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Getting in, getting on: fragility in student and graduate identity (2019)
Journal Article
Smith, S., Sobolewska, E., & Hunter, D. (2019). Getting in, getting on: fragility in student and graduate identity. Higher Education Research and Development, 38(5), 1046-1060. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2019.1612857

Over a period of three years this longitudinal study explored new approaches to consider student identity during the transition from university to employment. Students were followed through a new portfolio-based final year course and beyond universit... Read More about Getting in, getting on: fragility in student and graduate identity.

Future Quantum-to-the-Home (QTTH) All-Optical Networks (Invited Talk) (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Asif, R. (2018, August). Future Quantum-to-the-Home (QTTH) All-Optical Networks (Invited Talk). Presented at 10th International Conference on Advanced Infocomm Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

For imparting data security to the end-users in a archetypal fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network, quantum cryptography (QC) is getting much attention now-a-days. QC or more specifically quantum key distribution (QKD) promises unconditionally secure prot... Read More about Future Quantum-to-the-Home (QTTH) All-Optical Networks (Invited Talk).

Towards reducing complexity of multi-agent simulations by applying model-driven techniques (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hoffman, B., Chalmers, K., Urquhart, N., Farrenkopf, T., & Guckert, M. (2018, June). Towards reducing complexity of multi-agent simulations by applying model-driven techniques. Presented at International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems PAAMS 2018, Toledo, Spain

Creating multi-agent simulations is a challenging task often requiring programming skills at the professional software developer level. Model driven methods of software development are an appropriate tool for reducing the complexity of the developmen... Read More about Towards reducing complexity of multi-agent simulations by applying model-driven techniques.

A Domain-Specific Language For Routing Problems (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hoffmann, B., Guckert, M., Farrenkopf, T., Chalmers, K., & Urquhart, N. (2018, May). A Domain-Specific Language For Routing Problems. Presented at 32nd Conference on Modelling and Simulation

Vehicle Routing Problems (VRPs) are commonly used as benchmark optimisation problems and they also have many applications in industry. Using agent-based approaches to solve VRPs allows the analysis of dynamic VRP instances that incorporate congestion... Read More about A Domain-Specific Language For Routing Problems.

Blending Pre-formulation Metrics with Molecular Calculations to Facilitate Aerosol Product Formulation (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Murnane, D., Ramachandran, V., Hammond, R., Pickering, J., Roberts, K., Soufian, M., Forbes, B., Jaffari, S., Martin, G., Collins, E., & Pencheva, K. (2016, April). Blending Pre-formulation Metrics with Molecular Calculations to Facilitate Aerosol Product Formulation. Presented at Respiratory Drug Delivery

In silico modeling using synthonic engineering provides a powerful tool to assist quality by design (QbD) strategies by facilitating the study of molecular forces of interaction between formulation components such as carrier particles and active phar... Read More about Blending Pre-formulation Metrics with Molecular Calculations to Facilitate Aerosol Product Formulation.

When is bigger better? The effects of group size on the evolution of helping behaviours: Effects of group size on evolution of helping (2016)
Journal Article
Powers, S. T., & Lehmann, L. (2017). When is bigger better? The effects of group size on the evolution of helping behaviours: Effects of group size on evolution of helping. Biological Reviews, 92(2), 902-920. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12260

Understanding the evolution of sociality in humans and other species requires understanding how selection on social behaviour varies with group size. However, the effects of group size are frequently obscured in the theoretical literature, which ofte... Read More about When is bigger better? The effects of group size on the evolution of helping behaviours: Effects of group size on evolution of helping.

Integrating twitter traffic information with kalman filter models for public transportation vehicle arrival time prediction (2016)
Book Chapter
Abidin, A. F., Kolberg, M., & Hussain, A. (2016). Integrating twitter traffic information with kalman filter models for public transportation vehicle arrival time prediction. In M. Trovati, R. Hill, A. Anjum, S. Ying Zhu, & L. Liu (Eds.), Big-Data Analytics and Cloud Computing: Theory, Algorithms and Applications (67-82). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25313-8_5

Accurate bus arrival time prediction is key for improving the attractiveness of public transport, as it helps users better manage their travel schedule. This paper proposes a model of bus arrival time prediction, which aims to improve arrival time ac... Read More about Integrating twitter traffic information with kalman filter models for public transportation vehicle arrival time prediction.

Understanding Iconography: a method to allow rich picture interpretation to improve (2013)
Thesis
Berg, T. Understanding Iconography: a method to allow rich picture interpretation to improve. (Thesis). Heriot-Watt University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7207

Information Systems for complex situations often fail to adequately deliver quality and suitability. One reason for this failure is an inability to identify comprehensive user requirements. Seldom do all stakeholders, especially those "invisible‟ or... Read More about Understanding Iconography: a method to allow rich picture interpretation to improve.

