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The Scottish Mathematics Support Network (2012)
Journal Article
Ahmed, S., & Durkacz, K. (2012). The Scottish Mathematics Support Network. MSOR Connections, 12(2), 42-44. https://doi.org/10.11120/msor.2012.12020042

The preliminary meeting of the Scottish Mathematics Support Network was held at the University of St Andrews on 18 July 2008. The aim of the meeting was to initialise a support network for people working in Scottish Universities and Colleges who were... Read More about The Scottish Mathematics Support Network.

The 4th Scottish Maths Support Network meeting 2011 (2012)
Journal Article
Ahmed, S., Barnes, S., & Durkacz, K. (2012). The 4th Scottish Maths Support Network meeting 2011. MSOR Connections, 12(1), 43-45. https://doi.org/10.11120/msor.2012.12010043

This year the annual meeting of the Scottish Maths Support network (SMSN) was held at the University of Strathclyde on Friday 9 September. Almost all Scottish universities were represented along with one attendee from Ireland. The meeting was organis... Read More about The 4th Scottish Maths Support Network meeting 2011.

Combined vs. Separate Views in Matrix-based Graph Analysis and Comparison. (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Melville, A., Graham, M., & Kennedy, J. (2011, July). Combined vs. Separate Views in Matrix-based Graph Analysis and Comparison. Presented at 15th International Conference Information Visualisation

While much work has been done in the area of visualization for analysis of graphs, relatively little research exists into how best to use visualization for comparing graphs. We have developed a suite of general graph comparison questions that can be... Read More about Combined vs. Separate Views in Matrix-based Graph Analysis and Comparison..

Combining FCA software and Sage. (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Priss, U. (2010, October). Combining FCA software and Sage. Presented at International Conference on Concept Lattices and Their Applications

Process control in an agile supply chain network (2010)
Journal Article
Pearson, M., Masson, R., & Swain, A. (2010). Process control in an agile supply chain network. International Journal of Production Economics, 128(1), 22-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.01.027

The work comprises a new theoretical development applied to aid decision making in an increasingly important commercial sector. Agile supply, where small volumes of high margin, short life cycle innovative products are offered, is increasingly carrie... Read More about Process control in an agile supply chain network.

Data mining trauma injury data using C5.0 and logistic regression to determine factors associated with death. (2009)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Penny, K. I., Chesney, D., Oakley, P., Viglas, S., Templeton, J., & Maffulli, N. (2009). Data mining trauma injury data using C5.0 and logistic regression to determine factors associated with death. International Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management, 10, 16-26. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHTM.2009.023725

Trauma injury data collected over 10 years at a UK hospital are analysed. The data include injury details such as patient age and gender, the mechanism of injury, various measures of injury severity, management interventions, and treatment outcome. L... Read More about Data mining trauma injury data using C5.0 and logistic regression to determine factors associated with death..

Parallelization of the nearest-neighbour search and the cross-validation error evaluation for the kernel weighted k-nn algorithm applied to large data dets in matlab (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rubio, G., Guillen, A., Pomares, H., Rojas, I., Paechter, B., Glosekotter, P., & Torres-Ceballos, C. I. (2009, June). Parallelization of the nearest-neighbour search and the cross-validation error evaluation for the kernel weighted k-nn algorithm applied to large data dets in matlab. Presented at 2009 International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation

The kernel weighted k-nearest neighbours (KWKNN) algorithm is an efficient kernel regression method that achieves competitive results with lower computational complexity than Least-Squares Support Vector Machines and Gaussian Processes. This paper pr... Read More about Parallelization of the nearest-neighbour search and the cross-validation error evaluation for the kernel weighted k-nn algorithm applied to large data dets in matlab.

A Statistical Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents and Casualties in Bangladesh. (2009)
Thesis
Sheikh, M. A Statistical Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents and Casualties in Bangladesh. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2753

A statistical analysis was conducted for road traffic accidents and associated casualties in Bangladesh. This was undertaken in order to assist the policy-makers to take appropriate steps to be reduced the road traffic accidents and the associated ca... Read More about A Statistical Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents and Casualties in Bangladesh..

Eight-node membrane element with drilling degrees of freedom for analysis of in-plane stiffness of thick floor plates (2008)
Journal Article
Zhang, H., & Kuang, J. S. (2008). Eight-node membrane element with drilling degrees of freedom for analysis of in-plane stiffness of thick floor plates. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 76(13), 2117-2136. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.2395

The development of eight-node arbitrary quadrilateral membrane elements with drilling degrees of freedom is presented using the compatible displacement interpolation within the element. The element is considered to develop specifically for analysing... Read More about Eight-node membrane element with drilling degrees of freedom for analysis of in-plane stiffness of thick floor plates.

