Communicating process architectures 2006: WoTUG-29 (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2006, September). Communicating process architectures 2006: WoTUG-29. Presented at Proceedings of the 29th WoTUG Technical Meeting, Edinburgh, Scotland

Preface of the conference proceedings.

Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chalmers, K., Kerridge, J., & Romdhani, I. (2006, September). Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme. Presented at Communicating Process Architectures WoTug 29

Java has become a development platform that has migrated from its initial focus for small form devices, to large full scale desktop and server applications and finally back to the small in the form of Java enabled mobile phones. Here we discuss the n... Read More about Performance evaluation of JCSP Micro Edition: JCSPme.

Scenario based generative component adaptation in .NET framework (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B., Liu, X., Kerridge, J., & Li, Y. (2004, November). Scenario based generative component adaptation in .NET framework. Presented at 2004 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, 2004. IRI 2004., Las Vegas, NV, USA

Mismatches between pre-quaZi$ed existing components
and the particular reuse context in applicutions have been
a major factor hindering component reusability.
Although component adaptation has octed as a key
solution of eliminating these mismatch... Read More about Scenario based generative component adaptation in .NET framework.

Scenario based generative component adaptation in .Net framework. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B. H. (., Liu, X., Kerridge, J., & Li, Y. (2004, November). Scenario based generative component adaptation in .Net framework

Mismatches between pre-quaZi$ed existing components
and the particular reuse context in applicutions have been
a major factor hindering component reusability.
Although component adaptation has octed as a key
solution of eliminating these mismatch... Read More about Scenario based generative component adaptation in .Net framework..

Tackling deep adaptation through XML-based component generation. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B. H. (., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2003, December). Tackling deep adaptation through XML-based component generation. Presented at the 16th International Conference on Software and System Engineering and their Applications (ICSSEA 2003)

Achieving flexible reuse through scenario-based deep component adaptation and generation. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B. H. (., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2004, February). Achieving flexible reuse through scenario-based deep component adaptation and generation. Presented at IASTED international conference on Web-Based education, Innsbruck, Austria

Mismatches between pre-qualified existing components and the particular reuse context in applications have been a major factor hindering component reusability. Component adaptation is a key solution to the elimination of these mismatches. However, de... Read More about Achieving flexible reuse through scenario-based deep component adaptation and generation..

Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2003, October). Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation. Presented at Fifth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications, Las Vegas, NV, USA

The development of database application
systems will beneft from high reusabiliiy because similar
design circumstances recur frequently in database
developments. However, research has shown that
mismatches between pre-qualified components with th... Read More about Facilitating reuse in database applications with scenario-based component adaptation and generation.

A generative and component based approach to reuse in database applications. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B. H. (., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2003, December). A generative and component based approach to reuse in database applications. Presented at 5th Generative Programming and Component Engineering

The development of database application systems will benefit from
high reusability because similar design circumstances recur frequently in database
developments. However, research in software reuse has shown that mismatches
of components with the... Read More about A generative and component based approach to reuse in database applications..

Best practice for implementing a data warehouse: a review for strategic alignment. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Weir, R., Peng, T., & Kerridge, J. (2003, September). Best practice for implementing a data warehouse: a review for strategic alignment. Presented at Design and Management of Data Warehouses (DMDW'2003) 5th International Workshop, Berlin, Germany

A review of literature pertaining to data warehouse implementations over the last eight years has been undertaken. It was found that the views of data warehouse practitioners in particular have changed over the period’s pre and post 2000, to the exte... Read More about Best practice for implementing a data warehouse: a review for strategic alignment..

A pattern-based framework for database reusability (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wang, B., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2002, June). A pattern-based framework for database reusability. Presented at International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP'02)

The development of database application systems will benefit from high reusability because similar design circumstances recur frequently in database developments. This paper presents a framework to cope with design reuse in database environments. The... Read More about A pattern-based framework for database reusability.

A query mediation approach to interoperability of heterogeneous databases (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Huang, H.-C., Kerridge, J., & Chen, S.-L. (2000, January). A query mediation approach to interoperability of heterogeneous databases. Presented at 11th Australasian Database Conference (ADC) 2000, Canberra, ACT, Australia

The need to transform queries between heterogeneous databases arises in many circumstances, including query transformation between a global and a local query. This paper describes a query mediation approach to the interoperability of heterogeneous da... Read More about A query mediation approach to interoperability of heterogeneous databases.

