All Outputs (256)

Quantifying Design Exclusion (2003)
Book Chapter
Clarkson, J., Dong, H., & Keates, S. (2003). Quantifying Design Exclusion. In J. Clarkson, S. Keates, R. Coleman, & C. Lebbon (Eds.), Inclusive Design: Design for the Whole Population (422-436). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0001-0

Products make demands of their users which effect their utility and usability. As a result, those users who do not have the capability to use the product are denied access to it. For example, a kettle that is so heavy that a weaker user cannot lift i... Read More about Quantifying Design Exclusion.

Assessment for inclusive design (2003)
Book Chapter
Cardoso, C., Keates, S., & Clarkson, J. (2003). Assessment for inclusive design. In J. Clarkson, R. Coleman, S. Keates, & C. Lebbon (Eds.), Inclusive Design: Design for the Whole Population (458-477). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0001-0_28

Many designers view the process of design as primarily creative and informal. They often rely heavily on their intuitive response to the design problem when developing a design solution. As such, without an explicit effort to address the needs of the... Read More about Assessment for inclusive design.

Design exclusion (2003)
Book Chapter
Keates, S., & Clarkson, J. (2003). Design exclusion. In J. Clarkson, R. Coleman, S. Keates, & C. Lebbon (Eds.), Inclusive Design: Design for the Whole Population (88-107). London: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0001-0_6

While inclusive design and universal design are commonly accepted as good design aims, this chapter discusses the merits of focusing on design exclusion. The concept of design exclusion is particularly powerful because identifying why and how end-use... Read More about Design exclusion.

The prevalence of functional impairment in Great Britain (2003)
Book Chapter
Clarkson, J., Dong, H., & Keates, S. (2003). The prevalence of functional impairment in Great Britain. In J. Clarkson, R. Coleman, S. Keates, & C. Lebbon (Eds.), Inclusive Design: Design for the Whole Population (360-371). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0001-0_22

The general lack of awareness of the wider range of end-user capabilities often results in inconsiderate design that excludes many users, especially older users and users with disabilities. There is a need for designers to understand both the nature... Read More about The prevalence of functional impairment in Great Britain.

Changing nature of work and transport. (2003)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2003). Changing nature of work and transport. In J. Hine, & J. Preston (Eds.), Integrated Futures and transport choices - UK transport policy beyond the 1998 white paper and transport acts (55-67). Ashgate Publishing

Environmental risk, cooperation, and communication complexity (2003)
Book Chapter
Andras, P., Roberts, G., & Lazarus, J. (2003). Environmental risk, cooperation, and communication complexity. In E. Alonso, D. Kudenko, & D. Kazakov (Eds.), Adaptive Agents and Multi-Agent Systems: Adaptation and Multi-Agent Learning (49-65). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44826-8_4

The evolution of cooperation and communication in communities of individuals is a puzzling problem for a wide range of scientific disciplines, ranging from evolutionary theory to the theory and application of multi-agent systems. A key issue is to un... Read More about Environmental risk, cooperation, and communication complexity.

Disciplining female bodies: Foucault and the imprisonment of women. (2002)
Book Chapter
Schwan, A. (2002). Disciplining female bodies: Foucault and the imprisonment of women. In T. Dorfler, & C. Globisch (Eds.), Postmodern Practices. Beitrage zu einer vergehenden epoche. Lit Verlag

Personal data space in organisations: managing personal knowledge and identity. (2002)
Book Chapter
Wigan, M. (2002). Personal data space in organisations: managing personal knowledge and identity. In L. Holmes, D. M. Hosking, & M. Grieco (Eds.), Organising in the Information Age: Distributed Technology, Distributed Leadership, Distributed Identity, Distributed Discourse (45-56). Ashgate Publishing

Identity and information ownership are increasingly confused. One of the key aspects of this area of dispute is the personal data space within which people perceive that they operate. This concept allows many of the attitudes and behaviours in organi... Read More about Personal data space in organisations: managing personal knowledge and identity..

