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A Measurement-Based Adaptive Control Mechanism for Pricing in Telecommunication Networks

  • Davoli, Franco;Marchese, Mario;Mongelli, Maurizio
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.253-265
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    • 2010
  • The problem of pricing for a telecommunication network is investigated with respect to the users' sensitivity to the pricing structure. A functional optimization problem is formulated, in order to compute price reallocations as functions of data collected in real time during the network evolution. No a-priori knowledge about the users' utility functions and the traffic demands is required, since adaptive reactions to the network conditions are sought in real time. To this aim, a neural approximation technique is studied to exploit an optimal pricing control law, able to counteract traffic changes with a small on-line computational effort. Owing to the generality of the mathematical framework under investigation, our control methodology can be generalized for other decision variables and cost functionals.

A Study On Magnetic Fields Reduction Technologies For Power Transmission Line (송전선 자계저감 기법에 관한 연구)

  • Min, Suk-Won;Kim, Min-Ho
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2006.10a
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    • pp.162-164
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    • 2006
  • There are concern on possible health effects from exposure to electric and magnetic fields. One reflection of this concern is the considerable controversy, delay, and cost increases involved in the construction of utility lines and facilities. To meet such challenges, in this paper we investigated magnetic fields reduction techniqies such as general compaction, in-span compaction, cruciform, vertical, 3way splits phase, and 4way splits phase. As results, we found 1 spacer in-span compaction was appropriate in Korea in view of effectiveness and economy.

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Case Study of Power Factor Correction Capacitors On Upseting Elevator (고압 커패시터 투입시 수용가측 엘리베이터 정지사례 분석)

  • Cho, Nam-Hun;Jun, Young-Jae;Park, Hea-Chul
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2003.07a
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    • pp.33-35
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    • 2003
  • Capacitor switching is essential for the economic operation, and proper voltage control of KOREA electric utility distribution system. Voltage transients produced by capacitor switching (around 2.0 per unit at substation and 2.5 or less per unit at customer site, and lasting less then 1ms) do not have the magnitude or duration to interfere with the operation of computers, but they do disrupt the operation of adjustable speed drivers. The result of our research, ASD manufacturers should team from the computer industry and design products that will operate satisfactory in the electrical envelopment in which they will be placed. In this case history, the inductors on the input to ADSs in order to prevent nuisance tripping from capacitor switching(and other causes within the apartment) proved to be an effective, low-cost solution.

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An Economic Evaluation by a Scoring Model in the Nuclear Power Plants under Uncertainty (원전에서 점수산정모형에 의한 경제성 평가)

  • 강영식;함효준
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.22 no.52
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    • pp.311-322
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    • 1999
  • Major problems involved in an electrical utility expansion planning within a time horizon are how to efficiently deal with objectives considering multiple factors and uncertainty. But justification factors in study these days have considered only quantitative factors except qualitative factors. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to develop a new model for economic evaluation of nuclear power plants through the scoring model with the quantitative and qualitative factors under uncertainty. The quantitative factors use a levelized generation cost method considering time value of money. Especially, the environmental, risk, and safety factors in this paper have been also explained for the rational economic justification of the qualitative factors under uncertainty. This paper not only proposes a new approach method using the scoring model in evaluating economy of the nuclear power plant in the long term, but also provides the more efficient decision making criterion for nuclear power plants under uncertainty.

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The optimum conversion efficiency in nile blue arabinose system by photogalvanic cell

  • Lal, Mohan;Gangotri, K.M.
    • Advances in Energy Research
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.143-155
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    • 2015
  • The Nile blue has been used as a photosensitizer with Arabinose as a reductant in photogalvanic cell for optimum conversion efficiency and storage capacity. Reduction cost of the photogalvanic cell for commercial utility. The generated photopotential and photocurrent are 816.0 mV and $330.0{\mu}A$ respectively. The maximum power of the cell is $269.30{\mu}W$ where as the observed power at power point is $91.28{\mu}W$. The observed conversion efficiency is 0.6095% and the fill factor 0.2566 has been experimentally found out at the power point of the photogalvanic cell, whereas the absolute value is 1.00. The photogalvanic cell so developed can work for 120.0 minutes in dark if it is irradiated for 200.0 minutes that is the storage capacity of photogalvanic cell is 60.00%. The effects of different parameters on the electrical output of the photogalvanic cell have been observed. A mechanism has also been proposed for the photogeneration of electrical energy.

