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Competitiveness Analysis of National and Foreign Auto-parts Makers (외자계와 내자계 자동차 부품회사의 경쟁력 비교)

  • Yu, Ji-Soo;Jung, Kyung-Hee
    • Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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    • v.36 no.3
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    • pp.186-192
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    • 2010
  • The present study classified the auto-parts makers into four groups according to their investment ownership. Four groups consist the one fully owned by Koreans, the one fully owned by foreigners, the one owned less than 100% but more than 50% by foreigners, lastly the one owned by less than or equal to 50% by foreigners. Among these, the auto-parts makers, 100% foreign ownership, have the highest Malmquist productivity index while 100% Korean-owned part-makers has the lowest productivity. In case of the 100% foreign ownership companies, the cause of Malmquist change, however, is attributed to the technical efficiency change. In particular, the pure technical change is the main source of the Malmquist change. This may indicate that the 100% foreign-owned companies have successfully transferred their production process technologies to the Korean plants. They are enjoying so called the "imitation-effect." 100% Korean-owned companies were not able to create the "imitationeffect" and therefore failed to close the gap with the foreign-owned companies in terms of the production efficiency. 100% Korean-owned auto-parts makers, however, outperformed the foreign-owned companies in the technological change. The outstanding technological change may indicate that Korean-owned part makers were able to narrow the gap with the foreign-owned companies in the area of engineering technological capabilities. The same results were also observed for 50% foreign-owned companies. Knowing that the core competence of the auto-parts makers lies on the engineering technological capabilities, the research found that the most desirable form of the foreign investment was 50% of foreign ownership.

A Global-Local Approach for Estimating the Internet's Threat Level

  • Kollias, Spyridon;Vlachos, Vasileios;Papanikolaou, Alexandros;Chatzimisios, Periklis;Ilioudis, Christos;Metaxiotis, Kostas
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.407-414
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    • 2014
  • The Internet is a highly distributed and complex system consisting of billion devices and has become the field of various kinds of conflicts during the last two decades. As a matter of fact, various actors utilise the Internet for illicit purposes, such as for performing distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) and for spreading various types of aggressive malware. Despite the fact that numerous services provide information regarding the threat level of the Internet, they are mostly based on information acquired by their sensors or on offline statistical sampling of various security applications (antivirus software, intrusion detection systems, etc.). This paper introduces proactive threat observatory system (PROTOS), an open-source early warning system that does not require a commercial license and is capable of estimating the threat level across the Internet. The proposed system utilises both a global and a local approach, and is thus able to determine whether a specific host is under an imminent threat, as well as to provide an estimation of the malicious activity across the Internet. Apart from these obvious advantages, PROTOS supports a large-scale installation and can be extended even further to improve the effectiveness by incorporating prediction and forecasting techniques.

Joint Time Delay and Angle Estimation Using the Matrix Pencil Method Based on Information Reconstruction Vector

  • Li, Haiwen;Ren, Xiukun;Bai, Ting;Zhang, Long
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.12 no.12
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    • pp.5860-5876
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    • 2018
  • A single snapshot data can only provide limited amount of information so that the rank of covariance matrix is not full, which is not adopted to complete the parameter estimation directly using the traditional super-resolution method. Aiming at solving the problem, a joint time delay and angle estimation using matrix pencil method based on information reconstruction vector for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal is proposed. Firstly, according to the channel frequency response vector of each array element, the algorithm reconstructs the vector data with delay and angle parameter information from both frequency and space dimensions. Then the enhanced data matrix for the extended array element is constructed, and the parameter vector of time delay and angle is estimated by the two-dimensional matrix pencil (2D MP) algorithm. Finally, the joint estimation of two-dimensional parameters is accomplished by the parameter pairing. The algorithm does not need a pseudo-spectral peak search, and the location of the target can be determined only by a single receiver, which can reduce the overhead of the positioning system. The theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the estimation accuracy of the proposed method in a single snapshot and low signal-to-noise ratio environment is much higher than that of Root Multiple Signal Classification algorithm (Root-MUSIC), and this method also achieves the higher estimation performance and efficiency with lower complexity cost compared to the one-dimensional matrix pencil algorithm.