Gestural interfaces for motion-impaired users (2002)
Book Chapter
Keates, S., Clarkson, P. J., & Robinson, P. (2002). Gestural interfaces for motion-impaired users. In A. Kent, & C. M. Hall (Eds.), Encyclopedia of library and information science. Vol 70. Suppl. 33 (128-149). New York: Marcel Dekker Inc

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Regional and local policies to support entrepreneurship in the new economy. (2002)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (2002). Regional and local policies to support entrepreneurship in the new economy. In Y. Higano, P. Nijkamp, J. Poot, & J. J. V. Wijk (Eds.), The Region in the New Economy. Ashgate Publishing

Biblical heroes and the uses of literature. The Teutonic Order in the late Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries. (2001)
Book Chapter
Fischer, M. (2001). Biblical heroes and the uses of literature. The Teutonic Order in the late Thirteenth and Early Fourteenth Centuries. In A. V. Murray (Ed.), Crusade and Conversion on the Baltic Frontier 1150 – 1500 (261-275). Ashgate Publishing

Solar Energy. (2001)
Book Chapter
Muneer, T. (2001). Solar Energy. In J. H. Stephens (Ed.), Kempe's Engineering Yearbook. CMP Information Ltd

User modelling and motion-impaired users (2001)
Book Chapter
Keates, S., Clarkson, P. J., & Robinson, P. (2001). User modelling and motion-impaired users. In A. Kent, J. G. Williams, & C. M. Hall (Eds.), Encyclopedia of microcomputers. Vol. 26. Suppl. 5 (307-322). New York: Marcel Dekker Inc

No abstract available.

Gesture input and motion-impaired users (2001)
Book Chapter
Keates, S., Clarkson, P. J., & Robinson, P. (2001). Gesture input and motion-impaired users. In A. Kent, J. G. Williams, & C. M. Hall (Eds.), Encyclopedia of microcomputers. Vol. 26, Suppl. 5 (147-166). New York: Marcel Dekker Inc

No abstract available.

RBF neural networks with orthogonal basis functions (2001)
Book Chapter
Andras, P. (2001). RBF neural networks with orthogonal basis functions. In R. J. Howlett, & L. C. Jain (Eds.), Radial basis function networks 1: Recent developments in theory and applications (67-94). Springer

A model of the commuting range of unemployed job seekers (2001)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W., & Greig, M. (2001). A model of the commuting range of unemployed job seekers. In D. Pitfield (Ed.), Transport Planning, Logistics and Spatial Mismatch (152-166). Pion

The ability or willingness of unemployed people to travel further to a new job will affect the level of mismatch between job seekers and jobs (Brueckner and Martin 1997; Gabriel and Rosenthal, 1996; Holzer, 1991). Empirical evidence suggests that a r... Read More about A model of the commuting range of unemployed job seekers.

The 1999 employment action plan: interpretation of the entrepreneurship pillar in the UK (2000)
Book Chapter
Hollywood, E., Wallis, E., & Winterton, J. (2000). The 1999 employment action plan: interpretation of the entrepreneurship pillar in the UK. In Contested territory. Entrepreneurship in the European Employment Strategy. European Trade Union Institute

This project examined in detail the Entrepreneurship pillar of the European Employment Strategy. The project addressed the role of Entrepreneurship as a tool for job creation in the UK focusing on the relationship between entrepreneurship and SMEs an... Read More about The 1999 employment action plan: interpretation of the entrepreneurship pillar in the UK.

Future of urban transportation data. (2000)
Book Chapter
Limoges, E., Purvis, C. L., Turner, S., Wigan, M., & Wolf, J. (2000). Future of urban transportation data. In H. Paul (Ed.), Transportation in the new millenium: state of the art and future directions. London, UK: Transportation Research Board

Members of the Transportation Research Board's Committee on Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems (A1D08) lead the research community in many of the following areas: using census data in transportation planning, monitoring traffic and tra... Read More about Future of urban transportation data..

Are women better drivers than men? (2000)
Book Chapter
Meadows, M. L., & Stradling, S. G. (2000). Are women better drivers than men?. In J. Hartley, & A. Branthwaite (Eds.), The Applied Psychologist (126-146). Buckingham: Open University Press

Are women better drivers than men? As applied social psychologists working in the area of driver behaviour this is a question we often get asked. How should we go about answering it? What - at first sight - appears a straightforward question turns o... Read More about Are women better drivers than men?.

Commercial and light goods vehicles in freight analysis. (2000)
Book Chapter
Wigan, M. (2000). Commercial and light goods vehicles in freight analysis. In H. Neffendorf, J. Fearon, M. Collop, M. Wigan, D. Ashley, R. Donnelly, & P. Costinett (Eds.), LATS 2001 Commercial Vehicle model and Data review - Technical annex (4). London Area Transport Survey Unit DETR UK