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Decoupled Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Multiple Autonomous Marine Vehicles (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Volpi, N. C., Smith, S. C., Pascoal, A. M., Simetti, E., Turetta, A., Alibani, M., & Polani, D. (2018). Decoupled Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Multiple Autonomous Marine Vehicles. In OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston. https://doi.org/10.1109/oceans.2018.8604908

There is increasing interest in the deployment and operation of multiple autonomous marine vehicles (AMVs) for a number of challenging scientific and commercial operational mission scenarios. Some of the missions, such as geotechnical surveying and 3... Read More about Decoupled Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Multiple Autonomous Marine Vehicles.

Make restaurants pay your server bills (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Grubenmann, T., Dell’Aglio, D., Bernstein, A., Moor, D., & Seuken, S. (2018). Make restaurants pay your server bills.

So far, the Web of Data (WoD) has only marginally considered the problem of financing itself. In most of the cases, research funds (either public or private) and donations are supporting the creation and maintenance of WoD services. Applying typical... Read More about Make restaurants pay your server bills.

Evaluation Of Antiretroviral Therapy Programme In Primary Health Care Settings In Lesotho-Results (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Nyangu, I., & Nkosi, Z. Z. (2018). Evaluation Of Antiretroviral Therapy Programme In Primary Health Care Settings In Lesotho-Results. In Proceedings of the SADC international conference on postgraduate research for sustainable development (64-71)

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the antiretroviral therapy programme in primary health care setting in Lesotho. Mixed methods research using a convergent parallel design was used to collect data. Registered nurses, midwives, nurse clinician... Read More about Evaluation Of Antiretroviral Therapy Programme In Primary Health Care Settings In Lesotho-Results.

Offloading Energy Efficiency with Delay Constraint for Cooperative Mobile Edge Computing Networks (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Vu, T. T., Huynh, N. V., Hoang, D. T., Nguyen, D. N., & Dutkiewicz, E. (2018). Offloading Energy Efficiency with Delay Constraint for Cooperative Mobile Edge Computing Networks. In 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). https://doi.org/10.1109/glocom.2018.8647856

We propose a novel edge computing network architecture that enables edge nodes to cooperate in sharing computing and radio resources to minimize the total energy consumption of mobile users while meeting their delay requirements. To find the optimal... Read More about Offloading Energy Efficiency with Delay Constraint for Cooperative Mobile Edge Computing Networks.

Reinforcement Learning Approach for RF-Powered Cognitive Radio Network with Ambient Backscatter (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Huynh, N. V., Hoang, D. T., Nguyen, D. N., Dutkiewicz, E., Niyato, D., & Wang, P. (2018). Reinforcement Learning Approach for RF-Powered Cognitive Radio Network with Ambient Backscatter. In 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM). https://doi.org/10.1109/glocom.2018.8647862

For an RF-powered cognitive radio network with ambient backscattering capability, while the primary channel is busy, the RF-powered secondary user (RSU) can either backscatter the primary signal to transmit its own data or harvest energy from the pri... Read More about Reinforcement Learning Approach for RF-Powered Cognitive Radio Network with Ambient Backscatter.

An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Williams, L., & Pennington, D. (2018). An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints. In Twelfth International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance, HAISA 2018, Dundee, Scotland, UK, August 29-31, 2018, Proceedings (49-56)

The ability to allow users to create online communities of interest and to share a variety of personal information, collectively referred to as social media, is gradually being built into an expanding range of applications. Some of these applications... Read More about An authentic self: Big Data and passive digital footprints.

Flexible RFID Patch for Food Spoilage Monitoring (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Yuan, M., Ghannam, R., Karadimas, P., & Heidari, H. (2018). Flexible RFID Patch for Food Spoilage Monitoring. In 2018 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Postgraduate Research in Microelectronics and Electronics (PrimeAsia) (68-71). https://doi.org/10.1109/primeasia.2018.8598134

When food is reversed under an inappropriate situation, for example inadequate temperature, foodstuff would turn rotten as a result of the rapid breed of food spoilage bacteria under warm and wet circumstances where bacteria can be easily generated,... Read More about Flexible RFID Patch for Food Spoilage Monitoring.

Performance Analysis of Support Vector Machine-Based Classifier for Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Jan, S. U., Vu, V. H., & Koo, I. S. (2018). Performance Analysis of Support Vector Machine-Based Classifier for Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks. In 2018 International Conference on Cyber-Enabled Distributed Computing and Knowledge Discovery (CyberC)-. https://doi.org/10.1109/cyberc.2018.00075

In this work, the performance of support vector machine (SVM)-based classifier, applied for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio (CR) networks, is analyzed. A single observation given input to classifier is composed of three statistical features extra... Read More about Performance Analysis of Support Vector Machine-Based Classifier for Spectrum Sensing in Cognitive Radio Networks.

Energy-Efficient Design and Control of a Vibro-Driven Robot (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Liu, P., Neumann, G., Fu, Q., Pearson, S., & Yu, H. (2018). Energy-Efficient Design and Control of a Vibro-Driven Robot. In 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2018.8594322

Vibro-driven robotic (VDR) systems use stick-slip motions for locomotion. Due to the underactuated nature of the system, efficient design and control are still open problems. We present a new energy preserving design based on a spring-augmented pendu... Read More about Energy-Efficient Design and Control of a Vibro-Driven Robot.

