improve performance degradation of its measurement and a hierarchical structure for path planning is used. Once it is decided that obstacle avoidance is necessary, the path planning consists in three steps: waypoint generation, trajectory candidate generation, and trajectory selection. While the waypoints and the corresponding trajectory candidates are generated based on position of obstacles, the final desired trajectory is determined with considerations of kinematic constraints as well as an optimal condition in a term of lateral deviation. Finally the proposed algorithm was validated experimentally through field tests and its demonstration was performed in Autonomous Vehicle Competition (AVC) 2013.

• 한국항공운항학회지
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• 제16권2호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2008

An inverse method is introduced to construct the problem for the error analysis of the numerical solution of initial value problem. These problems constructed through this method have a known exact solution, even though analytical solutions are generally not obtainable. The process leading to the exact solution makes use of an initially available approximate numerical solution. A smooth interpolation of the approximate solution is forced to exactly satisfy the differential equation by analytically deriving a small forcing function to absorb all of the errors in the interpolated approximate solution. Using this special case exact solution, it is possible to investigate the relationship between global errors of a candidate numerical solution process and the associated tuning parameters for a given problem. Under the assumption that the original differential equation is well-posed with respect to the small perturbations, we thereby obtain valuable information about the optimal choice of the tuning parameters and the achievable accuracy of the numerical solution.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2015

In this paper, we propose the horizontal line detection using the Haar-like features and linear regression in infrared images. In the marine environment horizon image is very useful information on a variety of systems. In the proposed method Haar-like features it was noted that the standard deviation be calculated in real time on a static area. Based on the pixel position, calculating the standard deviation of the around area in real time and, if the reaction is to filter out the largest pixel can get the energy map of the area containing the straight horizontal line. In order to select a horizontal line of pixels from the energy map, we applied the linear regression, calculating a linear fit to the transverse horizontal line across the image to select the candidate optimal horizontal. The proposed method was carried out in a horizontal line detecting real infrared image experiment for day and night, it was confirmed the excellent detection results than the legacy methods.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.5-10
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• 2007

According to the advantageous features of flash memory, its exploitation and application in mobile and ubiquitous related devices as well as voluminous storage devices is being increased rapidly. The inherent properties that are determined by configuration of flash memory unit might restrict the promising expansion in its utilization. In this paper, we study policies based on threshold values, instead of using global search, in order to satisfy our objective that is to decrease the necessary processing cost or penalty for recycling of flash memory space at the same time minimizing the potential degradation of performance. The proposed cleaning methods create partitions of candidate memory regions, to be reclaimed as free, by utilizing global or dynamic threshold values. The impact of the proposed policies is evaluated through a number of experiments, the composition of the optimal configuration featuring the methods is tested through experiments as well.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2008년도 추계학술대회B
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• pp.2839-2844
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• 2008

A PEMFC(proton exchange membrane fuel cell) is a good candidate for residential power generation to be cope with the shortage of fossil fuel and green house gas emission. The attractive benefit of the PEMFC is to produce electric power as well as hot water for home usage. Typically, thermal management of vehicular PEMFC is to reject the heat from the PEMFC to the ambient air. Different from that, the thermal management of PEMFC for RPG is to utilize the heat of PEMFC so that the PEMFC can be operated at its optimal efficiency. In this study, dynamic thermal management system is modeled to understand the response of the thermal management system during dynamic operation. The thermal management system of PEMFC for RPGFC is composed of two cooling circuits, one for controling the fuel cell temperature and the other for heating up the water for home usage. Dynamic responses and operating strategies of the PEMFC system are investigated during load changes.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.19-25
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• 2017

A design methodology for parametric design optimization of washing machine door is presented. We develop a motion simulator and a robotic door to simulate the various motion of washing machine doors. The motion of the washing machine door is related to hinge parameters. Springs and dampers are usually used in the hinge of washing machine door for controlling motion of the door. A physical simulator of the door motion is used for finding candidate parameters of the hinge and a robotic door whose motion is controlled algorithmically is used for consumer tests. Through the consumer evaluation on the robotic motion, the optimized parameters are determined. We find the optimal parameters as a function of angle and angular velocity of the door.

• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.114-121
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• 2007

Power and sample size estimation is one of the crucially important steps in planning a genetic association study to achieve the ultimate goal, identifying candidate genes for disease susceptibility, by designing the study in such a way as to maximize the success possibility and minimize the cost. Here we review the optimal two-stage genotyping designs for genomewide association studies recently investigated by Wang et al(2006). We review two mathematical frameworks most commonly used to compute power in genetic association studies prior to the main study: Monte-Carlo and non-central chi-square estimates. Statistical powers are computed by these two approaches for case-control genotypic tests under one-stage direct association study design. Then we discuss how the linkage-disequilibrium strength affects power and sample size, and how to use empirically-derived distributions of important parameters for power calculations. We provide useful information on publicly available softwares developed to compute power and sample size for various study designs.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.4611-4624
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• 2020

Future network scenario will be a heterogeneous wireless network environment composed of multiple networks and multimode terminals (MMT). Seamless switching and optimal connectivity for MMT among different networks and different services become extremely important. Here, a vertical handoff algorithm combined an improved entropy weighting method based on grey relational analysis (GRA) is proposed. In which, the improved entropy weight method is used to obtain the objective weights of the network attributes, and GRA is done to rank the candidate networks in order to choose the best network. Through simulation and comparing the results with other vertical handoff decision algorithms, the number of handoffs and reversal phenomenon are reduced with the proposed algorithm, which shows a better performance.

• 지적과 국토정보
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• 제51권2호
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• pp.83-106
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• 2021

대기오염, 지구온난화 문제 등 환경 문제의 심각성이 대두되면서 청정 연료의 관심이 커지고 있다. 그 중 수소는 기존 화석연료와는 달리 연소 시 부산물로 수분만이 발생하는 대표적인 친환경 에너지원으로 현재 다양한 분야에서 주목을 받고 있다. 물류 분야에서도 수소를 활용한 물류 네트워크를 구축하기 위해 다양한 정책적 노력이 활발히 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 수소 물류 네트워크의 구축에 있어 수소충전소의 입지 결정은 매우 중요한 문제이다. 최근 개발된 수소추진(수소연료전지) 화물차에 수소를 공급하는 충전소는 수소 기반 물류체계가 본격적으로 자리 잡는 데 있어 필수 불가결한 요소이다. 이러한 수소충전소의 최적 입지를 결정하는 선행연구는 대부분 수리적 모형에 기반한 최적화 기법만을 사용하여 수소충전소의 최적 입지를 결정하고자 하였다. 본 연구에서는 기존 연구의 동향과는 차별화하여 최적화 기법의 중요한 투입 변수 중 하나인 충전소 후보지에 대한 공간적 특성을 검토하는 방법으로 머신러닝 모형들을 활용하고 그 적용가능성을 확인하였다. 머신러닝은 다양한 분야에서 우수한 성과를 증명한 기법이지만 수소충전소의 최적 입지를 결정하는 연구 분야에서는 아직 적용된 바가 없다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 개별공시지가, 수소공급지와의 거리 등 전국 고속도로 휴게소와 고속도로의 무작위 지점들의 위치와 관련된 변수들을 독립변수로 선정하여 단일 머신러닝 모형과 앙상블 모형을 적용하고 그 성과를 비교하였다. 분석 결과, 랜덤포레스트(Random Forest) 모형이 가장 우수한 성과를 보였으며, 다른 모형들 또한 우수한 분류 성능을 보여 최적 입지 문제에 대해 공간적 특성을 예비적으로 검토하는 방법론으로써 머신러닝의 적용 가능성을 확인할 수 있었다. 따라서 머신러닝 모형은 수소충전소의 최적 입지 결정 분야에서 향후 최적화 기법을 적용한 연구의 예비적 검토 방법론으로 널리 활용할 수 있을 것으로 기대된다.