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Automatic design, planning and drawing of scaffolding system for constructions

  • Hara, Takashi;Shimomura, Katsukiyo;Hamano, Keita;Miyake, Shoko
    • Advances in Computational Design
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    • v.4 no.2
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    • pp.179-196
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    • 2019
  • Temporary scaffold systems in the construction site play an important role for ensuring the safety of the workers and for constructing the stable structures. To assemble the scaffold, the pipe scaffolding system, the wedge binding scaffolding system and the particular materials have been utilized. To design the material arrangement of a scaffold, firstly the configuration was determined considering the construction geometry. Then, the strength of the scaffold was confirmed and the quantity of the material was accounted. In this paper, the design method of the temporary scaffold was proposed for intending the semi-automatic procedure. In the proposed design method, the geometric design and the safety requirement were specified by the safety standard and the design flow was followed by the designer's knowledge. The size and the quantities of the materials were calculated by referring to the relation between the scaffold and the constructing structure. In the calculating procedure, three dimensional positions of each scaffold materials were calculated and recorded simultaneously. Then, three dimensional scaffold structural was drawn semi-automatically on the CAD software by using the obtained material sizes, positions and directions. The proposed design method provides us the precise quantities of scaffold materials and enables us to reduce the design effort and the cost estimation processes. In addition, the obtained results can be applied to BIM software after converting to IFC format.

Throughput-efficient Online Relay Selection for Dual-hop Cooperative Networks

  • Lin, Yuan;Li, Bowen;Yin, Hao;He, Yuanzhi
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.9 no.6
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    • pp.2095-2110
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents a design for a throughput-efficient online relay selection scheme for dual-hop multi-relay cooperative networks. Problems arise with these networks due to unpredictability of the relaying link quality and high time-consumption to probe the dual-hop link. In this paper, we firstly propose a novel probing and relaying protocol, which greatly reduces the overhead of the dual-hop link estimation by leveraging the wireless broadcasting nature of the network. We then formulate an opportunistic relay selection process for the online decision-making, which uses a tradeoff between obtaining more link information to establish better cooperative relaying and minimizing the time cost for dual-hop link estimation to achieve higher throughput. Dynamic programming is used to construct the throughput-optimal control policy for a typically heterogeneous Rayleigh fading environment, and determines which relay to probe and when to transmit the data. Additionally, we extend the main results to mixed Rayleigh/Rician link scenarios, i.e., where one side of the relaying link experiences Rayleigh fading while the other has Rician distribution. Numerical results validate the effectiveness and superiority of our proposed relaying scheme, e.g., it achieves at least 107% throughput gain compared with the state of the art solution.

Study of CMM base Information Technology company level estimation (CMM 기반 정보기술 업체 수준평가에 관한 연구)

  • Kim Tai-Dal
    • Journal of Internet Computing and Services
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.33-39
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    • 2004
  • In this paper, so that government official in target extent of relevant shame capacitates CMM measuring achievement result by each process as quantitative because do standard, repeat and achieves gap analysis and estimation solidify knowledge management of information base enabling "Quality control, production management, cost control, integral management of knowledge", Solidify customer service through "high-quality, differentiation" of information. Establish administration and supervision item to reach 4 steps level in information ability measurement in formation to prove business efficiency through process optimization and improves formation maturity through voluntary effort of formation continuously. Suggested model who analyze and evaluates application in domestic SI specialty company.I specialty company.