Developing the behavioural rules for an agent-based model of pedestrian movement. (2000)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Willis, A., Kukla, R., & Kerridge, J. (2000, September). Developing the behavioural rules for an agent-based model of pedestrian movement. Paper presented at 25th European Transport Congress

The PEDFLOW project aims to develop a realistic and flexible planning tool capable of simulating the effects of microscopic environmental layout on various aspects of pedestrian movement. Behavioural research can help establish realistic values for s... Read More about Developing the behavioural rules for an agent-based model of pedestrian movement..

Synchronisation primitives for highly parallel discrete event simulations (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J., Welch, P., & Wood, D. (1999, January). Synchronisation primitives for highly parallel discrete event simulations. Presented at HICSS 32 - 32nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, Maui, HI, USA

A new set of synchronisation primitives is described that simplifies the control of very large numbers of fine-grained parallel processes. The new primitives are derived from the multi-way event synchronisation and choice defined in communicating seq... Read More about Synchronisation primitives for highly parallel discrete event simulations.

Large join order optimization on parallel shared-nothing database machines using genetic algorithms (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Nafjan, K. A., & Kerridge, J. M. (1997, August). Large join order optimization on parallel shared-nothing database machines using genetic algorithms. Presented at Euro-Par'97 Parallel Processing: Third International Euro-Par Conference, Passau, Germany

This paper proposes the use of genetic algorithms (GAs) for optimizing the sequence of large joins execution on parallel shared-nothing database architectures. In order to measure the suitability of this method we compare the GA that we have specific... Read More about Large join order optimization on parallel shared-nothing database machines using genetic algorithms.

Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems (1997)
Journal Article
Kukla, R., & Kerridge, J. (1997). Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems. Future Generation Computer Systems, 12(5), 335-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-739X%2896%2900020-9

For most large commercial organisations the ability to store and manipulate massive volumes of data is a key operational requirement. Database systems are fundamental to the efficient provision of a range of business tasks from on-line transaction pr... Read More about Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems.

The design of the IRISS parallel database machine (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Walter, D., & Kerridge, J. (1996, April). The design of the IRISS parallel database machine. Presented at High-Performance Computing and Networking: International Conference and Exhibition HPCN EUROPE 1996, Brussels, Belgium

The decision support potential of large commercial relational databases is limited by the vast amounts of computing power required to perform complex queries on large datasets. Massively parallel processing offers the potential to open up new possibi... Read More about The design of the IRISS parallel database machine.

Speedup Image Processing (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kerridge, J. M., England, R., Yanev, S., Boyanov, K., & Sinyagina, N. (1996, September). Speedup Image Processing. Presented at Parcella 1996, VII. International Workshop on Parallel Processing by Cellular Automata and Arrays, Berlin, Germany

Discrete-Event Simulation of a Parallel Database Machine (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Iliev, R., Lazarov, V., Kerridge, J. M., England, R., & Boyanov, K. (1996, September). Discrete-Event Simulation of a Parallel Database Machine. Presented at Parcella 1996, VII. International Workshop on Parallel Processing by Cellular Automata and Arrays, Berlin, Germany

Semantic computability: A mechanism for the description of test data sets for scaleable information systems (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bates, C., Jelly, I., Forgacs, I., Szabo, E., & Kerridge, J. (1996, April). Semantic computability: A mechanism for the description of test data sets for scaleable information systems. Presented at International Conference and Exhibition HPCN EUROPE 1996, Brussels, Belgium

This paper describes a mechanism, semantic computability, through which data can be described in such a way as to enable the automated creation of structured, scaleable data sets for performance evaluation. The approach is demonstrated with reference... Read More about Semantic computability: A mechanism for the description of test data sets for scaleable information systems.

Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems. (1996)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kukla, R., & Kerridge, J. (1996, April). Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems. Presented at International Conference and Exhibition HPCN EUROPE 1996, Brussels, Belgium

For most large commercial organisations the ability to store and manipulate massive volumes of data is a key operational requirement. Database systems are now fundamental to the efficient provision of a range of business tasks from on-line transactio... Read More about Intelligent storage devices for scalable information management systems..