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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.

Policy context for dual diagnosis service delivery (2008)
Journal Article
Hughes, L., & Kipping, C. (2008). Policy context for dual diagnosis service delivery. Advances in dual diagnosis, 1(1), 4-8. https://doi.org/10.1108/17570972200800002

This paper aims to provide an overview of the policy guidance and will begin with an introduction and overview of policy development during this period; then focus on the more specific guidance in four broad areas: dual diagnosis specific guidance, r... Read More about Policy context for dual diagnosis service delivery.

A pilot of team-based dual diagnosis training for assertive Outreach teams (2008)
Journal Article
Hughes, L., Tobin, D., McGlynn, P., & Heffernan, K. (2008). A pilot of team-based dual diagnosis training for assertive Outreach teams. Advances in dual diagnosis, 1(2), 6-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/17570972200800011

Assertive outreach teams are working with a significant proportion of people with complex needs, including dual diagnosis. Government policy has highlighted the role of assertive outreach in engaging and intervening with this group. This paper report... Read More about A pilot of team-based dual diagnosis training for assertive Outreach teams.

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.

Names Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt (2008)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R. (2008). Names Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt. In J. C. Hawley (Ed.), LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopaedia. Greenwood Press

Services Made in Germany — Markierung von Dienstleistungen mit dem Herkunftsland (2008)
Book Chapter
Ahlert, D., Michaelis, M., Backhaus, C., & Woisetschläger, D. (2008). Services Made in Germany — Markierung von Dienstleistungen mit dem Herkunftsland. In M. Bruhn, & B. Stauss (Eds.), Dienstleistungsmarken (101-119). Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-9663-3_5

„Made in Germany“ - dieses Gütesiegel steht in den Köpfen der Verbraucher seit jeher für Qualität und Zuverlässigkeit. In der Automobilindustrie, bei Werkzeugmaschinen, der chemischen Industrie und vielen weiteren Branchen genießen deutsche Produkte... Read More about Services Made in Germany — Markierung von Dienstleistungen mit dem Herkunftsland.

Der Einfluss von Organisationsstruktur und Aufgabenkomplexität auf Teamperformance (2008)
Book Chapter
Evanschitzky, H., Backhaus, C., Woisetschläger, D., & Ahlert, D. (2008). Der Einfluss von Organisationsstruktur und Aufgabenkomplexität auf Teamperformance. In G. Schreyögg, & P. Conrad (Eds.), Gruppen und Teamorganisation (1-34). Gabler. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8349-9886-6_1

In kooperativen Unternehmensnetzwerken steht das Netzwerkmanagement vor der Herausforderung, dezentrale Managementverantwortung und zentralistischen Systemhintergrund miteinander zu kombinieren. Dabei stellt sich die Frage, welche Ausprägungen von Ko... Read More about Der Einfluss von Organisationsstruktur und Aufgabenkomplexität auf Teamperformance.

Towards a service-enabled distributed router architecture (2008)
Journal Article
Chrysoulas, C., Haleplidis, E., Kostopoulos, G., Haas, R., Denazis, S., & Koufopavlou, O. (2008). Towards a service-enabled distributed router architecture. IET Circuits, Devices and Systems, 2(1), 60-68. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cds%3A20070041

Modelling is an essential tool in the development and assessment of new concepts. The authors propose an architecture for the next-generation gigabit distributed active router that was designed and implemented in the IST project, FlexiNET. In the Fle... Read More about Towards a service-enabled distributed router architecture.

Business Strategy, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Small Firms in the UK and US (2008)
Book Chapter
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2008). Business Strategy, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Small Firms in the UK and US. In C. van Beers, A. Kleinknecht, R. Ortt, & R. Verburg (Eds.), Determinants of Innovative Behaviour: A Firm’s Internal Practices and its External Environment. Palgrave Macmillan

There is a large and growing literature on the relationship between the use of human resource management practices on the one hand, and corporate performance on the other (see for example Appelbaum et al., 2000; Guest et al., 2000; Huselid and Becker... Read More about Business Strategy, Human Resource Management and Corporate Performance: Evidence from Small Firms in the UK and US.

Human resource management and corporate performance: Evidence from UK and US small firms (2008)
Book Chapter
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2008). Human resource management and corporate performance: Evidence from UK and US small firms. In R. Barrett, & S. Mayson (Eds.), International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRM. Edward Elgar Publishing

Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2008). Human resource management and corporate performance: Evidence from UK and US small firms. In R. Barrett, & S. Mayson (Eds.), International Handbook of Entrepreneurship and HRM. Edward Elgar Publishing.

QoE-aware QoS management (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Agboma, F., & Liotta, A. (2008, November). QoE-aware QoS management. Presented at 6th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, Linz, Austria

The streaming of multimedia contents (e.g., Mobile TV) is a bandwidth intensive service. The network operator's aim is to provide an acceptable user experience at minimal network resource usage. It is important from the network operator's perspective... Read More about QoE-aware QoS management.

QoE analysis of a peer-to-peer television system (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Agboma, F., Smy, M., & Liotta, A. (2008, July). QoE analysis of a peer-to-peer television system. Presented at IADIS International Conference Telecommunications, Networks and Systems 2008 (part of MCCSIS 2008), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Peer-to-peer (P2P) TV technology is seen as an emerging alternative to the current systems of providing TV channels and video services over the Internet. However, little information is available on users' Quality of Experience (QoE) on P2P systems. W... Read More about QoE analysis of a peer-to-peer television system.

Peer-to-Peer Session Initiation Protocol in highly volatile environments (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Oredope, A., Liotta, A., Roper, I., & Morphett, J. (2008, September). Peer-to-Peer Session Initiation Protocol in highly volatile environments. Presented at 2008 The Second International Conference on Next Generation Mobile Applications, Services, and Technologies, Cardiff, Wales

The session initiation protocol (SIP) is an IETF standardised protocol for multimedia signalling and communication over the internet. SIP has been used in many deployments in client-server architecture. However, this configuration potentially possess... Read More about Peer-to-Peer Session Initiation Protocol in highly volatile environments.

Mesh based P2P streaming over MANETs (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Qadri, N. N., Alhaisoni, M., & Liotta, A. (2008, November). Mesh based P2P streaming over MANETs. Presented at MoMM '08: 6th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia, Linz, Austria

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) systems and Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) have been the subject of intensive studies in recent years. These two areas have, however, developed independently from each other so there is not sufficient data to verify whether the P2... Read More about Mesh based P2P streaming over MANETs.

A comparative analysis of routing protocols for MANETs (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Qadri, N. N., & Liotta, A. (2008, July). A comparative analysis of routing protocols for MANETs. Presented at IADIS Wireless Applications and Computing, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANETs) introduce a new communication paradigm, which does not require a fixed infrastructure - they rely on wireless terminals for routing and transport services. Typical research issues of MANETs include adaptability to netw... Read More about A comparative analysis of routing protocols for MANETs.

JCSPre: the Robot Edition to Control LEGO NXT Robots (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J., Panayotopoulos, A., & Lismore, P. (2008, September). JCSPre: the Robot Edition to Control LEGO NXT Robots. Presented at 31st Communicating Process Architectures Conference, CPA 2008, University of York, UK

JCSPre is a highly reduced version of the JCSP (Communicating Sequential Processes for Java) parallel programming environment. JCSPre has been implemented on a LEGO Mindstorms NXT brick using the LeJOS Java runtime environment. The LeJOS environment... Read More about JCSPre: the Robot Edition to Control LEGO NXT Robots.