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Information Space. (2006)
Book Chapter
Benyon, D. (2006). Information Space. In C. Ghaoui (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Computer Interaction (344-347). Hershey, Pa.; London;: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-562-7.ch053

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in the 21st century needs to look very different from its 20th-century origins. Computers are becoming ubiquitous; they are disappearing into everyday objects. They are becoming wearable. They are able to communicate... Read More about Information Space..

Interactive digital television and the ‘new’ citizen. (2006)
Book Chapter
Webster, W., & Smith, C. F. (2006). Interactive digital television and the ‘new’ citizen. In V. Bekkers, H. van Duivenboden, & M. Thaens (Eds.), Information and Communication Technology and Public Innovation: assessing the ICT-driven modernization of

This chapter presents a case study of the use of interactive digital television (iDTV) to deliver electronic public services in the UK. It reviews a number of innovative iDTV initiatives which have sought to test the feasibility of using iDTV technol... Read More about Interactive digital television and the ‘new’ citizen..

Building distribution networks using cooperative agents. (2006)
Book Chapter
Urquhart, N. B. (2006). Building distribution networks using cooperative agents. In J. Rennard (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Nature Inspired Computing for Economics and Management (465-482). Idea Group Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-984-7

This chapter examines the use of emergent computing to optimize solutions to logistics problems. The chapter initially explores the use of agents and evolutionary algorithms to optimize postal distribution networks. The structure of the agent communi... Read More about Building distribution networks using cooperative agents..

Organised use of e-democracy tools for young people. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, E., Macintosh, A., & Whyte, A. (2006). Organised use of e-democracy tools for young people. In M. Wimmer, H. Scholl, Å. Grönlund, & K. Anderson (Eds.), Electronic Government: Communications of the Fifth International EGOV Conference 2006 (260-267

This paper concerns use of an online policy debating forum: part of a suite of e-democracy tools for a local youth parliament. These e-democracy tools have been used and developed over the last 5 years and are vital to the parliament, as it serves a... Read More about Organised use of e-democracy tools for young people..

Learning from ‘superstar’ designers (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rodgers, P. (2006). Learning from ‘superstar’ designers. In J. S. Gero (Ed.), Design Computing and Cognition ‘06 (583-601). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5131-9_30

Recent research has suggested that it is more important to study expert designers than novices. Typically, however, design expertise has been seen by researchers as the accumulation and organization of domain-specific knowledge. This work, however, v... Read More about Learning from ‘superstar’ designers.

Initiating e-Participation Through a Knowledge Working Network (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rasmussen, L., Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006). Initiating e-Participation Through a Knowledge Working Network. In R. Suomi, R. Cabral, J. F. Hampe, A. Heikkila, & J. Jarvelainen (Eds.), Project E-Society: Building Bricks. IFIP International Federation

The authors present a study of e-participation within a public sector agency (PSA), where a number of knowledge management initiatives have been introduced since the inception of the UK 'Modernising government' programme of 1999. The agency has attem... Read More about Initiating e-Participation Through a Knowledge Working Network.

Towards a framework for dealing with data quality in data warehouses. (2006)
Book Chapter
Peng, T. (2006). Towards a framework for dealing with data quality in data warehouses. In P. Petratos (Ed.), Current Computing Developments in E-Commerce, Security, HCI, DB, Collaborative and Cooperative Systems (241-256). ATINER

The popularity of data warehouses (DWs) in recent years confirms the importance of data quality in today’s business success. It is estimated that as high as 75% of the effort spent on building a data warehouse can be attributed to back-end issues, su... Read More about Towards a framework for dealing with data quality in data warehouses..

Achieving dependable component-based systems through generative aspect oriented component adaptation. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, X., Feng, Y., & Kerridge, J. (2006). Achieving dependable component-based systems through generative aspect oriented component adaptation. In Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (45-48). https:/

Mismatches between pre-qualified existing components and the particular reuse context in applications are often inevitable and have been a major hurdle of component reusability and smooth composition. Although component adaptation has acted as a key... Read More about Achieving dependable component-based systems through generative aspect oriented component adaptation..

Ubiquitous access to site specific services by mobile devices: the process view. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J., & Chalmers, K. (2006). Ubiquitous access to site specific services by mobile devices: the process view. In P. Welch, J. Kerridge, & F. R. M. Barnes (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2006 - WoTug 29 (41-58)

The increasing availability of tri-band mobile devices with mobile phone, wi-fi and Bluetooth capability means that the opportunities for increased access by mobile devices to services provided within a smaller locality becomes feasible. This increas... Read More about Ubiquitous access to site specific services by mobile devices: the process view..