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Workshop videos for requirements communication. (2015)
Journal Article
Fricker, S. A., Schneider, K., Fotrousi, F., & Thuemmler, C. (2015). Workshop videos for requirements communication. Requirements Engineering, 21(4), 521-552. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00766-015-0231-5

Shared understanding of requirements between stakeholders and the development team is a critical success factor for requirements engineering. Workshops are an effective means for achieving such shared understanding. Stakeholders and team representati... Read More about Workshop videos for requirements communication..

Demo Paper: AGADE Using Communities of Agents to Provide Realistic Feedback in Business Simulations. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Farrenkopf, T., Guckert, M., & Urquhart, N. B. (2015, June). Demo Paper: AGADE Using Communities of Agents to Provide Realistic Feedback in Business Simulations

The need to provide realistic feedback against decisions made within business games is a requirement if business games are to continue to remain relevant in training towards increasingly complex business scenarios. We attempt to address this probl... Read More about Demo Paper: AGADE Using Communities of Agents to Provide Realistic Feedback in Business Simulations..

A semantic framework for unified cloud service search, recommendation, retrieval and management (2015)
Thesis
Fang, D. A semantic framework for unified cloud service search, recommendation, retrieval and management. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9836

Cloud computing (CC) is a revolutionary paradigm of consuming Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services. However, while trying to find the optimal services, many users often feel confused due to the inadequacy of service information des... Read More about A semantic framework for unified cloud service search, recommendation, retrieval and management.

The information society. (2015)
Book Chapter
Duff, A. (2015). The information society. In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (83-89). Elsevier

No abstract available.

Key principles of the good information society. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Duff, A. (2015). Key principles of the good information society. In P. Kommers, & P. Isaias (Eds.), Proceedings of 13th IADIS International Conference on e-Society (175-182)

Energy Performance of homes using Modern Methods of Construction. (2015)
Report
Currie, J., Bros Williamson, J., & Stinson, J. (2015). Energy Performance of homes using Modern Methods of Construction. Edinburgh, Scotland: Edinburgh Napier Univeristy

The Housing Innovation Showcase (HIS), developed by Kingdom Housing Association (KHA) comprised of twenty seven dwellings of varying size and form, using ten different Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) techniques; twelve flats with communal garden... Read More about Energy Performance of homes using Modern Methods of Construction..

Hyperlocal Government Engagement online (2015)
Report
Cruickshank, P., & Ryan, B. (2015). Hyperlocal Government Engagement online. Edinburgh, Scotland: Communities and Culture Network

This report presents a seed research project funded by the CCN+, that investigated digital engagement by three neighbouring Scottish Community Councils (CCs) in a distinct area of a Scottish city. Recent work had shown that CCs generally do not use t... Read More about Hyperlocal Government Engagement online.

Energy demand benchmarking of non-domestic buildings in Scotland. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chetboul, J., Garnier, C., & Bros Williamson, J. (2015). Energy demand benchmarking of non-domestic buildings in Scotland.

Over the years building energy performance has become a predominant concern for owners and real estate managers. The focus is usually on residential buildings but in the last twenty years an interest in non-domestic buildings has emerged in the UK. B... Read More about Energy demand benchmarking of non-domestic buildings in Scotland..

When amateurs do the job of a professional, the result is smart grids secured by dumb crypto. (2015)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2015). When amateurs do the job of a professional, the result is smart grids secured by dumb crypto

Security relies upon good programming and correct adherence to well-designed standards. If the standards are sloppy, then security has been compromised from the outset. Smart grids, which include the smart meters being rolled out to millions of homes... Read More about When amateurs do the job of a professional, the result is smart grids secured by dumb crypto..

US hack shows data is the new frontier in cyber security conflict. (2015)
Newspaper / Magazine
Buchanan, W. J. (2015). US hack shows data is the new frontier in cyber security conflict

More than four million personal records of US government workers are thought to have been hacked and stolen, it has been. With US investigators blaming the Chinese government (although the Chinese deny involvement), this incident shows how data could... Read More about US hack shows data is the new frontier in cyber security conflict..

Improving the thermal performance of ‘hard-to-treat’ historic buildings in Edinburgh’s new town. (2015)
Journal Article
Bros Williamson, J., Stinson, J., Reid, A., & Currie, J. (2015). Improving the thermal performance of ‘hard-to-treat’ historic buildings in Edinburgh’s new town. Anales de Edificación, 1,

This paper documents an innovative partnership project between Historic Scotland, the Scottish Energy Centre at Edinburgh Napier University and Castle Rock Edinvar Housing Association in which five Category B Listed, traditional pre-1919, solid wall... Read More about Improving the thermal performance of ‘hard-to-treat’ historic buildings in Edinburgh’s new town..

