• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.336-347
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• 2011

Objectives: In Korea, an average of 258 workers claim compensation for their noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) on an annual basis. Indeed, hearing disorder ranks first in the number of diagnoses made by occupational medical check-ups. Against this backdrop, this study analyzed the impact of 19 types of noise-generating machines and equipment on the sound pressure levels in workplaces and NIHL occurrence based on a 2009 national survey on work environments. Methods: Through this analysis, a series of statistical models were built to determine posterior probabilities for each worksite with an aim to present risk ratings for noise levels at work. Results: It was found that air compressors and grinding machines came in first and second, respectively in the number of installed noise-generating machines and equipment. However, there was no direct relationship between workplace noise and NIHL among workers since noise-control equipment and protective gear had been in place. By building a logistic regression model and neural network, statistical models were set to identify the influence of the noise-generating machines and equipment on workplace noise levels and NIHL occurrence. Conclusion: This study offered NIHL prevention measures which are fit for the worksites in each risk grade.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제22권10호
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• pp.1168-1177
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• 2019

In order to diagnose and prevent Alzheimer's Disease (AD), it is becoming increasingly important to develop a CAD(Computer-aided Diagnosis) system for AD diagnosis, which provides effective treatment for patients by analyzing 3D MRI images. It is essential to apply powerful deep learning algorithms in order to automatically classify stages of Alzheimer's Disease and to develop a Alzheimer's Disease support diagnosis system that has the function of detecting hippocampus and CSF(Cerebrospinal fluid) which are important biomarkers in diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. In this paper, for AD diagnosis, we classify a given MRI data into three categories of AD, mild cognitive impairment, and normal control according by applying 3D brain MRI image to the Faster R-CNN model and detect hippocampus and CSF in MRI image. To do this, we use the 2D MRI slice images extracted from the 3D MRI data of the Faster R-CNN, and perform the widely used majority voting algorithm on the resulting bounding box labels for classification. To verify the proposed method, we used the public ADNI data set, which is the standard brain MRI database. Experimental results show that the proposed method achieves impressive classification performance compared with other state-of-the-art methods.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2022

지속적 학습 환경을 위한 학습 방법 중 LwF(Learning without Forgetting)는 정규화 강도가 고정되어 있어 다양한 데이터가 들어오는 환경에서 성능이 하락 할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 학습하려는 데이터의 특징을 파악하여 가중치를 가변적으로 설정할 수 있는 방법을 제안하고, 실험으로 성능을 검증한다. 상관 관계와 복잡도를 이용하여 적응적으로 가중치를 적용하도록 하였다. 평가를 위해 다양한 데이터를 가진 태스크가 들어오는 시나리오를 구성하여 실험을 진행하였고, 실험 결과 새로운 태스크의 정확도가 최대 5%, 이전 태스크의 정확도가 최대 11% 상승하였다. 또한, 본 논문에서 제안한 알고리즘으로 구한 적응적 가중치 값은, 각 실험 시나리오마다 반복적 실험에 의해, 수동으로 계산한 최적 가중치 값에 접근한 것을 알 수 있었다. 상관 계수 값은 0.739 이었고, 전체적으로 평균 태스크 정확도가 상승하였다. 본 논문의 방법은, 새로운 태스크를 학습할 때마다 적절한 람다 값을 적응적으로 설정하였으며, 본 논문에서 제시한 여러 가지 시나리오에서 최적의 결과값을 도출하고 있다는 것을 알 수 있다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.608-616
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• 2022

Power peaking factors (PPF) is an important parameter for safe and efficient reactor operation. There are several methods to calculate the PPF at TRIGA research reactors such as MCNP and TRIGLAV codes. However, these methods are time-consuming and required high specifications of a computer system. To overcome these limitations, artificial intelligence was introduced for parameter prediction. Previous studies applied the neural network method to predict the PPF, but the publications using the ANFIS method are not well developed yet. In this paper, the prediction of PPF using the ANFIS was conducted. Two input variables, control rod position, and neutron flux were collected while the PPF was calculated using TRIGLAV code as the data output. These input-output datasets were used for ANFIS model generation, training, and testing. In this study, four ANFIS model with two types of input space partitioning methods shows good predictive performances with R² values in the range of 96%-97%, reveals the strong relationship between the predicted and actual PPF values. The RMSE calculated also near zero. From this statistical analysis, it is proven that the ANFIS could predict the PPF accurately and can be used as an alternative method to develop a real-time monitoring system at TRIGA research reactors.

