Developing and evaluating a booklet for inclusive design (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dong, H., Keates, S., & Clarkson, P. J. (2004, March). Developing and evaluating a booklet for inclusive design. Presented at 2nd Cambridge Workshop on Universal Access and Assistive Technology (incorporating the 5th Cambridge Workshop on Rehabilitation Robotics): Designing a more inclusive world, Cambridge, UK

The aim of inclusive design is to make products accessible to the widest possible population. Although inclusive design is not a new genre, given that similar ideas already existed in the 1970s, the context today is different from that of thirty year... Read More about Developing and evaluating a booklet for inclusive design.

Insideness-Outsideness: characterizing theexperiences of real and virtual places. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2004, October). Insideness-Outsideness: characterizing theexperiences of real and virtual places

An alternate approach to characterizing and
describing experiences of both real and virtually recreated
places is described both in theoretical and
empirical terms

Winky Dink and you: determining patterns of narrative for interactive television. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Smith, I., Stewart, F., & Turner, P. (2004, March). Winky Dink and you: determining patterns of narrative for interactive television. Presented at 2nd European Conference on Interactive Television: Enhancing the Experience, Brighton, UK

We report on the identification, creation and use of narrative patterns to create an interactive cartoon. We have undertaken an analysis of an American 1950-60’s interactive television cartoon - Winky Dink and You, which gave the illusion of interact... Read More about Winky Dink and you: determining patterns of narrative for interactive television..

Understanding sociotechnical action. (2004)
Book
(2004). K. Horton, E. Davenport, & T. W. Harper (Eds.), Understanding sociotechnical action. Napier University

Human movement behaviour in urban spaces: Implications for the design and modelling of effective pedestrian environments. (2004)
Journal Article
Willis, A., Gjersoe, N., Havard, C., Kerridge, J., & Kukla, R. (2004). Human movement behaviour in urban spaces: Implications for the design and modelling of effective pedestrian environments. Environment and planning. B, Planning & design, 31(6), 805-828. https://doi.org/10.1068/b3060

Despite a burgeoning research effort directed at the design and modelling of effective urban spaces for pedestrians, remarkably little is known about how pedestrians actually negotiate urban spaces. This paper reports the results of a video-based obs... Read More about Human movement behaviour in urban spaces: Implications for the design and modelling of effective pedestrian environments..

Integrated Decision Points for Interactive Movies (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tully, G., & Turner, S. (2006, June). Integrated Decision Points for Interactive Movies. Presented at Second International Conference, TIDSE 2004, Darmstadt, Germany

We describe a study which explores alternative means of communicating decision points in an interactive movie. The two variants used novel, non-disruptive cues embedded in the movie itself: a fade to black and white and a zoom effect accompanied by s... Read More about Integrated Decision Points for Interactive Movies.

Probing the sense of place. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Neill, S., McCall, R., Smyth, M., & Benyon, D. (2004, October). Probing the sense of place. Presented at 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence, Valencia, Spain

This paper describes the application and results of
two studies using a qualitative tool designed to examine
sense of place in relation to presence research in the
BENOGO project. The ‘place probe’ incorporates a
range of techniques aimed at arti... Read More about Probing the sense of place..

A method for designing virtual places. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McCall, R., O'Neill, S., Benyon, D., Smyth, M., & Carroll, F. (2004, October). A method for designing virtual places. Presented at 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence

This paper discusses our experiences of using a
range of methods and techniques to measure the sense of
place in real and virtual environments. The paper
presents a discussion on presence and how this is linked
directly with our sense of place. F... Read More about A method for designing virtual places..

Phase transition properties of clustered travelling salesman problem instances generated with evolutionary computation. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
van Hemert, J. I., & Urquhart, N. B. (2004, September). Phase transition properties of clustered travelling salesman problem instances generated with evolutionary computation. Presented at Parallel Problem Solving From Nature (PPSN) VIII

We introduce a generator that creates problem instances for the Euclidean symmetric travelling salesman problem. To fit real world problems, we look at maps consisting of clustered nodes. Uniform random sampling methods do not result in maps where th... Read More about Phase transition properties of clustered travelling salesman problem instances generated with evolutionary computation..

