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A Study on Linear Matrix Inequalities Robust Active Suspension Control System Design Algorithm

  • Park, Jung-Hyen
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.6 no.1
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    • pp.105-109
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    • 2008
  • A robust optimal control system design algorithm in active suspension equipment adopting linear matrix inequalities control system design theory is presented. The validity of the linear matrix inequalities robust control system design in active suspension system through the numerical examples is also investigated.

Cancer Control and the Communication Innovation in South Korea: Implications for Cancer Disparities

  • Jung, Minsoo
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.14 no.6
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    • pp.3411-3417
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    • 2013
  • Over the last 10 years, the number of cancer survivors in South Korea has reached nearly one million with a survival rate of 49.4%. However, integrated supportive care for cancer survivors is lagging. One area in which the current cancer control policy needs updating is in the utilization of information and communication technology (ICT). The remarkable progress in the field of ICT over the past 10 years presents exciting new opportunities for health promotion. Recent communication innovations are conducive to the exchange of meta-information, giving rise to a new service area and transforming patients into active medical consumers. Consequently, such innovations encourage active participation in the mutual utilization and sharing of high-quality information. However, these benefits from new ICTs will almost certainly not be equally available to all, leading to so-called communication inequalities where cancer survivors from lower socioeconomic classes will likely have more limited access to the best means of making use of the health information. Therefore, most essentially, emphasis must be placed on helping cancer survivors and their caregivers utilize such advances in ICT to create a more efficient flow of health information, thereby reducing communication inequalities and expanding social support. Once we enhance access to health information and better manage the quality of information, as a matter of fact, we can expect an alleviation of the health inequalities faced by cancer survivors.

A Design of an Active Noise Controller in a Communication Headset (통신용 헤드셋에서 능동소음제어기의 설계)

  • 정태진;정찬수
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.81-84
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    • 1997
  • This paper studies an active noise controller in a communication headset. The system is a two inputs(communication signal and noise signal) and single output(error signal) system. The problem is to reduce noise level sufficiently lower than communication signal to receive the communication signal clearly. The approach to this problem is in two steps. In the first step, we solve the noise rejection problem without communication signals. In this step, the problem is transformed to the robust H$_{\infty}$ regulating problem and solved using Linear Matrix Inequalities. In the second step, communication signal is introduced to the system, To verify the performance of the designed controller, a couple of experiments are performed..

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A Study on Intelligent Decentralized Active Suspension Control System with Descriptor LMI Design Method

  • Park, Jung-Hyen
    • Journal of information and communication convergence engineering
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    • v.6 no.2
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    • pp.198-203
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    • 2008
  • An Intelligent optimal control system design algorithm in active suspension equipment adopting linear matrix inequalities control system design theory with representing by descriptor system form is presented. The validity of the linear matrix inequalities intelligent decentralized control system design with representing by descriptor system form in active suspension system through the numerical examples is also investigated.

Design of Survivable Communication Networks with High-connectivity Constraints

  • Koh, Seok J.;Lee, Chae Y.
    • Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.59-80
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    • 1997
  • Designing highly survivable interoffice telecommunication networks is considered. The problem is formulated as a minimum-cost network design problem with three node connectivity constraints. These valid and facet-defining inequalities for the convex hull of the solution are presented. A branch and cut algorithm is proposed based on the inequalities to obtain the optimal solution. With the lower bound by the cutting plane algorithm, a delete-ink heuristic is proposed to otain a good upper bound in the branch and bound procedure. The effeciveness of the branch and cut algorithm is demonstrated with computational results for a variety of problem sets : different lower bounds, two types of link costs and large number of links. The cutting plane procedure based on the three inequalities provides excellent lower bounds to the optimal solutions.

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Associations of Self-rated Health and Socioeconomic Status with Information Seeking and Avoiding Behavior among Post-Treatment Cancer Patients

  • Jung, Minsoo
    • Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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    • v.15 no.5
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    • pp.2231-2238
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    • 2014
  • This study investigated how self-rated health and socioeconomic status are associated with behaviour of cancer survivors regarding desire for information. For this association, we compared survivors who did not seek information about cancer with those who did. We examined how sociodemographic, socioeconomic, cancerrelated, and health information factors are associated with self-rated health (SRH) by health information seeking/avoiding behavior in a survey of 502 post-treatment cancer patients. In the information seeking group, all four factors exhibited significant relationships with SRH. SRH values were significantly high for women (p<0.05), non-Hispanic White (p<0.05), and educated (p<0.01) participants, and for those who had high self-efficacy to use health information by themselves (p<0.01). Furthermore, in the information avoiding group, not only were there no significant relationships between socioeconomic status (SES) and SRH, but there were negative associations between their attitude/capacity and the SRH. In terms of communication equity, the promotion of information seeking behavior can be an effective way to reduce health disparities that are caused by social inequalities. Information avoiding behavior, however, does not exhibit a negative contribution toward the relationship between SRH and SES. Information seeking behavior was positively associated with SRH, but avoiding behavior was not negatively associated. We thus need to eliminate communication inequalities using health intervention to support information seeking behavior, while simultaneously providing support for avoiders.