• Journal of Animal Science and Technology
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• 제63권6호
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• pp.1453-1463
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• 2021

Feeding is the most important behavior that represents the health and welfare of weanling pigs. The early detection of feed refusal is crucial for the control of disease in the initial stages and the detection of empty feeders for adding feed in a timely manner. This paper proposes a real-time technique for the detection and recognition of small pigs using a deep-leaning-based method. The proposed model focuses on detecting pigs on a feeder in a feeding position. Conventional methods detect pigs and then classify them into different behavior gestures. In contrast, in the proposed method, these two tasks are combined into a single process to detect only feeding behavior to increase the speed of detection. Considering the significant differences between pig behaviors at different sizes, adaptive adjustments are introduced into a you-only-look-once (YOLO) model, including an angle optimization strategy between the head and body for detecting a head in a feeder. According to experimental results, this method can detect the feeding behavior of pigs and screen non-feeding positions with 95.66%, 94.22%, and 96.56% average precision (AP) at an intersection over union (IoU) threshold of 0.5 for YOLOv3, YOLOv4, and an additional layer and with the proposed activation function, respectively. Drinking behavior was detected with 86.86%, 89.16%, and 86.41% AP at a 0.5 IoU threshold for YOLOv3, YOLOv4, and the proposed activation function, respectively. In terms of detection and classification, the results of our study demonstrate that the proposed method yields higher precision and recall compared to conventional methods.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권11호
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• pp.4084-4104
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• 2021

Visual place recognition (VPR) is a fundamental yet challenging task of mobile robot navigation and localization. The existing VPR methods are usually based on some pairwise similarity of image descriptors, so they are sensitive to visual appearance change and also computationally expensive. This paper proposes a simple yet effective four-step method that achieves adaptive convolutional neural network (CNN) landmark matching for VPR. First, based on the features extracted from existing CNN models, the regions with higher significance scores are selected as landmarks. Then, according to the coordinate positions of potential landmarks, landmark matching is improved by removing mismatched landmark pairs. Finally, considering the significance scores obtained in the first step, robust image retrieval is performed based on adaptive landmark matching, and it gives more weight to the landmark matching pairs with higher significance scores. To verify the efficiency and robustness of the proposed method, evaluations are conducted on standard benchmark datasets. The experimental results indicate that the proposed method reduces the feature representation space of place images by more than 75% with negligible loss in recognition precision. Also, it achieves a fast matching speed in similarity calculation, satisfying the real-time requirement.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.549-566
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• 2022

Mining of ore minerals (sfalerite, cinnabar, and chalcopyrite) from the old mine has led in significant environmental effects as contamination of soils and plants and acidification of water. Also, nanoparticles (NP) have obtained global importance because of their widespread usage in daily life, unique properties, and rapid development in the field of nanotechnology. Regarding their usage in various fields, it is suggested that soil is the final environmental sink for NPs. Nanoparticles with excessive reactivity and deliverability may be carried out as amendments to enhance soil quality, mitigate soil contaminations, make certain secure land-software of the traditional change substances and enhance soil erosion control. Meanwhile, there's no record on the usage of Nano superior substances for mine soil reclamation. In this study, five soil specimens have been tested at 4 sites inside the region of mine (<100 m) to study zeolites, and iron sulfide nanoparticles. Also, through using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Extreme Learning Machine (ELM), this study has tried to appropriately estimate the mechanical properties of soil under the effect of these Nano particles. Considering the RMSE and R2 values, Zeolite Nano materials could enhance the mine soil fine through increasing the clay-silt fractions, increasing the water holding capacity, removing toxins and improving nutrient levels. Also, adding iron sulfide minerals to the soils would possibly exacerbate the soil acidity problems at a mining site.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제14권11호
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• pp.61-71
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• 2009

