• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.339-350
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose a simultaneous multithreading (SMT) architecture that improves instruction throughput by exploiting instruction level parallelism (ILP) and thread level parallelism (TLP). The proposed architecture issues and completes instructions belonging to the same thread in exact program order. The issue and completion policy greatly reduces the design complexity and hardware cost of our architecture, compared with others that employ out-of-order issue and completion. On the other hand, when the instructions belong to different threads, the issue and completion orders for those instructions may not necessarily be identical to the fetch order. The processor issues instructions simultaneously from multiple threads to functional units by exploiting ILP and TLP, and by dynamic resource sharing. That parallel execution notably improves performance and resource utilization with minimal additional hardware cost over the conventional superscalar processors. This paper proposes an SMT architecture with grouping as well as one without grouping. Without grouping, all threads dynamically and flexibly share most resources. On the other hand, in the SMT architecture with grouping, in which resources and threads are divided into several groups for design simplification, resources are shared only among threads belonging to the same group as those resources. Simulation results show that our processors with four and eight threads improve performance by three or more times over the conventional superscalar processor with comparable execution resources and policies, and that reasonable grouping reduces the design complexity of SMT processors with little negative effect on performance.

• 대한전자공학회논문지SD
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.59-70
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• 2004

SMT(Simultaneous Multi Threading)구조는 여러 개의 독립적인 쓰레드들로부터의 명령어들을 이용하여, 이슈 슬롯을 채울 수 있도록 하는 쓰레드 레벨 병렬 성을 사용함으로서, 결국 프로세서의 성능을 향상시킨다. 독립적인 여러 개의 준비된 쓰레드들을 갖는다는 것은 실행 유닛들이 무용의 상태로 남아 있는 가능성을 줄일 수 있다는 의미이며, 이러한 사항은 결국 프로세서의 효율성을 증가 시키게 된다. SMT 프로세서에서 그러한 이점을 이용하기 위해서는, 이슈 유닛은 서로 다른 쓰레드들로부터의 여러 명령어들 간의 흐름을 제어해서, 그러한 명령어들 사이에서 충돌이 일어나지 않도록 해야 하지만, 이러한 사실로 인해 SMT 프로세서의 이슈 로직은 매우 복잡해지게 된다. 따라서, 본 논문에서 제안된 SMT 구조는 순차적 이슈와 완료 방식을 채택하여, 복잡한 레지스터 리네이밍이나 재순차 버퍼 등을 사용할 필요가 없이 비교적 간단한 스코어보드 어레이만을 사용하는 이슈 구조를 사용할 수 있게 하였다, 그러나, 여전히 SMT용 스코어보드 구조는 일반적인 단일 쓰레드의 범용 프로세서의 경우보다는 훨씬 더 복잡하고 많은 비용이 소요된다. 본 논문은 ARM 기본의 순차적 SMT 아키텍처 상에서의 최적의 스코어보드메커니즘에 대한 구현을 제안한다.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권1B호
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• pp.86-92
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• 2011

본 논문에선 분산 메모리 아키텍처를 사용하는 멀티프로세서 시스템에서 메시지 전달을 지원하는 하드웨어 MPI(Message Passing Interface) 유닛을 설계하였다 데이터 전송 동기화 및 데이터 전송, 완료까지의 과정을 하드웨어 MPI 유닛이 담당하여 동기화에 따른 오버헤드를 경감시켰다. 또한 동기화 메시지를 저장 관리하는 요청 큐(Request Queue), 준비 큐(Ready Queue), 예약 큐(Reserve Queue)를 내장하여 병렬적으로 입력받은 동기화 메시지를 관리하고 비순차적 종료(out of order completion)을 지원한다. BMF(Bus Functional Medel)을 제작해 제안한 구조에서의 전송 대역폭 성능을 확인한 결과 다대다 통신에서 25% 이상의 성능 향상이었음을 확인할 수 있었다. 그 후 HDL로 기술된 하드웨어를 Magnachip 0.18 공정 라이브러리에서 합성하였으며 프로토 타입 chip으로 제작하였다. 제안한 MPI 유닛은 전체 칩 사이즈의 1% 이하의 크기로 높은 성능 향상을 기대할 수 있어, 저비용 설계와 확장성 측면에서 임베디드 MPSoC(Multi-Processor System-on-Chip)의 전체적인 성능을 높이는데 유용하다.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.76-82
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• 2004

