High performance computing and parallel multiphysics (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soufian, M., & Chakkera, V. (2008, December). High performance computing and parallel multiphysics. Presented at International Conference on Multiphysics 2008

High performance computing and parallel multiphysics

Dynamic optimisation of an industrial web process (2008)
Journal Article
Soufian, M. (2008). Dynamic optimisation of an industrial web process. International Journal of Multiphysics, 2(3), 291-312. https://doi.org/10.1260/175095408786927471

An industrial web process has been studied and it is shown that the underlying physics of such processes governs by the Navier-Stokes partial differential equations with moving boundary conditions, which in turn have to be determined by the solution... Read More about Dynamic optimisation of an industrial web process.

Efficient bidirectional conversion between RM and DFRM expansions (2008)
Journal Article
Xu, H., Yang, M., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2008). Efficient bidirectional conversion between RM and DFRM expansions. The Mediterranean journal of electronics and communications, 4, 84-89

A number of different representations of the Boolean function are used in order to find a good circuit representation in terms of area, speed and power performance. In this paper, an effective decomposition method is proposed for the bidirectional tr... Read More about Efficient bidirectional conversion between RM and DFRM expansions.

You are where you have been. (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Clarke, R. A., & Wigan, M. (2008, July). You are where you have been. Presented at Seminar on 'Location Privacy'

Location is a critical aspect of both privacy and surveillance. A detailed record of locations allows all sorts of other information to be linked together, adding to information about the subject and his or her associates in the same way that a uniq... Read More about You are where you have been..

3D lattice model for post-yield and fracture behaviour of timber. (2008)
Journal Article
Reichert, T., & Ridley-Ellis, D. (2008). 3D lattice model for post-yield and fracture behaviour of timber. Timber Engineering,

The paper describes the development of a bespoke Finite Element program to model timber with a three dimensional lattice of single spring elements. These springs mimic meso-scale timber behaviour, namely the crushing and separation of fibre bunches b... Read More about 3D lattice model for post-yield and fracture behaviour of timber..

Numerical Components in ICM Analysis of Pathogens (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Soufian, M. (2008, June). Numerical Components in ICM Analysis of Pathogens. Presented at 11th International Conference in Genomics and Proteomics of Human Pathogens

No abstract available.

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.

An efficient transformation method for DFRM expansions. (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Xu, H., Yang, M., Wang, L. Y., Tong, J. R., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2007, October). An efficient transformation method for DFRM expansions

Dual Form of Reed-Muller (DFRM) expansions with fixed poarity are derived from Reed-Muller (RM) expansions by using the operation of Kronecker matrix products. An efficient decomposition method is proposed based on the formulation. The method can be... Read More about An efficient transformation method for DFRM expansions..

Pathogen identification using Mass spectra fingerprinting (2007)
Patent
Soufian, M. (2007). Pathogen identification using Mass spectra fingerprinting

No abstract available.

Decision diagrams using 2 variable nodes. (2007)
Journal Article
Oh, P., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2007). Decision diagrams using 2 variable nodes. WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 6, 372-379

This paper outlines two variations of Decision Digrams, the 2VBDD and 2VRMBDD. It outlines the background for BDD and RMBDD expanded with respect to one variable and the new 2V(RM)BDD when the expansion is with respect to two variables. Examples are... Read More about Decision diagrams using 2 variable nodes..

Optimal expression for fixed polarity dual Reed-Muller forms. (2007)
Journal Article
Faraj, K., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2007). Optimal expression for fixed polarity dual Reed-Muller forms. WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 6, 364-371

An algorithm for converting between products of sum (POS) and fixed polarity dual Reed-Muller (FPDRM) is proposed in this paper. This algorithm is used to compute the coefficients of POS from FPDRM directly from the truth table of POS. This algorithm... Read More about Optimal expression for fixed polarity dual Reed-Muller forms..

