All Outputs (26683)

Improving maintenance through development experiences. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, X., Yang, H., & Zedan, H. (1998). Improving maintenance through development experiences. In WESS '98 - Workshop on Empirical Studies in Software Maintenance (1-5)

An empirical comparison is made between present approaches/tools of software maintenance and development. The conclusion is that development technology is more mature in many aspects, such as automation, formalism, confidence, understanding of origin... Read More about Improving maintenance through development experiences..

Design rational for semi-automated theorem provers. (1998)
Journal Article
Lowe, H., Jackson, M., & Benyon, D. (1998). Design rational for semi-automated theorem provers. Formal Aspects of Computing,

Adoption of management software in a SME. (1998)
Book Chapter
MacKerron, G., & Wybrow, D. (1998). Adoption of management software in a SME. In I. P. McCarthy, & A. et (Eds.), Manufacturing Excellence in SME's (71-76). Sheffield Academic Press

This case study discusses the approach taken at a small specialist clothing manufacturer who, due to increasing demand, had to adopt Computer Aided Manufacturing (C.A.M.) techniques to improve their production control information. The development and... Read More about Adoption of management software in a SME..

Changes in opiate treatment during attendance at a community drug service—Findings from a clinical audit (1998)
Journal Article
MacLeod, J., Whittaker, A., & Robertson, J. R. (1998). Changes in opiate treatment during attendance at a community drug service—Findings from a clinical audit. Drug and Alcohol Review, 17(1), 19-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/09595239800187561

To evaluate use of methadone and dihydrocodeine prescription in a group of opiate-dependent patients attending a community/general practice drugs project data were recorded at enrolment in 1990 and at the beginning of 1995. Two hundred individuals we... Read More about Changes in opiate treatment during attendance at a community drug service—Findings from a clinical audit.

Europe: Scotland. (1998)
Book Chapter
Martin, F., & Laing, S. (1998). Europe: Scotland. In A. Morrison (Ed.), Entrepreneurship: an international perspective (125-141). Butterworth-Heinemann

Evaluating navigation in virtual environments. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCall, R., & Benyon, D. (1998). Evaluating navigation in virtual environments. In 1st International Usability Evaluation for Virtual Environments Workshop - UEVE'98

A software tool for evaluating navigation (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCall, R., & Benyon, D. (1998). A software tool for evaluating navigation. In J. May, J. Siddiqui, & J. Wilkinson (Eds.), HCI’98 Conference Companion (72-73)

Traditional methods of evaluating the usability of software systems largely ignore the problem of navigation within computer based environments. In contrast the 'Navigation of Information Space' paradigm (Benyon and Höök, 1997) places the navigabilit... Read More about A software tool for evaluating navigation.

The role of partnerships in urban economic regeneration. (1998)
Book Chapter
McQuaid, R. W. (1998). The role of partnerships in urban economic regeneration. In L. Montanheiro, B. Haig, D. Morris, & N. Hrovatin (Eds.), Public and Private Sector Partnerships - fostering enterprise, 315-330. Sheffield Hallam University Press

Improving a lecture timetabling system for university wide use (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paechter, B., Rankin, B., & Cumming, A. (1998). Improving a lecture timetabling system for university wide use. In Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling II (156-165). https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0055887

During the academic year 1996/97 the authors were commissioned by their institution to produce an automated timetabling system for use by all departments within the Faculty of Science. The system had to cater for the varying requirements of all the d... Read More about Improving a lecture timetabling system for university wide use.

Timetabling the classes of an entire university with an evolutionary algorithm. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paechter, B., Rankin, B., Cumming, A., & Fogarty, T. C. (1998, September). Timetabling the classes of an entire university with an evolutionary algorithm. Presented at 5th International Conference Parallel Problem Solving from Nature — PPSN V, Amsterdam

This paper describes extensions to an evolutionary algorithm that timetables classes for an entire University. A new method of dealing with multi-objectives is described along with a user interface designed for it. New results are given concerning re... Read More about Timetabling the classes of an entire university with an evolutionary algorithm..

Suggested reasons for the discrepancy in the reproducibility results of the inter-comparison of laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of walls. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pompoli, R., & Smith, S. (1998). Suggested reasons for the discrepancy in the reproducibility results of the inter-comparison of laboratory measurements of airborne sound insulation of walls.

An adaptive mutation scheme for a penalty-based graph-colouring GA. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ross, P., & Hart, E. (1998). An adaptive mutation scheme for a penalty-based graph-colouring GA. In A. E. Eiben, T. Back, M. Schoenauer, & H. Schwefel (Eds.), Parallel Problem Solving from Nature V (795-802). https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0056921

The folklore of evolutionary algorithms still seems to contain some gross over-generalistions, such as that direct encodings are inferior to indirect ones, that penalty-function methods are often poor, and that observed performance on a few instances... Read More about An adaptive mutation scheme for a penalty-based graph-colouring GA..

Some observations about GA-based exam timetabling. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ross, P., Hart, E., & Corne, D. (1998). Some observations about GA-based exam timetabling. In E. Burke, & M. Carter (Eds.), Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling II (115-129)

Although many people have tried using genetic algorithms (GAs) for exam timetabling, far fewer have done systematic investigations to try to determine whether a GA is a good choice of method or not. We have extensively studied GAs that use one partic... Read More about Some observations about GA-based exam timetabling..

Towards causal ordering based on dimensional analysis. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Shen, Q., & Peng, T. (1998). Towards causal ordering based on dimensional analysis. In Proc. of The ECAI-98 Workshop on Model-based systems and qualitative reasoning (27-33)

Political parties in the information age: from 'mass party' to leadership organization? (1998)
Book Chapter
Smith, C. F. (1998). Political parties in the information age: from 'mass party' to leadership organization?. In I. Snellen, & W. Donk (Eds.), Public Administration in an Information Age, A Handbook (175-190). IOS Press

In providing an overview of British political parties on the threshold of the 'information age', this chapter argues that any thorough analysis is incomplete without addressing their use of new information and communications technologies (ICTs). The... Read More about Political parties in the information age: from 'mass party' to leadership organization?.

Update report on additional theoretical investigations into inter-laboratory results (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, S. (1998, December). Update report on additional theoretical investigations into inter-laboratory results. Paper presented at CEN TC126 WG1 AhG4

The tools designers use: what do they reveal about design thinking? (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smyth, M. (1998). The tools designers use: what do they reveal about design thinking?. In J. S. Smith, & E. W. L. Norman (Eds.), IDATER 98 : International Conference on Design and Technology Educational Research and Curriculum Development (146-153)

Question Mark at Napier University. (1998)
Journal Article
Steven, G. (1997). Question Mark at Napier University. Account : magazine voor accountants, belastingadviseurs, advocaten, notarissen en andere financiële dienstverleners, 9, ISSN 0924-4182

A summary of the results of a survey of unemployed workers in the Auckland Eastern Suburbs TTWA1. (1998)
Journal Article
Stewart, J. M., McQuaid, R. W., Charlesworth-May, A. C., & Adams, J. (1998). A summary of the results of a survey of unemployed workers in the Auckland Eastern Suburbs TTWA1. Labour Market Bulletin, 1 & 2, 145-161

This article considers the attitudes of a small sample of unemployed people towards the characteristics of potential jobs, how they search for jobs, and which of their own attributes they perceive may be relevant to getting a job.

Structuring scenarios using activity theory. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (1998). Structuring scenarios using activity theory. In P. Wright, & R. Fields (Eds.), The Proceeding of the First International Workshop on Understanding Work and Designing Artefacts

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