Humans have the ability to perceive an object’s material and properties instantaneously, and use this information to prepare for future actions. Material perception is not only an important factor for humans but also for artificial intelligence robots that are being developed. In addition, material perception is one of the important design requirements in selecting materials suitable for the products desired by consumers and pursued by designers. Because it is impossible to perform material perception using an exact formula, it is determined from tendencies that are identified in surveys. In this study, surveys with a binary selection were conducted, presenting participants with pairs of bipolar adjectives and asking them to choose one of two. After multiple surveys were conducted all the data were merged. Before merging the data, to ensure the reliability of the data homogeneity and correlation were tested using hierarchical clustering, correlation coefficient, and k-means cluster analysis. Afterwards, the merged data was used to analyze universal and comparable perceptual qualities of various material classes using relative frequency and hierarchical cluster analysis.

본 연구는 2013년, 2018년, 2023년 뉴질랜드 인구주택총조사 데이터를 활용하여 오클랜드 한인의 지리적 분포와 거주지 분리 변화를 분석한다. 연구에서는 단계구분도와 국지적 G 통계량을 활용하여 주요 거주지 군집의 변화를 살펴보고, 상이지수와 노출지수를 통해 한인의 분리 수준을 다른 민족과 비교하고자 한다. 결과적으로, 오클랜드 한인의 거주지 분포는 북부 지역을 중심으로 뚜렷한 군집 형태를 유지하면서도 동남부와 중부에서는 지역적 확산이 나타나는 등 공간적 재구성이 관찰되었다. 이러한 연구 결과는 오클랜드 내 한인 거주지 군집의 특성과 분리 수준 변화에 관한 기초 자료로 활용할 수 있고, 향후 유사한 인구 규모와 초기 정착 분포를 보이는 소수 집단이 어떻게 변화할지 예측하는데 중요한 시사점을 제공할 것으로 기대된다.

한국의 주택시장은 2020년대에 들어 유례없는 폭등과 폭락을 반복하는 등 매우 민감한 가격 변동을 경험하였다. 특히 2024년 9월 서울특별시에서는 거래량 급감에도 불구하고 역대 최고 아파트 평균 매매가격이 경신되기도 하였다. 하지만 이러한 주택시장의 변동성은 지역에 따라 다소 이질적인 특성을 보이고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 최근 10년 간의 시계열적인 매매가격지 수를 기반으로 수도권 아파트의 주택 하위시장을 유형화하고 그 특성을 살펴보고자 한다. 이를 위해 수도권 시군구 단위로 2014-2024년 월간 아파트 매매가격지수 데이터셋을 구축하였고, 자기조직화 지도를 사용하여 매트릭스 형태의 시계열적 가격 변동을 2차원 공간상에 매핑하여 그래프로 작성하였다. 그 후 동적 타임 워핑을 유사성 척도로 하는 K-평균 군집화 및 계층적 밀도 기반 군집화 알고리즘을 이용한 시계열 군집 분석을 수행하여 주택 하위시장을 식별하였다. 연구 결과, 수도권 지역에서는 공통적으로 2014년 이후 아파트 매매가격이 지속적으로 상승하였고, 2020년을 기점으로 폭등한 후 2022년 급락하는 경향을 보였다. 그러나 지역별로 가격 변동의 정도와 패턴, 속도가 상이하였고 이에 대한 유형화를 진행한 결과 최종적으로 계단형(서울 인근 경기도 지역), 단기변동형(경기도 남･북부 지역), 안정형(경기도 서부 지역), 외곽 저속개발(수도권 외곽 및 접경지역), 지속상승(서울 및 인접 경기도 지역) 총 5개의 하위시장을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 연구는 민감한 가격 변동을 보이는 수도권 아파트의 하위시장을 실증적으로 구분하고, 하위시장의 독특한 시공간적 패턴에 대한 이해를 제공함으로써 향후 실효성 있는 지역 특수적 주택 정책 수립에 기여할 것으로 기대된다.

The purpose of this study was to incorporate Pakistan's climatic conditions into the road design process by performing a cluster analysis using collected climate data. Monthly time-series data for six climate variables—altitude, sea level, maximum temperature, minimum temperature, vapor pressure, and precipitation—were used to cluster 24 locations. Missing values were imputed using the Kalman filter, and hierarchical and k-medoid clustering analyses were performed based on the dynamic time warping (DTW) distance. By evaluating two to five clusters using six validity indices, the optimal number of clusters was determined to be two. the optimal two-cluster classification results were confirmed to be consistent between the two methods. When the clustering results were visualized on a map of Pakistan alongside the data, the clusters were divided into areas with relatively high and low altitudes. By classifying the regions of Pakistan into two clusters using time-series data of climate variables, this study highlights the distinct characteristics of each cluster. These findings suggest that management strategies tailored to the characteristics of each cluster can be applied to various fields.

