PURPOSES: The purpose of this study is to develop a crash prediction model at signalized intersections, which can capture the randomness and uncertainty of traffic accident forecasting in order to provide more precise results. METHODS: The authors propose a random parameter (RP) approach to overcome the limitation of the Count model that cannot consider the heterogeneity of the assigned locations or road sections. For the model’s development, 55 intersections located in the Daejeon metropolitan area were selected as the scope of the study, and panel data such as the number of crashes, traffic volume, and intersection geometry at each intersection were collected for the analysis. RESULTS: Based on the results of the RP negative binomial crash prediction model developed in this study, it was found that the independent variables such as the log form of average annual traffic volume, presence or absence of left-turn lanes on major roads, presence or absence of right-turn lanes on minor roads, and the number of crosswalks were statistically significant random parameters, and this showed that the variables have a heterogeneous influence on individual intersections. CONCLUSIONS : It was found that the RP model had a better fit to the data than the fixed parameters (FP) model since the RP model reflects the heterogeneity of the individual observations and captures the inconsistent and biased effects.

The shortest path problem is one of network optimization problems. This paper considers a shortest path problem under the situation where lengths of arcs in a network include both uncertainty and randomness, and focuses on the case that the lengths of arcs are expressed by uncertain random variables. This paper presents a new type of model: relative entropy model of shortest path. By the definition of relative entropy of the uncertain random variables, relative entropy model of shortest path problem is proposed to find the shortest path which fully reflects uncertain and random information. This model is formulated to find a shortest path whose chance distribution minimizes the difference from the ideal one. A numerical example is given to illustrate the model’s effectiveness.

In this paper, an external torque estimation problem in one-degree-of-freedom (1-DOF) flexible-joint robot equipped with a joint-torque sensor is revisited. Since a sensor torque from the jointtorque sensor is distorted by two dynamics having a spring connection, i.e., motor dynamics and link dynamics of a flexible-joint robot, a model-based estimation, rather than a simple linear spring model, should be required to extract external torques accurately. In this paper, an external torque estimation algorithm for a 1-DOF flexible-joint robot is proposed. This algorithm estimates both an actuating motor torque from the motor dynamics and an external link torque from the link dynamics simultaneously by utilizing the flexible-joint robot model and the Kalman filter estimation based on random-walk model. The basic structure of the proposed algorithm is explained, and the performance is investigated through a custom-designed experimental testbed for a vertical situation under gravity.

본 연구에서는 수자원 계획 및 설계에 기본자료로 활용되는 월강수량 자료를 모의발생하는 코플라 기반 마코프 모형을 개발하였다. 월강수량의 시간지체 의존성을 고려하기 위해서 코플라 함수를 이용하여 결합확률을 추정하여 마코프 모형에 결합하였으며, 기존의 강수모의발생 모형인 마코프 모형과 비교분석하여 모형의 효율성을 검토하였다. 통계적 특성(평균, 표준편차 등)과 계열상관도를 바탕으로 모의된 결과를 분석한 결과, 코플라 기반 마코프 모형이 보다 효율적인 모형임을 확인할 수 있었다.

본 연구는 다음의 두 가지 목적이 있다. 첫째, 각종 실증분석에 있어서의 다중모형의 효율성에 대한 소개와, 둘째, 다중모형의 분석에 있어서 상위단계의 예측되는 가치를 측정하기 위한 새로운 통계를 소개하는 데 있다. 다중모형의 이론적 틀은 광범위하게 사용되는 기존의 1단계 모형의 통계적 문제점(이분산 등)을 보완하고, 현실을 더욱 실체적으로 파악한다는 측면에서 앞으로 지역분석의 중추적 틀로서 자리매김하리라 예상되고 있다. 본 연구는 이러한 다중모형의 효율

자연하천에 유입된 오염물질의 확산거동을 해석하기 위하여 통계학적인 개념을 이용하여 오염물질 입자의 운동을 묘사하는 2차원 Random-Walk 모형을 개발하였다. 개발된 모형을 검정한 결과, 고정격자의 개수를 증가시키거나 각각의 고정격자 내에 포함된 입자개수의 평균값을 증가시키면 해의 정밀도가 증가하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 모형의 현장 적용성을 검토하기 위하여 캐나다에 위치한 Grand River에서 수행된 정상상태의 색소실험 결과와 본 모형에 의한 계