Evaluation of a genetic representation for outline shapes (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lapok, P., Lawson, A., & Paechter, B. (2017, July). Evaluation of a genetic representation for outline shapes. Presented at Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion on - GECCO '17

This work in progress focuses on the evaluation of a genetic representation for outline shapes for planar mechanical levers which addresses the first stage of the complex real-world problem of modelling and evolving planar mechanical lever systems. T... Read More about Evaluation of a genetic representation for outline shapes.

Combining parallel coordinates with multi-objective evolutionary algorithms in a real-world optimisation problem (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N. (2017, June). Combining parallel coordinates with multi-objective evolutionary algorithms in a real-world optimisation problem. Presented at Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference Companion on - GECCO '17

Optimisation problems based upon real-world instances often contain many objectives. Many existing Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm techniques return a set of solutions from which the user must make a final selection; typically such a set of so... Read More about Combining parallel coordinates with multi-objective evolutionary algorithms in a real-world optimisation problem.

Evolving solution choice and decision support for a real-world optimisation problem (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N., & Fonzone, A. (2017, July). Evolving solution choice and decision support for a real-world optimisation problem. Presented at Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference on - GECCO '17, Berlin, Germany

Agencies who provide social care services typically have to optimise staff allocations and the travel whilst attempting to satisfy conflicting objectives. In such cases it is desirable to have a range of solutions to choose from, allowing the agenc... Read More about Evolving solution choice and decision support for a real-world optimisation problem.

Defection (2017)
Book Chapter
Powers, S. T. (2017). Defection. In Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science (1-4). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_1616-1

No abstract available.

Monkeypuzzle: Towards Next Generation, Free & Open-Source, Argument Analysis Tools (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Douglas, J., & Wells, S. (2017, June). Monkeypuzzle: Towards Next Generation, Free & Open-Source, Argument Analysis Tools. Paper presented at The 17th International Workshop on Computation Models of Natural Argument (CMNA17)

We introduce a new, free, open-source, web-based argument analysis tool called Monkeypuzzle. This is designed to provide both a foundation for creating and visualising reproducible argument analyses as well as a flexible framework for investigating n... Read More about Monkeypuzzle: Towards Next Generation, Free & Open-Source, Argument Analysis Tools.

Controlled biped balanced locomotion and climbing. (2016)
Book Chapter
Kenwright, B. (2016). Controlled biped balanced locomotion and climbing. In D. Zhang, & B. Wei (Eds.), Dynamic Balancing of Mechanisms and Synthesizing of Parallel Robots (447-456). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17683-3_17

This chapter describes the control principles necessary for an articulated biped model to accomplish balanced locomotion during walking and climbing. we explain the synthesizes mechanism for coordinated control of lower body joints (i.e. ankle, hip a... Read More about Controlled biped balanced locomotion and climbing..

How to Talk to Strangers: generating medical reports for first time users (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Gkatzia, D., Rieser, V., & Lemon, O. (2016, July). How to Talk to Strangers: generating medical reports for first time users. Presented at FUZZ-IEEE 2016

We propose a novel approach for handling first-time
users in the context of automatic report generation from timeseries
data in the health domain. Handling first-time users is
a common problem for Natural Language Generation (NLG)
and interactive... Read More about How to Talk to Strangers: generating medical reports for first time users.

The institutional approach for modeling the evolution of human societies (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Powers, S. (2016, July). The institutional approach for modeling the evolution of human societies. Presented at Artificial Life 2016

Artificial Life is concerned with understanding the dynamics of human societies. A defining feature of any human society is its institutions. However, defining exactly what an institution is has proven difficult, with authors often talking past each... Read More about The institutional approach for modeling the evolution of human societies.

Large-scale Argument Visualization (LSAV) (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khartabil, D., Wells, S., & Kennedy, J. (2016, June). Large-scale Argument Visualization (LSAV). Presented at 18th EG/VGTC Conference on Visualization

Arguments are structures of premises and conclusions that underpin rational reasoning processes. Within complex knowledge domains, especially if they are contentious, argument structures can become large and complex. Visualization tools have been dev... Read More about Large-scale Argument Visualization (LSAV).

Demo paper: AGADE - Scalability of ontology based agent simulations (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Farrenkopf, T., Guckert, M., Urquhart, N. B., & Wells, S. (2016, June). Demo paper: AGADE - Scalability of ontology based agent simulations. Presented at 14th International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Sevilla, Spain

Simulations of real world scenarios often require considerably
large numbers of agents. With increasing level of detail and resolution
in the underlying models machine limitations both in the aspect of
memory and computing power are reached. Even... Read More about Demo paper: AGADE - Scalability of ontology based agent simulations.

A hyper-heuristic ensemble method for static job-shop scheduling. (2016)
Journal Article
Hart, E., & Sim, K. (2016). A hyper-heuristic ensemble method for static job-shop scheduling. Evolutionary Computation, 24(4), 609-635. https://doi.org/10.1162/EVCO_a_00183

We describe a new hyper-heuristic method NELLI-GP for solving job-shop scheduling problems (JSSP) that evolves an ensemble of heuristics. The ensemble adopts a divide-and-conquer approach in which each heuristic solves a unique subset of the instance... Read More about A hyper-heuristic ensemble method for static job-shop scheduling..