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Static Timing Analysis Tool for ARM-based Embedded Software (ARM용 내장형 소프트웨어의 정적인 수행시간 분석 도구)

  • Hwang Yo-Seop;Ahn Seong-Yong;Shim Jea-Hong;Lee Jeong-A
    • Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.15-25
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    • 2005
  • Embedded systems have a set of tasks to execute. These tasks can be implemented either on application specific hardware or as software running on a specific processor. The design of an embedded system involves the selection of hardware software resources, Partition of tasks into hardware and software, and performance evaluation. An accurate estimation of execution time for extreme cases (best and worst case) is important for hardware/software codesign. A tighter estimation of the execution time bound nay allow the use of a slower processor to execute the code and may help lower the system cost. In this paper, we consider an ARM-based embedded system and developed a tool to estimate the tight boundary of execution time of a task with loop bounds and any additional program path information. The tool we developed is based on an exiting timing analysis tool named 'Cinderella' which currently supports i960 and m68k architectures. We add a module to handle ARM ELF object file, which extracts control flow and debugging information, and a module to handle ARM instruction set so that the new tool can support ARM processor. We validate the tool by comparing the estimated bound of execution time with the run-time execution time measured by ARMulator for a selected bechmark programs.

Dynamic Thermal Rating of Transmission Line Based on Environmental Parameter Estimation

  • Sun, Zidan;Yan, Zhijie;Liang, Likai;Wei, Ran;Wang, Wei
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.386-398
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    • 2019
  • The transmission capacity of transmission lines is affected by environmental parameters such as ambient temperature, wind speed, wind direction and so on. The environmental parameters can be measured by the installed measuring devices. However, it is impossible to install the environmental measuring devices throughout the line, especially considering economic cost of power grid. Taking into account the limited number of measuring devices and the distribution characteristics of environment parameters and transmission lines, this paper first studies the environmental parameter estimating method of inverse distance weighted interpolation and ordinary Kriging interpolation. Dynamic thermal rating of transmission lines based on IEEE standard and CIGRE standard thermal equivalent equation is researched and the key parameters that affect the load capacity of overhead lines is identified. Finally, the distributed thermal rating of transmission line is realized by using the data obtained from China meteorological data network. The cost of the environmental measurement device is reduced, and the accuracy of dynamic rating is improved.

A hardware architecture based on the NCC algorithm for fast disparity estimation in 3D shape measurement systems (고밀도 3D 형상 계측 시스템에서의 고속 시차 추정을 위한 NCC 알고리즘 기반 하드웨어 구조)

  • Bae, Kyeong-Ryeol;Kwon, Soon;Lee, Yong-Hwan;Lee, Jong-Hun;Moon, Byung-In
    • Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.99-111
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    • 2010
  • This paper proposes an efficient hardware architecture to estimate disparities between 2D images for generating 3D depth images in a stereo vision system. Stereo matching methods are classified into global and local methods. The local matching method uses the cost functions based on pixel windows such as SAD(sum of absolute difference), SSD(sum of squared difference) and NCC(normalized cross correlation). The NCC-based cost function is less susceptible to differences in noise and lighting condition between left and right images than the subtraction-based functions such as SAD and SSD, and for this reason, the NCC is preferred to the other functions. However, software-based implementations are not adequate for the NCC-based real-time stereo matching, due to its numerous complex operations. Therefore, we propose a fast pipelined hardware architecture suitable for real-time operations of the NCC function. By adopting a block-based box-filtering scheme to perform NCC operations in parallel, the proposed architecture improves processing speed compared with the previous researches. In this architecture, it takes almost the same number of cycles to process all the pixels, irrespective of the window size. Also, the simulation results show that its disparity estimation has low error rate.

MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION APPROACH FOR PRODUCTIVITY ESTIMATION OF BULLDOZERS

  • Abbas Rashidi;Hoda Rashidi Nejad;Amir H. Behzadan
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.1140-1147
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    • 2009
  • Productivity measurement of construction machinery is a significant issue faced by many contractors especially those involved in earthwork projects. Traditionally, equipment production rate has been estimated using data available in manufacturers' catalogues, results of previous construction projects, or personal experience and assessments of the site personnel. Actual production rates obtained after the completion of a project demonstrate the fact that most of these methods fail to provide accurate results and as a direct consequence, may lead to unrealistic project cost estimations prepared by the contractors. What makes this more critical is that in most cases, inadequate cost estimations lead the entire project to exceed the initial budget or fall behind the schedule. In this paper, a linear regression method to estimate bulldozer productivity is introduced. This method has been developed using SPSS-16 software package. The presented method is used to estimate the productivity of Komatsu D-155A1 series which is commonly used in many earthmoving operations in Iran. The data required for the numerical analysis has been collected from actual site observation and productivity measurement of 60 pieces of D-155A1 series currently being used in several earthmoving projects in Iran. Comparative analysis of the output data of the presented regression method and the existing productivity tables provided by the manufacturer shows that when compared to the actual productivity data collected on the jobsite, a significant increase in accuracy and a remarkable reduction of data variance can be achieved by using the presented regression method.

