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Novel decision model based on mixed chase and level strategy for aggregate production planning under uncertainty: Case study in beverage industry (2017)
Journal Article
Jamalnia, A., Yang, J., Xu, D., & Feili, A. (2017). Novel decision model based on mixed chase and level strategy for aggregate production planning under uncertainty: Case study in beverage industry. Computers and Industrial Engineering, 114, 54-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2017.09.044

The present study proposes a novel decision model to aggregate production planning (APP) decision making problem based on mixed chase and level strategy under uncertainty where the market demand acts as the main source of uncertainty. By taking into... Read More about Novel decision model based on mixed chase and level strategy for aggregate production planning under uncertainty: Case study in beverage industry.

Regulation of the EU Insurance Market. Impact of the Lamfalussy Structure on EU Insurance Acts (2017)
Journal Article
Kunertová, T. (2017). Regulation of the EU Insurance Market. Impact of the Lamfalussy Structure on EU Insurance Acts. The Lawyer Quarterly, 7(2),

Financial services represent a highly regulated area under the law of the European Union. Insurance industry is not an exception. Day by day Member States, insurers and as a consequence consumers as well, have to deal with an avalanche of coming byla... Read More about Regulation of the EU Insurance Market. Impact of the Lamfalussy Structure on EU Insurance Acts.

The BURCHAK corpus: A challenge data set for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Yu, Y., Eshghi, A., Mills, G., & Lemon, O. J. (2017). The BURCHAK corpus: A challenge data set for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings. In Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop on Vision and Language

We motivate and describe a new freely available human-human dialogue data set for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings through ostensive definition by a tutor to a learner. The data has been collected using a novel, character-by-ch... Read More about The BURCHAK corpus: A challenge data set for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings.

Alana: Social dialogue using an ensemble model and a ranker trained on user feedback (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Papaioannou, I., Curry, A. C., Part, J. L., Shalyminov, I., Xu, X., Yu, Y., …Lemon, O. (2017). Alana: Social dialogue using an ensemble model and a ranker trained on user feedback. In 1st Proceedings of Alexa Prize

We describe our Alexa prize system (called ‘Alana’) which consists of an ensemble of bots, combining rule-based and machine learning systems, and using a contextual ranking mechanism to choose system responses. This paper reports on the version of th... Read More about Alana: Social dialogue using an ensemble model and a ranker trained on user feedback.

VOILA: An optimised dialogue system for interactively learning visually-grounded word meanings (demonstration system) (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Yu, Y., Eshghi, A., & Lemon, O. (2017). VOILA: An optimised dialogue system for interactively learning visually-grounded word meanings (demonstration system). In Proceedings of the 18th Annual SIGdial Meeting on Discourse and Dialogue (197-200)

We present VOILA: an optimised, multi-modal dialogue agent for interactive learning of visually grounded word meanings from a human user. VOILA is: (1) able to learn new visual categories interactively from users from scratch; (2) trained on real hum... Read More about VOILA: An optimised dialogue system for interactively learning visually-grounded word meanings (demonstration system).

Decentralizing the Semantic Web: Who Will Pay to Realize It? (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Grubenmann, T., Dell'Aglio, D., Bernstein, A., Moor, D., & Seuken, S. (2017). Decentralizing the Semantic Web: Who Will Pay to Realize It?. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Decentralizing the Semantic Web 2017 co-located with 16th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2017)

Fueled by enthusiasm of volunteers, government subsidies, and open data legislation, the Web of Data (WoD) has enjoyed a phenomenal growth. Commercial data, however, has been stuck in proprietary silos, as the monetization strategy for sharing data i... Read More about Decentralizing the Semantic Web: Who Will Pay to Realize It?.

Shared Value in SMEs: Evidence from Europe (2017)
Book
Berberich, R. (2017). Shared Value in SMEs: Evidence from Europe. Independently published

Master Thesis in Strategic Project Management concerning 'Shared Value in SMEs'. Shared Value, as a new concept in CSR aims to offer a route to social responsibility that not only 'does good' but is also financially beneficial for the originator.

Creating Shared Value and Increasing Project Success by Stakeholder Collaboration: A Case in European Manufacturing (2017)
Book Chapter
Berberich, R. (2017). Creating Shared Value and Increasing Project Success by Stakeholder Collaboration: A Case in European Manufacturing. In M. A. Camilleri (Ed.), CSR 2.0 and the New Era of Corporate Citizenship. IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1842-6.ch006

This chapter introduces the idea of accessing new resources by collaborative interaction with stakeholders to optimize the value chain and product development process. It is acknowledged that Creating Shared Value (CSV) could be a value driver by rev... Read More about Creating Shared Value and Increasing Project Success by Stakeholder Collaboration: A Case in European Manufacturing.

