Eight-node Reissner–Mindlin plate element based on boundary interpolation using Timoshenko beam function (2006)
Journal Article
Zhang, H., & Kuang, J. S. (2007). Eight-node Reissner–Mindlin plate element based on boundary interpolation using Timoshenko beam function. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 69(7), 1345-1373. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.1809

A new eight-node Reissner-Mindlin plate element is developed with a special interpolation within the element. This special interpolation is an extension of the element boundary interpolation that employs Timoshenko beam function for the boundary segm... Read More about Eight-node Reissner–Mindlin plate element based on boundary interpolation using Timoshenko beam function.

Road Simulators: The iterative algorithm for drive file creation. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hay, N. C., & Roberts, D. E. (2006, April). Road Simulators: The iterative algorithm for drive file creation. Presented at SAE 2006 World Congress & Exhibition

Road simulators reproduce measured service environments in laboratory based test rigs and have contributed significantly to improving the structural integrity and quality of modern vehicles. These rigs are driven by data that are derived from a speci... Read More about Road Simulators: The iterative algorithm for drive file creation..

FCA interpretation of relation algebra. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Priss, U. (2006, February). FCA interpretation of relation algebra. Presented at 4th International Conference on Formal Concept Analysis

This paper discusses an interpretation of relation algebra and fork algebra with respect to FCA contexts. In this case, "relation algebra" refers to the DeMorgan-Peirce-Schroeder-Tarski algebra and not to the "relational algebra" as described by Codd... Read More about FCA interpretation of relation algebra..

Improved accuracy models for hourly diffuse solar radiation. (2006)
Journal Article
Muneer, T., & Munawwar, S. (2006). Improved accuracy models for hourly diffuse solar radiation. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 128, 104-117. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.2148972

Solar energy applications require readily available, site-oriented, and long-term solar data. However, the frequent unavailability of diffuse irradiation, in contrast to its need, has led to the evolution of various regression models to predict it fr... Read More about Improved accuracy models for hourly diffuse solar radiation..

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..

The Application of Mathematical Programming Approaches to Estimating Container Port Production Efficiency (2005)
Journal Article
Cullinane, K., Song, D.-W., & Wang, T. (2005). The Application of Mathematical Programming Approaches to Estimating Container Port Production Efficiency. Journal of Productivity Analysis, 24(1), 73-92. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11123-005-3041-9

Container terminal production is both an important and complicated element in the contemporary global economy. This paper aims to evaluate the efficiency of the world’s most important container ports and terminals using the two alternative techniques... Read More about The Application of Mathematical Programming Approaches to Estimating Container Port Production Efficiency.

Wavelet analysis of the ECG: A review (2005)
Journal Article
Addison, P. (2005). Wavelet analysis of the ECG: A review. Physiological Measurement, 26(5), 155-199. https://doi.org/10.1088/0967-3334/26/5/R01

The wavelet transform has emerged over recent years as a powerful time–frequency analysis and signal coding tool favoured for the interrogation of complex nonstationary signals. Its application to biosignal processing has been at the forefront of the... Read More about Wavelet analysis of the ECG: A review.

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..

Using ERMIA for the Evaluation of a Theorem Prover Interface (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jackson, M., Benyon, D., & Lowe, H. Using ERMIA for the Evaluation of a Theorem Prover Interface

ERMIA (Entity-Relationship Modelling of Information Artefacts) provides an extension to entity-relationship
modelling techniques to provide a structural representation of the interaction between people and “information
artefacts”. Such a representa... Read More about Using ERMIA for the Evaluation of a Theorem Prover Interface.

Improved prediction of defibrillation success for out-of-hospital VF cardiac arrest using wavelet transform methods (2004)
Journal Article
Watson, J. N., Uchaipichata, N., Addison, P., Clegg, G. R., Robertson, C. E., Eftestol, T., & Steen, P. A. (2004). Improved prediction of defibrillation success for out-of-hospital VF cardiac arrest using wavelet transform methods. Resuscitation, 63(3), 269-275. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2004.06.012

We report an improved method for the estimation of shock outcome prediction based on novel wavelet transform-based time-frequency methods. Wavelet-based peak frequency, energy, mean frequency, spectral flatness and a new entropy measure were studied... Read More about Improved prediction of defibrillation success for out-of-hospital VF cardiac arrest using wavelet transform methods.

Evaluating train protection systems (2004)
Journal Article
Riddington, G., Beck, M., & Cowie, J. (2004). Evaluating train protection systems. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55(6), 606-613. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601724

This paper arose from the work carried out for the Cullen/Uff Joint Inquiry into Train Protection Systems. It is concerned with the problem of evaluating the benefits of safety enhancements in order to avoid rare, but catastrophic accidents, and the... Read More about Evaluating train protection systems.

The Application of the Wavelet Transform to Polysomnographic Signals (2003)
Journal Article
MacCallum, M., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2003). The Application of the Wavelet Transform to Polysomnographic Signals. International Journal of Wavelets, Multiresolution and Information Processing, 01(03), 263-274. https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219691303000116

Polysomnographic (sleep) signals are recorded from patients exhibiting symptoms of a suspected sleep disorder such as Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA). These non-stationary signals are characterised by having both quantitative information in the freque... Read More about The Application of the Wavelet Transform to Polysomnographic Signals.

