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An auto-configurable, and, adaptable, metric-driven cluster-head organisation for hybrid multi-hop routing (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Migas, N., & Buchanan, W. (2006, March). An auto-configurable, and, adaptable, metric-driven cluster-head organisation for hybrid multi-hop routing. Presented at 13th Annual IEEE International Symposium and Workshop on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems (ECBS'06)

Multi-hop ad-hoc routing is a challenging issue, because of the dynamic network topology, and limited capabilities of resource-constrained mobile devices. This paper proposes a metric-driven clustering organisation of participating nodes which provid... Read More about An auto-configurable, and, adaptable, metric-driven cluster-head organisation for hybrid multi-hop routing.

The shaping of I.T. trajectories: evidence from the U.K. public sector (2006)
Journal Article
Horton, K. S., & Wood-Harper, T. A. (2006). The shaping of I.T. trajectories: evidence from the U.K. public sector. European Journal of Information Systems, 15(2), 214-224. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000611

This paper reports upon I.T. initiatives in the U.K. public sector where choices were made, decisions taken, major investment authorised, and new I.T. introduced. The research investigation followed practice over several years in three Police Forces... Read More about The shaping of I.T. trajectories: evidence from the U.K. public sector.

Interactive visualisation tools for supporting taxonomists working practice. (2006)
Thesis
Cannon, A. Interactive visualisation tools for supporting taxonomists working practice. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3462

The necessity for scientists and others to use consistent terminology has recently been
regarded as fundamental to advancing scientific research, particularly where data from
disparate sources must be shared, compared or integrated. One area where... Read More about Interactive visualisation tools for supporting taxonomists working practice..

Designing Interactions: Repositioning Design in HCI (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Varey, A., Smyth, M., & Cairncross, S. (2006, March). Designing Interactions: Repositioning Design in HCI. Paper presented at HCIEd 2006 Inventivity: Teaching theory, design and innovation in HCI

This paper describes three case studies which discuss different ways in which HCI and multimedia students in the School of Computing at Napier University are exposed to design in its widest sense. This is achieved through engaging students in activit... Read More about Designing Interactions: Repositioning Design in HCI.

Reflecting on Design (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Varey, A., & Smyth, M. (2006, March). Reflecting on Design. Paper presented at CONVIVIO Faculty Forum “Teaching Design for HCI”

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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..

Designing interactive systems : people, activities, contexts, technologies (2005)
Book
Benyon, D., Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2005). Designing interactive systems : people, activities, contexts, technologies. Pearson Education

Authoritative in its coverage, the book draws on the authors’ extensive experience in research and teaching. A self-contained introduction to the area is followed by a systematic discussion of the influence of human psychology on the design of intera... Read More about Designing interactive systems : people, activities, contexts, technologies.

Agent-based forensic investigations with an integrated framework. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Buchanan, W. J., Graves, J., Saliou, L., Sebea, A. L., & Migas, N. (2005, July). Agent-based forensic investigations with an integrated framework. Presented at 4th European Conference of Information Warfare and Security

Forensics investigations can be flawed for many reasons, such as that they can lack any real evidence of an incident. Also, it can be the case that the legal rights of an individual has been breached, or that the steps taken in the investigation cann... Read More about Agent-based forensic investigations with an integrated framework..

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..

Reliving VE day with activated schemata. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Tzovaras, D. (2005, September). Reliving VE day with activated schemata. Presented at 8th International Workshop on Presence

This paper reports some preliminary work on the
IntoMyWorld candidate Presence II project. One of the key
components of IntoMyWorld is a mixed reality ‘album’ of
important events. The album will contain entries which will
allow people, for exampl... Read More about Reliving VE day with activated schemata..

Preface: The Bigger Picture (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
(2005, September). Preface: The Bigger Picture. Presented at 19th British HCI Group Annual Conference, Edinburgh

This volume contains the full papers presented at HCI 2005, the 19th Annual Conference of the British HCI Group, a specialist group of the BCS. The conference has become the premiere annual conference on human-computer interaction in Europe, attracti... Read More about Preface: The Bigger Picture.

Tracking pedestrians using visible and infrared systems (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Armitage, A., Binnie, D., Chamberlain, T., Nilsson, M., & Rutter, M. (2005, January). Tracking pedestrians using visible and infrared systems. Presented at 37th Universities Transport Study Group Conference, Bristol

In this paper, we will describe a number of research projects at Napier University on pedestrian tracking. This work started with systems based on ordinary cameras working at visible wavelengths. This work has expanded to include infrared imaging sys... Read More about Tracking pedestrians using visible and infrared systems.

Peer-to-peer networks for scalable grid landscapes in social agent simulations. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craenen, B. G. W., & Paechter, B. (2005, April). Peer-to-peer networks for scalable grid landscapes in social agent simulations. Presented at AISB’05 Convention Social Intelligence and Interaction in Animals, Robots and Agents, Hatfield, UK

Recently, peer-to-peer networks have been proposed as the underlying architecture of large scale distributed social agent simulations. A number of problems arise when grid landscapes are used to represent the landscape in these simulations, primarily... Read More about Peer-to-peer networks for scalable grid landscapes in social agent simulations..

Application of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm to University Course Timetabling (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lewis, R., Lewis, R. M. R., & Paechter, B. (2005, March). Application of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm to University Course Timetabling. Presented at 5th European Conference in Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimisation (EvoCop 2005), Lausanne, Swizerland

University Course Timetabling-Problems (UCTPs) involve the allocation of resources (such as rooms and timeslots) to all the events of a university, satisfying a set of hard-constraints and, as much as possible, some soft constraints. Here we work wit... Read More about Application of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm to University Course Timetabling.

An Empirical Analysis of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm: The Timetabling Case. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lewis, R., & Paechter, B. (2005, September). An Empirical Analysis of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm: The Timetabling Case. Presented at 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Edinburgh, Scotland

A grouping genetic algorithm (GGA) for the university course timetabling problem is outlined. We propose six different fitness functions, all sharing the same common goal, and look at the effects that these can have on the algorithm with respect to b... Read More about An Empirical Analysis of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm: The Timetabling Case..