Introduction (2017)
Book Chapter
Alder, E. (2017). Introduction. In The Island of Doctor Moreau & Other Stories (x-xxvii). Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions

Project sanitarium: playing tuberculosis to its end game (2017)
Journal Article
Donald, I., Meyer, K. A., Brengman, J., Gillespie, S. H., & Bowness, R. (2017). Project sanitarium: playing tuberculosis to its end game. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 29, 599--617. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12528-017-9145-1

Interdisciplinary and collaborative projects between industry and academia provide exceptional opportunities for learning. Project Sanitarium is a serious game for Windows PC and Tablet which aims to embed learning about tuberculosis (TB) through the... Read More about Project sanitarium: playing tuberculosis to its end game.

The gamification of cybersecurity training (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Coull, N., Donald, I., Ferguson, I., Keane, E., Mitchell, T., Smith, O. V., …Tomkins, P. (2017). The gamification of cybersecurity training. In F. Tian, C. Gatzidis, A. El Rhalibi, W. Tang, & F. Charles (Eds.), E-learning and games (108--111). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65849-0_13

Due to the rapidly and continued evolving nature of technology, there is a constant need to update police officers{\textquoteright} training in cyber security to ensure that the UK continues to be a secure place to live and do business. Rather than d... Read More about The gamification of cybersecurity training.

Photovoltaics fundamentals, technology and application (2017)
Book Chapter
Messenger, R., Goswami, D. Y., Upadhyaya, H. M., Sundaram, S., Ivaturi, A., Buecheler, S., & Tiwari, A. N. (2017). Photovoltaics fundamentals, technology and application. In D. Yogi Goswami, & F. Kreith (Eds.), Energy Conversion (765-850). Boca Raton: CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781315374192-20

Photovoltaic (PV) conversion is the direct conversion of sunlight into electricity with no intervening heat engine. This chapter briefly reviews the physics of PV electrical generation, followed by a discussion of the PV system design process. The PV... Read More about Photovoltaics fundamentals, technology and application.

Forensic analysis of large capacity digital storage devices (2017)
Thesis
Penrose, P. (2017). Forensic analysis of large capacity digital storage devices. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University

Digital forensic laboratories are failing to cope with the volume of digital evidence required to be analysed. The ever increasing capacity of digital storage devices only serves to compound the problem. In many law enforcement agencies a form of adm... Read More about Forensic analysis of large capacity digital storage devices.

Perceptions of the Trinidad carnival experience from international travel bloggers (2017)
Book Chapter
Holder, A., & Scott, N. (2017). Perceptions of the Trinidad carnival experience from international travel bloggers. In N. Scott, J. Gao, & J. Ma (Eds.), Visitor experience design (248-260). CAB International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781786391896.0248

This chapter presents a case study of the Trinidad and Tobago carnival experience and focuses on international travel bloggers' perceptions of the carnival. This study epitomizes a wide array of sensory and affective dimensions of the carnival experi... Read More about Perceptions of the Trinidad carnival experience from international travel bloggers.

Social Tourism (2017)
Book Chapter
Minnaert, L. (2017). Social Tourism. In S. Agarwal, G. Busby, & R. Huang (Eds.), Special Interest Tourism: Concepts, Contexts and Cases (18-27). Wallingford: CAB International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1079/9781780645667.0018

This chapter defines the concept of social tourism, provides a brief overview of its history and development, reviews different social tourism systems, and discusses the potential impacts of social tourism on participants.

Kinematics, dynamics and control of a stabilized platform with a 6-RUS parallel mechanism (2017)
Journal Article
Zhao, Y., Yu, H., Zhang, J., Yang, J., & Zhao, T. (2017). Kinematics, dynamics and control of a stabilized platform with a 6-RUS parallel mechanism. International Journal of Robotics and Automation, 32(3), https://doi.org/10.2316/journal.206.2017.3.206-4918

This paper proposes a new control scheme of a stabilized platform with a 6-revolution universal spherical (6-RUS) parallel mechanism in non-inertial. A kinematics model of the stabilized platform with a 6-RUS parallel mechanism is developed using the... Read More about Kinematics, dynamics and control of a stabilized platform with a 6-RUS parallel mechanism.