Robust Stability Analysis of Fuzzy Feedback Linearization Control Systems

  • Park, Chang-Woo;Lee, Chang-Hoon;Park, Mignon
    • International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.78-82
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    • 2002
  • In this paper, we have studied a numerical stability analysis method for the robust fuzzy feedback linearization regulator using Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy model. To analyze the robust stability, we assume that uncertainty is included in the model structure with known bounds. For these structured uncertainty, the robust stability of the closed system is analyzed by applying Linear Matrix Inequalities theory following a transformation of the closed loop systems into Lur'e systems.

Consensus of High-order Linear Systems With Communication Delay (통신지연을 갖는 고차 선형시스템들의 상태일치)

  • Choi, Hyoun-Chul;Kim, Su-Bum;Kim, Seong-Jun;Shim, Hyung-Bo;Seo, Jin-Heon
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2009.05a
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    • pp.88-90
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    • 2009
  • This paper deals with the consensus problem for multi-agent linear dynamic systems with communication delay. All the agents are identical high-order linear systems and their state information is exchanged through a communication network with constant communication delay. It is shown that a consensus is achieved if there exists a feasible solution to a set of linear matrix inequalities obtained for a simultaneous stabilization problem for multiple systems with delay. A numerical example is presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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Consensus of High-order Linear Systems with Directed Communication Topology Using LMI Approach (LMI 기법을 이용한 방향성 통신 토폴로지를 갖는 고차 선형시스템들의 상태일치)

  • Kim, Su-Bum;Choi, Hyoun-Chul;Lee, Sung-Hun;Kim, Kang-Seok;Joo, Seoung-Yul;Hong, Woo-Young
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.14 no.5
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    • pp.941-947
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    • 2011
  • This paper deals with the consensus problem for multi-agent linear dynamic systems with directed communication topology. All the agents are identical high-order linear systems and their state information is exchanged through a communication network with directed graph. It is shown that a consensus is achieved if there exists a feasible solution to a set of linear matrix inequalities obtained for a simultaneous stabilization problem for multiple systems. Examples are presented to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Inequalities in External-Cause Mortality in 2018 across Industries in Republic of Korea

  • Lim, Jiyoung;Ko, Kwon;Lee, Kyung Eun;Park, Jae Bum;Lee, Seungho;Jeong, Inchul
    • Safety and Health at Work
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    • v.13 no.1
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    • pp.117-125
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    • 2022
  • Background: External-cause mortality is an important public health issue worldwide. Considering its significance to workers' health and inequalities across industries, we aimed to describe the state of external-cause mortality and investigate its difference by industry in Republic of Korea based on data for 2018. Methods: Data obtained from the Statistics Korea and Korean Employment Information System were used. External causes of death were divided into three categories (suicide, transport accident, and others), and death occurred during employment period or within 90 days after unemployment was regarded as workers' death. We calculated age- and sex-standardized mortalities per 100,000, standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) compared to the general population and total workers, and mortality rate ratios (RRs) across industries using information and communication as a reference. Correlation analyses between income, education, and mortality were conducted. Results: Age- and sex-standardized external-cause mortality per 100,000 in all workers was 29.4 (suicide: 16.2, transport accident: 6.6, others: 6.6). Compared to the general population, all external-cause and suicide SMRs were significantly lower; however, there was no significant difference in transport accidents. When compared to total workers, wholesale, transportation, and business facilities management showed higher SMR for suicide, and agriculture, forestry, and fishing, mining and quarrying, construction, transportation and storage, and public administration and defense showed higher SMR for transport accidents. A moderate to strong negative correlation was observed between education level and mortality (both age- and sex-standardized mortality rates and SMR compared to the general population). Conclusion: Inequalities in external-cause mortalities from suicide, transport accidents, and other causes were found. For reducing the differences, improved policies are needed for industries with higher mortalities.