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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.

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.

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

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..

A comparison of dominance mechanisms and simple mutation on non-stationary problems. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lewis, J., Hart, E., & Ritchie, G. (1998). A comparison of dominance mechanisms and simple mutation on non-stationary problems. In Parallel Problem Solving from Nature-PPSN V (139-148). https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0056857

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..

Producing robust schedules via an artificial immune system. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., Ross, P., & Nelson, J. (1998). Producing robust schedules via an artificial immune system. In Proceedings of International Conference on Evolutionary Computing (464-469). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEC.1998.699852

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). A heuristic combination method for solving job-shop scheduling problems. In A. E. Eiben, T. Back, M. Schoenauer, & H. Schwefel (Eds.), Parallel Problem Solving from Nature V (845-854). https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0056926

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). A lightweight presentation model for database user interfaces. In C. Stephanidis, & A. Waern (Eds.), 4th ERCIM Workshop on "User Interfaces for All"

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..

Work-in-progress on a simple conversational prop for navigating social space for workshop on Personalised and Social Navigation in Information Space. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., Buckner, K., & Barr, K. (1998, March). Work-in-progress on a simple conversational prop for navigating social space for workshop on Personalised and Social Navigation in Information Space

The authors of this paper are members of Work Package 2 of the Living Memory project, funded by the ESPRIT program under the I3 rubric. Living Memory will explore new intelligent interface interaction and interaction paradigms in the context of a rea... Read More about Work-in-progress on a simple conversational prop for navigating social space for workshop on Personalised and Social Navigation in Information Space..

So-grams: a tool for browsing intranets. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Davenport, E., & Buckner, K. (1998). So-grams: a tool for browsing intranets. In 6th International Symposium on Information Science ISI '98

No abstract available.

A refinement calculus for the development of real-time systems. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, Z., Cau, A., Zedan, H., Liu, X., & Yang, H. (1998). A refinement calculus for the development of real-time systems. In 5th Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference, APSEC '98 (61). https://doi.org/10.1109/APSEC.1998.733588

We present a calculus which can transfer specifications
to objects for the development of real-time systems. The
object model is based on a practical OO development
technique—HRT-HOOD. A real-time logic is specified by
extending a sound formal me... Read More about A refinement calculus for the development of real-time systems..

Beyond navigation as metaphor. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Benyon, D. (1998). Beyond navigation as metaphor. In Proceedings of 2nd European Conference on Digital Libraries (705-716). https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-49653-X_71

With the development of large information spaces such as digital libraries, the notion of user navigation through such spaces has gained prominence. The popular view of navigation is that it is a conscious, goal directed activity in which someone is... Read More about Beyond navigation as metaphor..

Non-amplified pyroelectric PVDF sensors on ceramic and PCB substrates. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Benjamin, K., Armitage, A., & South, R. (1998). Non-amplified pyroelectric PVDF sensors on ceramic and PCB substrates. In N. White (Ed.), Eurosensors XII : proceedings of the 12th European conference, (929-932)

No abstract available.

Road traffic pollution and its effect on the internal environment of buildings. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Capper, G., & Currie, J. (1998). Road traffic pollution and its effect on the internal environment of buildings.

Indoor and outdoor concentrations of various pollutants were measured in a naturally ventilated building in the West End of Edinburgh during and after the period of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to assess the effect upon indoo... Read More about Road traffic pollution and its effect on the internal environment of buildings..

Power and dissidence in radical media. (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Atton, C. (1998, November). Power and dissidence in radical media. Paper presented at Saintsbury Conference: Rewriting democracy - postmodern cultural politics, University of Edinburgh