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LOCATION UNCERTAINTY IN ASSET TRACKING USING WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS

  • Jo, Jung-Hee;Kim, Kwang-Soo;Lee, Ki-Sung;Kim, Sun-Joong
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2007.10a
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    • pp.357-360
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    • 2007
  • An asset tracking using wireless sensor network is concerned with geographical locations of sensor nodes. The limited size of sensor nodes makes them attractable for tracking service, at the same time their size causes power restrictions, limited computation power, and storage restrictions. Due to such constrained capabilities, the wireless sensor network basically assumes the failure of sensor nodes. This causes a set of concerns in designing asset tracking system on wireless sensor network and one of the most critical factors is location uncertainty of sensor nodes. In this paper, we classify the location uncertainty problem in asset tracking system into following cases. First, sensor node isn't read at all because of sensor node failure, leading to misunderstanding that asset is not present. Second, incorrect location is read due to interference of RSSI, providing unreliable location of asset. We implemented and installed our asset tracking system in a real environment and continuously monitored the status of asset and measured error rate of location of sensor nodes. We present experimental results that demonstrate the location uncertainty problem in asset tracking system using wireless sensor network.

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Characteristics of Housing ownership Structure and Residential Location Preference of Korean Immigrants: Case Study of Korean Immigrants in Washington State (한인 이주민의 주택 소유구조 및 주거입지 선호 특성 -미국 워싱턴 주 사례를 중심으로-)

  • Park, Wonseok
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.660-675
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    • 2012
  • This paper aims at, analyzing the characteristics of immigration path, residential status and residential location preference of Korean immigrants in Washington State of United State. The main results of this study are as follows. Firstly, according to the questionnaire survey results, respondents tend to prefer own housing as their incomes are higher. Secondly, Location factors which respondents most prefer are safety, natural environment and school district. Thirdly, household income influences the housing ownership rate of respondents, according to the result of binomial logistic regression analysis on the impact of individual characteristics of the respondents on the housing ownership structure. Finally, according to the results of logistic regression analysis on the impact of individual characteristics and housing ownership structure of the respondents on the residential location preferences, (1) respondents who own housings more prefer school district as residential location factor, (2) respondents their age are over 40 years old prefer safety/amenity as residential location factor, (3) respondents their immigration period are more than 10 years prefer safety/amenity as residential location factor, (4) respondents their initial immigration region are not Washington state prefer safety/amenity as residential location factor.

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THE APPLICATION OF GIS FOR EFFECTIVE DISTRIBUTION OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE AREA

  • Yang Byung-Yun;Hwang Chul-Sue
    • Proceedings of the KSRS Conference
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    • 2005.10a
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    • pp.61-64
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    • 2005
  • The purpose of this paper is to take a closer look at an area having shorted emergence facilities and to determine optional candidate sites instead of vulnerable area by using GIS spatial analysis. Newly determined new candidate is performed by concerning spatial efficiency and spatial equity for a public service. It was determined through using the analyzing of the physical accessibility measure, the Location-Allocation, sort of classic model in spatial statistics and general network analysis. The area of this research has been used in administrative boundary of Young-Dong in Gangneung including 13 emergency, medical hospitals, 46 fire-stations and sub-fire stations. In general terms, what all this show is that the way we are approached for geographical view from using GIS spatial analyzing technique of determined location and allocation problem by the social, economical, political factor and simple administrative discrimination at the meantime. At the same time, with problem occurred in the space it is possible to make an Effective proposal or means, policy, decision for new candidate location-allocation suggesting optimum model.

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Characteristics of Directional Orientation in Houses and Site Design of Chilsan Village in Riverside Location, Buyeo County (강변에 입지한 부여칠산마을의 배치와 주택의 방위적 특성)

  • Lee, Hyun-Byung
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Rural Architecture
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.69-78
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    • 2013
  • The location of villages differs by position, and the method to form the conditions of location varies greatly. This study has comprehensively investigated village layout in the riverside and directional relations in houses. With changes in riverside landscape and transition to an agriculture-oriented village, there have been changes in road and the size, shape and direction of houses as well. In terms of the direction of houses situated along the river, a house facing the river accounts for more than half of all houses in the village. As traditional houses are transformed into modern houses over time, houses have become bigger, and the number of the houses facing south or southeast has been on the rise. As described above, riverside landscape and preference for the house facing south have an effect on determination of the facing direction of houses. However, the direction of geographical features of the village was first followed, and other conditions have been reflected, and the characteristics for the facing direction of houses have been observed.

Extracting meeting location from seminar and conference announcement in English

  • Kim, Anatoliy;Choi, Dong-Hyun;Choi, Key-Sun
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2011.06c
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    • pp.258-261
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    • 2011
  • Living in the age of information people face problems related to information overload. Information is easy to produce, store and distribute through various communication channels, one of which is emails. With the appearance of the mobile devices, such as smart phones and tabs, people can have access to email inbox at any moment of time from everywhere. In this paper we present information extraction system with a specific goal of extracting meeting location from the announcement of seminar or conference. We apply a machine learning method (conditional random fields, CRF), train the system using annotated corpus of seminar and conference announcements and validate results by applying various extracted correction rules and patterns. Furthermore, we normalize extracted location, and reference using geo-coding databases, OpenStreetMap and Wikipedia resources to determine real geographical coordinates.