본 연구에서는 비산먼지 농도를 평가하기 위한 영향 요인인 먼지부하량(Silt loading, sL)에 대한 연구로 노면에 쌓여있는 먼지 수집 시 효율적인 방법을 제시하기 위해 실험적 데이터 수집과 시각화를 통해 위치별 특성에 따른 먼지 분포량과 효율적인 먼지 수집 위치 를 분석하고자 하였다. 기존의 미국 EPA(Environmental Protection Agency)에서는 도로 전구간을 샘플링하기에 어려움이 있어 구간별 교 차로 길이(2.4km)를 기준으로 샘플링 위치를 제시하거나 1km 이하 구간에서는 2개를 샘플링하도록 제시하고 있다. 하지만 국내 실정 에 적용하기에는 교차로 사이 간격이 너무 넓거나, 샘플링 개수가 적은 등 한계점을 가지고 있다. 이에 본 연구에서는 청소기의 길이 0.3m에 따라 3m(0.3m X 10회) 샘플링 기법을 통해 25m와 100m 구간을 대표할 수 있는 위치를 제시해주는 것을 목표로 하고 있으며, 이때 시료를 채취하여 통계분석과 클러스터링 분석을 통해 샘플링 위치를 선정하고자 하였다. 또한 샘플링 위치에 따른 검증을 위해 서 도로 먼지 부하량과 비산먼지와의 상관관계를 정량적으로 평가하였다. 이때 먼저 sL의 양에 따른 비산먼지의 농도 측정은 도심부 제한속도에 따라 50km/h의 속도로 주행하는 조건에서 측정되었으며, 측정차량을 통해 수집된 GPS 좌표를 활용하여 도로 먼지 농도의 변화를 정량적으로 분석하였다. 분석 결과, 먼지 부하량(sL)이 농도가 높을수록 도로 먼지 농도가 증가하는 경향이 나타났으며, 이러한 상관관계는 먼지가 많을수록 공기중으로 비산되는 먼지의 양이 많은 것에 기인한 것으로 분석되었고 이때 측정한 전 구간에서 sL과 비산먼지 농도 간의 높은 상관 관계(상관계수 0.76)가 확인되었다. 추가적으로, 각 시료 채취 지점에서의 sL의 변화가 도로 먼지 농도에 미치는 영향을 평가하기 위해 K-평균 클러스터링 기법을 사용하였다. 클러스터링 결과, 최적의 샘플링 지점이 25m 구간 내에서는 3개, 100m 구간 안에서는 5개의 샘플링 위치로 대표값을 띄는 것으로 도출되었으며 비산먼지 농도의 변화와도 일치하는 것을 보였다. 이러한 방법을 통해 도로 먼지 샘플링의 신뢰성을 높일 수 있었으며, 도로 먼지의 특성을 보다 정확하게 분석할 수 있었고, 인력 수집에 따른 시간적, 공간적인 한계 를 해결할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 또한 이는 향후 비산먼지 측정 차량 제작 연구의 기초 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

This study utilizes association rule learning and clustering analysis to explore the co-occurrence and relationships within ecosystems, focusing on the endangered brackish-water snail Clithon retropictum, classified as Class II endangered wildlife in Korea. The goal is to analyze co-occurrence patterns between brackish-water snails and other species to better understand their roles within the ecosystem. By examining co-occurrence patterns and relationships among species in large datasets, association rule learning aids in identifying significant relationships. Meanwhile, K-means and hierarchical clustering analyses are employed to assess ecological similarities and differences among species, facilitating their classification based on ecological characteristics. The findings reveal a significant level of relationship and co-occurrence between brackish-water snails and other species. This research underscores the importance of understanding these relationships for the conservation of endangered species like C. retropictum and for developing effective ecosystem management strategies. By emphasizing the role of a data-driven approach, this study contributes to advancing our knowledge on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem health, proposing new directions for future research in ecosystem management and conservation strategies.

