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Adaptive CFAR PN Code Acquisition for DSSS Systems (2008)
Thesis
Wei, B. Adaptive CFAR PN Code Acquisition for DSSS Systems. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

The communication between transmitter and receiver in Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) systems starts with synchronisation, which can be carried out in two steps: acquisition and tracking. Acquisition is the coarse searching of the delay of PN... Read More about Adaptive CFAR PN Code Acquisition for DSSS Systems.

The Potential of Complexity Theory in Understanding Urban Regeneration Processes (2008)
Book Chapter
Moobela, C., & Price, I. (2008). The Potential of Complexity Theory in Understanding Urban Regeneration Processes. In L. F. Dennard, K. Richardson, & G. Morçöl (Eds.), Complexity and Policy Analysis: Tools and Concepts for Designing Robust Policies in a Complex World. ISCE Publishing

Uncertainty and communication complexity in iterated cooperation games (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Andras, P. (2008, August). Uncertainty and communication complexity in iterated cooperation games. Presented at Artificial Life XI 2008, Winchester

Iterated cooperation games (e.g. Prisoner’s Dilemma) are used to analyze the emergence and evolution of cooperation among selfish individuals. Uncertainty of outcomes of games is an important factor that influences the level of cooperation. Communica... Read More about Uncertainty and communication complexity in iterated cooperation games.

Preference for plants in an office environment (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pitt, M., & Smith, A. (2008, June). Preference for plants in an office environment. Presented at Healthy and Creative Facilities: CIB W070 Conference in Facilities Management, Edinburgh

Plants in the workplace are known to bring a number of benefits including psychological as well as aesthetic and air quality benefits. Therefore, plants can have an impact on overall organisational performance. However, findings of previous studies h... Read More about Preference for plants in an office environment.

Microscopic Biological Cell Level Model Using Modified Finite-difference Time-domain at Mobile Radio Frequencies (2008)
Journal Article
See, C., Abd-Alhameed, R., Excell, P., & Zhou, D. (2008). Microscopic Biological Cell Level Model Using Modified Finite-difference Time-domain at Mobile Radio Frequencies. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, 4(1), 6-10

The paper demonstrates the modelling of the interaction mechanism between the biological tissues and electromagnetic field at mobile communication frequency ranges. The implementing of modified FDTD numerical method using frequency scaled FDTD with F... Read More about Microscopic Biological Cell Level Model Using Modified Finite-difference Time-domain at Mobile Radio Frequencies.

System and method for correcting positioning and triggering errors for aim-and-trigger devices (2008)
Patent
Keates, S. L., Malkin, P. K., & Trewin, S. M. (2008). System and method for correcting positioning and triggering errors for aim-and-trigger devices. US 12/132,908

A system and method for correcting mispositioning of an aiming device including extracting features from an information stream which includes position information for an aiming device and comparing the features with feature profiles to determine modi... Read More about System and method for correcting positioning and triggering errors for aim-and-trigger devices.

Improving access to transportation documents: the roles of repositories, thesauri, metadata and automated keyword generation. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wigan, M., & Kukla, R. (2008, January). Improving access to transportation documents: the roles of repositories, thesauri, metadata and automated keyword generation. Presented at 87th Annual General Meeting Transportation Research Board

A remote marriage: The theory and practice of being apart and staying together. (2008)
Book Chapter
Wigan, M. (2008). A remote marriage: The theory and practice of being apart and staying together. In S. Holland (Ed.), Remote relationships in a small world (277-284). Peter Land

Small children, a time consuming job, and remote living are not conducive to a happy life. Why does one choose to do it? If one has to, how can one arrange one's life to make a family work? What can communications do to help? It is easy to ask the qu... Read More about A remote marriage: The theory and practice of being apart and staying together..

