An evolutionary approach for symmetrical field programmable gate array placement. (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Yang, M., Almaini, A. E. A., Wang, L. Y., & Wang, P. (2005). An evolutionary approach for symmetrical field programmable gate array placement. In Research in Microelectronics and Electronics, 2005 PhD (169-172). https://doi.org/10.1109/RME.2005.1543030

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..

Reliving VE day with activated schemata. (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Tzovaras, D. (2005). Reliving VE day with activated schemata. In Proc. 8th International Workshop on Presence (33-38)

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..

The Tourist Gaze: contextualised virtual environments. (2005)
Book Chapter
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Carroll, F. (2005). The Tourist Gaze: contextualised virtual environments. In P. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Spaces, Spatiality and Technology (281-297). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3273-0_19

A critical re-appraisal of Activity Theory. (2005)
Book Chapter
Turner, P. (2005). A critical re-appraisal of Activity Theory. In W. Karwowski (Ed.), International Encyclopaedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780849375477.ch133

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..

Application of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm to University Course Timetabling (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Lewis, R., Lewis, R. M. R., & Paechter, B. (2005). Application of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm to University Course Timetabling. In J. Gottlieb, & G. Raidl (Eds.), Evolutionary Computation in Combinatorial Optimization (144-153). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31996-2_14

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 ethnographical orientated study of designers in a collaborative design project. (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Joel, S., Smyth, M., & Rodgers, P. (2005). An ethnographical orientated study of designers in a collaborative design project. In Studying Designers '05 (307-322)

No abstract available.

Understanding sociotechnical action: an introduction to the special issue. (2005)
Journal Article
Horton, K., Davenport, E., & Wood-Harper, T. (2005). Understanding sociotechnical action: an introduction to the special issue. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, 1, 1-6

No abstract available. Item is Editorial preface to special issue.

Space, time, agency and the texture of service in the digital city. (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2005). Space, time, agency and the texture of service in the digital city.

Peer-to-peer networks for scalable grid landscapes in social agent simulations. (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Craenen, B. G. W., & Paechter, B. (2005). Peer-to-peer networks for scalable grid landscapes in social agent simulations. In Proceedings of the Artificial Intelligence and Social Behaviour Convention (AISB) 2005 (64-71)

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..

Agent-based forensic investigations with an integrated framework. (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Buchanan, W. J., Graves, J., Saliou, L., Sebea, A. L., & Migas, N. (2005). Agent-based forensic investigations with an integrated framework.

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..

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.

Tracking pedestrians using visible and infrared systems (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Armitage, A., Binnie, D., Chamberlain, T., Nilsson, M., & Rutter, M. (2005). Tracking pedestrians using visible and infrared systems. In Universities Transport Study Group conference (1-9)

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.

Preface: The Bigger Picture (2005)
Conference Proceeding
(2005). Preface: The Bigger Picture. In T. McEwan, J. Gulliksen, & D. Benyon (Eds.), Preface: The Bigger Picture

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.

An Empirical Analysis of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm: The Timetabling Case. (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Lewis, R., & Paechter, B. (2005). An Empirical Analysis of the Grouping Genetic Algorithm: The Timetabling Case. In 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (2856-2863). https://doi.org/10.1109/cec.2005.1555053

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..

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..

Fast tabular based conversion methods for Canonical OR-Coincidence. (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Yang, M., Wang, P., Chen, X., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2005). Fast tabular based conversion methods for Canonical OR-Coincidence. In EUROCON 2005 - The International Conference on Computer as a Tool (507-510). https://doi.org/10.1109/EURCON.2005.1629976

Two fast conversion alogorithms based on tabular technique for Canonical OR-Coincidence (COC) expansions are introduced. By using bitwise operations, the Serial Tabular Technique (STT) can achieve speed of less than 2 seconds for 21 variables for ran... Read More about Fast tabular based conversion methods for Canonical OR-Coincidence..

An investigation of sociability measurements in online communities (2005)
Journal Article
Wright, N., Varey, A., & Chesney, T. (2005). An investigation of sociability measurements in online communities. International Journal of Web Based Communities, 1(4), 400. https://doi.org/10.1504/ijwbc.2005.008106

This paper reports the results of an investigation into measurements of the sociability of proximate online communities, in other words, how well it supports social interaction rather than in terms of its usability, which tends to focus on task issue... Read More about An investigation of sociability measurements in online communities.

E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth (2005)
Book Chapter
Macintosh, A., Smith, E., & Whyte, A. (2005). E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth. In M. Cunningham, & P. Cunningham (Eds.), Innovation and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies (730-737). IOS Press

This paper presents the results of a completed research study the aim of which was to identify ICT tools suitable for engaging with young people in dialogue on a complex policy issue. The study involved a review of current research and practice, deve... Read More about E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth.

Novel synthesis method of mixed polarity reed-muller functions. (2005)
Conference Proceeding
Xia, Y., Ye, X., Wang, L. Y., Zou, Z., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2005). Novel synthesis method of mixed polarity reed-muller functions.

In this paper a new approach is proposed to obtain a compact mixed polarity Reed-Muller form, starting from a fixed polarity Reed-Muller expression; a fixed polarity Reed-Muller function is expressed into a truth vector, the truth vector is shrunk an... Read More about Novel synthesis method of mixed polarity reed-muller functions..