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Development of Task Planning System for Intelligent Excavating System Applying Heuristics (휴리스틱스(Heuristics)를 활용한 지능형 굴삭 시스템의 Task Planning System 개발)

  • Lee, Seung-Soo;Kim, Jeong-Hwan;Kang, Sang-Hyeok;Seo, Jong-Won
    • KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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    • v.28 no.6D
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    • pp.859-869
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    • 2008
  • These days, almost every industry's production line has become automatic and this phenomenon brought a lot of benefits such as increase in productivity and economical effect, assurance in industrial safety, better quality and compatibility. However, unlike industrial production line, in construction industry, automation has number of barriers like uncertainty incidents and intellectual judgment to make ability to make solution out of it. Therefore construction industry is still demanding use of construction machine through labor. Due to this matter operational labor in construction industry is aging and fading. To solve these problem, in developed nations like Europe, US or Japan are keep researching for the automation in construction and road pavement, strengthening and some other simple operations have been worked through automation but in civil engineering site, automation research is still low despite of its importance in constructional site. For automating civil engineering operation, effective operational plan have to be set by analyzing ground information acquainted. If skillful worker apply heuristics, trial & error can be reduced with increased safety and the effective work plan can be established. Hence, this research will introduce Intellectual Task Planning System for Intelligent Excavating System's effective work plan and heuristics applied in each steps.

Analysis on Importance of Information Security Factors for Smart Work using AHP -Based on the Mobile Office for Small Businesses- (AHP를 활용한 스마트워크 정보보호 요소의 중요도 분석 -중소기업의 모바일 오피스를 중심으로-)

  • Kang, Kyung-Hoon;Lim, Chae-Hong;Lim, Jong-In;Park, Tae-Hyoung
    • Journal of Digital Convergence
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.415-426
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    • 2013
  • Smart work has recently introduced as a way to solve problems such as greenhouse gas emissions, low birth rate and aging as well as to improve productivity. Because of development of ICT infrastructure and the proliferation of smart devices, the mobile office has the most commonly used within types of smart work in Korea. But the adoption of the mobile office in small businesses is only half of that of large corporations. The security issue appears to be one of the biggest obstacles to the introduction of smart work in small businesses. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the information security factors that should be considered when the mobile office is introduced to small businesses. By analyzing the previous studies, the information security factors of the mobile office are classified 5 groups composed of 24 factors. 5 groups are terminals, applications and platforms, networks, servers and users. According to the survey result using AHP, 'User' was drawn to the most important group, and 'Data Encryption', 'Wireless LAN Control' and 'Terminal Recovery When Leaving' were drawn to the important information security factors of the mobile office among 24 factors.

Preliminary Study on the Paleoenvironment Reconstruction using a Bivalve from Sangmori Shell Mound (상모리패총에서 산출되는 이매패류 패각을 이용한 고환경 복원 예비연구)

  • Kim, Jeong-Suk;Woo, Kyung-Sik;Hong, Wan;Kang, Chang-Hwa
    • The Korean Journal of Quaternary Research
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.35-48
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    • 2010
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate paleoenvironmental conditions of the shallow sea around Jeju Island during the Late Holocene using geochemical contents of the bivalve (Glycymeris albolineata) collected from the Sangmori Shell Mound. The bivalve shell used shows the archaeological age of 2,300 yr BP. Stable carbon and oxygen isotope compositions show that growth rates decreased with aging. Coeval trends of both isotope compositions can be observed: heavier values during winters and lighter values summers except for their young and old growth stages. The seasonality of bivalve shell appear to reflect seasonal variations of paleotemperature as well as paleosalinity. Especially China Coastal Water with low salinity was transported into the southern Jeju Strait from Changjiang River during summer periods. Heavier carbon isotope values during winter indicate higher productivity, and this is supported by high density of phytoplanktons and higher chlorophyll contents during winter time. For accurate interpretation, monitoring of present-day conditions of shallow marine water as well as additional geochemical analysis of the same Recent bivalve may be necessary.

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Effects of Restricted Feeding during Growing Period on Laying Performance and Egg Quality in Layers (산란계의 육성기 제한 급여가 생산성 및 계란 품질에 미치는 영향)

  • Kang, H.K.;Cho, J.H.;Kim, J.H.;Kang, H.G.;Yu, D.J.;Na, J.C.;Kim, D.W.;Lee, S.J.;Kim, I.S.;Kim, S.H.
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2008
  • The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of restricted feeding to laying performance and egg quality in brown layers. A total of 1,080 brown layer chicks were divided into three treatments; conventional feeding (ad libitum) and two restricted feedings (80% of conventional diet) for 70 weeks. One of restricted feeding started from six to eighteen weeks of age, and the other started from twelve to eighteen weeks of age. Diets were formulated by NRC (1994) recommendation. Overall laying performance and feed intake were the highest in $6{\sim}18 wk$ restricted group. But there was no significant difference among treatment group (P>0.05). Feed intake was higher in $6{\sim}18 wk$ restricted group during maximum production (P<0.05), but there was no difference between treatments after the peak. Egg quality tended to decreased by aging, but there was no significant difference among the treatments (P>0.05). The result of present study indicated that restricted feeding in rearing period of layers is beneficial to improve egg productivity and to reduce feed cost.

Effects of Fiscal Policy on Labor Markets: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis (조세·재정정책이 노동시장에 미치는 영향: 동태적 일반균형분석)

  • Kim, Sun-Bin;Chang, Yongsung
    • KDI Journal of Economic Policy
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.185-223
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    • 2008
  • This paper considers a heterogeneous agent dynamic general equilibrium model and analyzes effects of an increase in labor income tax rate on labor market and the aggregate variables in Korea. The fiscal policy regarding how the government uses the additional tax revenue may take the two forms: 1) general transfer and 2) earned income tax credit (EITC). The model features are as follows: 1) Workers are heterogeneous in their productivity. 2)Labor is indivisible, hence the analysis focuses on the variation in labor supply through the extensive margin in response to a change in fiscal policy. 3) The incomplete markets are introduced, so individual workers can not perfectly insure themselves against risks related to stochastic changes in income or employment status. 4) The model is of general equilibrium, hence it is equiped to analyze the feedback effect of changes in aggregate variables on individual workers' decisions. In the case of general transfer policy, the government equally distributes the additional tax revenue to all workers regardless of their employment states. Under this policy, an increase in the labor income tax rate dampens work incentives of individual workers so that the aggregate employment rate decreases by 1% compared with the benchmark economy. In the case of EITC policy, only employed workers whose labor incomes are below a certain EITC ceiling are eligible for the EITC benefits. Unlike the general transfer policy, the EITC induces low-income workers to participate the labor market to be eligible for EITC benefits. Hence, the aggregate employment rate may increase by 2.7% at the maximum. As the EITC ceiling increases, too many workers can collect the EITC but the benefits per worker becomes too little so that the increase in employment rate is negligible. By and large, this study demonstrates that EITC may effectively raise the aggregate employment rate, and that it can be a useful policy tool in response to the decrease in the labor force due to population aging as observed in Korea recently.

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