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Applying ISO/IEC 25023 to Software Engineering Process in Weapon System for Quality Improvement (무기체계 소프트웨어 품질 개선을 위한 ISO/IEC 25023의 소프트웨어 개발 프로세스 적용 방안)

  • Yoon, Gyeonghwan;Yu, Jiseon
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.387-393
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    • 2021
  • This study aimed to improve the software quality in weapon systems by applying ISO/IEC 25023 to the software engineering process. The software engineering process in weapon systems manages the Software Quality Requirement but has restrictively improved the software quality. Software quality items are already defined and used for software engineering processes in weapon systems, but they are defined inconsistently according to individual software development cases. Thus, the methods of quantifying software quality are different, even though the same software quality is defined. In addition, the software quality has been managed differently. The major problems of software engineering processes in weapon systems are the unclear definition of the software quality requirements and the absence of quantifying software quality standards. ISO/IEC 25023 is composed of eight quality characteristics and thirty-one sub-characteristics. ISO/IEC 25023 provides measurement functions that can quantify the software product quality based on its characteristics. To improve the software quality further, the measurement functions in ISO/IEC 25023 are suggested to quantify and manage software quality for software engineering processes in weapon systems. The expected effects of this study were analyzed.

A Study on Domestic and Foreign Research Movement of the Eco-tourism Certification/Designation System and Its Application in Korea (국내·외 생태관광 인증/지정제도 동향 및 국내 제도 도입 방안)

  • Choi, Hee-Sun;Kim, Hyun-Ae
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.73-87
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    • 2012
  • This study was conducted to provide sustainable measures for conservation and management to protect valuable natural/ecological resources, offer differentiated quality assurance services for eco-tourism products, and explore measures for eco-tourism certification/designation systems. To achieve its goals, the study discussed domestic and overseas trends and literatures that concern eco-tourism certification/designation system and investigated case studies that were presently operational. A group of experts and a group of non-experts were surveyed separatedly to investigate the awareness of the national eco-tourism certification/designation system. The results from the investigation indicate that Europe, since the late 1990s to early 2000, has actively introduced a system that establishes and operates a dedicated institution, and European members have created a cooperation framework to formulate international partnerships and develop standardized assessment benchmarks to adhere to the goals of the system, the period for certification was designated from one year to five years, and renewals were granted based on periodic monitoring and reassessment. In Korea, from early 2000, the Ministry of Culture, Sorts and Tourism and other organizations have certified product quality and assessed travel products and national park tour programs. The certification period was established to be set between one and three years, and the vast majority were not reassessed. Upon investigating the results for awareness of national eco-tourism certification/designation system, a high number of respondents agreed with the need to establish a eco-tourism certification/designation system (90% of respondents), and the respondents cited eco-tourism quality assurance, conservation of value, means to maintain established institutions, and environmental education and information as reasons for needing a certification/designation system. In Korea, a certification/designation system for the eco-tourism industry is presently in operation, but the system regulates target institutions based on their characteristics. Therefore, this study proposes its suggestions via various categories, including designated institutions, designated purpose, designated subjects, designated organization, laws, regulations, and incentives.

An Evaluation of Quality Attributes of Smart Hotel by Using SERVQUAL-IPA Model: Focused on China's Hotel Market (SERVQUAL-IPA 모델을 활용한 스마트 호텔 서비스 품질요소 분석: 중국 호텔 시장을 중심으로)

  • Liang Zhou;Jaehee Kim
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.47 no.3
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    • pp.141-151
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    • 2024
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze the characteristic of quality attributes of smart hotels by using a SERVQUAL-IPA model, focusing on Chinese, which has the most proactive approach for the adoption of smart hotel system. Toward this goal, six quality factors-tangibles, reliability, assurance, responsiveness, empathy, and playfulness-were extracted through factor analysis, and IPA was used to appraise the degree of importance and satisfaction for each quality attribute. As a result of the SERVQUAL-IPA model, quality attributes were categorized into four groups of 'keep up the good work,' 'possible overkill,' 'low priority,' and 'concentrate here.'. Furthermore, it was concluded that there is a need to focus on the following elements: 'smart devices can assist customers in emergency situations', 'when the room control system identifies customer needs, the staff can provide prompt service', 'development and improvement of mobile applications that enable customers to control room amenities', 'regular maintenance for smart devices', and 'providing data-driven personalized recommendations through customer activity data analysis'.

Reproduction of vibration patterns of elastic structures by block-wise modal expansion method (BMEM)

  • Jung, B.K.;Cho, J.R.;Jeong, W.B.
    • Smart Structures and Systems
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.819-837
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    • 2016
  • The quality of vibration pattern reproduction of elastic structures by the modal expansion method is influenced by the modal expansion method and the sensor placement as well as the accuracy of measured natural modes and the total number of vibration sensors. In this context, this paper presents an improved numerical method for reproducing the vibration patterns by introducing a block-wise modal expansion method (BMEM), together with the genetic algorithm (GA). For a given number of vibration sensors, the sensor positions are determined by an evolutionary optimization using GA and the modal assurance criterion (MAC). Meanwhile, for the proposed block-wise modal expansion, a whole frequency range of interest is divided into several overlapped frequency blocks and the vibration field reproduction is made block by block with different natural modes and different modal participation factors. A hollow cylindrical tank is taken to illustrate the proposed improved modal expansion method. Through the numerical experiments, the proposed method is compared with several conventional methods to justify that the proposed method provides the improved results.

