• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.75-93
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• 2008

The rate of convergence of the distribution of order statistics to the corresponding extreme-value distribution may be characterized by the uniform and total variation metrics. de Haan and Resnick [4] derived the convergence rate when the second order generalized regularly varying function has second order derivatives. In this paper, based on the properties of the generalized regular variation and the second order generalized variation and characterized by uniform and total variation metrics, the convergence rates of the distribution of the largest order statistic are obtained under weaker conditions.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• v.14 no.11
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• pp.4413-4425
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• 2020

In order to completely record all the information of realistic scenes, high dynamic range (HDR) images have been widely used in virtual reality, photography and computer graphics. A simple yet effective tone mapping method based on total variation is proposed so as to reproduce realistic scenes on low dynamic range (LDR) display devices. The structural component and texture component are obtained using total variation model in logarithmic domain. Then, the dynamic range of the structural component is compressed with an adaptive arcsine function. The texture component is processed by Taylor series. Finally, we adjust the saturation component using sigmoid function and restore the color information. Experimental results demonstrate that our method outperforms existing methods in terms of quality and speed.

• Journal of Applied Reliability
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.35-46
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• 2001

Replacement policy of a degradation system is investigated by incorporating the loss function. Loss function is defined by the deviation of the value of quality characteristic from its target value, which determines the loss cost. Cost function is comprised of the inspection cost, replacement cost and loss cost. Two cost minimization problems are formulated : 1)determination of an optimal inspection period given the state for the replacement and 2)determination of an optimal state for replacement under fixed inspection period. Simulation analysis is performed to observe the variation of total cost with respect to the variation of the parameters of loss function and inspection cost, respectively As a result, parameters of loss function are seen to be the most sensitive to the total cost. On the contrary, inspection cost is observed to be insensitive. This study can be applied to the replacement policy of a degradation system which has to produce the quality critical product.

• Progress in Medical Physics
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• v.29 no.4
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• pp.150-156
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• 2018

This study aims to develop an improved Feldkamp-Davis-Kress (FDK) reconstruction algorithm using anisotropic total variation (ATV) minimization to enhance the image quality of low-dose cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT). The algorithm first applies a filter that integrates the Shepp-Logan filter into a cosine window function on all projections for impulse noise removal. A total variation objective function with anisotropic penalty is then minimized to enhance the difference between the real structure and noise using the steepest gradient descent optimization with adaptive step sizes. The preserving parameter to adjust the separation between the noise-free and noisy areas is determined by calculating the cumulative distribution function of the gradient magnitude of the filtered image obtained by the application of the filtering operation on each projection. With these minimized ATV projections, voxel-driven backprojection is finally performed to generate the reconstructed images. The performance of the proposed algorithm was evaluated with the catphan503 phantom dataset acquired with the use of a low-dose protocol. Qualitative and quantitative analyses showed that the proposed ATV minimization provides enhanced CBCT reconstruction images compared with those generated by the conventional FDK algorithm, with a higher contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), lower root-mean-square-error, and higher correlation. The proposed algorithm not only leads to a potential imaging dose reduction in repeated CBCT scans via lower mA levels, but also elicits high CNR values by removing noisy corrupted areas and by avoiding the heavy penalization of striking features.

• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.229-247
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• 2000

This paper is concerned with the impulsive Cauchy problem where the control function u is a possibly discontinuous vector-valued function with finite total variation. We assume that the vector fields f, $g_i$(i=1,…, m) are dependent on the time variable. The impulsive Cauchy problem is of the form x(t)=f(t,x) +$\SUMg_i(t,x)u_i(t)$, $t\in$[0,T], x(0)=$\in\; R^n$, where the vector fields f, $g_i$ : $\mathbb{R}\; \times\; \mathbb{R}\; \longrightarrow\; \mathbb(R)^n$ are measurable in t and Lipschitz continuous in x, If $g_i's$ satisfy a condition that $\SUM{\mid}g_i(t_2,x){\mid}{\leq}{\phi}$ $\forallt_1\; <\; t-2,x\; {\epsilon}\;\mathbb{R}^n$ for some increasing function $\phi$, then the imput-output function can be continuously extended to measurable functions of bounded variation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Operations and Management Science Society Conference
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• 2000.04a
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• pp.469-472
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• 2000