DIY networking as a facilitator for interdisciplinary research on the hybrid city. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andriotis, P., Apostol, I., Gaved, M., Smyth, M., & Unteidig, A. (2015, September). DIY networking as a facilitator for interdisciplinary research on the hybrid city. Presented at Hybrid City 2015: Data to the People

DIY networking is a technology with special characteristics compared to the public Internet, which holds a unique potential for empowering citizens to shape their hybrid urban space toward conviviality and collective awareness. It can also play the r... Read More about DIY networking as a facilitator for interdisciplinary research on the hybrid city..

Beats: Tapping Gestures for Smart Watches (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oakley, I., Lee, D., Islam, M. R., & Esteves, A. (2015). Beats: Tapping Gestures for Smart Watches. In Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (1237-1246). https://doi.org/10.1145/2702123.2702226

Interacting with smartwatches poses new challenges. Although capable of displaying complex content, their extremely small screens poorly match many of the touchscreen interaction techniques dominant on larger mobile devices. Addressing this problem,... Read More about Beats: Tapping Gestures for Smart Watches.

The Practice of the Sino-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools of Engineering Disciplines (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, Z., Zhang, Y., & Smith, I. (2015). The Practice of the Sino-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools of Engineering Disciplines. . https://doi.org/10.2991/msmi-15.2015.3

Lying in a transformation period of economic development, economic prosperity, social progress and development in science and technology have to rely on strong competitiveness of a nation’s universities to a large degree. Internationalising education... Read More about The Practice of the Sino-foreign Cooperation in Running Schools of Engineering Disciplines.

A Competitive Analysis of Chinese Container Ports Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (2015)
Book Chapter
Song, D., & Yeo, G. (2015). A Competitive Analysis of Chinese Container Ports Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. In H. Haralambides (Ed.), Port Management (339-359). London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137475770_16

Over 20% of the world's container traffic occurs from Asian ports. China's entry into the market has significantly stimulated this process. Since China adopted its liberalised economic policy in the 1970s, its economy has grown at an average rate of... Read More about A Competitive Analysis of Chinese Container Ports Using the Analytic Hierarchy Process.

A Novel Heuristic Generator for JSSP Using a Tree-Based Representation of Dispatching Rules (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sim, K., & Hart, E. (2015, July). A Novel Heuristic Generator for JSSP Using a Tree-Based Representation of Dispatching Rules. Presented at Proceedings of the Companion Publication of the 2015 on Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference - GECCO Companion '15

A previously described hyper-heuristic framework named NELLI is adapted for the classic Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP) and used to find ensembles of reusable heuristics that cooperate to cover the heuristic search space. A new heuristic generato... Read More about A Novel Heuristic Generator for JSSP Using a Tree-Based Representation of Dispatching Rules.

The implementation of mini-enterprise business process management (2015)
Journal Article
Wang, L., Liu, W., & Wang, Z. (2015). The implementation of mini-enterprise business process management. International Journal of Innovative Business Strategies, 1(2), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.20533/ijibs.2046.3626.2015.0005

Obviously, it is important for the mini-enterprise to acknowledgement that how to win the customers and markets, because the products must be continuously evolved so as to satisfy the customer, otherwise it will be disused by the market, that is a ma... Read More about The implementation of mini-enterprise business process management.

Roll Project Bin Packing Benchmark Problems. (2015)
Data
Hart, E., & Sim, K. (2015). Roll Project Bin Packing Benchmark Problems. [Dataset]. https://doi.org/10.17869/ENU.2015.9364

This document describes two sets of Benchmark Problem Instances for the One Dimensional Bin Packing Problem. The problem instances are supplied as compressed (zipped) SQLITE database files.

Using the blended spaces framework to design heritage stories with schoolchildren. (2015)
Journal Article
O'Keefe, B., & Benyon, D. (2015). Using the blended spaces framework to design heritage stories with schoolchildren. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 6, 7-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2016.02.001

Blended spaces are spaces where a physical space is deliberately integrated in a close-knit way with a digital space. Blended spaces may take the form of a carefully designed meeting room, for example, that integrates collaborative media with the des... Read More about Using the blended spaces framework to design heritage stories with schoolchildren..