Cooperation in Repeated Rock-Paper-Scissors Games in Uncertain Environments (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Andras, P. (2018). Cooperation in Repeated Rock-Paper-Scissors Games in Uncertain Environments. In ALIFE 2018: The 2018 Conference on Artificial Life (404-411). https://doi.org/10.1162/isal_a_00078

Cooperation among selfish individuals provides the fundamentals for social organization among animals and humans. Cooperation games capture this behavior at an abstract level and provide the tools for the analysis of the evolution of cooperation. Her... Read More about Cooperation in Repeated Rock-Paper-Scissors Games in Uncertain Environments.

Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Amplifying the Integration of BIM and Sustainability Principles in Construction Projects: A Delphi Study (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Olawumi, T. O., & Chan, D. W. (2018). Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Amplifying the Integration of BIM and Sustainability Principles in Construction Projects: A Delphi Study. In RICS COBRA 2018: The Construction, Building and Real Estate Research Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

In recent years, there have been significant calls for a more technologically driven construction sector which would not meet the expected standards in quality, time and cost but also integrate sustainable principles in delivering its final products.... Read More about Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Amplifying the Integration of BIM and Sustainability Principles in Construction Projects: A Delphi Study.

Beneficial Factors of Integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Sustainability Practices in Construction Projects (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Olawumi, T. O., & Chan, D. W. (2018). Beneficial Factors of Integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Sustainability Practices in Construction Projects. In Hong Kong International Conference on Engineering and Applied Science (HKICEAS 2018): Conference Proceedings (141-152)

The concepts of Building Information Modelling (BIM) and sustainability are relatively new concepts in the Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry. This paper aims to investigate the perceived benefits of integrating BIM and susta... Read More about Beneficial Factors of Integrating Building Information Modelling (BIM) and Sustainability Practices in Construction Projects.

Zero-Liquid Discharge Desalination of Hypersaline Shale Gas Wastewater: Challenges and Future Directions (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Onishi, V. C., Reyes-Labarta, J. A., & Caballero, J. A. (2018). Zero-Liquid Discharge Desalination of Hypersaline Shale Gas Wastewater: Challenges and Future Directions. In Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions: Proceedings of Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-1), Tunisia 2017 (65-67). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_24

Unconventional natural gas extraction from tight shale reservoirs, or “shale gas”, has recently emerged as an attractive energy resource to face the rising worldwide demand.

Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Holmes, P. (2018). Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound. In A. Abraham, P. Sagar, & T. Thapa (Eds.), Letters to the Future: Cumulus Conference Proceedings Bengaluru 2017 (48-51)

In this installation, the artist manipulates the speed and duration of the sounds made by his digestive tract before, during, and after the consumption of a meal. Gordon (1993) discovered hidden performative meaning within moving images subjected to... Read More about Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound.

Institutional Perspectives Shaping Trust Relationships among Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Omeihe, K., Saud Khan, M., Ahmed Dakhan, S., & Amoako, I. (2018). Institutional Perspectives Shaping Trust Relationships among Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries.

Principal Topics: There is a growing concern that entrepreneurial behaviour has to be understood in the context in which it occurs. This includes the institutional context in which the entrepreneur operates (Welter and Smallbone, 2011; Martinelli, 2... Read More about Institutional Perspectives Shaping Trust Relationships among Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries.

All We Need Is Trust: Trust In West African Cross Border Networks (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Omeihe, K. O., Gustafsson, V., Amoako, I. O., & Saud Khan, M. (2018). All We Need Is Trust: Trust In West African Cross Border Networks. In Proceedings of the 32nd British Academy of Management Conference

This paper aims to develop an understanding of trust in cross border trade networks dominating West African markets. To date most of the literature on trust and network relationships reveal a paucity of studies about West African traders. This paper... Read More about All We Need Is Trust: Trust In West African Cross Border Networks.

Multi-Port Power Conversion Systems for the More Electric Aircraft (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Gu, C., Zhang, H., Buticchi, G., Sala, G., Galassini, A., Papadopoulos, S., & Degano, M. (2018). Multi-Port Power Conversion Systems for the More Electric Aircraft. . https://doi.org/10.1109/iecon.2018.8592915

In the framework of the More Electric Aircraft (MEA), weight reduction and energy efficiency constitute the key figures. In addition to these requirements, the safety and the continuity of operation is of critical importance. These sets of desired fe... Read More about Multi-Port Power Conversion Systems for the More Electric Aircraft.

Learning from limited datasets: Implications for Natural Language Generation and Human-Robot Interaction (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Belakova, J., & Gkatzia, D. (2018). Learning from limited datasets: Implications for Natural Language Generation and Human-Robot Interaction. In Proceedings of the Workshop on NLG for Human–Robot Interaction (8-11)

One of the most natural ways for human robot communication is through spoken language. Training human-robot interaction systems require access to large datasets which are expensive to obtain and labour intensive. In this paper, we des... Read More about Learning from limited datasets: Implications for Natural Language Generation and Human-Robot Interaction.