• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.42 no.5
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• pp.304-313
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• 2016

This work suggests a new analysis approach for a discrete-time GI/G/1 queue with multiple vacations. The method used is called a modified supplementary variable technique and our result is an exact transform-free expression for the steady state queue length distribution. Utilizing this result, we propose a simple two-moment approximation for the queue length distribution. From this, approximations for the mean queue length and the probabilities of the number of customers in the system are also obtained. To evaluate the approximations, we conduct numerical experiments which show that our approximations are remarkably simple yet provide fairly good performance, especially for a Bernoulli arrival process.

• Journal of the Korean Operations Research and Management Science Society
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.107-115
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• 2008

We consider the discrete-time GI/G/1/K queue under the early arrival system. Using a modified supplementary variable technique(SVT), we obtain the distribution of the steady-state queue length. Unlike the conventional SVT, the modified SVT yields transform-free results in such a form that a simple two-moment approximation scheme can be easily established.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.42 no.3
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• pp.517-527
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• 2005

This paper considers a discrete-time queueing system with variable service capacity. Using the supplementary variable method and the generating function technique, we compute the joint probability distribution of queue length and remaining service time at an arbitrary slot boundary, and also compute the distribution of the queue length at a departure time.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.1-17
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• 2012

This Paper deals with the stochastic behavior and failure analysis of a Viscose Staple Fibre Plant which produces fibre for making clothes. The fibre making plant is a complex system with various subsystems as: Vendor (supplies Charcoal and Sulphur, raw materials for the process), Carbon di sulphide Plant, Acid Plant, Pulp Plant and Processing Plant. The considered system can completely fail due to failure of any of the subsystems. The Carbon di Sulphide Plant can fail in two different ways, due to lack of Sulphur or Charcoal. Processing Plant has the configuration 5-out-of-10: d and 6-out-of-10: f. It is also assumed that the system can fail due to workers strike and catastrophic failure. All failures follow exponential time distribution whereas all repairs follow general time distribution. Preventive Maintenance policy has been applied to reduce the failure in the system. Various reliability characteristics such as transition state probabilities, steady state behavior, reliability, availability, M.T.T.F and the cost analysis have been obtained using supplementary variable technique and Gumbel-Hougaard copula methodology.

• The Korean Journal of Applied Statistics
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.51-60
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• 1995

Given an $n \times p$ data matrix, if we add the $p_s$ variables somewhat different nature than the p variables to this matrix, we have a new $n \times (p+p_s)$ data matrix. Because of these $p_s$ variables, the traditional principal component analysis can't provide its efficient results. In this study, to improve this problem we review the supplementary principal component analysis putting $p_s$ variables to supplementary variable. This technique is based on the algebraic and geometric aspects of the traditional principal component analysis. So we provide a type of statistical data analysis for the records of eight teams and fourteen fields of the 1982-1992 Korean Pro Baseball Data based on the supplementary principal component analysis and the traditional principal component analysis. And we compare the their results.

• Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.113-118
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• 2015

Rotator cuff tear is a common reason for shoulder pain. Although the surgical technique of rotator cuff repair is developing, high retear rate requires additional supplementary methods. Among these supplementary methods, as a kind of biologic augmentation, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) has been spotlighted and has recently been studied by many researchers. PRP, a concentrate of platelet extract obtained from whole blood, contains numerous growth factors. As this is known to play an important role in the tissue recovery process, it had been used for research in a variety of fields including orthopedics. Use of PRP has been attempted in surgical treatments of rotator cuff tear for better results; however, only a few large-scale research studies on the effect of PRP have been reported. Clinical results of each study are also variable. Therefore research using large-scale randomized, double-blind trials should be conducted in order to prove the application range, safety, and clinical effects of PRP.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.1104-1110
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• 2006

In this paper we present a simple approach to the joint queue length distribution in the nonpreemptive priority M/G/1 queue. Without using the supplementary variable technique, we derive the joint probability generating function of the stationary queue length at arbitrary time.

• Communications of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.443-460
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• 1995

We consider a G/M/1 vacation model where the vacation time has k-stages generalized Erlang distribution. By using the methods of the shift operator and supplementary variable, we explicitly obtain the limiting probabilities of the queue length at arrival time points and arbitrary time points simultaneously. Operational calculus technique is used for solving non-homogeneous difference equations.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers A
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• v.51 no.10
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• pp.483-494
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• 2002

In this thesis an optimal design technique of fuzzy logic controller using the real variable elitist genetic algorithm(RVEGA) as a supplementary control to Static Var Compensator(SVC) in order to damp oscillation in an AC-DC Dower system was proposed. Fuzzy logic controller is designed self-tuning shape of fuzzy rule and fuzzy variable using genetic algorithm based on natural selection and natural genetics. To verify the robustness of the proposed method, considered dynamic response of system by applying a load fluctuation.

• International Journal of Reliability and Applications
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.15-39
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• 2011

This paper deals with the reliability analysis of a complex system with three possibilities at the time of repair. The considered system consists of two subsystems A and Bin series configuration (1-out-of-2: F). Subsystem A has n units which are connected in series whereas subsystem B consists of n units in parallel configuration. The configuration of subsystem A is of 1-out-of-n: F whereas subsystem B is of k-out-of-n: D and k+1-out-of-n: F nature. System has three states: Good, degraded and failed. Supplementary variable technique has been used for mathematical formulation of the model. Laplace transform is being utilized to solve the mathematical equation. Reliability, Availability, M.T.T.F., Busy Period and Cost effectiveness of the system have been computed. The repairs from state $S_7$ to $S_0$, $S_8$ to $S_0$, $S_9$ to $S_0$ and $S_{11}$ to $S_0$ have two types namely exponential and general. Joint probability distribution of repair rate from $S_7$ to $S_0$, $S_8$ to $S_0$, $S_9$ to $S_0$ and $S_{11}$ to $S_0$ is computed by Gumbel-Hougaard family of copula. Some particular cases of the system have also been derived to see the practical importance of the model.