A Study on Dispersed Concentration pattern of Biotechnology Companies Location: Case of Pharmaceutical enterprises (바이오기업의 분산적 집중형 입지패턴에 관한 연구: 제약기업을 사례로)

  • Choi, Yu-Mi;Kang, Myoung-Gu
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.671-683
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    • 2011
  • The technical development of transportation and communication increases freedom of location choice. This higher freedom allows to company can pursues bigger profit than before. Company's separated spatial configurations tend to go to most optimal location, so some places showed unexpected agglomeration. This study conducted to prove "dispersed concentration" for specific example, pharmaceutical enterprises, in real business world. As a result, separation of spatial configuration clearly observed as product output goes bigger and R&D's depth goes deeper. And spatial concentration of each function was found. Most headquarters are located in Seoul, R&D centers make agglomeration at some spaces. Plants' location concentrated until 1990s, but, in 2000s, plants expand out of metropolitan area.

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A study on the location and school district of elementary schools at Chongro-gu, Seoul (GIS를 이용한 학군 설정의 시론적 연구 -종로구 국민학교 학군을 중심으로-)

  • ;;Choi, Woun-Sik;Yoon, Sung-Hee
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.311-323
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    • 1995
  • This study attempts to examine the location and district of elementary schools at Chongro-gu. For the convenience of the analysis, the data are analysed with the methods of GIS network model. For the purpose data was collected from Statistical Yearbook of Education in 1994 and Census of Housing and Population in 1990. Results may be summarized as follows. First of all, spatial pattern of elementary school at Chongro-gu shows outward diffusion because of problems, rising of land value, and out-migration of population in the area. Secondly, for the analysis of locational situation this paper uses the data such as population of 5-9 age, the number of housing, accessibility, and land value. The location of elementary school is ciassified into 4 types; the best area, better area, worse area, the worst area. The best area is Pyongchana-dong, Buam-dong, and Ewha-dong and the worst area is Chongro 1ga-dona, Chonaro 2ga-dong and Sechongno-dong. Thirdly, the alternative plans of school district are presented for the maximum equity and efficience, and security of school attendantes. The former emphasizes the minimization of commuting distance, the later emphasizes the minimization of the an comfortable facilities such as main streets in school district. Present school district which is based upon administrative dong should be changed to roadbased school district.

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Location Optimization in Heterogeneous Sensor Network Configuration for Security Monitoring (보안 모니터링을 위한 이종 센서 네트워크 구성에서 입지 최적화 접근)

  • Kim, Kam-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.43 no.2
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    • pp.220-234
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    • 2008
  • In many security monitoring contexts, the performance or efficiency of surveillance sensors/networks based on a single sensor type may be limited by environmental conditions, like illumination change. It is well known that different modes of sensors can be complementary, compensating for failures or limitations of individual sensor types. From a location analysis and modeling perspective, a challenge is how to locate different modes of sensors to support security monitoring. A coverage-based optimization model is proposed as a way to simultaneously site k different sensor types. This model considers common coverage among different sensor types as well as overlapping coverage for individual sensor types. The developed model is used to site sensors in an urban area. Computational results show that common and overlapping coverage can be modeled simultaneously, and a rich set of solutions exists reflecting the tradeoff between common and overlapping coverage.

An Alternative Method for Assessing Local Spatial Association Among Inter-paired Location Events: Vector Spatial Autocorrelation in Housing Transactions (쌍대위치 이벤트들의 국지적 공간적 연관성을 평가하기 위한 방법론적 연구: 주택거래의 벡터 공간적 자기상관)

  • Lee, Gun-Hak
    • Journal of the Economic Geographical Society of Korea
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.564-579
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    • 2008
  • It is often challenging to evaluate local spatial association among onedimensional vectors generally representing paired-location events where two points are physically or functionally connected. This is largely because of complex process of such geographic phenomena itself and partially representational complexity. This paper addresses an alternative way to identify spatially autocorrelated paired-location events (or vectors) at a local scale. In doing so, we propose a statistical algorithm combining univariate point pattern analysis for evaluating local clustering of origin-points and similarity measure of corresponding vectors. For practical use of the suggested method, we present an empirical application using transactions data in a local housing market, particularly recorded from 2004 to 2006 in Franklin County, Ohio in the United States. As a result, several locally characterized similar transactions are identified among a set of vectors showing various local moves associated with communities defined.

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A Study on the Effect of Administrative Districts Separation to the Changes of Population and Industry in a Region: A Case Study on Goesan-gun and Jeungpyeong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do (행정구역 분리가 지역의 인구와 산업 변화에 미친 영향에 대한 연구: 충청북도 괴산군과 증평군을 사례로)

  • Shin, Yeong-Jae
    • Journal of the Korean Geographical Society
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    • v.51 no.3
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    • pp.381-399
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    • 2016
  • Goesan-gun and Jeungpyeong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do have been separated administratively since 2003. Goesan-gun is rural area, and Jeungpyeong-gun is urban area. The purpose of this study is to observe changes after the separation of administrative districts (Goesan-gun and Jeungpyeong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do). This study observed changes of Goesan-gun and Jenugpyeong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-Do based on population, the highest land value, employees and location quotient. Population of Goesan-gun has decreased, and that of Jeungpyeong-gun has increased. The highest land value of Jeungpyeong-gun has increased more than that of Goesan-gun. Observation of location quotient, with the location quotient of 2013 as a criterion, showed that manufacturing business and producer service business have developed in Jeungpyeong-gun, while agriculture and customer service business have developed in Goesan-gun. This result is due to the difference between regional characteristic of Goesan-gun and Jeungpyeong-gun.

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