How to tackle auditory interface aesthetics? Discussion and case study (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
LePlâtre, G., & McGregor, I. (2004, July). How to tackle auditory interface aesthetics? Discussion and case study. Presented at International Conference on Auditory Displays, ICAD'2004, Sydney, Australia

This paper discusses the importance of auditory interface
aesthetics and presents an empirical investigation of sound
aesthetics in context. The theoretical discussion examines the relationship between sound aesthetics and user satisfaction and con... Read More about How to tackle auditory interface aesthetics? Discussion and case study.

A question of realism. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hetherington, R., Crerar, A., & Turner, P. (2004, June). A question of realism

We present the results of an exploratory study investigating the feasibility of using multimedia software to teach life skills to adults with learning difficulties. As a precursor to determining whether the clients would benefit from the software, we... Read More about A question of realism..

Evaluation and multimedia learning objects: towards a human‐centred approach (2004)
Journal Article
McEwan, T., & Cairncross, S. (2004). Evaluation and multimedia learning objects: towards a human‐centred approach. Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 1(2), 101-112. https://doi.org/10.1108/17415650480000015

If initial attempts to incorporate reusable multimedia into university teaching were characterised by the efforts of enthusiasts, the growth of the “Learning Object” economy in recent years requires a more strategic and systems-based approach. While... Read More about Evaluation and multimedia learning objects: towards a human‐centred approach.

Applying user testing data to UEM performance metrics. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chattratichart, J., & Brodie, J. (2004, April). Applying user testing data to UEM performance metrics. Presented at Extended abstracts of the 2004 conference on Human factors and computing systems - CHI '04

The lack of standard assessment criteria for reliably comparing usability evaluation methods (UEMs) is an important gap in HCI knowledge. Recently, metrics for assessing thoroughness, validity, and effectiveness of UEMs, based on user data, have been... Read More about Applying user testing data to UEM performance metrics..

Improving vehicle routing using a customer waiting time colony. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sa'adah, S., Ross, P., & Paechter, B. (2004, April). Improving vehicle routing using a customer waiting time colony

In the vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW), there are 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 paper describes so... Read More about Improving vehicle routing using a customer waiting time colony..

Evolutionary algorithms and their use in the design of sequential logic circuits. (2004)
Journal Article
Ali, B., Almaini, A. E. A., & Kalganova, T. (2004). Evolutionary algorithms and their use in the design of sequential logic circuits. Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines, 5, 11-29. https://doi.org/10.1023/B%3AGENP.0000017009.11392.e2

In this paper an approach based on an evolutionary algorithm to design synchronous sequential logic circuits with minimum number of logic gates is suggested. The proposed method consists of four main stages. The first stage is concerned with the use... Read More about Evolutionary algorithms and their use in the design of sequential logic circuits..

Telling people about virtual places: A qualitative perspective (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., & McGregor, I. (2004, October). Telling people about virtual places: A qualitative perspective. Presented at Presence 2004, Valencia, Spain

This paper presents an investigation into how sound can be used to create a sense of place (that is, the sense of being in that particular place). In the study, people were asked to speak aloud and tell us what they could hear. The analysis of these... Read More about Telling people about virtual places: A qualitative perspective.

A universal character model and ontology of defined terms for taxonomic description. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Paterson, T., Kennedy, J., Pullan, M. R., Cannon, A., Armstrong, K. E., Watson, M. F., Raguenaud, C., McDonald, S. M., & Russell, G. (2004, March). A universal character model and ontology of defined terms for taxonomic description. Presented at Data Integration in the Life Sciences. First International Workshop, DILS 2004

Taxonomists classify biological specimens into groups (taxa) on the basis of similarities between their observed features (characters). The description of these characters is therefore central to taxonomy, but there is currently no agreed model, defi... Read More about A universal character model and ontology of defined terms for taxonomic description..

Unlocking the semantics of Roget's Thesaurus. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Old, L. J. (2004, February). Unlocking the semantics of Roget's Thesaurus. Presented at Second International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis

Roget's Thesaurus is a semantic dictionary that is organized by concepts rather than words. It has an elaborate implicit structure that has not, in the 150 years since its inception, been made explicit. Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) is a tool that ca... Read More about Unlocking the semantics of Roget's Thesaurus..