Techniques for dual forms of Reed–Muller expansion conversion (2008)
Journal Article
Yang, M., Wang, L. Y., Tong, J. R., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2008). Techniques for dual forms of Reed–Muller expansion conversion. Integration : the VLSI journal, 41(1), 113-122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vlsi.2007.02.001

Dual forms of Reed-Muller (DFRM) are implemented in OR/XNOR forms, which are based on the features of coincidence operation. Map folding and transformation techniques are proposed for the conversion between Boolean and DFRM expansions. However, map t... Read More about Techniques for dual forms of Reed–Muller expansion conversion.

Exact minimization of large fixed polarity dual form of reed-muller functions (2007)
Journal Article
Yang, M., Xu, H., Wang, L. Y., Tong, J. R., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2007). Exact minimization of large fixed polarity dual form of reed-muller functions. Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 1931-1933. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSICT.2006.306532

Dual form of Reed-Muller (DFRM) expansions are implemented in OX/XNOR logic, which are based on the features of coincidence operation and are known as fixed polarity Canonical OR-Coincidence (COC) expansions. An efficient minimization method is propo... Read More about Exact minimization of large fixed polarity dual form of reed-muller functions.

Modeling Pedestrian Walking Speeds on Sidewalks (2007)
Journal Article
Raeside, R., & Al-Azzawi, M. (2007). Modeling Pedestrian Walking Speeds on Sidewalks. Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 133(3), 211-219. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290733-9488%282007%29133%3A3%28211%29

Several models have been created over the years that are used in simulation packages to predict pedestrian speed and flow on sidewalks. However, the predictive power of these models has been weak. In this paper the results of a modeling exercise in t... Read More about Modeling Pedestrian Walking Speeds on Sidewalks.

Finding feasible timetables using group-based operators. (2007)
Journal Article
Lewis, R. M. R., & Paechter, B. (2007). Finding feasible timetables using group-based operators. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 11, 397-413. https://doi.org/10.1109/TEVC.2006.885162

This paper describes the applicability of the so-called "grouping genetic algorithm" to a well-known version of the university course timetabling problem. We note that there are, in fact, various scaling up issues surrounding this sort of algorithm a... Read More about Finding feasible timetables using group-based operators..

Evaluation of a new photodiode sensor for measuring global and diffuse irradiance, and sunshine duration. (2007)
Journal Article
Wood, J., Muneer, T., & Kubie, J. (2007). Evaluation of a new photodiode sensor for measuring global and diffuse irradiance, and sunshine duration. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 125, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1531149

A new integrated device (called the BF3) has been developed, which enables the simultaneous measurement of horizontal global and diffuse irradiance as well as sunshine presence at any time. The sensor needs no specific polar alignment or routine adju... Read More about Evaluation of a new photodiode sensor for measuring global and diffuse irradiance, and sunshine duration..

Iterative control in automotive testing. (2007)
Journal Article
Hay, N. C., & Roberts, D. E. (2007). Iterative control in automotive testing. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 221(2), 223-233. https://doi.org/10.1243/09596518JSCE306

Road simulator test rigs investigate both the durability and the squeak and rattle characteristics of vehicle structures. The test specimens are the whole vehicle or a sub-structure taken from the vehicle. In laboratory simulation tests, random time... Read More about Iterative control in automotive testing..

Modelling how changes in the driving cycle affect fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emission rates: the first stage. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kirby, H. (2006, November). Modelling how changes in the driving cycle affect fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emission rates: the first stage

This paper describes a simplified procedure for estimating the fuel consumed and carbon dioxide emitted as a result of traffic demand management measures or other policy instruments. The usual methods may be based on second-by-second traffic simulati... Read More about Modelling how changes in the driving cycle affect fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emission rates: the first stage..

Wavelet transform reassignment and the use of low-oscillation complex wavelets (2006)
Journal Article
Addison, P., Morvidone, M., Watson, J. N., & Clifton, D. (2006). Wavelet transform reassignment and the use of low-oscillation complex wavelets. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, 20(6), 1429-1443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymssp.2005.03.002

In this paper, we explore the use of new time-frequency reassignment tools for the enhancement of prominent features in the time-frequency plane of the wavelet transform. The reassignment method allows for the localisation of time-frequency and time-... Read More about Wavelet transform reassignment and the use of low-oscillation complex wavelets.

Complementary modes of impulse generation for flow past a three-dimensional obstacle. (2006)
Journal Article
Summers, D. M. (2007). Complementary modes of impulse generation for flow past a three-dimensional obstacle. Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics, 21(1), 15-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00162-006-0023-0

A Lagrangian model for viscous incompressible flow past a stationary solid obstacle is developed in terms of the creation over successive instants of time of fluid impulse at the obstacle’s bounding surface. Upon creation this compactly supported vec... Read More about Complementary modes of impulse generation for flow past a three-dimensional obstacle..