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Suggestions for IT Convergence on Defense in the IT Firm's Perspective (IT기업 관점에서의 국방IT융합 추진방향)

  • Lee, Dong Hoon;Lee, Sangho
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.57-69
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    • 2014
  • IT convergence technology can boost the advancement of weapon systems and efficient operation for the military reformation in Korea. This study investigated IT firms' concern about the defense acquisition process for IT-convergent systems and the role of IT firms in the process with Focus Group Interview and in-depth interview on executives of IT firms, and classified the concern to three major issues. They are the clarification of IT firms' role in the defense IT-convergent efforts, the establishment of the control tower for defense IT convergence, and reasonable estimation of software development cost in the defense acquisition process.

A Study on the Adjustmemt factor in the Criterion of the Software Cost Estimation (소프트웨어 개발비 대가기준의 보정계수 개선)

  • Byun, Boon-Hee;Kwon, Ki-Tae
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2007.05a
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    • pp.209-212
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    • 2007
  • 소프트웨어 개발 초기 단계에서 소프트웨어 개발비용을 정확하게 예측하는 것은 프로젝트의 성패를 결정짓는 중요한 요소이다. 정확한 예측을 위해서는 빠르게 변화하는 개발 환경 및 기술 변화에 따른 변경 요인을 비용 산정 과정 시 반영시켜야 하며 이를 위해서는 비용 산정 과정 시 적절한 보정계수 선정과 보정계수 값 적용이 중요시된다. 이에 본 논문에서는 어플리케이션 유형 보정계수 개선을 위하여 어플리케이션 유형을 새로 분류한 후 AHP 기법을 적용하여 보정계수를 유도하였다. 또한 개발언어 보정계수 유도에서는 프로그래밍 언어 레벨을 이용하여 프로그래밍 언어별 보정계수를 새롭게 유도하여 보았다. 향후 연구 과제로는 새롭게 제안된 어플리케이션 유형 분류 및 보정계수와 프로그래밍 언어 레벨을 적용한 개발 언어 보정계수를 실제 데이터에 적용하여 비용 예측의 정확도가 얼마나 향상되었는지 검증하고자 한다.

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Implementation of a Labview Based Time-Frequency Domain Reflectometry Real Time System using the PXI Modules (PXI모듈을 이용한 랩뷰 기반 시간-주파수 영역 반사파 실시간 계측 시스템 구현)

  • Park, Tae-Geun;Kwak, Ki-Seok;Park, Jin-Bae;Yoon, Tae-Sung
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.04a
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    • pp.336-338
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    • 2006
  • One of the important topics concerning the safety of electrical and electronic system is the reliability of the wiring system. The Time-Frequency Domain Reflectometry(TFDR) is a state-of-the-art system for detection and estimation of the fault on a wiring/cable. The purpose of this paper is to implement a Labview based TFDR Real Time system though the instruments of PCI extensions for Instrumentation(PXI). The TFDR Real Time system consists of the five parts: Reference signal design, signal generation, signal acquisition, algorithm execution, results diplay part. In the signal generation and acquisition parts we adopt the Arbitrary Waveform Generator(AWG) and Digital Storage Oscilloscope(DSO) PXI modules which offer commonality, compatibility and easy integration at low cost. And execution of the PXI modules not only is controlled by the Labview programing but also the total system process is executed by the Labview application software.

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