A Study on the Terminological Heterogeneity in Chemistry between South and North Korea

  • Park, Eunmi;Ko, Youngjoo;Choe, Hochull
    • Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy
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    • v.10 no.3
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    • pp.294-315
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    • 2021
  • Since the division of South and North Korea in 1945, there has been little exchange in science and technology, despite some interchange in a few fields including the chemistry area. Accordingly, the difference in scientific and technological terminology between the two Koreas has become intensified. This is because North Korea carried out a campaign to purify the Korean language and blocked the inflow of foreign words. They also tried to convert into their own North Korean terms in many fields. This circumstance in North Korea aggravated the heterogeneity of inter-Korean scientific and technological terms. In particular, the heterogeneity of chemical terminology has worsened due to the different characteristics of the technology donor countries such as the United States and Japan in South Korea, and China and the Soviet Union in North Korea between the two Koreas and the different way of technological development. The purpose of this study is to collect chemical terminology data used in two Koreas and analyze similarities and differences. Through comparative analysis of inter-Korean terminology in the chemical field, it can be possible to recognize how the chemical terms between the two Koreas have changed since the division and the degree of heterogeneity based on different technical systems and language policies. The outcome of this study would present basic data on the unification of chemical terminology in preparation for before and after unification, and contribute to communication and academic exchange between researchers in the inter-Korean scientific and technological fields, including chemistry.

Prospects & Issues of NFT Art Contents in Blockchain Technology (블록체인 NFT 문화예술콘텐츠의 현황과 과제)

  • Jong-Guk Kim
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.30 no.1
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    • pp.115-126
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    • 2023
  • In various fields such as art, design, music, film, sports, games, and fashion, NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are creating new economic value through trading platforms dedicated to NFT art and content. In this article, I analyze the current state of blockchain technology and NFT art content in the context of an expanding market for blockchain-based NFT art content in the metaverse. I also propose several tasks based on the economic and industrial logic of technological innovation. The first task proposed is to integrate cultural arts on blockchain, metaverse, and NFT platforms through digital innovation, instead of separating or distinguishing between creative production and consumption. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a clear separation between creators and consumers. However, with the rise of Web 3.0 platforms, any user can now create and own their own content. Therefore, it is important to promote a collaborative and integrated approach to cultural arts production and consumption in the blockchain and metaverse ecosystem. The second task proposed is to align the legal framework with blockchain-based technological innovation. The enactment and revision of relevant laws should focus on promoting the development of the NFT trading platform ecosystem, rather than merely regulating it for user protection. As blockchain-based technology continues to evolve, it is important that legal systems adapt to support and promote innovation in the space. This shift in focus can help create a more conducive environment for the growth of blockchain-based NFT platforms. The third task proposed is to integrate education on digital arts, including metaverse and NFT art contents, into the current curriculum. This education should focus on convergence and consilience, rather than merely mixing together humanities, technology, and arts. By integrating digital arts education into the curriculum, students can gain a more comprehensive understanding of the potential of blockchain-based technologies and NFT art. This article examines the digital technological innovation such as blockchain, metaverse, and NFT from an economic and industrial point of view. As a limitation of this research, the critical mind such as philosophical thinking or social criticism on technological innovation is left as a future task.

Analysis of Factors Affecting R&D Adoption Intention: Including the Moderating Effect of Dependence (R&D 수용의도에 영향을 미치는 요인 분석: 의존성의 조절효과를 포함하여)

  • HanJu Kim;Jeman Boo;Dasol Lee
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.47 no.2
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    • pp.124-133
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    • 2024
  • This study emphasizes R&D as a management strategy for small and medium-sized manufacturing enterprises (SMEs) to achieve competitive advantage and aims to analyze the impact of innovation resistance, prior knowledge, and technological capability on the intention to adopt R&D. The research targeted 403 decision-makers from SMEs that have not adopted R&D. The analysis revealed the following key findings: As a result, both technical capabilities and prior knowledge had a negative effect on innovation resistance. In addition, technological capabilities and prior knowledge had a positive effect on adoption intention, and innovation resistance had a negative effect on acceptance intention. The indirect effects of technical capabilities and prior knowledge both had a positive impact. In addition, we tested whether dependency on partners and trading organizations that accepted R&D had a moderating effect, but it was not significant. The academic implications of this study provide a detailed analysis of how prior knowledge and technological capability affect innovation resistance in SMEs and verify the intention to adopt R&D. The practical implications suggest a direction for small and medium-sized enterprises to reduce innovation resistance in accepting R&D, and companies need to recognize the suitability of R&D and recognize the importance of technological capabilities and prior knowledge in order to reduce innovation resistance.

