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A Review on the Usage of RTKLIB for Precise Navigation of Unmanned Vehicles

  • Lim, Cheolsoon;Lee, Yongjun;Cho, Am;Park, Byungwoon
    • Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.243-251
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    • 2021
  • Real-Time Kinematic (RTK) is a phase-based differential GNSS technique and uses additional observations from permanent reference stations to mitigate or eliminate effects like atmospheric delays or satellite clocks and orbit errors. In particular, as the position accuracy required in the fields of autonomous vehicles and drones is gradually increasing, the demand for RTK-based precise navigation that can provide cm-level position is increasing. Recently, with the rapid growth of the open-source software market, the use of open-source software for building navigation system of unmanned vehicles, which is difficult to mount an expensive GNSS receivers, is gradually increasing. RTKLIB is an open-source software package that can perform RTK positioning and is widely used for research and education purposes. However, since the performance and stability of RTK algorithm of RTKLIB is inevitably inferior to that of commercial GNSS receivers, users need to verify whether RTKLIB can satisfy the navigation performance requirements of unmanned vehicles. Therefore, in this paper, the performance evaluation of the RTK positioning algorithm of RTKLIB was performed using GNSS observation data acquired in a dynamic environment. Therefore, in this paper, the RTK positioning performance of RTKLIB was evaluated using GNSS observation data acquired in a dynamic environment. Our results show that the current RTK algorithm of RTKLIB is not suitable for precise navigation of unmanned vehicles.

Systems-Level Analysis of Genome-Scale In Silico Metabolic Models Using MetaFluxNet

  • Lee, Sang-Yup;Woo, Han-Min;Lee, Dong-Yup;Choi, Hyun-Seok;Kim, Tae-Yong;Yun, Hong-Seok
    • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering:BBE
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.425-431
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    • 2005
  • The systems-level analysis of microbes with myriad of heterologous data generated by omics technologies has been applied to improve our understanding of cellular function and physiology and consequently to enhance production of various bioproducts. At the heart of this revolution resides in silico genome-scale metabolic model, In order to fully exploit the power of genome-scale model, a systematic approach employing user-friendly software is required. Metabolic flux analysis of genome-scale metabolic network is becoming widely employed to quantify the flux distribution and validate model-driven hypotheses. Here we describe the development of an upgraded MetaFluxNet which allows (1) construction of metabolic models connected to metabolic databases, (2) calculation of fluxes by metabolic flux analysis, (3) comparative flux analysis with flux-profile visualization, (4) the use of metabolic flux analysis markup language to enable models to be exchanged efficiently, and (5) the exporting of data from constraints-based flux analysis into various formats. MetaFluxNet also allows cellular physiology to be predicted and strategies for strain improvement to be developed from genome-based information on flux distributions. This integrated software environment promises to enhance our understanding on metabolic network at a whole organism level and to establish novel strategies for improving the properties of organisms for various biotechnological applications.

Anticipatory I/O Management for Clustered Flash Translation Layer in NAND Flash Memory

  • Park, Kwang-Hee;Yang, Jun-Sik;Chang, Joon-Hyuk;Kim, Deok-Hwan
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.30 no.6
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    • pp.790-798
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    • 2008
  • Recently, NAND flash memory has emerged as a next generation storage device because it has several advantages, such as low power consumption, shock resistance, and so on. However, it is necessary to use a flash translation layer (FTL) to intermediate between NAND flash memory and conventional file systems because of the unique hardware characteristics of flash memory. This paper proposes a new clustered FTL (CFTL) that uses clustered hash tables and a two-level software cache technique. The CFTL can anticipate consecutive addresses from the host because the clustered hash table uses the locality of reference in a large address space. It also adaptively switches logical addresses to physical addresses in the flash memory by using block mapping, page mapping, and a two-level software cache technique. Furthermore, anticipatory I/O management using continuity counters and a prefetch scheme enables fast address translation. Experimental results show that the proposed address translation mechanism for CFTL provides better performance in address translation and memory space usage than the well-known NAND FTL (NFTL) and adaptive FTL (AFTL).

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SVPWM Strategies for Three-level T-type Neutral-point-clamped Indirect Matrix Converter

  • Tuyen, Nguyen Dinh;Phuong, Le Minh;Lee, Hong-Hee
    • Journal of Power Electronics
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.944-955
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    • 2019
  • In this paper, the three-level T-type neutral-point-clamped indirect matrix converter topology and the relative space vector modulation methods are introduced to improve the voltage transfer ratio and output voltage performance. The presented converter topology is based on combinations of cascaded-rectifier and three-level T-type neutral-point-clamp inverter. It can overcome the limitation of voltage transfer ratio of the conventional matrix converter and the high voltage rating of power switches of conventional matrix converter. Two SVPWM strategies for proposed converter are described in this paper to achieve the advantages features such as: sinusoidal input/output currents and three-level output voltage waveforms. Results from Psim 9.0 software simulation are provided to confirm the theoretical analysis. Hence, a laboratory prototype was implemented, and the experimental results are shown to validate the simulation results and to verify the effectiveness of the proposed topology and modulation strategies.

