• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.113-123
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• 2017

In human reliability analysis, dependence assessment is an important issue in risky large complex systems, such as operation of a nuclear power plant. Many existing methods depend on an expert's judgment, which contributes to the subjectivity and restrictions of results. Recently, a computational method, based on the Dempster-Shafer evidence theory and analytic hierarchy process, has been proposed to handle the dependence in human reliability analysis. The model can deal with uncertainty in an analyst's judgment and reduce the subjectivity in the evaluation process. However, the computation is heavy and complicated to some degree. The most important issue is that the existing method is in a positive aspect, which may cause an underestimation of the risk. In this study, a new evidential analytic hierarchy process dependence assessment methodology, based on the improvement of existing methods, has been proposed, which is expected to be easier and more effective.

• 대한수학회보
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2002

A scale parameter is the principal parameter to be estimated, since it corresponds to one of the main reliability characteristics, namely the average time to failure. To provide robustness of scale estimators to gross errors in the data, we apply the Huber minimax approach in time to failure models of the statistical reliability theory. The minimax valiance estimator of scale is obtained in the important particular case of the exponential distribution.

• 한국안전학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.136-144
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• 1998

FTA is the most commonly used method among quantitative safety assessment. In case that the observing system become larger, a lot of terms should be calculated to accomplish FTA through complicated process. Many methods have been tried to reduce time, one of tries is How to calculate the reliability using graph theory after changing W to graph. This paper suggests an algorithm that can calculate more rapidly reliability and outset of system expressed by non-linear graph as like as FTA or CCA.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2000

One of the most important quantities in reliability theory is the expected number of renewals of a system during a given interval. This quantity, the renewal function, is used to determine the optimal preventive maintenance policy and to estimate the cost of a warranty. In this paper we study a parametric approach for a renewal function. The simulation study is presented to compare the relative performance of the introduced estimators of a renewal function. And we show that the proposed parametric estimator performs well.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1997년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.475-480
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• 1997

It is common to assum identical allowable safety factors in static strength, defined by mean stress and in fatigue, defined by stress amplitude. Under the load with asymmetrical cycles the safety factor is not the same. In this paper, with the consideration of unequal allowable safety factors a general method for estimating fatigue reliability of a machine element under a combined state of stress is derived based on the theory proposed by Prof. Kececioglu and normal distribution. The calculation of fatigue reliability for limited life is discussed with example.

• 응용통계연구
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.93-105
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• 1991

본 강의에서는 심리학 및 교육학에서 흔히 활용되는 설문지 또는 시험지 문항들의 신뢰성 분석에 대한 이론을 간단히 소개한다. 아울러 SPSS/PC+의 RELIABILITY 모듈과 SAS의 PROC CORR 등을 이용하여 실제 사례를 분석하고 몇가지 관련된 사항을 토의한다.

• 한국지반공학회지:지반
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.7-16
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• 1988

현재까지 구조물의 안정을 결정하는 유일한 방법은 안전률개념이 이용되고 있으나, 최근 이 안전 율에 대한 문제점이 제기되어 구조물의 신뢰도에 대한 기준으로 파괴확률을 적용시키고자 하는 연구 가 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 한편 토류구조물은 벽체의 변위형태에 따라 토고분포가 달라짐 에도 불구하고실제문제에선통상 벽 체변위를 고려하지 않는 Coulomb이론이나 Rankine 이론을 이용하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서 는 뒤 채움이 모래로 수평인 연직벽체가 벽체저면을 중심으로 회전하는 주동(AB)과 정 점을 중심으로 회전하는 주동(AT) 2가지 경우를 대상으로 전도에 대한 파양를 다룬다. 동일한 설계조건에 대해서 종래의 Coulomb이론과 Dubrova토력재분포리론. Chang의 방법으로 구한 정적 주동토력과 Seed and Whitmann의 지진하중을 중첩시킨 지진 주동토력을 ,각각 고려하여 최근에 발전된 AFOSM (Advanced First Order Second Moment)해법으로 신협도를 해석하여 비교 검토한다.

• Journal of Korean Biological Nursing Science
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.11-19
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• 2018

Purpose: The purposes of this study were to perform items analysis using the classical test theory (CTT) and the item response theory (IRT), and to establish the validity and reliability of the Korean version of pressure ulcer prevention knowledge. Methods: The 26-item pressure ulcer prevention knowledge instrument was translated into Korean, and the item analysis of the 22 items having an adequate content validity index (CVI), was conducted. A total of 240 registered nurses in 2 university hospitals completed the questionnaire. Each item was analyzed applying CTT and IRT according to 2-parameter logistic model. Response alternatives quality, item difficulty and item discrimination were evaluated. For testing validity and reliability, Pearson correlation coefficient and Kuder Richardson-20 (KR-20) were used. Results: Scale CVI was .90 (Item-CVI range= .75-1.00). The total correct answer rate for this study population was relatively low as 52.5%. The quality of response alternatives was found to be relatively good (range= .02-.83). The item difficulty of the questions ranged form .10 to .86 according to CTT and -12.19 to 29.92 according to the IRT. This instrument had 12-low, 2-medium and 8-high item difficulty applying IRT. The values for the item discrimination ranged .04-.57 applying CTT and .00-1.47 applying IRT. And overall internal consistency (KR-20) was .62 and stability (test-retest) was .82. Conclusion: The instrument had relatively weak construct validity, item discrimination according to the IRT. Therefore, the cautious usage of a Korean version of this instrument would be recommended for discrimination because there are so many attractive response alternatives and low internal consistency.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.79-94
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• 2011

Redundancy-reliability allocation problems in multi-stage series-parallel systems are addressed in this study. Fuzzy programming techniques are proposed for finding satisfactory solutions. First, a multi-objective programming model is formulated for simultaneously maximizing system reliability and minimizing system total cost. Due to the nature of uncertainty in the problem, the fuzzy set theory and technique are used to convert the deterministic multi-objective programming model into a fuzzy nonlinear programming problem. A heuristic method is developed to get satisfactory solutions for the fuzzy nonlinear programming problem. A Pareto optimal solution is found with maximal degree of satisfaction from the interception area of fuzzy sets. A case study that is related to the electronic control unit installed on aircraft engine over-speed protection system is used to implement the developed approach. Results suggest that the developed fuzzy multi-objective programming model can effectively resolve the fuzzy and uncertain problem when design goals and constraints are not clearly confirmed at the initial conceptual design phase.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.46-50
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• 2012

A reliability-based optimization method for electromagnetic design is presented to take uncertainties of design parameters into account. The method can provide an optimal design satisfying a specified confidence level in the presence of uncertain parameters. To achieve the goal, the reliability index approach based on the firstorder reliability method is adopted to deal with probabilistic constraint functions and a double-loop optimization algorithm is implemented to obtain an optimum. The proposed method is applied to the TEAM Workshop Problem 22 and its accuracy and efficiency is verified with reference of Monte Carlo simulation results.