All Outputs (111)

Maintaining Connectivity in a Scalable and Robust Distributed Environment (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jelasity, M., Preuss, M., van Steen, M., & Paechter, B. (2002, May). Maintaining Connectivity in a Scalable and Robust Distributed Environment. Presented at 2nd IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster Computing and the Grid (CCGRID'02), Berlin, Germany

This paper describes a novel peer-to-peer (P2P) environment for running distributed Java applications on the Internet. The possible application areas include simple load balancing, parallel evolutionary computation, agent-based simulation and artific... Read More about Maintaining Connectivity in a Scalable and Robust Distributed Environment.

Near-optimal service facility location in dynamic communication networks (2005)
Journal Article
Liotta, A., Ragusa, C., & Pavlou, G. (2005). Near-optimal service facility location in dynamic communication networks. IEEE Communications Letters, 9(9), 862-864. https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2005.1506728

Systems relying on increasingly large and dynamic communication networks must find effective ways to optimally localize service facilities. This can be achieved by efficiently partitioning the system and computing the partitions' centers, solving the... Read More about Near-optimal service facility location in dynamic communication networks.

An investigation of sociability measurements in online communities (2005)
Journal Article
Wright, N., Varey, A., & Chesney, T. (2005). An investigation of sociability measurements in online communities. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 1(4), 400. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijwbc.2005.008106

This paper reports the results of an investigation into measurements of the sociability of proximate online communities, in other words, how well it supports social interaction rather than in terms of its usability, which tends to focus on task issue... Read More about An investigation of sociability measurements in online communities.

E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth (2005)
Book Chapter
Macintosh, A., Smith, E., & Whyte, A. (2005). E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth. In M. Cunningham, & P. Cunningham (Eds.), Innovation and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies (730-737). IOS Press

This paper presents the results of a completed research study the aim of which was to identify ICT tools suitable for engaging with young people in dialogue on a complex policy issue. The study involved a review of current research and practice, deve... Read More about E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth.

Adaptive PN code synchronisation in DS-CDMA systems. (2005)
Thesis
Obiebi, J. Adaptive PN code synchronisation in DS-CDMA systems. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6198

Spread Spectrum (SS) communication, initially designed for military applications, is
now the basis for many of today's advanced communications systems such as Code
Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Global Positioning System (GPS), Wireless Local
Lo... Read More about Adaptive PN code synchronisation in DS-CDMA systems..

A plane-based broadcast algorithm for multicomputer networks (2005)
Journal Article
Al-Dubai, A., Ould-Khaoua, M., & Mackenzie, L. (2005). A plane-based broadcast algorithm for multicomputer networks. Journal of Systems Architecture, 51(10-11), 617-632. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sysarc.2005.01.003

Maximising the performance of parallel systems requires matching message-passing algorithms and application characteristics with a suitable underling interconnection network. Broadcast algorithms for wormhole-switched meshes have been widely reported... Read More about A plane-based broadcast algorithm for multicomputer networks.

Same stories, different continents. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McEwan, T., & Cairncross, S. (2005, October). Same stories, different continents. Presented at 35th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education conference (FIE2005)

Higher Education (HE) is increasingly globalised, involving partnerships between institutions in different countries. There is little research available on such educational partnerships in HE. Just like learning
experiences themselves, each educatio... Read More about Same stories, different continents..

Extending Taxonomic Visualisation to Incorporate Synonymy and Structural Markers (2005)
Journal Article
Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2005). Extending Taxonomic Visualisation to Incorporate Synonymy and Structural Markers. Information Visualization, 4(3), 206-223. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ivs.9500096

The visualisation of taxonomic hierarchies has evolved from indented lists of names to techniques that can display thousands of nodes and onto hundreds of thousands of nodes over multiple taxonomies. However, challenges remain within multiple hierarc... Read More about Extending Taxonomic Visualisation to Incorporate Synonymy and Structural Markers.

Perception of Sign Language and its application to visual communications for deaf people. (2005)
Journal Article
Muir, L. J., & Richardson, I. E. G. (2005). Perception of Sign Language and its application to visual communications for deaf people. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 10, 390-401. https://doi.org/10.1093/deafed/eni037

Video communication systems for deaf people are limited in terms of quality and performance. Analysis of visual attention mechanisms for sign language may enable optimization of video coding systems for deaf users. Eye-movement tracking experiments w... Read More about Perception of Sign Language and its application to visual communications for deaf people..

Multi-Objective Optimisation of the Pump Scheduling Problem using SPEA2. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lopez-Ibanez, M., Devi Prasad, T., & Paechter, B. (2005, September). Multi-Objective Optimisation of the Pump Scheduling Problem using SPEA2. Presented at IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation

Significant operational cost and energy savings can be achieved by optimising the schedules of pumps, which pump water from source reservoirs to storage tanks, in water distribution networks. Despite the fact that pump scheduling problem involves sev... Read More about Multi-Objective Optimisation of the Pump Scheduling Problem using SPEA2..

