• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.3 no.2
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• pp.227-232
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• 2003

Recently, support vector learning attracts an enormous amount of interest in the areas of function approximation, pattern classification, and novelty detection. One of the main reasons for the success of the support vector machines(SVMs) seems to be the availability of global and sparse solutions. Among the approaches sharing the same reasons for success and exhibiting a similarly good performance, we have KFD(kernel Fisher discriminant) approach. In this paper, we consider the problem of function approximation utilizing both predetermined basis functions and the KFD approach for regression. After reviewing support vector regression, semi-parametric approach for including predetermined basis functions, and the KFD regression, this paper presents an extension of the conventional KFD approach for regression toward the direction that can utilize predetermined basis functions. The applicability of the presented method is illustrated via a regression example.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.139-152
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• 2009

Globally, civil infrastructures are deteriorating at an alarming rate caused by overuse, overloading, aging, damage or failure due to natural or man-made hazards. With such a vast network of deteriorating infrastructure, there is a growing interest in continuous monitoring technologies. In order to provide a true distributed sensor and control system for civil structures, we are developing a Structural Nervous System that mimics key attributes of a human nervous system. This nervous system is made up of building blocks that are designed based on mechanoreceptors as a fundamentally new approach for the development of a structural health monitoring and diagnostic system that utilizes the recently developed piezo-fibers capable of sensing and actuation. In particular, our research has been focused on producing a sensory nervous system for civil structures by using piezo-fibers as sensory receptors, nerve fibers, neuronal pools, and spinocervical tract to the nodal and central processing units. This paper presents up to date results of our research, including the design and analysis of the structural nervous system.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.322-331
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• 2014

Chaotic dynamics is an active area of research in biology, physics, sociology, psychology, physiology, and engineering. This interest in chaos is also expanding to the social scientific fields such as politics, economics, and argument of prediction of societal events. In this paper, we propose a dynamic model for addiction of tobacco. A proposed dynamical model originates from the dynamics of tobacco use, recovery, and relapse. In order to make an addiction model of tobacco, we try to modify and rescale the existing tobacco and Lorenz models. Using these models, we can derive a new tobacco addiction model. Finally, we obtain periodic motion, quasi-periodic motion, quasi-chaotic motion, and chaotic motion from the addiction model of tobacco that we established. We say that periodic motion and quasi-periodic motion are related to the pre-addiction or recovery stage, respectively. Quasi-chaotic and chaotic motion are related to the addiction stage and relapse stage, respectively.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.8 no.4
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• pp.260-263
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• 2008

In this paper we propose Personal Information Management System for Library Database. It manages personal search pattern for the given user and provide specific book list for library book search system. With the proposed system, the conventional overlap searching time will be decreased with personalized information and search history. This system manages the individual data according to personal searching pattern, sequence and usability. Therefore, the user can locate necessary book information more accurately with their distinct interest and search history.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.298-306
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• 2013

Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in the fields of video surveillance and mobile object tracking. This paper proposes a mobile object tracking algorithm. First, several parameters such as object window, object area, and expansion-contraction (E-C) parameter are defined. Then, a modified E-C algorithm for multiple-object tracking is presented. The proposed algorithm tracks moving objects by expansion and contraction of the object window. In addition, it includes methods for updating the background image and avoiding occlusion of the target image. The validity of the proposed algorithm is verified experimentally. For example, the first scenario traces the path of two people walking in opposite directions in a hallway, whereas the second one is conducted to track three people in a group of four walkers.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• v.13 no.4
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• pp.291-297
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• 2013

