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A Fair and Efficient Congestion Avoidance Scheme Based on the Minority Game

  • Kutsuna, Hiroshi;Fujita, Satoshi
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.7 no.3
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    • pp.531-542
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, we propose a new congestion control scheme for high-speed networks. The basic idea of our proposed scheme is to adopt a game theory called, "Minority Game" (MG), to realize a selective reduction of the transmission speed of senders. More concretely, upon detecting any congestion, the scheme starts a game among all senders who are participating in the communication. The losers of the game reduce the transmission speed by a multiplicative factor. MG is a game that has recently attracted considerable attention, and it is known to have a remarkable property so that the number of winners converges to a half the number of players in spite of the selfish behavior of the players to increase its own profit. By using this property of MG, we can realize a fair reduction of the transmission speed, which is more efficient than the previous schemes in which all senders uniformly reduce their transmission speed. The effect of the proposed scheme is evaluated by simulation. The result of simulations indicates that the proposed scheme certainly realizes a selective reduction of the transmission speed. It is sufficiently fair compared to other simple randomized schemes and is sufficiently efficient compared to other conventional schemes.

The Essence of Universalism in Welfare Policy - The Issue of Universalism - (보편주의를 둘러싼 주요쟁점 - 보편주의 복지정책을 위한 시론 -)

  • Yoon, Hong-Sik
    • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
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    • v.63 no.2
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    • pp.57-79
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    • 2011
  • Universalism has received a considerable amount of attention in recent discussion of Korea welfare state. This paper explores tensions between universal, selective and residual welfare policies in Korea. It argues that selective welfare policies are useful allies for developing the universal welfare state. At the same time, principles of universalism are always formed in particular socioeconomic and historical contexts, and reflect the solidarity of various social stratifications or classes. This implies that the principles must be regarded as open to contestation, reformulation and change. The way to develope universal welfare state in Korea shouldn't follow the path observed in the Western welfare states. Korean society needs to find its own principles and path to develop a universal welfare state.

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Selective Ablation of Emissive Polymer Using Nanosecond-pulsed Laser (나노초 펄스 레이저를 이용한 발광폴리머 패터닝)

  • Ko, J.S.;Oh, B.K.;Kim, D.Y.;Lee, J.Y.;Lee, S.K.;Jung, S.H.;Hong, S.K.
    • Laser Solutions
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.7-11
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    • 2011
  • As an active emission display using emissive polymer has had much attention recently, needs for a selective patterning of emissive layer for those displays have been increased abruptly. Therefore, the various laser sources in terms of its wavelength has been used for laser direct patterning. In this work, the feasibility of those processes is examined using numerical analysis and the experimental investigation. A sample has multi-layered structure, emissive polymer on aluminum which is deposited on a glass substrate. Key factors for optimizing the laser patterning of the emissive polymer are considered into the control of ablation products, large-sized particle, and the choice of the appropriate wavelength for minimizing the heat affected zone and the remnant layer.

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KI-HABS: Key Information Guided Hierarchical Abstractive Summarization

  • Zhang, Mengli;Zhou, Gang;Yu, Wanting;Liu, Wenfen
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.15 no.12
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    • pp.4275-4291
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    • 2021
  • With the unprecedented growth of textual information on the Internet, an efficient automatic summarization system has become an urgent need. Recently, the neural network models based on the encoder-decoder with an attention mechanism have demonstrated powerful capabilities in the sentence summarization task. However, for paragraphs or longer document summarization, these models fail to mine the core information in the input text, which leads to information loss and repetitions. In this paper, we propose an abstractive document summarization method by applying guidance signals of key sentences to the encoder based on the hierarchical encoder-decoder architecture, denoted as KI-HABS. Specifically, we first train an extractor to extract key sentences in the input document by the hierarchical bidirectional GRU. Then, we encode the key sentences to the key information representation in the sentence level. Finally, we adopt key information representation guided selective encoding strategies to filter source information, which establishes a connection between the key sentences and the document. We use the CNN/Daily Mail and Gigaword datasets to evaluate our model. The experimental results demonstrate that our method generates more informative and concise summaries, achieving better performance than the competitive models.

