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The Design of the IDIOMS Parallel Database Machine (1991)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J. M. (1991, December). The Design of the IDIOMS Parallel Database Machine. Presented at 9th British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD), Wolverhampton Polytechnic, UK

The information retrieval facilities of Generis, a knowledge base management system. (1989)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kennedy, J., & Crerar, A. (1989, April). The information retrieval facilities of Generis, a knowledge base management system. Presented at 11th Information Retrieval Research Colloquium, 1989

The authors have been working closely with Deductive Systems Ltd. (DSL) in beta testing Generis, a new KBMS product. The paper focuses on Generis' document management facilities which offer a potentially powerful mechanism for automatic indexing, key... Read More about The information retrieval facilities of Generis, a knowledge base management system..

Design, abstract data types and occam (1989)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J., Wright, S., & Oates, R. (1989, April). Design, abstract data types and occam. Presented at 10th Occam User Group Technical Meeting, Enschede, The Netherlands

A design methodology is presented whereby abstract data types are mapped onto occam processes. For each function a command and reply protocol is specified. Attention is paid to the formal specification. The method may be useful in obtaining a paralle... Read More about Design, abstract data types and occam.

The Use of Sigmoids in Modelling and Forecasting Human Populations (1988)
Journal Article
Raeside, R. (1988). The Use of Sigmoids in Modelling and Forecasting Human Populations. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 151(3), 499. https://doi.org/10.2307/2982997

The use of sigmoid trend models, particularly the logistic model, was once popular among demographers. However, by 1940 the approach had fallen out of favour, being criticized for giving poor results and having no theoretical validity, and it was con... Read More about The Use of Sigmoids in Modelling and Forecasting Human Populations.

Experience with Adaptive Interfaces (1988)
Journal Article
Benyon, D., & Murray, D. (1988). Experience with Adaptive Interfaces. Computer Journal, 31(5), 465-473. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/31.5.465

Over the last few years, adaptive interfaces have become a focus of research. In HCI one system is Monitor, which formed the basis of an adaptive interfaces project funded by the National Physical Laboratory. This paper describes our experiences in w... Read More about Experience with Adaptive Interfaces.

Communicating parallel processes (1986)
Journal Article
Kerridge, J., & Simpson, D. (1986). Communicating parallel processes. Software: Practice and Experience, 16(1), 63-86. https://doi.org/10.1002/spe.4380160106

By considering the problem of an event timer it is shown that the commonly available synchronizing facilities (monitors, CSP, distributed processes) are not able to always satisfactorily model the requirements of several processes which must run in p... Read More about Communicating parallel processes.

PATCOSY--A Database System for the National Health Service (1976)
Journal Article
Kerridge, J. M. (1976). PATCOSY--A Database System for the National Health Service. Computer Journal, 19(2), 98-103. https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/19.2.98

PATCOSY (PATient COmputer SYstem) is a data base system which has been designed specifically for the National Health Service environment. The structure of PATCOSY therefore reflects the structure and inter-relationships which exist between the inform... Read More about PATCOSY--A Database System for the National Health Service.