Nonlinear dynamic FE analysis of structures consisting of rigid and deformable parts -Part II - Computer implementation and test examples

  • Rojek, J.;Kleiber, M.
    • Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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    • v.2 no.4
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    • pp.327-343
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    • 1994
  • This is the second part of the paper (Rojek and Kleiber 1993) devoted to nonlinear dynamic analysis of structures consisting of rigid and deformable parts. The first part contains a theoretical formulation of nonlinear equations of motion for the coupled system as well as a solution algorithm. The second part presents the computer implementation of the equations derived in the first part with a short review of the capabilities of the computer program used and the library of finite elements. Details of material nonlinearity treatment are also given. The paper is illustrated by discussing a practical problem of a safety cab analysis for an agricultural tractor.

Building Efficient Multi-level Wireless Sensor Networks with Cluster-based Routing Protocol

  • Shwe, Hnin Yu;Kumar, Arun;Chong, Peter Han Joo
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.10 no.9
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    • pp.4272-4286
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    • 2016
  • In resource constrained sensor networks, usage of efficient routing protocols can have significant impact on energy dissipation. To save energy, we propose an energy efficient routing protocol. In our approach, which integrates clustering and routing in sensor networks, we perform network coding during data routing in order to achieve additional power savings in the cluster head nodes. Efficacy of the proposed method in terms of the throughput and end-to-end delay is demonstrated through simulation results. Significant network lifetime is also achieved as compared with other techniques.

A Fuzzy Impulse Noise Filter Based on Boundary Discriminative Noise Detection

  • Verma, Om Prakash;Singh, Shweta
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.89-102
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    • 2013
  • The paper presents a fuzzy based impulse noise filter for both gray scale and color images. The proposed approach is based on the technique of boundary discriminative noise detection. The algorithm is a multi-step process comprising detection, filtering and color correction stages. The detection procedure classifies the pixels as corrupted and uncorrupted by computing decision boundaries, which are fuzzified to improve the outputs obtained. In the case of color images, a correction term is added by examining the interactions between the color components for further improvement. Quantitative and qualitative analysis, performed on standard gray scale and color image, shows improved performance of the proposed technique over existing state-of-the-art algorithms in terms of Peak Signal to Noise Ratio (PSNR) and color difference metrics. The analysis proves the applicability of the proposed algorithm to random valued impulse noise.

Technological Knowledge Management Systems in Large-Scale Facility-Intensive Steelworks

  • Jung, Kyung-Hee;Lee, Sang-Kyu
    • Journal of Korea Technology Innovation Society
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.358-372
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    • 2003
  • 본 연구에서는 일관제철 공정의 철강산업과 같은 대규모 기계설비 집약적 산업 환경에 적합한 기술지식 경영시스템에 대해 고려하고자 한다. 기술경쟁력 확보를 위한 철강업체의 전략적 기술경영은 핵심기술에 대한 지식경영 활동과 연계될 때 비로소 시너지효과를 극대화할 수 있다. 또한 철강업체의 지식경영은 암묵적 혹은 형식적 제철공정 기술지식의 창출, 획득 및 공유 등의 활동을 통해 활성화되어야 한다. 본 연구에서는 먼저 철강산업 현장의 기술지식 관리대상으로 조업설비 프로세스 및 무형 지식자산의 범위를 정의하고, 일관제철 공정의 핵심기술 로드맵에 따라 기술지식 경영활동에 적합한 계층적 지식경영 조직구조를 구축하고자 한다. 또한 제철공정 노하우 등과 같이 암묵적 기술지식을 획득하고 이를 공유할 수 있는 형태로 변환하기 위한 기술지식 획득 방법론을 수립하고 이를 기초로 인터넷에 기반을 둔 제철공정 기술지식 경영시스템을 구축하고자 한다.

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