자동차의 번호판은 차량의 등록 정보를 확인할 수 있는 유일한 방법이다. 불법 주정차 단속 및 주차 관리 시스템에 차량의 등록 정보를 확인하기 위해 카메라를 이용한 무인 인식시스템의 개발이 활발히 연구되고 있다. 하지만, 일반 도로상에서 날씨나 주변 장애물들은 자동차 번호판 상에 조명 변화를 일으켜 번호판 문자의 추출을 어렵게 한다. 본 논문은 번호판 영상을 개선하여 조명변화에 강인한 문자 추출 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 번호판 영상의 명암 대비도를 높이기 위해 Chi-Square 확률 밀도 함수를 이용한다. 또한, 정확한 문자영역을 추출하기 위해, 적응적인 문턱값을 적용함으로써 고품질의 이진화 영상을 얻는다. 번호판의 문자들을 추출하는 일련의 과정에서 방해가 되는 잡음들을 전처리와 레이블링을 통해 제거한다. 마지막으로 번호판의 문자들은 번호판의 기하학적 특징을 이용한 이진화 영상의 프로파일링으로부터 추출된다.

• 한국수자원학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국수자원학회 2020년도 학술발표회
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• pp.128-128
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• 2020

최근 농업환경의 변화와 기후변화에 대응하기 위해 농업용수 관리 정보화 및 과학화의 필요성이 증대되어 실시간으로 저수지 저수량과 농업용수 공급량을 파악하기 위해 자동 수위계측시설이 도입되었다. 농림축산식품부의 저수지 자동수위측정기 설치 및 운영지침에 따라 현재 농어촌공사 관리 저수지 1,734개소 및 수로부 1,880개소에 자동수위계가 설치되어 있으며, 저수지와 수로에서 10분 간격으로 수위자료가 생성되고 있다. 농업용 저수지 수문자료의 공인지점은 2016년 6개소에서 2019년 49개소로 증대되고 있으며, 데이터 품질 저하의 최소화 및 신뢰성 있는 수문자료 생성의 필요성이 증가함에 따라 농업용 저수지의 특성을 반영한 저수지 수위 오결측 데이터 보정 방안 및 수문 자료 품질관리 방안이 요구된다. 농업용 저수지의 수위 변화 및 강우-유출 현상은 물리적 모형을 구축하여 기상, 지형 등 영향 인자와 수위(또는 유출)와의 상관관계를 분석하는 것은 무적으로 불가능하였지만, 최근 인공신경망 (Artificial Neural Network, ANN) 등과 같이 black-box 형태의 모형을 이용하여 비선형적인 수문해석이 가능해졌다. 본 연구에서는 빅데이터와 인공신경망을 결합시킨 알고리즘인 딥러닝 (Deep Learning) 기반의 LSTM (Long Short-Term Memory) 모형을 활용하여 농업용 저수지 수위자료를 검토하여 자동계측기에서 발생하는 오류 보정을 위해 품질관리 방안을 제시하고자 한다.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 8th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.463-481
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• 2020

Cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) are widely used in various dredging constructions such as channel excavation, wharf construction, and reef construction. During a CSD construction, the main operation is to control the swing speed of cutter to keep the slurry concentration in a proper range. However, the slurry concentration cannot be monitored in real-time, i.e., there is a "time-lag effect" in the log of slurry concentration, making it difficult for operators to make the optimal decision on controlling. Concerning this issue, a solution scheme that using real-time monitored indicators to predict current slurry concentration is proposed in this research. The characteristics of the CSD monitoring data are first studied, and a set of preprocessing methods are presented. Then we put forward the concept of "index class" to select the important indices. Finally, an ensemble learning algorithm is set up to fit the relationship between the slurry concentration and the indices of the index classes. In the experiment, log data over seven days of a practical dredging construction is collected. For comparison, the Deep Neural Network (DNN), Long Short Time Memory (LSTM), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Random Forest (RF), Gradient Boosting Decision Tree (GBDT), and the Bayesian Ridge algorithm are tried. The results show that our method has the best performance with an R² of 0.886 and a mean square error (MSE) of 5.538. This research provides an effective way for real-time predicting the slurry concentration of CSDs and can help to improve the stationarity and production efficiency of dredging construction.