Design of Multipurpose Phantom for External Audit on Radiotherapy

  • Lim, Sangwook
    • Progress in Medical Physics
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.122-129
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    • 2021
  • Purpose: This study aimed to design a multipurpose dose verification phantom for external audits to secure safe and optimal radiation therapy. Methods: In this study, we used International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) LiF powder thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD), which is generally used in the therapeutic radiation dose assurance project. The newly designed multipurpose phantom (MPP) consists of a container filled with water, a TLD holder, and two water-pressing covers. The size of the phantom was designed to be sufficient (30×30×30 cm3). The water container was filled with water and pressed with the cover for normal incidence to be fixed. The surface of the MPP was devised to maintain the same distance from the source at all times, even in the case of oblique incidence regardless of the water level. The MPP was irradiated with 6, 10, and 15 MV photon beams from Varian Linear Accelerator and measured by a 1.25 cm3 ionization chamber to get the correction factors. Monte Carlo (MC) simulation was also used to compare the measurements. Results: The result obtained by MC had a relatively high uncertainty of 1% at the dosimetry point, but it showed a correction factor value of 1.3% at the 5 cm point. The energy dependence was large at 6 MV and small at 15 MV. Various dosimetric parameters for external audits can be performed within an hour. Conclusions: The results allow an objective comparison of the quality assurance (QA) of individual hospitals. Therefore, this can be employed for external audits or QA systems in radiation therapy institutions.

MILP model for short-term scheduling of multi-purpose batch plants with batch distillation process

  • Ha, Jin-Juk;Lee, Euy-Soo
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.1826-1829
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    • 2003
  • Fine chemical production must assure high-standard product quality as well as characterized as multi-product production in small volumes. Installing high-precision batch distillation is one of the common elements in the successful manufacturing of fine chemicals, and the importance of the process operation strategy with quality assurance cannot be overemphasized. In this study, we investigate the optimal operation strategy and production planning of a sequential multi-purpose plants consisting of batch processes and batch distillation with unlimited intermediate storage. We formulated this problem as an MILP model. A mixed-integer linear programming model is developed based on the time slot, which is used to determine the production sequence and the production path of each batch. Illustrative examples show the effectiveness of the approach.

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Process Control Techniques for Quality Assurance in the Product Liability Age (PL시대에 있어서 품질보증을 위한 공정관리기법)

  • 정영배;김연수
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.20 no.42
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    • pp.73-85
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    • 1997
  • In the product liability age the demand on quality is extremely high and inspection and test are automated. The process capability indices $C_p, {\;}C_{pk}$ and p control chart widely used to provide unitless measure of process performance and process control. Traditional process capability indices $C_p, {\;}C_{pk}$ do not represent the process variation from target value. The convention p chart for control of fraction nonconforming becomes inadequate when the fraction nonconforming becomes very small such as PPM level production system. This paper proposes process performance measure considering quadratic loss function and cumulative counts control chart for control of PPM level production system.

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A Study on the Determinants of Winning Products in Korea (우리나라 히트상품의 성공요인에 관한 연구)

  • Son, Eun-Il;Park, Young-Taek
    • Journal of Korean Society for Quality Management
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.119-139
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    • 2000
  • In order to examine the determinants of new product success, 217 winning products in Korean market are analyzed with a focus on merchantability. For the purpose of the analysis, dimensions of products are classified into function, aesthetics, economy, safety, usability, reliability, brand image, assurance, distribution channel, advertisement, DFE(desing for the environment). The major dimensions of sinning products were identified for each category of the products. The results this study would be a cue to the future direction of new product development.

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The Application and Certification of Dependability Management System (IEC 60300) (시간종속성 경영시스템(IEC 60300) 적용 및 인증)

  • Kim Jong-Gurl;Kim Dong-Chul
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Quality Management Conference
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    • 2004.04a
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    • pp.255-260
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    • 2004
  • IEC 60300 series, the international standards on dependability management system are newly developed and introduced rapidly worldwide. In order to meet this situation, it is necessary to apply them to the Korean industries effectively. This requires for us to prepare in advance for the introduction of the certification system of IEC 60300. It includes the establishment of the infrastructure such as documentation of Korean Standards, introduction of test equipments and test manuals, recognition of the certification body and training of specialists etc. This paper addresses the first step for the Introduction of IEC 60300. It includes the necessity of introduction of the system, general requirements and procedures for the certification of the industries, sampling methods design and establishment of the dependability assurance system of the materials.

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Development of A Lot Quality Assurance and Inspection Cost Estimation System for Process-Centered Inspections (공정 중심의 검사 방식에 대한 로트 품질보증 및 검사비용 추정 시스템 개발)

  • Lee, Do-Kyung;Lee, Seung-Woo
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.34-40
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    • 2006
  • Many producers put sampling inspection policy into the way of their convenience. Examples of the convenience are irregular lot size and too small sample size. Because they don't use a standard sampling inspection policy, they can not guarantee the quality level of their products. In this study, we developed a user-centered design program which can calculate the AOQL of their products to their buyers in the case of irregular lot size and too small sample size. Also this program propose a linear inspection cost by Hald's model.