All Outputs (177)

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..

Improving a lecture timetabling system for university wide use (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paechter, B., Rankin, B., & Cumming, A. (1997, August). Improving a lecture timetabling system for university wide use. Presented at Second International Conference, PATAT’97, Toronto, Canada

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.

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

A software tool for evaluating navigation (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCall, R., & Benyon, D. (1998, September). A software tool for evaluating navigation. Presented at 13th British Computer Society Annual Conference on Human Computer Interaction, HCI’98

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.

Evaluating navigation in virtual environments. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCall, R., & Benyon, D. (1998, December). Evaluating navigation in virtual environments

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

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.

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..

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,

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

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..

A comparison of dominance mechanisms and simple mutation on non-stationary problems. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lewis, J., Hart, E., & Ritchie, G. (1998, September). A comparison of dominance mechanisms and simple mutation on non-stationary problems. Presented at 5th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature PPSN 1998, Amsterdam

It is sometimes claimed that genetic algorithms using diploid representations will be more suitable for problems in which the environment changes from time to time, as the additional information stored in the double chromosome will ensure diversity,... Read More about A comparison of dominance mechanisms and simple mutation on non-stationary problems..

An investigation of using music to provide navigation cues. (1998)
Journal Article
LePlâtre, G., & Brewster, S. A. (1998). An investigation of using music to provide navigation cues. Proceedings of the 1998 international conference on Auditory Display(ICAD '98), 19

This paper describes an experiment that investigates new principles for representing hierarchical menus such
as telephone-based interface menus, with non-speech audio. A hierarchy of 25 nodes with a sound for each
node was used. The sounds were des... Read More about An investigation of using music to provide navigation cues..

Improving teamworking skills in undergraduate students through employer involvement (1998)
Book Chapter
Laybourn, P., Goldfinch, J., MacLeod, L., & Stewart, S. (1998). Improving teamworking skills in undergraduate students through employer involvement. In C. Rust (Ed.), Improving Student Learning: Improving Students as Learners. Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development

Reasoning about change over time: actions, events, and their effects. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Knight, B., Peng, T., & Ma, J. (1998, January). Reasoning about change over time: actions, events, and their effects. Presented at Proc. of Formalization of Commonsense Reasoning

Producing robust schedules via an artificial immune system. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., Ross, P., & Nelson, J. (1998, May). Producing robust schedules via an artificial immune system

This paper describes an artificial immune system (AIS) approach
to producing robust schedules for a dynamic jobshop
scheduling problem in which jobs arrive continually,
and the environment is subject to change due to practical
reasons. We investi... Read More about Producing robust schedules via an artificial immune system..

A heuristic combination method for solving job-shop scheduling problems. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., & Ross, P. (1998, September). A heuristic combination method for solving job-shop scheduling problems

This paper describes a heuristic combination based genetic algorithm, (GA), for tackling dynamic job-shop scheduling problems. Our approach is novel in that the genome encodes a choice of algorithm to be used to produce a set of schedulable operation... Read More about A heuristic combination method for solving job-shop scheduling problems..

Networked information: dealing with overload. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hall, H. (1997, November). Networked information: dealing with overload. Presented at LACIG Scotland

In support of peak performance all organisations require optimal information: information that arrives at the right time and in the right format, matching the quality requirements of its potential users (Marcusohn, 1995). In contrast to this, a super... Read More about Networked information: dealing with overload..

An open model-based interface development system: The Teallach approach. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Griffiths, T., McKirdy, J., Paton, N. W., Kennedy, J., Cooper, R., Barclay, P. J., Goble, C., Gray, P., Smyth, M., West, A., & Dinn, A. (1998, June). An open model-based interface development system: The Teallach approach. Presented at DSV-IS '98: 5th International Eurographics Workshop on Design, Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems

The goal of the Teallach project is to provide facilities for the systematic development of interfaces to object databases in a manner which is independent of both a specific underlying database and operating system. Teallach's open architecture als... Read More about An open model-based interface development system: The Teallach approach..

Exploiting model based techniques for user interfaces to databases. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Griffiths, T., McKirdy, J., Forrester, G., Paton, N. W., Kennedy, J., Barclay, P. J., Cooper, R., Goble, C., & Gray, P. (1998, May). Exploiting model based techniques for user interfaces to databases. Presented at ADVANCED VISUAL INTERFACES, VISUAL DATABASE SYSTEMS. International Working Conference - VDB4, 1998

Model-based systems provide methods for supporting the systematic and efficient
development of application interfaces. This paper examines how model-based
technologies can be exploited to develop user interfaces to databases. To this end
five mode... Read More about Exploiting model based techniques for user interfaces to databases..

A lightweight presentation model for database user interfaces. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gray, P., Cooper, R., Kennedy, J., McKirdy, J., Barclay, P. J., & Griffiths, T. (1998, October). A lightweight presentation model for database user interfaces. Presented at ERCIM\'98

The Teallach project is building a system which eases the design and implementation of
user interfaces (web-based or otherwise) to object-oriented database applications. Teallach takes a model
based approach and is constructing its system around th... Read More about A lightweight presentation model for database user interfaces..