A robust fuzzy controller is designed to stabilize a class of solvable nonlinear descriptor systems with time-varying delay. First, a new modeling and control method for nonlinear descriptor systems is presented with a fuzzy descriptor model. A sufficient condition for the existence of the fuzzy controller is given in terms of a series of LMIs. Then, a less conservative fuzzy controller design approach is obtained based on the fuzzy rules and weights. This method includes the interactions of the different subsystems into one matrix. The effectiveness of the presented approach and the design procedure of the fuzzy controller are illustrated by way of an example.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 2th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.800-809
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• 2007

Current payment methods have many faults which are detrimental to the formation and completion of a project. This includes the use of unfair payment terms, pricing strategies and payment mechanisms between the contracting parties. This resulted in being criticised and remain in doubt, the use of current payment methods to reward good contractors and to distinguish poorly performed construction firms. In order to have an insight into this issue, a structured survey was conducted amongst UK construction practitioners. It was found that traditional pricing methods (i.e. lump sum and unit price), payment methods (i.e. interim valuation) and retention still dominate current practice. The empirical findings show that there are significant differences in the use of pricing and payment methods (when making and receiving payments) in construction. Significant differences also found in the factors affecting the choice of pricing methods when making (and receiving) construction payments. The paper concludes with analysis of the findings and future direction of research in payment systems is also provided.

• 대한토목학회논문집
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.369-376
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• 2018

대부분의 건설 프로젝트는 초기단계에서부터 준공 운영단계에 이르기까지 다양한 유형의 부패에 영향을 받고 있다. 개발 도상국인 이란은 입찰, 투찰 과정, 계약 등에서 부패 문제로 어려움을 겪고 있다. 본 연구에서는 이란 건설 프로젝트를 대상으로 부패의 원인을 파악하고 그 중요도를 평가하고자 한다. 이를 위해 문헌연구를 통해 다양한 유형의 부패에 대해 조사하고 건설 프로젝트에 부패를 유발할 수 있는 잠재적 요소를 설문조사를 통해 파악하고자 한다. 설문지는 이란 건설 프로젝트에서 77가지 부패 원인을 포함하여 12 가지 유형의 부패를 고려하여 고안되었다. 수집된 설문지의 분석 및 탐색적 요인분석(EFA)을 통하여 "부적절한 권한 배분" 등 4가지의 주요 요인이 도출되었다. 본 연구 결과는 건설관계자와 학자들에게 도움이 될 것으로 사료된다.

• 무역학회지
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• 제44권6호
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• pp.87-103
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• 2019

L/C(Letter of Credit) is a common payment term designed to prevent credit risk in international trade. However, most companies prefer T/T (Telegraphic Transfer) payment due to its time and cost efficiency. According to related statistics, more than 70% of international trade contracts are based on T/T rather than other payment terms. The time required from the export negotiation to the completion of the export transaction and collection in international trade is very long. In this process, disputes related to settlement are continuous, so caution should be exercised. Therefore, whether or not the export payment is recovered in a timely manner is the core issue of trade transactions for exporters. The purpose of this study is to identify problems that cause delayed payments during settlement by the remittance (T/T) method, which can lead to settlement risk, in order to investigate those factors which can lead to delays in payments and increased risk as well as to determine ways to prevent such factors in advance. According to empirical findings, trading experience, transaction duration, and contract contents can be important determinants in terms of payment delays. Industry uniqueness and market uncertainty were found to be in opposition to the hypothesized relationships. The results of this study will be useful for trading companies to reduce their payment risk.