Minimization of dual Reed-Muller forms using dual property. (2007)
Journal Article
Faraj, K., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2007). Minimization of dual Reed-Muller forms using dual property. WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 6, 9-15

We present two algorithms in this paper: the first is used to convert between Product of Sums (POS) and Positive Polarity Dual Reed-Muller (PPDRM) forms; while the second algorithm generates all the polarity sets from any polarity set for a single ou... Read More about Minimization of dual Reed-Muller forms using dual property..

Fast conversion for large Canonical OR-coincidence functions. (2006)
Journal Article
Yang, M., Wang, L. Y., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2006). Fast conversion for large Canonical OR-coincidence functions. Circuits and Systems, 1643-1646. https://doi.org/10.1109/APCCAS.2006.342080

Fixed Polarity Canonical OR-coincidence (COC) expansions based on inclusive-OR and OR operations are dual forms of fixed polarity Reed-Muller expansions. Traditionally, they are obtained from maxterms of Canonical Products-of-sum (CPOS) expansions. T... Read More about Fast conversion for large Canonical OR-coincidence functions..

DIFFERENT: User Reaction and Efficient Differentiationof Charges and Tolls - Dissemination and use plan. Deliverable D12.3 (2006)
Report
Bielefeldt, C. (2006). DIFFERENT: User Reaction and Efficient Differentiationof Charges and Tolls - Dissemination and use plan. Deliverable D12.3

PN code acquisition with a CA-CFAR adaptive digital matched filter and its realisation using FPGA. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wie, B., Sharif, M., Almaini, A. E. A., & Binnie, D. (2006, September). PN code acquisition with a CA-CFAR adaptive digital matched filter and its realisation using FPGA. Presented at Proceedings of IEEE 13th International Conference on Systems, Signals & Image Processing, IWSSIP’06,

In this paper the performance of a Cell Averaging Constant False Alarm Rate (CA-CFAR) Pseudo-Noise (PN) code adaptive detector is analysed for a single path communication channel. The detection process uses a digital Matched Filter (MF) and is implem... Read More about PN code acquisition with a CA-CFAR adaptive digital matched filter and its realisation using FPGA..

Algorithms in computer-aided design of VLSI circuits. (2006)
Thesis
Yang, M. Algorithms in computer-aided design of VLSI circuits. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6493

With the increased complexity of Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) circuits,
Computer Aided Design (CAD) plays an even more important role. Top-down
design methodology and layout of VLSI are reviewed. Moreover, previously
published algorithms in... Read More about Algorithms in computer-aided design of VLSI circuits..

An approach to obtain compact multi-level mixed polarity Reed-Muller functions with onset table. (2006)
Journal Article
Wang, L. Y., Xia, Y., Yang, M., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2006). An approach to obtain compact multi-level mixed polarity Reed-Muller functions with onset table. WSEAS Transactions on Circuits and Systems, 5, 625-632

In this paper, an approach to obtain the compact multi-level mixed polarity Reed-Muller (MMPRM) from an FPRM function is discussed. By operating on the onset table with rows (columns) swapping and table dividing, some operators such as extraction of... Read More about An approach to obtain compact multi-level mixed polarity Reed-Muller functions with onset table..

An evolutionary approach for symmetrical field programmable gate array placement. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yang, M., Almaini, A. E. A., Wang, L. Y., & Wang, P. (2005, July). An evolutionary approach for symmetrical field programmable gate array placement. Presented at Ph.D. Research in Microelectronics and Electronics,

An evolutionary computation method is used to place a set of different Microelectronics Center of North Carolina (MCNC) benchmark circuits on traditional symmetrical Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). The experimental results are compared to the s... Read More about An evolutionary approach for symmetrical field programmable gate array placement..

A novel low power FSM partition approach and its implementation. (2005)
Journal Article
Xia, Y., Ye, X., Wang, L. Y., Tao, J., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2005). A novel low power FSM partition approach and its implementation. NORCHIP Conference, 102-105. https://doi.org/10.1109/NORCHP.2005.1596999

A new Finite State Machine (FSM) partioning approach is proposed in this paper. A genetic algorithm (GA) is employed to search the optimal or near optimal solution. A new cost function is used to guide the optimisation. The proposed algorithm is impl... Read More about A novel low power FSM partition approach and its implementation..