Non-Value Adding Activities in South African Construction: A Research Agenda

  • Emuze, Fidelis;Smallwood, John
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.38-44
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    • 2011
  • The central issue in this particular research is the seemingly inadequate achievement of optimum performance in the construction process, either with respect to value for money for the client and the entire construction supply chain or value in terms of the utility derived from built assets in spite of efforts by government and governmental bodies such as the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) to increase industry performance. Therefore, based upon an extensive review of related literature, the paper reports on effects and causes of non-value adding activities in the construction industry in general, and South African construction in particular. The research findings indicate that activities that can be referred to as non-value activities are not only prevalent, but they can also be held responsible for performance related issues in terms of cost, time, quality and health and safety (H&S) in construction; and the exploration of pluralism in the research methodology may result in a robust model based upon the system dynamics approach.

The Implementation of the IPC Network using the Reserved Bus Topology (통신 예약 버스 방식을 이용한 IPC 통신망 구성에 관한 연구)

  • 김호건;박영덕;김선형;조규섭;박병철
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.28-40
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    • 1988
  • Nowadays, the needs for intelligence of communication equipments and the cost down of micro processor are showing a tendency to have multi0processor in a single system. In this paper, based on the Reserved Bus Topology which is propoed in "A study on he Communication Method between the adjacent processor", the software and hardware is designed and developed. And tha validity of this method and the utility of designed software and hardware functions are also verified through exepriments.epriments.

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Performance Improvement of Paging Scheme Using Paging Agent (페이징 에이전트를 이용한 페이징 방법의 성능 개선)

  • Kim Kyung-Hee;Lim Tae-Jin;Kang Hyeong-Hoon;Baek Jang-Hyun
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.87-97
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    • 2006
  • Due to limited radio resource, an effective paging strategy is essential for improving the utility of radio channels. In current mobile communication networks, when a mobile-terminated call occurs, the network locates the mobile by paging all cells within the location area simultaneously. In this study, we introduces paging strategies that can page some cells or only one cell within the location area to reduce paging cost on radio channels using paging agents. We propose another new paging strategy that can page only one cell within the location area and may have better performance. We also compare the performance of our proposed paging strategy with the performance of the current simultaneous paging strategy and some new paging strategies using paging agents. This paper suggests the most effective paging strategy using mathematical models. The result of this research will be used to select a proper paging strategy in the mobile communication networks.

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Strategic Electricity Resource Planning using EGEAS Model (EGEAS 모형을 활용한 전략적 전원개발 계획)

  • Kwon, Y.H.;Kim, C.S.
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1993.07a
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    • pp.144-147
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    • 1993
  • The long-term electricity resource planning of electric utility has undergone significant change during the past decade. The current resource planning can be considered as multi-objective decision making procedure under the various uncertainties such as demand growth, construction cost, fuel price, environmental regulation, plant site, financial adequacy, new technology advent and so on. This paper presents a standardized electricity resource planning scheme using the strategic planning concept. EGEAS computer model was fully applied to indentify feasible alternative plans and simulate various attribute values corresponding each alternative plan and future. As a case study, a hypothetical long-ten capacity expansion planning problem is analyzed.

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Developement of Ultrasonic Handy Scanner for Welding Inspection (초음파를 이용한 용접부 핸디 스캔 검사기 개발)

  • Kang, Dong-Myeong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.20 no.3 s.71
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    • pp.14-18
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    • 2005
  • The ultrasonic handy scanner to be developed in this research is a nondestructive inspection equipment with various facility. The ultrasonic inspection is the technique area which apply range is increasing greatly with IT. The purpose of this research is development of a ultrasonic handy scan inspection device with the utility in a work spot. The ultrasonic handy scanner to be developed with portability in this research is able to carry out the spot inspection. It can contribute to the quality improvement, cost reduction and safety design.