Chaotic dynamics have been studied by many researchers in the fields of biology, physics, and engineering. Interest in chaos is also expanding to the social sciences such as politics, economics, and others, including the prediction of societal events. The concept of leisure has developed from a passive concept correlated with relaxation, entertainment, and ideology formation into a positive concept that assumes a more active role. As information and communications technology develops, digital leisure activity is expected to continue spreading. This expansion of digital leisure function correctly, as well as. Traditional leisure activity functions correctly more, whereas digital leisure activity is predicted to function incorrectly more often. In this paper, we propose a mathematical addiction model of digital leisure that deals with its dysfunctions such as addiction to digital leisure, including computer games, internet search, internet chatting, and social media. Herein, to solve addiction to digital leisure, we propose a model derived from a nicotine addiction.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.419-422
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 환자와 검사자에게 초음파 영상의 객관화된 정보를 정확하게 제공하기 위해 간과 신장의 초음파 영상에 SOM 기법을 적용하여 지방간 농도 수치를 분류하는 방법을 제시한다. 제안된 방법은 간, 신장 영역을 촬영한 초음파 영상에서 촬영정보나 눈금자 등과 같이 필요 없는 부분을 잡음으로 간주하여 제거한 Region Of Interest(ROI) 영상을 추출하고, 추출된 ROI 영상에서 명암대비를 강조하기 위해 Fuzzy Stretching 기법을 적용한다. Stretching된 영상에 Enhanced Average Binary와 Labeling 기법으로 적용하여 얻은 Contour 정보를 분석하여 잡음을 제거한 후, 지방간의 측정 영역을 추출한다. 추출된 간과 신장의 측정 영역에 SOM 기법을 적용하여 명암도 값을 분류한 후, 간과 신장의 실질 영역의 대표 명암도를 각각 추출하여 비교 분석한다. 제안된 방법을 초음파 영상에 적용한 결과, 효율적이고 객관적으로 간의 지방도를 분류할 수 있는 가능성을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2005.07b
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• pp.850-852
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• 2005

차량을 포함하는 임의의 영상에서 번호판 추출은 다양한 조명조건 및 배경, 촬영 각도, 번호판 종류 등의 요인으로 인해 고도의 영상처리 과정을 필요로 한다. 본 논문에서는 실제 환경에서 발생할 수 있는 이러한 요인들에 대해 강건한 번호판 추출 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법은 입력영상의 RGB 성분들을 색상성분과 영암성분으로 분리할 수 있는 칼라모델 HSI로 변환하고 H(hue)와 S(saturation)성분을 이용하여 번호판의 배경색상을 고려한 칼라 퍼지지도를 구성한다. 또한, I(intensity)성분을 이용하여 에지밀도를 추출하고 에지밀도 지도에 기반한 영역분리 퍼지지도를 생성한다. 마지막으로, 후보영역 탐색을 위해 칼라 퍼지지도와 영역분리 퍼지지도를 결합하고, 연결성분 해석(Connected Component Analysis)을 통해 ROI(Region Of Interest)를 추출한다. 제안하는 방법의 유효성 검증을 위해 조명 및 촬영 각도에 제한을 거의 두지 않고 촬영된 차량 영상 410장을 실험 영상으로 사용하였다. 실험 결과에서는 $97.1\%$의 효과적인 추출 성공률을 볼 수 있었다.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.51-61
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• 2014

Preventive maintenance of buildings has increased the importance of interest in that it is able to maintain the performance building has and to prevent a problem occurred in future. For improved preventive maintenance work, it should be performed to select works order clearly and preceded the accurate measurement for the state of works order. when measuring the conditions, measurement of the state of work order considering the various criteria is more effective than to measure by only criterion. But, there are something hard to evaluate exactly between the criteria because of decision-maker's subjective judgments. To solve these problems, this research proposes decision making support model to determine preventive maintenance works order using Fuzzy-sets. By using Fuzzy-sets when measuring state of work objects, it can be reduced vagueness of judgments by decision-makers. This model can be used as a tool for objective evaluation of preventive maintenance work orders and offer the guideline to perform decision-making.

• Information Systems Review
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.85-106
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• 2009

Current trend of audit is to check the physical aspects of developed information system, such as checking the budget constraints, time constraints or functional fluency etc. However, ultimate goal of information system is to help the organization to achieve the competency over their competitors. Also, there are three different interest groups in system auditing, like audit requesting group, audited group and audit group, who may have different points of interests in auditing. Current auditing process, however, ignores this point, and so does not check the differences between three groups. This study tries to develop new auditing method to cure these two problems. Contributions of this study may be summarized as follows. First, Redefine Information Systems Audit from a service point of view. Second, Divide the audit related person into three groups, and their different needs toward the information system was analyzed. Third, Analyze and compare the main interests of three groups, and weights of each groups to each indexes were calculated. Fourth, Fuzzy theory was applied to quantify the qualitative answers, which may minimize the ambiguity of questionnaire replies.