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Changes in the frequency of shopping trips in response to a congestion charge (2005)
Journal Article
Schmöcker, J., Fonzone, A., Quddus, M., & Bell, M. G. (2006). Changes in the frequency of shopping trips in response to a congestion charge. Transport Policy, 13(3), 217-228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.09.005

This paper presents an analysis of shopping trips into London’s central shopping district (Oxford Street area) before and after the introduction of the congestion charging scheme in February 2003. In collaboration with a major department store, three... Read More about Changes in the frequency of shopping trips in response to a congestion charge.

A novel low power FSM partition approach and its implementation. (2005)
Journal Article
Xia, Y., Ye, X., Wang, L. Y., Tao, J., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2005). A novel low power FSM partition approach and its implementation. NORCHIP Conference, 102-105. https://doi.org/10.1109/NORCHP.2005.1596999

A new Finite State Machine (FSM) partioning approach is proposed in this paper. A genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to search the optimal or near optimal solution. A new cost function is used to guide the optimisation. The proposed algorithm is impl... Read More about A novel low power FSM partition approach and its implementation..

Limits on the penetration of coiled tubing in horizontal oil wells: effect of the pipe geometry. (2005)
Journal Article
McCourt, I., & Kubie, J. (2005). Limits on the penetration of coiled tubing in horizontal oil wells: effect of the pipe geometry. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C: Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science, 219(11), 1191-1197. https://doi.org/10.1243/095440605X32066

To carry out remedial work in oil wells through the production tubing string, a method using a continuous length of steel coiled tubing is used. In horizontal wells substantial friction forces are generated which resist the motion of the tubing as it... Read More about Limits on the penetration of coiled tubing in horizontal oil wells: effect of the pipe geometry..

Influence of geometrical and material variability on the permissible span of multi-webbed composite timber joists (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bahadori, A., Kermani, A., & Zhang, B. (2005, November). Influence of geometrical and material variability on the permissible span of multi-webbed composite timber joists. Poster presented at International Symposium on wood Science and Technologies (IAWPS 2005), The Japan Wood Research Society (JWRS)

Influence of geometrical and material variability on the permissible span of multi-webbed composite timber joists.

Fast tabular based conversion methods for Canonical OR-Coincidence. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, M., Wang, P., Chen, X., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2005). Fast tabular based conversion methods for Canonical OR-Coincidence. In EUROCON 2005 - The International Conference on Computer as a Tool (507-510). https://doi.org/10.1109/EURCON.2005.1629976

Two fast conversion alogorithms based on tabular technique for Canonical OR-Coincidence (COC) expansions are introduced. By using bitwise operations, the Serial Tabular Technique (STT) can achieve speed of less than 2 seconds for 21 variables for ran... Read More about Fast tabular based conversion methods for Canonical OR-Coincidence..

Parametric study of multi-webbed composite timber joists. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zhang, B., Bahadori-Jahromi, A., & Kermani, A. (2005). Parametric study of multi-webbed composite timber joists. In Proceedings of the Second Scottish Conference for Postgraduate Researchers of the Built and Natural Environment (451-461)

Parametric study of multi-webbed composite timber joists.

Dynamic response of timber floors. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weckendorf, J., Zhang, B., Kermani, A., & Reid, D. (2005). Dynamic response of timber floors. In Proceedings of the Second Scottish Conference for Postgraduate Researchers of the Built & Natural Environment (PRoBE

Developments in composite timber construction have been widely used for forming relatively large-span floors. This has also resulted in undue floor vibrations, causing inconvenience to the occupants and requiring the vibrational response of the struc... Read More about Dynamic response of timber floors..

Axially loaded Helifx connectors in timber. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Coste, G., & Kermani, A. (2005, November). Axially loaded Helifx connectors in timber. Presented at The Second Scottish Conference for Postgraduate Researchers of the Built & Natural Environment (PRoBE)

This paper presents an experimental investigation on the withdrawal of a new connector type for use in structural timber. The structural performance of Helifix fasteners, which have been used as efficient wall ties and masonry repairs for a number of... Read More about Axially loaded Helifx connectors in timber..

Novel probability neural network (2005)
Journal Article
Cang, S., & Yu, H. (2005). Novel probability neural network. IEE Proceedings: Vision, Image and Signal Processing, 152(5), 535-544. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-vis%3A20059021

This paper presents a novel probability neural network (PNN) that can classify the data for both continuous and categorical input data types. A mixture model of continuous and categorical variables is proposed to construct a probability density funct... Read More about Novel probability neural network.

Novel synthesis method of mixed polarity reed-muller functions. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xia, Y., Ye, X., Wang, L. Y., Zou, Z., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2005). Novel synthesis method of mixed polarity reed-muller functions.

In this paper a new approach is proposed to obtain a compact mixed polarity Reed-Muller form, starting from a fixed polarity Reed-Muller expression; a fixed polarity Reed-Muller function is expressed into a truth vector, the truth vector is shrunk an... Read More about Novel synthesis method of mixed polarity reed-muller functions..

Five-valued circuit quantitative theory and design of five-valued twisted-ring. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, P., Liu, Y., Yang, M., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2005, October). Five-valued circuit quantitative theory and design of five-valued twisted-ring

This paper presents a six-valued algebra in order to form the theory of three essential elements for five-valued circuits, which is a mathematical tool for quantitative investigation on five-valued circuits. Based on the theory, the component level c... Read More about Five-valued circuit quantitative theory and design of five-valued twisted-ring..

Maritime policy in Scotland (2005)
Journal Article
Baird, A. J., & Baird, A. (2005). Maritime policy in Scotland. Maritime Policy and Management, 32(4), 383-401. https://doi.org/10.1080/03088830500300404

This paper begins by defining the meaning of the term `maritime policy'. Since devolution in the UK, the opening of the new Scottish parliament in 1998 and the creation of the Scottish Executive, little effort has been made to establish a distinct ma... Read More about Maritime policy in Scotland.

FPGA placement using genetic algorithm with simulated annealing. (2005)
Journal Article
Yang, M., Almaini, A. E. A., Wang, L. Y., & Wang, P. (2005). FPGA placement using genetic algorithm with simulated annealing. ASICON, 2, 808-811. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASIC.2005.1611450

A mixed Genetic Algorithm and Simulated Annealing (GASA) algorithm is used for the placement of symmetrical FPGA. The prpoposed algortithm includes 2 stage processes. In the first stage process it optimizes placement solutions globally using GA. In t... Read More about FPGA placement using genetic algorithm with simulated annealing..

Developments in Timber Engineering (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kermani, A. (2005, October). Developments in Timber Engineering. Presented at Joint Meeting of Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Structural Engineers,

Developments in timber engineering.

Accessibility and transport. (2005)
Preprint / Working Paper
Stradling, S. G., Carreno, M., Ferguson, N., Rye, T., Halden, D., Davidson, P., …Wigan, M. Accessibility and transport

The Topic Report uses a number of multivariate statistical analyses to examine the inter-linking of person and household characteristics with travel availability measures looking at variations in the accessibility of transport and accessibility by tr... Read More about Accessibility and transport..

Edinburgh and the politics of congestion charging: negotiating road user charging with affected publics (2005)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & Grieco, M. (2005). Edinburgh and the politics of congestion charging: negotiating road user charging with affected publics. Transport Policy, 12(5), 475-476. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2005.06.005

The citizens of Edinburgh have just rejected a congestion charging scheme for this capital city. This short postscript examines the case for a full post-mortem, a post-mortem which must include the participation of those who said no.