Replacement policy of a degradation of system is investigated by incorporating the loss function defined by the deviation of the value of quality characteristic from its target value, which determines the loss cost . Two cost minimization problems are formulated : 1)determination of an optimal inspection period given the state for the replacement and 2)determination of an optimal state for replacement under fixed inspect ion period. Simulation analysis is performed to observe the variation of total cost with respect to the variation of the parameters of loss function, inspection cost, respectively. As a result, parameters of loss function are seen to be the most sensitive to the total cost. On the contrary, inspect ion cost is observed to be insensitive.

• Journal of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.581-598
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• 1997

This paper is concerned with the impulsive control problem $$ \dot{x}(t) = f(t, x) + g(t, x)\dot{u}(t), t \in [0, T], x(0) = \overline{x}, $$ where u is a possibly discontinuous control function of bounded variation, $f : R \times R^n \mapsto R^n$ is a bounded and Lipschitz continuous function, and $g : R \times R^n \mapsto R^n$ is continuously differentiable w.r.t. the variable x and satisfies $\mid$g(t,\cdot) - g(s,\cdot)$\mid$ \leq \phi(t) - \phi(s)$, for some increasing function $\phi$ and every s < t. We show that the map $u \mapsto x_u$ is Lipschitz continuous when u ranges in the set of step functions whose total variations are uniformly bounded, where $x_u$ is the solution of the impulsive control system corresponding to u. We also define the generalized solution of the impulsive control system corresponding to a measurable control functin of bounded variation.

• The Pure and Applied Mathematics
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.1-11
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• 2020

In this paper we determine conditions which a function a(t) must satisfy to insure that the function a'(t) is an element of the separable Hilbert space L²_a,b[0, T]. We then proceed to illustrate our results with several pertinent examples and counter-examples.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.111-127
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• 2010

This paper studies the effects of spatially varying ground motions on the responses of a bridge frame located on a canyon site. Compared to the spatial ground motions on a uniform flat site, which is the usual assumptions in the analysis of spatial ground motion variation effects on structures, the spatial ground motions at different locations on surface of a canyon site have different intensities owing to local site amplifications, besides the loss of coherency and phase difference. In the proposed approach, the spatial ground motions are modelled in two steps. Firstly, the base rock motions are assumed to have the same intensity and are modelled with a filtered Tajimi-Kanai power spectral density function and an empirical spatial ground motion coherency loss function. Then, power spectral density function of ground motion on surface of the canyon site is derived by considering the site amplification effect based on the one dimensional seismic wave propagation theory. Dynamic, quasi-static and total responses of the model structure to various cases of spatially varying ground motions are estimated. For comparison, responses to uniform ground motion, to spatial ground motions without considering local site effects, to spatial ground motions without considering coherency loss or phase shift are also calculated. Discussions on the ground motion spatial variation and local soil site amplification effects on structural responses are made. In particular, the effects of neglecting the site amplifications in the analysis as adopted in most studies of spatial ground motion effect on structural responses are highlighted.

• Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
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• v.34 no.3
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• pp.254-261
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• 2024

This study aims to evaluate the body burden of workers in work environment monitoring with long-term (more than 10 years) low-level exposure to various chemicals. The subject workers were a total of 26 men and women who performed work environment monitoring tasks as the exposure group and those who did not perform such work among their co-workers at the same company as the control group. The exposure to various chemicals was examined through liver and biliary function with 12 indicators, renal function with four indicators, and blood and circulatory function with 16 indicators. The exposure group had significant variation compared to the control group for the indicators of serum GPT, ϒ-GTP, and total bilirubin for liver and biliary function, indicators of creatinine and uric acid for renal function, and indicators for neutral fats, red blood cell count, platelet count, hemoglobin, and hematocrit for blood and circulatory function. Long-term exposure to various chemicals at low levels might affect the variation of the indicators for liver and biliary, renal and blood, and circulatory function of workers. If low-concentration exposure to different hazardous chemicals occurs over a long period of more than 10 years, it could be a harmful factor to the health of workers who measure the working environment.