Development of Ion-Selective Electrodes for Agriculture

  • Yang-Rae Kim
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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    • 2022.10a
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    • pp.153-153
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    • 2022
  • There is a growing need to develop ion sensors for agriculture. As a result, several technologies have been developed, such as colorimetry, spectrophotometry, and ion-selective electrode (ISE). Among them, ISE has some advantages compared to others. First, it does not require pre-treatment processes and expensive equipment. Second, it is possible for the portable detection system by introducing small-sized electrodes. Finally, real-time and multiple detections of several ions are pursued. It is well-known that N, P, and K nutrients are critical for crop growth. With the development of agriculture techniques, the importance of soil nutrient analysis has attracted much attention for cost-effective and eco-friendly agriculture. Among several issues, minimizing the use of fertilizers is significant through quantitative analysis of soil nutrients. As a result, it is highly important to analyze certain nutrients, such as N (ammonium ion, nitrate ion, nitrite ion), P (dihydrogen phosphate ion, monohydrogen phosphate ion), and K (potassium ion). Therefore, developing sensors for accurate analysis of soil nutrients is highly desired. n this study, several ISEs have been fabricated to detect N, P, and K. Their performance has been intensively studied, such as sensitivity, selectivity coefficient, and concentration range, and compared with commercialized ISEs. In addition, preliminary tests on the in-situ N, P, and K monitoring have been conducted inside the soil.

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Selective Atomic Layer Deposition of Co Thin Films Using Co(EtCp)2 Precursor (Co(EtCp)2프리커서를 사용한 Co 박막의 선택적 원자층 증착)

  • Sujeong Kim;Yong Tae Kim;Jaeyeong Heo
    • Korean Journal of Materials Research
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.163-169
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    • 2024
  • As the limitations of Moore's Law become evident, there has been growing interest in advanced packaging technologies. Among various 3D packaging techniques, Cu-SiO2 hybrid bonding has gained attention in heterogeneous devices. However, certain issues, such as its high-temperature processing conditions and copper oxidation, can affect electrical properties and mechanical reliability. Therefore, we studied depositing only a heterometal on top of the Cu in Cu-SiO2 composite substrates to prevent copper surface oxidation and to lower bonding process temperature. The heterometal needs to be deposited as an ultra-thin layer of less than 10 nm, for copper diffusion. We established the process conditions for depositing a Co film using a Co(EtCp)2 precursor and utilizing plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), which allows for precise atomic level thickness control. In addition, we attempted to use a growth inhibitor by growing a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) material, octadecyltrichlorosilane (ODTS), on a SiO2 substrate to selectively suppress the growth of Co film. We compared the growth behavior of the Co film under various PEALD process conditions and examined their selectivity based on the ODTS growth time.

Eye Movement Program Consisting of Saccadic Eye Movement and Pursuit Eye Movement Improved Visual Memory in Institutionalized Elderly Person: Randomized controlled pilot study

  • Park, Yongnam;Bae, Youngsook
    • Journal of International Academy of Physical Therapy Research
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.1768-1773
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    • 2019
  • Background: Aging reduces cognitive abilities, including visual memory (VM) and visual discrimination (VD). Since common cortical networks subserve eye movement and attention, voluntary eye movement may improve visual attention. Visual selective attention was major role for memory, and visual memory and visual attention are intimately related. Objective: To identify the improvement in VD and VM, after implementing the eye movement program consisting of saccadic eye movement (SEM) and pursuit eye movement (PEM) in the institutionalized healthy elderly. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Methods: The study involved a sample of 36 participants, and the mean age was 79.03 years (range 76~84 years). They were randomly allocated to the experimental group (n=16) and control group (n=20). Participants in the experimental group performed SEM 5 times per week for 4 weeks: twice daily at the same time in the morning and afternoon. The program was carried out for 3 minutes, and it consisted of SEM and PEM. The target's moving frequency was set at 0.5 Hz. VM and VD at the baseline and post-intervention were measured using Motor-Free Visual Perception test-4 (MFVPT-4). Results: VM significantly improved in the experimental group (p < .01), and significant differences were observed compared to the control group (p < .01). There was no significant change in VD. Conclusion: The eye movement program consisting of SEM and PEM increased VM more than VD. Therefore, eye movement program was feasible interventions for improving VM in institutionalized elderly persons.