Response to the Victorian East-West study. (2008)
Preprint / Working Paper
Wigan, M. Response to the Victorian East-West study

Governance and evidence based policy under a National Security framework. (2008)
Book Chapter
Wigan, M. (2008). Governance and evidence based policy under a National Security framework. In K. Michael, & M. Michael (Eds.), Australia and the new technologies: Evidence based policy on public administration. [Proceedings of the] Third RSNA Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security: Evidence based policy on public administration 23-24 July 2008 Canberra (49-58). Australian Homeland Security Research Centre

This paper addresses the conflicts of the inherent strains between evidence based policy and contestable evidence based policy under the strictures of a National Security
framework. The shifts in attitudes as to what is acceptable in the applicatio... Read More about Governance and evidence based policy under a National Security framework..

Contestable evidence based policy-the role of information sharing. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wigan, M. (2008, May). Contestable evidence based policy-the role of information sharing

There are three elements required for public policy to be both credible and effective. These
are not necessarily the factors that all parties would agree to, but provide a common ground
on which constructive disagreements can be founded.
The first... Read More about Contestable evidence based policy-the role of information sharing..

Barriers to modelling sustainable transport. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wigan, M. (2008, October). Barriers to modelling sustainable transport. Presented at European Transport Conference 2008

Sustainable transport is a malleable and changing concept which needs addressing before the questions of shortfalls in current modelling practice in addressing these issues can reasonably be assessed. It is tempting to take one of the simplest defini... Read More about Barriers to modelling sustainable transport..

CFAR Adaptive PN Code acquisition for DSSS Systems (2008)
Journal Article
Wei, B., Sharif, M., Binnie, D., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2008). CFAR Adaptive PN Code acquisition for DSSS Systems. The Mediterranean journal of electronics and communications, 4, 37-45

Constant false alarm rate (CFAR) techniques can be used in Pseudo-Noise (PN) code acquisition in Spread Spectrum (SS) communication systems, and all the CFAR techniques perform well in homogeneous background PN code acquisition. However, in non-homog... Read More about CFAR Adaptive PN Code acquisition for DSSS Systems.

Movements of goods, services and people: entanglements with sustainability implications. (2008)
Book Chapter
Southworth, F., & Wigan, M. (2008). Movements of goods, services and people: entanglements with sustainability implications. In V. Himanen, M. Lee-Gosselin, & A. Perrels (Eds.), Building blocks for sustainable transport: obstacles, trends, solutions (157-173). Emerald Press

Monitoring the performance of 100,000 homes per annum. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S., Baker, D., & Panter, D. (2008, July). Monitoring the performance of 100,000 homes per annum. Presented at Joint American(ASA)-European (EAA) Conference

Sound insulation and lightweight structures. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S. (2008, February). Sound insulation and lightweight structures. Presented at FutureBuild

Research knowledge transfer and testing facilities ot Scottish universities. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S. (2008, December). Research knowledge transfer and testing facilities ot Scottish universities. Paper presented at Scottish Construction Centre

No abstract available.

New heights in sound insulation. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S. (2008, November). New heights in sound insulation. Presented at Timber in construction

Deciding when or if transport survey data should be updated. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, N. C., & Wigan, M. (2008, January). Deciding when or if transport survey data should be updated. Presented at Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting

Transport data managers within government and non-government agencies face increasing demands on resources for data management systems to process extremely large data sets collected by automated systems and for surveys to collect new types of data. T... Read More about Deciding when or if transport survey data should be updated..

Product Scotland: bringing designers, anthropologists, artists and engineers together. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rodgers, P., Rogers, J., Anusas, M., Milton, A., Pengelly, J., Whittet, C., Marshall, J., Titley, W., Colvin, A., Smyth, M., Charles, C., & Kasprzak, M. (2008, August). Product Scotland: bringing designers, anthropologists, artists and engineers together

This paper describes the work of Product Scotland, a collaborative network of product designers, anthropologists, artists and engineers based in Scotland. One of the key aims of the Product Scotland network is to achieve research excellence through k... Read More about Product Scotland: bringing designers, anthropologists, artists and engineers together..