PURPOSES : Local governments in Korea, including Incheon city, have introduced the pavement management system (PMS). However, the verification of the repair time and repair section of roads remains difficult owing to the non-existence of a systematic data acquisition system. Therefore, data refinement is performed using various techniques when analyzing statistical data in diverse fields. In this study, clustering is used to analyze PMS data, and correlation analysis is conducted between pavement performance and influencing factors. METHODS : First, the clustering type was selected. The representative clustering types include K-means, mean shift, and density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN). In this study, data purification was performed using DBSCAN for clustering. Because of the difficulty in determining a threshold for high-dimensional data, multiple clustering, which is a type of DBSCAN, was applied, and the number of clustering was set up to two. Clustering for the surface distress (SD), rut depth (RD), and international roughness index (IRI) was performed twice using the number of frost days, the highest temperature, and the average temperature, respectively. RESULTS : The clustering result shows that the correlation between the SD and number of frost days improved significantly. The correlation between the maximum temperature factor and precipitation factor, which does not indicate multicollinearity, improved. Meanwhile, the correlation between the RD and highest temperature improved significantly. The correlation between the minimum temperature factor and precipitation factor, which does not exhibit multicollinearity, improved considerably. The correlation between the IRI and average temperature improved as well. The correlation between the low- and high-temperature precipitation factors, which does not indicate multicollinearity, improved. CONCLUSIONS : The result confirms the possibility of applying clustering to refine PMS data and that the correlation among the pavement performance factors improved. However, when applying clustering to PMS data refinement, the limitations must be identified and addressed. Furthermore, clustering may be applicable to the purification of PMS data using AI.

본 연구는 초등학생의 골연령에 따라 군집화 시켜 각 군집 그룹의 체격, 체력 및 골성숙도를 분석하고 자료 분석을 통해 초등학생들의 균형적인 발달을 위한 기초자료를 제공하는 데 있다. 연구대상은 8세∼13세에 해당하는 2243명을 대상으로 하였으며 골성숙도 산출을 위해 X-ray필름을 촬영한 후 TW3 방법 점수 환산표에 적용시켜 골성숙도를 산출했다. 신장계(Hanebio, Korea, 2021)와 Inbody 270 (Biospace, Korea, 2019)를 사용하여 총 2개의 체격 요소를 측정하였으며, 체력은 근력(악력), 평형성(외발 서기), 민첩성(플랫테핑), 순발력(제자리멀리뛰기), 유연성(좌전굴), 근지구력(윗몸일으키기), 심폐지구력(셔 틀런)으로 총 7개 체력 요소의 종목을 측정하였다. 자료처리 방법은 SPSS PC/Program(Version 26.0)과 Britics Studio Tool을 이용하여 K-Means 클러스터링 기법, 교차분석, 일원변량분석(One-Way ANOVA) 을 실시하였으며, p< .05 수준에서 유의한 것으로 간주하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 미숙, 보통, 조숙의 3가지 골성숙도를 사용하여 군집화한 결과, 군집 1(미숙)은 근력, 평형성, 민첩성에서 높게 나 타났다. 군집 2(보통)는 유연성에서 낮게 나타났으며, 군집 3(조숙)은 근력에서 높게 나타났다. 둘째, 초등 학생의 개인특성별 군집화에 따른 체격 차이를 분석한 결과, 신장, 체중, 체지방률 모두 군집 3(조숙)이 높 게 나타났다. 셋째, 초등학생의 개인특성별 군집화에 따른 체력 차이를 분석한 결과, 악력검사(좌, 우)는 군 집 3(조숙)이 높게 나타났고 외발서기의 경우 군집 1(미숙)이 높게 나타났으며, 제자리멀리뛰기의 경우 군 집 3(조숙)이 높게 나타났다.

A trend analysis of research articles in a field of knowledge is significant because it can help in finding out the structural characteristics of the field and the future direction of research through observing change in a time series. We identified the structural characteristics and trends in text data (keywords) gathered from research articles which in itself is an important task in various research areas. The titles and keywords were crawled from research articles published from 2016 to 2018 in the Research Journal of the Costume Culture (RJCC), one of the representative Korean journal in the field of clothing and textile. After we extracted data comprising English titles and keywords from 195 published articles, we transformed it into a 1-mode matrix. We used measures from network analysis (i.e., link, strength, and degree centrality) for evaluating meaningful patterns and trends in the research on clothing and textile. NodeXL was used for visualizing the semantic network. This study observed change in the clothing and textile research trend. In addition to covering the core areas of the field, the subjects of research have been diversifying with every passing year and have evolved onto a developmental direction. The most studied area in articles published by the RJCC was fashion retailing/consumer psychology while aesthetic/historic and fashion industry/policy studies were covered to a more limited extent. We observed that most of the studies reflecting the identity of RJCC share subject keywords to a significant extent.

