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Hyper-heuristics. (2005)
Book Chapter
Ross, P. (2005). Hyper-heuristics. In E. Burke, & G. Kendall (Eds.), Search Methodologies: Introductory Tutorials in Optimization and Decision Support Techniques (529-556). Springer-Verlag

This chapter introduces and overviews an emerging methodology in search and optimisation. One of the key aims of these new approaches, which have been termed hyper-heuristics, is to raise the level of generality at which optimisation systems can oper... Read More about Hyper-heuristics..

Eddy diffusion in the sea: reinterpreting an early experiment. (2005)
Journal Article
Summers, D. (2005). Eddy diffusion in the sea: reinterpreting an early experiment. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 461(2058), 1811-1827. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2004.1433

Over half a century has passed since L. F. Richardson and Henry Stommel conducted their experiment from the pier at Blairmore, Scotland. The relative separations of pairs of immersed floats (made of parsnip) were measured as these became passively tr... Read More about Eddy diffusion in the sea: reinterpreting an early experiment..