Memory in visual search: Evidence from search efficiency (시각 탐색에서의 기억: 탐색 효율성에 근거한 증거)

  • Baek Jongsoo;Kim Min-Shik
    • Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2005
  • Since human visual system has limited capacity for visual information processing, it should select goal-relevant information for further processing. There have been several studies that emphasized the possible involvement of memory in spatial shift of selective attention (Chun & Jiang, 1998, 1999; Klein, 1988; Klein & MacInnes, 1999). However, other studies suggested the inferiority of human visual memory in change detection(Rensink, O'Regan, & Clark, 1997; Simons & Levin, 1997) and in visual search(Hotowitz & Wolfe, 1998). The present study examined the involvement of memory in visual search; whether memory for the previously searched items guides selective attentional shift or not. We investigated how search works by comparing visual search performances in three different conditions; full exposure condition, partial exposure condition, and partial-to-full exposure condition. Revisiting searched items was allowed only in full exposure condition and not in either partial or partial-to-full exposure condition. The results showed that the efficiencies of attentional shift were nearly identical for all conditions. This finding implies that even in full exposure condition the participants scarcely re-examined the previously searched items. The results suggest that instant memory can be formed and used in visual search process. These results disagree with the earlier studies claiming thar visual search has no memory. We discussed the problems of the previous research paradigms and suggested some alternative accounts.

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The effects of attribute alignment on category learning (속성간의 대응이 범주학습에 미치는 효과)

  • 이태연
    • Korean Journal of Cognitive Science
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    • v.12 no.4
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    • pp.29-39
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    • 2001
  • Kaplan(2000) reported that instances were categorized more accurate in the aligned condition than in the non-aligned condition irrespective of similarity between instances[16]. This study investigated wether Kaplan(2000)\\`s results could be explained by stimulus types she used and alignment effects in categorization were due to selective attention to aligned attributes. In Experiment 1. I examined whether attribute alignment produced significant effects on similarity and categorization and aligned attributes were recalled more than non-aligned ones. Results showed that instances were rated more similar and categories were learned more rapidly in the aligned condition than in the non-aligned condition. It can be explained that categories are learned rapidly in the aligned condition because attribute alignment increases within-category similarity. But. the result that aligned attributes were recalled more than non-aliened ones in the attribute recall test implies that alignment effects in categorization can be independent of similarity between instances partially. In Experiment 2. I used equal numbed of attributes defining two categories and instructed subjects to pay their attention to categorization-relevant dimensions only. Results showed that dimension instruction facilitated category learning in the non-aligned condition only but categories were learned more rapidly in the aligned condition than in the non-aliened condition irrespective of instruction types. In conclusion. attribute alignment in categorization may facilitate paying selective attention to categorization-relevant attributes.

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Recent Changes in Sex Ratio at Birth and Simulations on Sex-Selective Reproductive Behavior: With a Special Focus on Youngnam Region (출생성비의 최근 변화와 시뮬레이션을 통한 성선별 출산행위의 추정: 영남 지역을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Doo-Sub
    • Korea journal of population studies
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    • v.34 no.1
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    • pp.159-178
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    • 2011
  • Korea has been widely recognized as the most successful country for reversal of the rise in sex ratio at birth (from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s) in a short period of time. However, unusually high sex ratios at birth are still observed in most regions as parity increases. Given that imbalanced sex ratios at high birth orders are mostly due to son-selective abortion, it still remains questionable whether son-selective reproductive behavior has vanished in Korea. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the pattern of changing trends and socioeconomic differentials in sex ratio at birth. Micro-data from birth registration for 2009 are utilized. Attention is focused on analyzing sex ratios at birth in Youngnam region according to age of mother, parity, educational attainment of parents, and occupation of parents. A series of simulations are also conducted in this paper to show how prenatal sex screening and son-selective abortion have affected the level of sex ratio at birth for years 1994, 2005 and 2009.