The Need for a New Specialist Professional Research System of “Pure” Medical Science (2005)
Journal Article
Charlton, B. G., & Andras, P. (2005). The Need for a New Specialist Professional Research System of “Pure” Medical Science. PLOS Medicine, 2(8), Article e285. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020285

A minimal jerk prosthesis control system. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hill, S. S., Binnie, D., & Gow, D. J. (2005, August). A minimal jerk prosthesis control system. Presented at Myoelectric Control (MEC 05) 15-19th August 2005

The Prometheus Description Model: an examination of the taxonomic description-building process and its representation (2005)
Journal Article
Pullan, M. R., Armstrong, K. E., Paterson, T., Cannon, A., Kennedy, J. B., Watson, M. F., McDonald, S. M., & Raguenaud, C. (2005). The Prometheus Description Model: an examination of the taxonomic description-building process and its representation. Taxon, 54(3), 751-765. https://doi.org/10.2307/25065431

A model for representing taxonomic descriptive data is presented. The model has been developed in response to the growing requirement for the global exchange of descriptive data. Meaningful exchange of data requires that data be represented in a form... Read More about The Prometheus Description Model: an examination of the taxonomic description-building process and its representation.

Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting (2005)
Journal Article
Turner, P., Milne, G., Kubitscheck, M., Penman, I., & Turner, S. (2005). Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 9, 209-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-004-0322-7

This paper discusses the introduction of a wireless network of personal digital assistants into a specialist unit of a hospital in Edinburgh. All of the technology has been used ‘off-the-shelf’ and ‘out-of-the-box’. While we are able to report that t... Read More about Implementing a wireless network of PDAs in a hospital setting.

Animated interval scatter-plot views for the exploratory analysis of large scale microarray time-course data. (2005)
Journal Article
Craig, P., Kennedy, J., & Cumming, A. (2005). Animated interval scatter-plot views for the exploratory analysis of large scale microarray time-course data. Information Visualization, 4(3), 149-163. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ivs.9500101

Microarray technologies are a relatively new development that allow biologists to monitor the activity of thousands of genes (normally around 8,000) in parallel across multiple stages of a biological process. While this new perspective on biological... Read More about Animated interval scatter-plot views for the exploratory analysis of large scale microarray time-course data..

Novel Framework for Automated Security Abstraction, Modelling, Implementation and Verification (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Saliou, L., Buchanan, W. J., Graves, J., & Munoz, J. (2005, July). Novel Framework for Automated Security Abstraction, Modelling, Implementation and Verification. Presented at 4th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security

This paper presents a novel framework for network security, and provides a complete solution to integrated security policies, which meets the objectives of an organisation, and also an automated verification process. The framework uses a security com... Read More about Novel Framework for Automated Security Abstraction, Modelling, Implementation and Verification.

Coordinated parallel views for the exploratory analysis of microarray time-course data. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craig, P., Kennedy, J., & Cumming, A. (2005, July). Coordinated parallel views for the exploratory analysis of microarray time-course data. Presented at Third International Conference on Coordinated & Multiple Views in Exploratory Visualization

Microarray time-course data relate to the recorded activity of thousands of genes, in parallel, over multiple discrete points in time during a biological process. Existing techniques that attempt to support the exploratory analysis of this data rely... Read More about Coordinated parallel views for the exploratory analysis of microarray time-course data..

Online assessment and checking of SQL: detecting and preventing plagiarism. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Russell, G., & Cumming, A. (2005, July). Online assessment and checking of SQL: detecting and preventing plagiarism

The automatic checking of online assessments and tutorials offers a significant advantage to students. Such students can work out-of-hours, from home or work, managing their own time allocation. This allows formal practical sessions to concentrate on... Read More about Online assessment and checking of SQL: detecting and preventing plagiarism..

Evolutionary scheduling: a review. (2005)
Journal Article
Hart, E., Ross, P., & Corne, D. (2005). Evolutionary scheduling: a review. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, 6, 191-220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10710-005-7580-7

Early and seminal work which applied evolutionary computing methods to scheduling problems from 1985 onwards laid a strong and exciting foundation for the work which has been reported over the past decade or so. A survey of the current state-of-the-a... Read More about Evolutionary scheduling: a review..

On the performance of broadcast algorithms in interconnection networks. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Dubai, A., & Ould-Khaoua, M. (2005, June). On the performance of broadcast algorithms in interconnection networks. Presented at Int. Workshop of Performance Evaluation of Networks for Parallel, Cluster and Grid Computing Systems (PEN-PCGCS'05-ICPP),

Broadcast Communication is among the most primitive collective capabilities of any message passing network. Broadcast algorithms for the mesh have been widely reported in the literature. However, most existing algorithms have been studied within limi... Read More about On the performance of broadcast algorithms in interconnection networks..