All Outputs (144)

Truly distributed control systems using fieldbus technology. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Scott, A., & Buchanan, W. J. (2000). Truly distributed control systems using fieldbus technology. In Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2000. (ECBS 2000) Proceedings. Seventh IEEE International Conference and Workshopon the Issue Date: 2000 (165-173

This paper outlines the three main field bus type standards: FOUNDATION Fieldbus; WorldFIP; and the CAN bus, each of which have great advantages over traditional instrumentation networking technology. The paper shows, using their specification, how t... Read More about Truly distributed control systems using fieldbus technology..

The Prometheus database for taxonomy (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Raguenaud, C., Kennedy, J., & Barclay, P. (2000). The Prometheus database for taxonomy. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Scientific and Statistical Database Management, SSDBM 2000 (250-252). https://doi.org/10.1109/ssdm.2000.869793

This paper presents the work carried out in the Prometheus project and its motivation, taxonomy. Taxonomy presents challenges to common database systems. Because of its complexity and the necessary treatments applied to its data, common database mode... Read More about The Prometheus database for taxonomy.

The Prometheus Taxonomic Model: a practical approach to representing multiple classification. (2000)
Journal Article
Pullan, M. R., Watson, M. F., Kennedy, J., Raguenaud, C., & Hyam, R. (2000). The Prometheus Taxonomic Model: a practical approach to representing multiple classification. Taxon, 49, 55-75

A model for representing taxonomic data in a flexible and dynamic system capable of handling and comparing multiple simultaneous classifications is presented. The Prometheus Taxonomic Model takes as its basis the idea that a taxon can be circumscribe... Read More about The Prometheus Taxonomic Model: a practical approach to representing multiple classification..

Software agents and computer network security. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pikoulas, J., Mannion, M., & Buchanan, W. J. (2000). Software agents and computer network security. In Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2000. (ECBS 2000) Proceedings. Seventh IEEE International Conference and Workshopon the (211-217). https://doi.o

Preventing unauthorised access to corporate information systems is essential for many organisations. To address this problem we built a security enhancement software system using software agents, in which a core software agent resides on a server and... Read More about Software agents and computer network security..

Stone Soup (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paechter, B., Fogarty, T. C., Burke, E., Cumming, A., & Rankin, B. (2000). Stone Soup. In Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling III

LATS 2001 Commercial vehicle model and data review. (2000)
Report
Neffendorf, H., Fearon, J., Collop, M., Wigan, M., Ashley, D., & Donnelly, R. (2000). LATS 2001 Commercial vehicle model and data review

LATS 2001 Consideration of a continuous survey process. (2000)
Report
Neffendorf, H., Ashley, D., Bates, J., Jones, P., Collop, M., Capell, P., & Wigan, M. (2000). LATS 2001 Consideration of a continuous survey process

Windows in buildings: thermal, acoustic, visual and solar performance. (2000)
Book
Muneer, T., & Kubie, J. (2000). Windows in buildings: thermal, acoustic, visual and solar performance. Architectural Press

Are women better drivers than men? (2000)
Book Chapter
Meadows, M. L., & Stradling, S. G. (2000). Are women better drivers than men?. In J. Hartley, & A. Branthwaite (Eds.), The Applied Psychologist (126-146). Buckingham: Open University Press

Are women better drivers than men? As applied social psychologists working in the area of driver behaviour this is a question we often get asked. How should we go about answering it? What - at first sight - appears a straightforward question turns o... Read More about Are women better drivers than men?.

Using ENISpace in designing 3D virtual environments. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCall, R., & Benyon, D. (2000). Using ENISpace in designing 3D virtual environments. In 7th UK VR-SIG 2000 CONFERENCE

Speed and scale up software re-engineering with abstraction patterns and rules. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liu, X., Yang, H., Zedan, H., & Cau, A. (2000). Speed and scale up software re-engineering with abstraction patterns and rules. In International Symposium on Principles of Software Evolution, 2000. Proceedings (90). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPSE.2000.913

Software reengineering is an essential part of software evolution. Two important issues faced by software reengineering techniques are the time involved and the ability to cope with the scale of software systems. Unless these two issues have been add... Read More about Speed and scale up software re-engineering with abstraction patterns and rules..