Learning a procedure that can solve hard bin-packing problems: a new GA-based approach to hyperheuristics. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ross, P., Marin-Blazquez, J. G., Schulenburg, S., & Hart, E. (2003, July). Learning a procedure that can solve hard bin-packing problems: a new GA-based approach to hyperheuristics. Presented at Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO) 2003

The idea underlying hyper-heuristics is to discover some
combination of familiar, straightforward heuristics that performs very well across a whole range of problems. To be worthwhile, such a combination should outperform all of the constituent heur... Read More about Learning a procedure that can solve hard bin-packing problems: a new GA-based approach to hyperheuristics..

Unconventional Hamilton-type variational principle in phase space and symplectic algorithm. (2003)
Journal Article
Luo, E., Huang, W., & Zhang, J. (2003). Unconventional Hamilton-type variational principle in phase space and symplectic algorithm. SCIENCE CHINA Physics, Mechanics and Astronomy, 46, 248-258. https://doi.org/10.1360/03yg9033

By a novel approach proposed by Luo, the unconventional Hamilton-type variational principle in phase space for elastodynamics of multidegree-of-freedom system is established in this paper. It not only can fully characterize the initial-value problem... Read More about Unconventional Hamilton-type variational principle in phase space and symplectic algorithm..

Design of RHS for torsion using simplified thick wall theory. (2003)
Journal Article
Ridley-Ellis, D., Owen, J. S., & Davies, G. (2003). Design of RHS for torsion using simplified thick wall theory. The structural engineer : journal of the Institution of Structural Engineers, 81, 31-36

The theory of torsion in Rectangular Hollow Sections (RHS) is reviewed and discussed with reference to design code treatments in the UK, Europe and the USA. The classical theories based on thin wall and thick wall assumptions are compared, and thick... Read More about Design of RHS for torsion using simplified thick wall theory..

A stochastic frontier model of the productive efficiency of Korean container terminals (2003)
Journal Article
Cullinane, K., & Song, D.-W. (2003). A stochastic frontier model of the productive efficiency of Korean container terminals. Applied Economics, 35(3), 251-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036840210139355

A central objective of port privatization and/or deregulation policies is stimulating greater efficiency by engendering a more competitive market and commercial approach to management. Korea provides a prime example of a nation that is implementing s... Read More about A stochastic frontier model of the productive efficiency of Korean container terminals.

On the uncontrollable damped triple inverted pendulum (2003)
Journal Article
Su, H., & Woodham, C. (2003). On the uncontrollable damped triple inverted pendulum. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 151(2), 425-443. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-0427%2802%2900663-5

In this paper, the controllability of the damped triple inverted pendulum is investigated. The work is concerned with the form of the cancelling pole and zero which appear in the transfer functions of an uncontrollable system, and follows on from ear... Read More about On the uncontrollable damped triple inverted pendulum.

A symbolic Investigation of pole-zero cancellation for a triple Inverted pendulum (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Woodham, C. A., Su, H., & Larcombe, P. (2000, June). A symbolic Investigation of pole-zero cancellation for a triple Inverted pendulum. Presented at ICSE 2000

The balancing of an inverted pendulum is a classic control problem of some thirty years or so standing, whichhas been revisited of late in the light of recent developments in symbolic computation [1,2]. The controllability of the damped double invert... Read More about A symbolic Investigation of pole-zero cancellation for a triple Inverted pendulum.

A note on the asymptotic behaviour of a prime factor decomposition of the general Catalan-Larcombe-French number. (2002)
Journal Article
Larcombe, P. J., French, D. R., & Woodham, C. A. (2002). A note on the asymptotic behaviour of a prime factor decomposition of the general Catalan-Larcombe-French number. Congressus numerantium, 156, 17-25

The Catalan-Larcombe-French sequence has been studied in several previous papers [P. J. Larcombe and D. R. French, Congr. Numerantium 143, 33-64 (2000; Zbl 0971.05001) and ibid. 148, 65-91 (2001; Zbl 0999.05003)]. The second of these papers derived a... Read More about A note on the asymptotic behaviour of a prime factor decomposition of the general Catalan-Larcombe-French number..

A numerical study of the behaviour of a gas-liquid interface subjected to periodic vertical motion. (2002)
Journal Article
Valha, J., Lewis, J. S., & Kubie, J. (2002). A numerical study of the behaviour of a gas-liquid interface subjected to periodic vertical motion. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids, 40, 697-721. https://doi.org/10.1002/fld.370

A numerical study has been undertaken to examine the behaviour of a gas liquid interface in a vertical cylindrical vessel subjected to a sinusoidal vertical motion. The computational method used is based on the simplified marker-and-cell method and i... Read More about A numerical study of the behaviour of a gas-liquid interface subjected to periodic vertical motion..