Change Analysis for Inheritance Relation in Method Level (계승관계에서 구성원 함수 수준의 변경 영향 분석)

  • 방정원
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.27-32
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    • 2002
  • Software reuse was focused for the way of improving programmer productivity from the crisis of software. Object oriented technology impact on overall area of software engineering, such as software analysis , Programming language. testing and maintenance. The new concepts, Class, Inheritance and encapsulation, not only introduce new testing problems and they raise a new challenging question of how to conduct regression testing for 0-0 programs the first problem of regression testing is how to identify the affected components due to the changes of some components. We propose a method firewall to enclose all classes and methods affected by the changes to one or more methods in Inheritance relation

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Efficiency of Graph for the Remodularization of Multi-Level Software Architectures

  • Lala Madiha HAKIK
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.24 no.5
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    • pp.33-39
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    • 2024
  • In a previous study we proceeded to the remodularization architecture based on classes and packages using the Formal Concept Analysis (FCA)[13] [14] [30]. we then got two possible remodularized architectures and we explored the issue of redistributing classes of a package to other packages, we used an approach based on Oriented Graph to determine the packages that receive the redistributed classes and we evaluated the quality of a remodularized software architecture by metrics [31] [28] [29]. In this paper, we will address the issue of the efficiency of the Oriented Graph in the remodularization of software architectures compared to the Formal Concept Analysis FCA method. The formal method of FCA concept is not popularized among scientists as opposed to the use of the labeled directed graph. It is for this reason that our directed graph approach is more effective in its simplicity and popularity.

Development of Integrated Design and Optimization Software for the High Temperature Furnace Design (초고온 진공로 통합설계 최적화 소프트웨어 개발)

  • Jin, YuXuan;Lee, Jaewoo;Byun, Yunghwan
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Systems Engineering
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    • v.1 no.1
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    • pp.14-19
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    • 2005
  • High temperature vacuum furnaces or high standard electric furnaces demand high technology level and high production cost. Therefore, an iterative design process and the optimization approach under integrated computing environment are required to reduce the development risk. Moreover, it also required to develop an integrated design software that can manage the centralized database system between factory and design department, and the automated furnace design and analysis. The developed software is dedicated to the development of the vacuum (electric) furnaces. Based on the distribute middleware system, the GUI module, the CAD module, the thermal analysis module and the optimization module are integrated. For the DBMS, Microsoft Access is employed, the GUI is developed using Visual Basic language, and AutoCAD is utilized for the configuration design. By investigating the analysis code interface, the analysis and optimization process, and the data communication method, the overall system architecture, the method to integrate the optimizer and ana lysis codes, and the method to manage the data flow are proposed and verified through the optimal furnace design.

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MCUP: Multi-level Code Updata Protocol for Resource-constrained (MCUP: 자원 제약하의 센서 노드를 위한 다중 수준 코드 갱신 기법)

  • Yi, Sang-Ho;Min, Hong;Kim, Seok-Hyun;Cho, Yoo-Kun;Hong, Ji-Man
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2007.10b
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    • pp.435-440
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    • 2007
  • Wireless sensor networks are sensing, computing, and communication infrastructures that allow us to sense events in the harsh environment. The networks consist of many deployed sensor nodes. Each sensor node senses and transmits the sensed data to the administrator or base station of the networks. The sensor nodes are generally remotely-deployed, and therefore, software update must be done at run-time via communication channel. The software code update protocol should be energy-efficient to maximize lifetime of the sensor nodes. In this paper, we present a MCUP, which is a multi-level code update protocol for resource-constrained sensor nodes. MCUP enables energy-efficient code update by supporting multi-level code management. Our simulation results show that MCUP can reduce energy consumption compared with the existing one-level code update schemes.

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Runtime Fault Detection Method based on Context Insensitive Behavioral Model for Legacy Software Systems (레거시 소프트웨어 시스템을 위한 문맥 독립적 행위 기반 실시간 오작동 탐지 기법)

  • Kim, Suntae
    • The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.9-18
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    • 2015
  • In recent years, the number of applications embedded in the various devices such as a smart phone is getting larger. Due to the frequent changes of states in the execution environment, various malfunctions may occur. In order to handle the issue, this paper suggests an approach to detecting method-level failures in the legacy software systems. We can determine if the software executes the abnormal behavior based on the behavior model. However, when we apply the context-sensitive behavior model to the method-level, several problems happen such as false alarms and monitoring overhead. To tackle those issues, we propose CIBFD (Context-Insensitive Behavior Model-based Failure Detection) method. Through the case studies, we compare CIBFD method with the existing method. In addition, we analyze the effectiveness of the method for each application domains.

Software Replacement Time Prediction Technique Using the Service Level Measurement and Replacement Point Assessment (서비스 수준 측정 및 교체점 평가에 의한 소프트웨어 교체시기 예측 기법)

  • Moon, Young-Joon;Rhew, Sung-Yul
    • KIPS Transactions on Software and Data Engineering
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    • v.2 no.8
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    • pp.527-534
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    • 2013
  • The software is changed according to the changing businesses and the user requirement, it involves increasing complexity and cost. Considering the repetitive changes required for the software, replacement is more efficient than maintenance at some point. In this study, the replacement time was predicted using the service dissatisfaction index and replacement point assessment index by the software group for each task. First, fuzzy inference was used to develop the method and indicator for the user's service level dissatisfaction. Second, the replacement point assessment method was established considering the quality, costs, and new technology of the software. Third, a replacement time prediction technique that used the gap between the user service measurement and replacement point assessment values was proposed. The results of the case study with the business solutions of three organizations, which was conducted to verify the validity of the proposed prediction technique in this study, showed that the service dissatisfaction index decreased by approximately 16% and the replacement point assessment index increased by approximately 9%.