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Reverse engineering. (2002)
Book Chapter
Chu, W., Lu, C., Chang, C., Liu, X., & Yang, H. (2002). Reverse engineering. In S. K. Chang (Ed.), Handbook of Software Engineering & Knowledge Engineering (447-466). World Scientific

Software systems have become business-critical for many companies. These systems are usually large and complex. Some have evolved over decades and therefore are known as legacy systems. These legacy systems need to be maintained and evolved due to ma... Read More about Reverse engineering..

Teaching and learning in the VLCC: actions, reactions and emerging practice in a very large computing centre. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buckner, K., & Davenport, E. (2002, September). Teaching and learning in the VLCC: actions, reactions and emerging practice in a very large computing centre. Presented at ECCE 11

What happens to human computer interaction when the walls of a physical teaching laboratory are removed? We present the case of a very large (and new) computing centre (VLCC) in a technical university in Central Scotland. In this large multi-user... Read More about Teaching and learning in the VLCC: actions, reactions and emerging practice in a very large computing centre..

Mastering Delphi programming. (2002)
Book
Buchanan, W. J. (2002). Mastering Delphi programming. Palgrave Publishers

This book provides an introduction to the use of Delphi Version 3/4 in developing programs, full of real-life applications including serial communications, internet programming and system interfacing. The book also contains tutorial questions, many w... Read More about Mastering Delphi programming..

Mastering Computing. (2002)
Book
Buchanan, W. J. (2002). Mastering Computing. Macmillan Press

Computing is an area which continues to grow. This book covers the main areas of computing, including programming, computer hardware, operating systems, the Internet, data communications and networking. It uses practical examples to show basic concep... Read More about Mastering Computing..

A GA evolving instructions for a timetable builder. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Blum, C., Correia, S., Dorigo, M., Paechter, B., Rossi-Doria, O., & Snoek, M. (2002, August). A GA evolving instructions for a timetable builder. Presented at PATAT 2002

In this work we present a Genetic Algorithm for tackling timetabling problems. Our approach uses an indirect solution representation, which denotes a number of instructions for a timetable builder on how to sequentially build a solution. These instru... Read More about A GA evolving instructions for a timetable builder..

Life cycle assessment of aluminium-clad timber windows. (2002)
Thesis
Asif, M. Life cycle assessment of aluminium-clad timber windows. (Thesis). Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2505

Over the last century a temperature rise of 0.6 C m global climate and the affiliated greenhouse effects have inflicted enormous impacts in the form of natural catastrophes, economical losses, health problems and seasonal disorder. If human activitie... Read More about Life cycle assessment of aluminium-clad timber windows..

Towards a scalable broadcast in wormhole-switched mesh networks (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Al-Dubai, A. Y., Ould-Khaoua, M., & Mackenzie, L. M. (2002). Towards a scalable broadcast in wormhole-switched mesh networks. In Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (840-844). https://doi.org/10.1145/508791.508955

Broadcast algorithms for wormhole--switched meshes have been widely reported in the literature. However, most of these algorithms handle broadcast in a sequential manner and do not scale well with the network size. As a consequence, many parallel ap... Read More about Towards a scalable broadcast in wormhole-switched mesh networks.

Finding coordinated atrial activity during ventricular fibrillation using wavelet decomposition. (2002)
Journal Article
Addison, P., Watson, J. N., Clegg, G. R., Steen, P. A., & Robertson, C. E. (2002). Finding coordinated atrial activity during ventricular fibrillation using wavelet decomposition. IEEE engineering in medicine & biology magazine the quarterly magazine of the Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 21, 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1109/51.993194

Until recently, the ECG recorded during ventricular fibrillation was thought to represent disorganized and unstructured electrical activity of the heart. Using a new signal analysis technique based on wavelet decomposition, we have begun to reveal pr... Read More about Finding coordinated atrial activity during ventricular fibrillation using wavelet decomposition..

Load transfer mechanism in punched metal plate timber connections. (2002)
Thesis
Abdulrahman, N. A. H. Load transfer mechanism in punched metal plate timber connections. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6193

The load capacity of the punched metal plate timber joints is established, in general, by empirical means as a result of destructive testing in accordance with relevant national standards. The basis of tests is tensile or compressive loading applied... Read More about Load transfer mechanism in punched metal plate timber connections..

Acquisition, efficiency and scale economies: An analysis of the British bus industry (2002)
Journal Article
Cowie, J. (2002). Acquisition, efficiency and scale economies: An analysis of the British bus industry. Transport Reviews, 22(2), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/014416400110076267

The British Bus industry has undergone considerable transformation since privatization. Five major operators have emerged to dominate the market, a position almost exclusively attained through acquisition. This paper reviews the economies of scale ar... Read More about Acquisition, efficiency and scale economies: An analysis of the British bus industry.

Delivering public services through digital television. (2002)
Journal Article
Smith, C., & Webster, W. (2002). Delivering public services through digital television. Public Money and Management, 22(4), 25-32. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9302.00326

Digital television (DTV) is central to the future electronic delivery of public services in the UK. Central government has been actively promoting the use of DTV in the public sector, for example in policy statements and by funding pilot schemes to b... Read More about Delivering public services through digital television..

News Cultures and New Social Movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media (2002)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2002). News Cultures and New Social Movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media. Journalism Studies, 3(4), 491-505. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461670022000019209

Radical media can be viewed as an extremely democratic form of communication, where people normally denied access to the mainstream media are able to speak on issues that concern them. Radical media are especially important for new social movements,... Read More about News Cultures and New Social Movements: radical journalism and the mainstream media.

Daylighting performance of tubular solar light pipes: measurement, modelling and validation. (2002)
Thesis
Zhang, X. Daylighting performance of tubular solar light pipes: measurement, modelling and validation. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3602

The innovation of natural daylighting light pipe took place more than twenty years ago. Since then its daylighting performance has been reported in a number of studies. To date, however, no mathematical method that includes the effect of straight-r... Read More about Daylighting performance of tubular solar light pipes: measurement, modelling and validation..

Video telephony for the deaf: analysis and development of an optimised video compression product. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Muir, L. J., & Richardson, I. E. G. (2002, December). Video telephony for the deaf: analysis and development of an optimised video compression product. Presented at Tenth ACM international conference on Multimedia

The multimedia capability of video telephony and video conferencing systems has many applications and benefits. This paper describes research and development that aims to optimise video compression systems for a specific application - personal commun... Read More about Video telephony for the deaf: analysis and development of an optimised video compression product..