• The Journal of Korean Physical Therapy
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.1-18
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• 2001

Aging has been recognized as the primary cause of disc degeneration. A biomechanical characteristics of disc degeneration has been demonstrated that intradiscal pressure is reduced. With the increasing population of elderly people, disc degeneration and associated problems of nerve entrapment are becoming more prevalent. Presently, research on reduced intradiscal pressure associated with degeneration is insufficient. In this study. we used the Finite Element Method (FEM) of computerized simulations to investigate the effects of variation in intradiscal pressure on mechanical behaviours of L4-5 intervertebral disc degeneration. Degeneration was classified using four grades based on initial intradiscal pressure; Normal (135 kPa), mild(107 kPa), moderate (47 kPa) and severe (15 kPa). The predicted results f3r bending loads were as follows; 1 . Range of motion increased progressively with severity of degeneration with flexion and lateral bending moments, but decreased with extension moments. 2. Discal bulging of posterolateral aspect was larger in lateral bending and extension moment. But bulging was increased with severity of degeneration in lateral bending and torsion(same side).3. The rate of increasing intradiscal pressure was decreased in all bending motions with severity of degeneration. In conclusion, lateral bending and extension moment yield greatest bulging in severe degeneration. In torsion, although bending load produces disc bulging, disc bulging was associated more strongly with severity of degeneration than increasing torsional moments. Clinical Implications: Discal bulging may produce nerve root impingement and irritation. The effect of loading and posture on the varying degrees of disc degeneration has important implications especially in the elderly. In the presence of disc degeneration, avoidance of end range postures, especially extension and lateral bending may help reduce discal bulging and in turn, nerve entrapment.

• 한국조사연구학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국조사연구학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회 조사연구의 방법론적 쟁점
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• pp.57-73
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• 2000

지방자체 실시에 따라 우리나라에서도 시. 군. 구 등의 소지역 통계에 대한 요구가 증대되고 있다. 하지만 정부통계 생산을 위한 표본조사의 경우 시(특할시, 직할시) 및 도별 통계생산을 목적으로 하기 때문에 신뢰성 있는 소지역 통계를 산출하는것이 불가능하고, 따라서 이런 소지역 통계생산을 위해 간접추정기법의 도입 및 활용하는 것이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 정부통계 생산을 위한 소지역 통계기법의 도입 및 활용 가능성을 검토해 보기 위해 통계청에서 실시되고 있는 도소매업 및 서비스업 통계조사 중 인천직할시 숙박 및 음식점업의 총매출액에 대한 구별 소지역 통계를 산출할 수 있는 여러가지 간접 추정방법을 제시하고, 아울러 도소매업 총 조사 자료를 이용하여 제시된 간접추정량들의 효율성을 비교 분석해 보고자 한다.

• 대한수의학회지
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• 제47권4호
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• pp.417-423
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• 2007

Serological surveillance programs in animal populations are becoming increasingly important to estimate prevalence of a specific disease and subsequently to document disease-free status in a region or a country. For these purposes, the programs need to be based on both theoretical and economical aspects from the designing phase. From Aujeszky's disease (AD)-eradication program point of view, group of animals (aggregates, herds) not individual animal is the more important sampling unit of concern. In this study the authors therefore attempted to compute an appropriate sample size tailored to a current surveillance program against AD, assuming that the goal of this program is either herd-level prevalence estimation or documentation of AD-freedom. For prevalence estimation, assuming a finite population with imperfect sensitivity (Se) and specificity (Sp) of ELISA kit for AD diagnosis, the number of herds present, expected herd prevalence, and desired accuracy for a certain level of confidence, sample size was estimated at herd-level in the first stage and individual animal-level in the second stage. A two-stage sampling design was used to calculate a sample size to indicate AD-freedom. In this instance, the computation was based on the possible detection of a predetermined prevalence at a certain herd-level Se and Sp. This study indicated that the sample size varied with predetermined confidence, tolerance, Se and Sp at herd- and animal-level, and within- and among-herd prevalence. In general, smaller sample size was required to estimate AD prevalence than to document of AD-freedom. Compared to individual-based samples, two-stage sampling strategy requires a larger sample size to show disease-freedom. Statistical considerations including herd-level test characteristics when designing surveillance program also are further discussed.