• 한국시스템다이내믹스연구
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.25-59
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• 2010

The Korean government has operated various mega-development projects in order to help nation progress into the future. However, many problems and concerns have been raised on the mega-projects' delay and failure in South Korea. Moreover, there are many technical and executive problems; such as trial and error of development work, failure of validity test, complicated decision-making processes, and so on. With these concerns and problems to mega-development projects, finding a sustainable development from mega-projects is becoming a new issue in the field of mega-development projects. Therefore, the main purpose of this study is to investigate whether or not most mega-development projects conducted by the government exactly corresponds with sustainable development (such as environmental soundness, economic efficiency and social equity) focusing on Saemangeum project. Using causal loop analysis, this study gives some significant results to us. First, for environmental soundness, both central and local government should ensure water-purity control system for farming, industry, leisure, and others. Second, for economic efficiency, both governments not only have to secure a budget for completion of infrastructure of the Saemangeum project but also support financial assistance to Saemangeum project. Third, for social equity, three local governments (i.e., Gunsan, Gimje, and Buan) should stop debate and conflict with regard to an administrative district of Saemangeum region. Finally, most politicians should not use Saemangeum project for political means. Rather, they should recognize the project as a motive power for economic development of Jeollabukdo.

• 환경정책연구
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.111-128
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• 2002

The Ministerial Declaration of the 4th WTO Ministerial Meeting at Doha in November 2001 announced the launch of the New Round and a completion date of January 1st, 2005. It agreed to eventually negotiate trade and environment linkage issues, such as the relationship between the WTO rules and Multilateral Environment Agreements and the reduction or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers to environmental goods and services. The Committee on Trade and Environment was instructed to pursue work on all items on its agenda within the current terms of reference and to give particular attention to the effects of environmental measures on market access, relevant provisions of the TRTPS Agreement, and labelling requirements for environmental purposes. This means that far the first time, the members of the WTO will discuss and negotiate trade and environment linkage in the framework of multilateral trade negotiation. Korea, from the standpoint of a smaller open economy heavily dependent on international trade, is obliged to overcome the challenges imposed by the environment agenda in the Doha declaration. This study examined the linkage among environment, economic growth and international trade in order to review the possible trade and environment policy implications in Korea. Mutual supportiveness of trade and environment depends much on the effectiveness of trade and environment policy coordination. In this regard, we conclude that the Korean government should provide an appropriate institutional framework to promote closer cooperation among policy makers engaged in negotiations. Trade and environment policy review and environmental impact assessment of trade negotiation should be considered as a work programme of this institutional policy coordination framework.

• 한국터널지하공간학회 논문집
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.265-281
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• 2017

얕은 터널의 시공에 있어 지표 침하는 주요 관리 사항으로 쉴드 TBM 기술을 적용함으로써 굴착 중 지반 변형의 제어를 통하여 침하를 경감시키는 것이 가능하며, 특히 뒤채움 주입은 침하 경감의 목적으로 쉴드 공법에서는 일반적으로 적용되는 기술이다. 투수성이 낮은 지반에서의 TBM 시공에 의한 지표 침하는 터널 시공 중에 발생할 뿐만 아니라, 터널 관통 후에도 장기간에 걸쳐 발생한다. 장기 침하는 주로 터널 주변의 압밀에 의해 발생되고, 이 압밀 과정은 터널 주변에 과잉간극수압을 유발하는 뒤채움 주입에 의해 영향을 받게 되며 결과적으로 쉴드 TBM 터널에서는 뒤채움 주입이 장기 침하에 큰 영향을 주게 된다. 본 연구에서는 쉴드 TBM 공법 중 뒤채움 주입이 지표 침하에 미치는 영향을 파악하기 위해 3차원 응력-간극수압 연계해석을 수행하였다. 해석 결과 뒤채움 주입압의 증가는 단기 침하를 경감시키지만, 다수의 경우에서 장기 침하의 감소에 기여를 하지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 장기 침하를 최소한으로 제한할 수 있는 한계 주입압의 존재를 확인하였다.