Affect, Availability and Presence. (2015)
Book Chapter
Turner, P. (2015). Affect, Availability and Presence. In M. Lombard, F. Biocca, J. Freeman, W. Ijsselsteijn, & R. J. Schaevitz (Eds.), Immersed in Media (59-71). Springer International. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10190-3_4

This chapter is intended to be both theoretical and a little speculative. It draws upon psychological, neuro-dynamic and philosophical sources to create an account of what happens when we experience presence, that is, when we become aware that we are... Read More about Affect, Availability and Presence..

Visual-spatial-motor integration in a cross-section of primary-aged children: implications for assessing risk of Dyslexia (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Piotrowska, B., Willis, A., MacLean, R., Murray, J., & Kerridge, J. (2015, August). Visual-spatial-motor integration in a cross-section of primary-aged children: implications for assessing risk of Dyslexia. Presented at European Conference on Visual Perception (ECVP) 2015

Dyslexia is a common condition characterized by difficulties with reading and writing despite adequate intelligence, education and motivation. Many individuals with dyslexia also have problems integrating visual information over space and time, and /... Read More about Visual-spatial-motor integration in a cross-section of primary-aged children: implications for assessing risk of Dyslexia.

Genetic Programming (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Machado, P., Heywood, M. I., McDermott, J., Castelli, M., García-Sánchez, P., Burelli, P., Risi, S., & Sim, K. (2015, April). Genetic Programming

The 18th European Conference on Genetic Programming (EuroGP) took place during
April 8–10, 2015. Copenhagen, Denmark was the setting, and the Nationalmuseet was
the venue. EuroGP is the only conference exclusively devoted to the evolutionary
gener... Read More about Genetic Programming.

Demo Paper: AGADE Using Communities of Agents to Provide Realistic Feedback in Business Simulations. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Farrenkopf, T., Guckert, M., & Urquhart, N. B. (2015, June). Demo Paper: AGADE Using Communities of Agents to Provide Realistic Feedback in Business Simulations

The need to provide realistic feedback against decisions made
within business games is a requirement if business games are to continue
to remain relevant in training towards increasingly complex business scenarios.
We attempt to address this probl... Read More about Demo Paper: AGADE Using Communities of Agents to Provide Realistic Feedback in Business Simulations..

Multi-Modal employee routing with time windows in an urban environment. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Urquhart, N. B., Hart, E., & Judson, A. (2015, July). Multi-Modal employee routing with time windows in an urban environment

An urban environment provides a number of challenges and opportunities
for organisations faced with the task of scheduling a mobile
workforce. Given a mixed set of public and private transportation
and a list of scheduling constraints, we seek to... Read More about Multi-Modal employee routing with time windows in an urban environment..

Comparative Evaluation of Radio and Audio Logo Sound Designs (2015)
Journal Article
McGregor, I., & Cunningham, S. (2015). Comparative Evaluation of Radio and Audio Logo Sound Designs. Journal of the Audio Engineering Society, 63(11), 876-888. https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2015.0076

This study aims to explore the suitability of capturing designers’ and listeners’ experiences of sound design for a radio drama and audio logos using the repertory grid technique, which is a proven method of information elicitation based on Personal... Read More about Comparative Evaluation of Radio and Audio Logo Sound Designs.

Fall of Humans: Interactive tabletop games and transmedia storytelling. (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dionisio, M., Gujaran, A., Pinto, M., & Esteves, A. (2015, November). Fall of Humans: Interactive tabletop games and transmedia storytelling. Presented at ITS '15 Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Interactive Tabletops & Surfaces

This paper illustrates how transmedia storytelling can help introduce players to interactive tabletop games. To do so, we developed Fall of Humans (FoH), an experience that takes place over two games: Meat factory, a physical card game where players... Read More about Fall of Humans: Interactive tabletop games and transmedia storytelling..

A Pattern Recognition Neural Network Model for Detection and Classification of SQL Injection Attacks (2015)
Journal Article
Moradpoor Sheykhkanloo, N. (2015). A Pattern Recognition Neural Network Model for Detection and Classification of SQL Injection Attacks. International Journal of Computer, Electrical, Automation, Control and Information Engineering, 9(6), 1443-1453

Thousands of organisations store important and confidential information related to them, their customers, and their business partners in databases all across the world. The stored data ranges from less sensitive (e.g. first name, last name, date of b... Read More about A Pattern Recognition Neural Network Model for Detection and Classification of SQL Injection Attacks.

Automatically Detecting Fallacies in System Safety Arguments (2015)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wells, S., Yuan, T., Manandhar, S., & Kelly, T. (2015, October). Automatically Detecting Fallacies in System Safety Arguments. Paper presented at 15th International Workshop on Computational Models of Natural Argument(CMNA15), Bertinoro, Italy

Safety cases play a significant role in the development of safety-critical systems. The key components in a safety case are safety arguments, that are designated to demonstrate that the system is acceptably safe. Inappropriate reasoning with safety a... Read More about Automatically Detecting Fallacies in System Safety Arguments.