Understanding the classification of malocclusion is a crucial issue in Orthodontics. It can also help us to diagnose, treat, and understand malocclusion to establish a standard for definite class of patients. Principal component analysis (PCA) and k-means algorithms have been emerging as data analytic methods for cephalometric measurements, due to their intuitive concepts and application potentials. This study analyzed the macro- and meso-scale classification structure and feature basis vectors of 1020 (415 male, 605 female; mean age, 25 years) orthodontic patients using statistical preprocessing, PCA, random matrix theory (RMT) and k-means algorithms. RMT results show that 7 principal components (PCs) are significant standard in the extraction of features. Using k-means algorithms, 3 and 6 clusters were identified and the axes of PC1~3 were determined to be significant for patient classification. Macro-scale classification denotes skeletal Class I, II, III and PC1 means anteroposterior discrepancy of the maxilla and mandible and mandibular position. PC2 and PC3 means vertical pattern and maxillary position respectively; they played significant roles in the meso-scale classification. In conclusion, the typical patient profile (TPP) of each class showed that the data-based classification corresponds with the clinical classification of orthodontic patients. This data-based study can provide insight into the development of new diagnostic classifications.

The purpose of this paper is to find out how each districts(Gu) of Seoul are related based on the apartment price trends. All the data used in this paper comes from a public data sources, Seoul apartments transaction data provided by ‘Ministry of Land Infrastructure and Transport Korea’ and the apartments properties from NAVER’s real estate service. To analyze the similarities between the price trends of each apartments, this study uses FastDTW algorithm which is quite popular in time series analysis domain. After figured out the distance matrix from FastDTW, this study uses Hierarchical Clustering algorithm and Chi-squared test to compare each districts’ relationship. The analysis result shows that which districts in Seoul are similar and which districts are not.

Forecasting of box office performance after a film release is very important, from the viewpoint of increase profitability by reducing the production cost and the marketing cost. Analysis of psychological factors such as word-of-mouth and expert assessment is essential, but hard to perform due to the difficulties of data collection. Information technology such as web crawling and text mining can help to overcome this situation. For effective text mining, categorization of objects is required. In this perspective, the objective of this study is to provide a framework for classifying films according to their characteristics. Data including psychological factors are collected from Web sites using the web crawling. A clustering analysis is conducted to classify films and a series of one-way ANOVA analysis are conducted to statistically verify the differences of characteristics among groups. The result of the cluster analysis based on the review and revenues shows that the films can be categorized into four distinct groups and the differences of characteristics are statistically significant. The first group is high sales of the box office and the number of clicks on reviews is higher than other groups. The characteristic of the second group is similar with the 1st group, while the length of review is longer and the box office sales are not good. The third group's audiences prefer to documentaries and animations and the number of comments and interests are significantly lower than other groups. The last group prefer to criminal, thriller and suspense genre. Correspondence analysis is also conducted to match the groups and intrinsic characteristics of films such as genre, movie rating and nation.

In this paper, we consider curriculum mining as an application of process mining in the domain of education. The basic objective of the curriculum mining is to construct a registration pattern model by using logs of registration data. However, subject registration patterns of students are very unstructured and complicated, called a spaghetti model, because it has a lot of different cases and high diversity of behaviors. In general, it is typically difficult to develop and analyze registration patterns. In the literature, there was an effort to handle this issue by using clustering based on the features of students and behaviors. However, it is not easy to obtain them in general since they are private and qualitative. Therefore, in this paper, we propose a new framework of curriculum mining applying K-means clustering based on subject attributes to solve the problems caused by unstructured process model obtained. Specifically, we divide subject’s attribute data into two parts : categorical and numerical data. Categorical attribute has subject name, class classification, and research field, while numerical attribute has ABEEK goal and semester information. In case of categorical attribute, we suggest a method to quantify them by using binarization. The number of clusters used for K-means clustering, we applied Elbow method using R-squared value representing the variance ratio that can be explained by the number of clusters. The performance of the suggested method was verified by using a log of student registration data from an ‘A university’ in terms of the simplicity and fitness, which are the typical performance measure of obtained process model in process mining.

Platform-based product family design is recognized as an effective method to satisfy the mass customization which is a current market trend. In order to design platform-based product family successfully, it is the key work to define a good product platform, which is to identify the common modules that will be shared among the product family. In this paper the clustering analysis using dendrogram is proposed to capture the common modules of the platform. The clustering variables regarding both marketing and engineering sides are derived from the view point of top-down product development. A case study of a cordless drill/drive product family is presented to illustrate the feasibility and validity of the overall procedure developed in this research.