• 한국정보과학회논문지:소프트웨어및응용
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• 제32권11호
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• pp.1071-1083
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• 2005

최근 들어 확률 분포를 개체군으로부터 추정하여 보다 효율적으로 최적화를 해결하려는 연구가 진행되고 있다. 특히 복잡한 문제의 해결을 위해서 혼합 분포가 사용되고 있다. 그러나 이 경우 몇 개의 성분으로 혼합 분포를 나타낼 것인가를 결정하기 어려운 문제가 있으며, 각 분포에 의하여 표현되는 이전 세대의 우수한 부분 해들을 잘 결합하지 못하는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 변분 베이지안 혼합 인자 분석(variational Bayesian mixtures of factor analyzers) 기법을 사용한 개체군의 분포 추정을 통해 실수 공간에서의 최적화 문제를 해결하는 방법을 제안한다. 이 기법은 혼합 분포의 개수 추정을 자동화하며, 잠재 변수(latent variable)를 사용하여 각 분포가 표현하는 세부 개체군 내에 포함된 부분 해들의 혼합을 효율적으로 수행할 수 있다. 잘 알려진 함수 최적화 문제들에 대해 다른 분포 추정 진화 알고리즘과 비교하여 제안하는 방법의 우수성을 검증하였다. 또한 시스템 생물학에서 다루고 있는 생화학 네트워크의 동적 모델링을 위한 매개변수 추정도 성공적으로 수행하였다.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.463-474
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• 2004

Game theory is a method of mathematical analysis developed to study the decision making process. In 1928, Von Neumann mathematically proved that every two-person, zero-sum game with many pure finite strategies for each player is deterministic. In the early 50's, Nash presented another concept as the basis for a generalization of Von Neumann's theorem. Another central achievement of game theory is the introduction of evolutionary game theory, by which agents can play optimal strategies in the absence of rationality. Through the process of Darwinian selection, a population of agents can evolve to an Evolutionary Stable Strategy (ESS) as introduced by Maynard Smith in 1982. Keeping pace with these game theoretical studies, the first computer simulation of coevolution was tried out by Hillis. Moreover, Kauffman proposed the NK model to analyze coevolutionary dynamics between different species. He showed how coevolutionary phenomenon reaches static states and that these states are either Nash equilibrium or ESS in game theory. Since studies concerning coevolutionary phenomenon were initiated, there have been numerous other researchers who have developed coevolutionary algorithms. In this paper we propose a new coevolutionary algorithm named Game theory based Coevolutionary Algorithm (GCEA) and we confirm that this algorithm can be a solution of evolutionary problems by searching the ESS. To evaluate this newly designed approach, we solve several test Multiobjective Optimization Problems (MOPs). From the results of these evaluations, we confirm that evolutionary game can be embodied by the coevolutionary algorithm and analyze the optimization performance of our algorithm by comparing the performance of our algorithm with that of other evolutionary optimization algorithms.

• Composites Research
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.378-382
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• 2015

인구밀도가 증가하고 매년 고층건물의 수가 늘어나고, 대부분의 사람들이 하루에 엘리베이터를 이용하는 시간이 많아짐에 따라 일상생활 속에서 엘리베이터는 중요한 역할을 하고 있다. 매년 고층건물이 늘어남에 따라 고속 고층 승강기의 기술 요구 수준도 높아져 가고 있다. Carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics (CFRPs)는 높은 강성과 경량화 및 낮은 마찰력 등을 장점으로 하고 있으며, 엘리베이터용 wire rope에 매우 적합한 재료이다. 본 논문에서는 CFRP의 특성을 분석하기 위하여, wire rope와 CFRP UD의 인장 강도 및 수치 해석을 통한 벤딩 해석 비교를 진행하였다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제30권4B호
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• pp.153-161
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• 2005

파장 분할 다중화 (WDM) 기반의 다중 채널 망에서는 송신 노드와 수신 노드가 메시지 전송 기간동안 동일한 파장으로 동조될 수 있도록 하는 효율적인 프로토콜이 필수적이다. 이 논문에서는 서로 다른 QoS를 요구하는 가변 길이의 메시지를 우선순위 기반으로 전송할 수 있는 메시지 예약 프로토콜을 제안한다. 제안된 프로토콜에서는 높은 우선순위를 갖는 트래픽이 우선적으로 데이터 채널을 점유한다. 그렇지만 일단 송신 노드가 하나의 데이터 채널을 점유하면, 그 노드는 자신의 우선순위에 상관없이 점유한 데이터 채널을 독점적으로 사용할 수 있다. 또한 제안된 프로토콜은 망에 접속되어 있는 노드의 수의 변화에 무관하게 동작하며 어떠한 새로운 노드도 망의 초기화 요구 없이 언제든지 망에 접속할 수 있다. 제안된 프로토콜은 유한 노드 수의 모델에서 분석되었으며 처리율-지연 특성이 성능 측정을 위한 파라미터로서 조사되었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.169-185
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• 2022