Binary matrix for pedestrian tracking in infrared images (2013)
Thesis
Grama, K. Binary matrix for pedestrian tracking in infrared images. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6153

The primary goal of this thesis is to present a robust low compute cost pedestrian tracking system for use with thermal infra-red images. Pedestrian tracking employs two distinct image analysis tasks, pedestrian detection and path tracking. This thes... Read More about Binary matrix for pedestrian tracking in infrared images.

An Investigation into Visual Graph Comparison (2012)
Thesis
Melville, A. G. An Investigation into Visual Graph Comparison. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7560

Information Visualisation is extensively used in single graph analysis. However, relatively little work has been done in the field of graph comparison. This work examines and compares the use of two standard graph representations in this area, the No... Read More about An Investigation into Visual Graph Comparison.

A simulation based decision making approach in bunkering. (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moeller, D., Friedrichs, S., Cullinane, K., Schroer, B., & Anderson, M. (2012, May). A simulation based decision making approach in bunkering. Paper presented at AlaSim International

Design Issues for Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games. (2010)
Journal Article
Fan, L., Trinder, P., & Taylor, H. (2010). Design Issues for Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games. International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, 4, 108-125. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAMC.2010.032138

Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) are increasing in both popularity and scale, and while classical Client/Server (C/S) architectures convey some benefits, they suffer from significant technical and commercial drawbacks. This realisation has... Read More about Design Issues for Peer-to-Peer Massively Multiplayer Online Games..

Representation and Decision Making in the Immune System (2010)
Thesis
McEwan, C. Representation and Decision Making in the Immune System. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4157

The immune system has long been attributed cognitive capacities such as "recognition" of pathogenic agents; "memory" of previous infections; "regulation" of a cavalry of detector and effector cells; and "adaptation" to a changing environment and evo... Read More about Representation and Decision Making in the Immune System.

Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC Host Allocation on P2P MMOGs. (2010)
Journal Article
Fan, L., Trinder, P., & Taylor, H. (2010). Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC Host Allocation on P2P MMOGs. International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication, 4, 140-153. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJAMC.2010.032140

We present the design, implementation and evaluation of Deadline-Driven Auctions (DDAs), a novel task-mapping infrastructure for heterogeneous distributed environments. DDA is primarily designed for hosting Non-Player Characters (NPCs) in P2P Massive... Read More about Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC Host Allocation on P2P MMOGs..

Building low CO2 solutions to the vehicle routing problem with time windows using an evolutionary algorithm. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N. B., Hart, E., & Scott, C. (2010, July). Building low CO2 solutions to the vehicle routing problem with time windows using an evolutionary algorithm. Presented at International Conference on Evolutionary Computation, Barcelona, Spain

An evolutionary Multi-Objective Algorithm (MOA) is used to investigate the trade-off between CO2 savings, distance and number of vehicles used in a typical vehicle routing problem with Time Windows (VRPTW). A problem set is derived containing three... Read More about Building low CO2 solutions to the vehicle routing problem with time windows using an evolutionary algorithm..

Performance modelling and optimazation of integrated wireless LANs and multi-hop Mesh networks (2009)
Journal Article
Min, G., Wu, Y., Li, K., & Al-Dubai, A. (2009). Performance modelling and optimazation of integrated wireless LANs and multi-hop Mesh networks. International Journal of Communication Systems, 23, 1111-1126. https://doi.org/10.1002/dac.1074

The increasing demand for the coverage of high-speed wireless local area networks (WLANs) is driving the installation of a very large number of access points (APs). Wireless mesh networks (WMNs) have emerged as a promising technology in the next gene... Read More about Performance modelling and optimazation of integrated wireless LANs and multi-hop Mesh networks.

Solving vehicle routing problems using multipleant colonies and deterministic approaches (2007)
Thesis
Sa'adah, S. Solving vehicle routing problems using multipleant colonies and deterministic approaches. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9469

In the vehicle routing problem with time windows VRPTW, there arc two main objectives. The primary objective is to reduce the number of vehicles, the secondary one is to minimise the total distance travelled by all vehicles. This thesis describes som... Read More about Solving vehicle routing problems using multipleant colonies and deterministic approaches.

Five-valued circuit quantitative theory and design of five-valued twisted-ring. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, P., Liu, Y., Yang, M., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2005, October). Five-valued circuit quantitative theory and design of five-valued twisted-ring

This paper presents a six-valued algebra in order to form the theory of three essential elements for five-valued circuits, which is a mathematical tool for quantitative investigation on five-valued circuits. Based on the theory, the component level c... Read More about Five-valued circuit quantitative theory and design of five-valued twisted-ring..