Future of urban transportation data. (2000)
Book Chapter
Limoges, E., Purvis, C. L., Turner, S., Wigan, M., & Wolf, J. (2000). Future of urban transportation data. In H. Paul (Ed.), Transportation in the new millenium: state of the art and future directions. London, UK: Transportation Research Board

Members of the Transportation Research Board's Committee on Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems (A1D08) lead the research community in many of the following areas: using census data in transportation planning, monitoring traffic and tra... Read More about Future of urban transportation data..

Performance issues of variability design for embedded system product lines. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lewis, O., Mannion, M., & Buchanan, W. J. (2000). Performance issues of variability design for embedded system product lines. In 22nd International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2000

Designing non-speech sounds to support navigation in mobile phone menus. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LePlâtre, G., & Brewster, S. A. (2000). Designing non-speech sounds to support navigation in mobile phone menus.

This paper describes a framework for integrating non-speech audio to hierarchical menu structures where the visual feedback is limited. In the first part of this paper, emphasis is put on how to extract sound design principles from actual navigation... Read More about Designing non-speech sounds to support navigation in mobile phone menus..

Exploring the e-consumer experience: The case of the virtual economy (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Horton, K., Hall, H., Davenport, E., & Rosenbaum, H. (2000). Exploring the e-consumer experience: The case of the virtual economy. In 3rd International Conference (IeC2000): Innovation Through Electronic Commerce

The 1999 employment action plan: interpretation of the entrepreneurship pillar in the UK (2000)
Book Chapter
Hollywood, E., Wallis, E., & Winterton, J. (2000). The 1999 employment action plan: interpretation of the entrepreneurship pillar in the UK. In Contested territory. Entrepreneurship in the European Employment Strategy. European Trade Union Institute

This project examined in detail the Entrepreneurship pillar of the European Employment Strategy. The project addressed the role of Entrepreneurship as a tool for job creation in the UK focusing on the relationship between entrepreneurship and SMEs an... Read More about The 1999 employment action plan: interpretation of the entrepreneurship pillar in the UK.

Enhancing the performance of a GA through visualisation. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hart, E., & Ross, P. (2000). Enhancing the performance of a GA through visualisation. In Proceedings of GECCO-2000

This article describes a new tool for visualising genetic algorithms, (GAs) which is designed in order to allow the implicit mechanisms of the GA | i.e. crossover and mutation | to be thoroughly analysed. This allows the user to determine whether th... Read More about Enhancing the performance of a GA through visualisation..

A comparison of set-based and graph-based visualisations of overlapping classification hierarchies. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graham, M., Kennedy, J., & Hand, C. (2000). A comparison of set-based and graph-based visualisations of overlapping classification hierarchies. In V. Gesu, S. Levialdi, & L. Tarantino (Eds.), 5th Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI 2000)

The visualisation of hierarchical information sets has been a staple of Information Visualisation since the field came into being in the early 1990's. However, at present, support for visualising the correlations between multiple, overlapping sets of... Read More about A comparison of set-based and graph-based visualisations of overlapping classification hierarchies..

La statistical energy analysis come strumento progettuale aplicato all'acustica edilizia (Statistical Energy Analysis as a prediction design tool in building accoustics). (2000)
Journal Article
Fringuellino, M., Smith, S., & Pontillo, M. (2000). La statistical energy analysis come strumento progettuale aplicato all'acustica edilizia (Statistical Energy Analysis as a prediction design tool in building accoustics). Rivista italiana di acustica : organo dell'Associazione italiana di acustica,

Solving CSPs with evolutionary algorithms using self-adaptive constraint weights. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Eiben, A. E., Jansen, B., Michalewicz, Z., & Paechter, B. (2000). Solving CSPs with evolutionary algorithms using self-adaptive constraint weights. In D. Whitley (Ed.), GECCO-2000 : proceedings of the genetic and evolutionary computation conference (128-1

This paper examines evolutionary algorithms (EAs) extended by various penalty-based approaches to solve constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs). In some approaches, the penalties are set in advance and they do not change during a run. In other appro... Read More about Solving CSPs with evolutionary algorithms using self-adaptive constraint weights..