The urbanization and increasing rate of population demands effective means of transportation system (basement and tunnels) as well as high-rise building (resting on piled foundation) for accommodation. Therefore, it unavoidable to construct basements (i.e., excavation) nearby piled foundation. Since the basement excavation inevitably induces soil movement and stress changes in the ground, it may cause differential settlements to nearby piled raft foundation. To understand settlement and load transfer mechanism in the piled raft due to excavation-induced stress release, numerical parametric studies are carried out in this study. The effects of excavation depths (i.e., formation level) relative to piled raft were investigated by simulating the excavation near the pile shaft (i.e., H_e/L_p=0.67), next to (H_e/L_p=1.00) and below the pile toe (H_e/L_p=1.33). In addition, effects of sand density and raft fixity condition were investigated. The computed results have revealed that the induced settlement, tilting, pile lateral movement and load transfer mechanism in the piled raft depends upon the embedded depth of the diaphragm wall. Additional settlement of the piled raft due to excavation can be account for apparent loss of load carrying capacity of the piled raft (ALPC). The highest apparent loss of piled raft capacity ALPC (on the account of induced piled raft settlement) of 50% was calculated in in case of H_e/L_p = 1.33. Furthermore, the induced settlement decreased with increasing the relative density from 30% to 90%. On the contrary, the tilting of the raft increases in denser ground. The larger bending moment and lateral force was induced at the piled heads in fixed and pinned raft condition.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권6_3호
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• pp.1279-1288
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• 2023

Recently, domestic leisure boats have been actively researching eco-friendly product development to enter the global market. Since the hulls of existing leisure boats are mainly made of fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) or aluminum, design techniques for securing structural safety by applying related materials have been mainly studied. In this study, an initial structural design safety assessment of a trimaran pontoon leisure boat with a modular hull structure and eco-friendly high-density polyethylene (HDPE) material was conducted, and sensitivity evaluation and optimization analysis for lightweight design were performed. The initial structural design safety assessment was carried out by creating a finite element analysis model and applying the loading conditions specified in the ship classification regulation to check whether the specified allowable stresses are satisfied. For the sensitivity evaluation, the influence of stress and weight of each hull structural member was evaluated using the orthogonal array design of experiments method, and an approximate model based on the response surface method was generated using the results of the design of experiments. The optimization analysis set the thickness of the hull structural members as the design variable and considered the optimal design formulation to minimize the weight while satisfying the allowable stress. The algorithm of the optimization analysis applied the Gradient-population Based Optimizer (GBO) to improve the accuracy of the optimal solution convergence while reducing the numerical cost. Through this study, the optimal design of a newly developed eco-friendly trimaran pontoon leisure boat with a weight reduction of 10% was presented.

• 한국조사연구학회지:조사연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.49-62
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 패널회귀모형에서 회귀계수 추정량으로 일반최소제곱추정량과 가중최소 제곱추정량의 설계기반 성질을 고찰한다. 회귀계수의 최소제곱추정량을 선형화하여 일반최소제곱추정량의 근사편향, 근사분산, 그리고 근사평균제곱오차의 수식과, 가중최소제곱추정량의 근사분산 수식을 유도한 후, 모의실험을 통하여 두 추정량의 근사분산 및 근사평균 제곱오차의 크기를 수치적으로 비교한다. 모의실험에서는 한국복지패널 3개년 데이터를 모집단으로 간주하고, 가구소득 변수를 관심변수로 하며 가구와 가구주 관련 7개 변수를 설명변수로 하는 유한모집단 회귀계수를 고려한다. 두 추정량의 설계기반 성질을 비교하기 위하여 표본수를 50에서 1,000까지 50 간격으로 설정하여 일반최소제곱추정량의 근사편향, 근사분산 그리고 가중최소제곱추정량의 근사분산을 계산한다. 모의실험을 통하여 다음과 같은 경향을 확인하였다. 첫째, 표본의 크기가 커지면 일반최소제곱추정량의 평균제곱오차가 가중최소제곱추정량의 분산보다 커진다. 둘째, 일반최소제곱추정량의 평균제곱오차를 가중최소제곱추정량의 분산으로 나눈비(ratio)는 설명변수에 따라 크기가 다르게 나타나고, 일반최소제곱추정량의 편향이 클수록 큰 값을 보인다. 셋째, 분산만 비교하면 일반최소제곱추정량의 분산이 가중최소제곱추정량의 분산보다 대부분의 경우에 더 작게 나타난다.