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A framework to detect novel computer viruses via system calls. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abimbola, A., Munoz, J., & Buchanan, W. J. (2006, December). A framework to detect novel computer viruses via system calls. Presented at 7th Annual PG Symposium on The Convergence of Telecommunications, Networking and Broadcasting

This paper describes a framework for detecting self-propagating email viruses based on deterministic system calls derived from associated email client’s dynamic link libraries (DLLs). Our research approach is based on the principle that a key objecti... Read More about A framework to detect novel computer viruses via system calls..

Enhancing intrusion detection via an active target host. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abimbola, A., Munoz, J., & Buchanan, W. J. (2006, December). Enhancing intrusion detection via an active target host. Presented at IEEE ICTe 2006

Over the past decade, there have been increases in network attacks. These attacks are typically at-tempts to compromise the integrity, confidentiality or availability of networked resources. In other to reduce these attacks, Intrusion Detection Syste... Read More about Enhancing intrusion detection via an active target host..

Mobile Multicast Route Optimisation (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Romdhani, I., Munoz, J., Bettahar, H., & Bouabdallah, A. (2006, June). Mobile Multicast Route Optimisation. Presented at 2006 IEEE International Conference on Communications

The multiparty nature of multicast applications presents new challenges for Mobile IP users. Unfortunately, when a multicast receiver is mobile, it will experience additional delay in receiving multicast packets due to handover delay, join latency, a... Read More about Mobile Multicast Route Optimisation.

The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments. (2006)
Journal Article
McCall, R., Benyon, D., Smyth, M., O'Neill, S., McCall, R., & Carroll, F. (2006). The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(6), 668-687. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.15.6.668

This paper describes the design, application, and refinement of a qualitative tool designed to study sense of place. The Place Probe incorporates a range of stimuli and techniques aimed at articulating a person's sense of place. It has been developed... Read More about The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments..

Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGregor, I., Crerar, A., Benyon, D., & LePlâtre, G. (2006, November). Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments. Presented at World Forum on Acoustic Ecology Conference, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

This paper reports an empirical study to investigate how individuals perceive and classify elements of their workplace auditory environments. The participants were 18 university employees chosen for their varying degrees of room occupancy, from singl... Read More about Mapping workplace soundscapes: Reifying Office Auditory Environments.

A tabu search evolutionary algorithm for solving constraint satisfaction problems. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Craenen, B. G. W., & Paechter, B. (2006, September). A tabu search evolutionary algorithm for solving constraint satisfaction problems. Presented at Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IX, 9th International Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland

The paper introduces a hybrid Tabu Search-Evolutionary Algorithm for solving the constraint satisfaction problem, called STLEA. Extensive experimental fine-tuning of parameters of the algorithm was performed to optimise the performance of the algorit... Read More about A tabu search evolutionary algorithm for solving constraint satisfaction problems..

NetHost-Sensor: Investigating the capture of end-to-end encrypted intrusive data (2006)
Journal Article
Abimbola, A., Munoz, J., & Buchanan, W. J. (2006). NetHost-Sensor: Investigating the capture of end-to-end encrypted intrusive data. Computers and Security, 25(6), 445-451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cose.2006.04.001

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) are systems that protect against violation of data integrity, confidentiality and availability of resources. In the past 20 years, these systems have evolved with the technology and have become more sophisticated. D... Read More about NetHost-Sensor: Investigating the capture of end-to-end encrypted intrusive data.

Metaheuristics for university course timetabling. (2006)
Thesis
Lewis, R. M. R. Metaheuristics for university course timetabling. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2392

The work presented in this thesis concerns the problem of timetabling at universities – particularly course-timetabling, and examines the various ways in which metaheuristic techniques might be applied to these sorts of problems. Using a popular benc... Read More about Metaheuristics for university course timetabling..

A comparison of data mining methods and logistic regression to determine factors associated with death following injury. (2006)
Book Chapter
Penny, K. I., & Chesney, T. (2006). A comparison of data mining methods and logistic regression to determine factors associated with death following injury. In Data analysis, classification and the forward search: proceedings of the meeting of the Classification and Data Analysis Group (CLADAG) of the Italian Statistical Society, Univeristy of Parma June 6-8 2005 (417-423). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-35978-8_46

A comparison of techniques for analysing trauma injury data collected over ten years at a hospital trauma unit in the U.K. is reported. The analysis includes a comparison of four data mining techniques to determine factors associated with death follo... Read More about A comparison of data mining methods and logistic regression to determine factors associated with death following injury..

Investigating false positive reduction in HTTP via procedure analysis. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abimbola, A., Munoz, J., & Buchanan, W. J. (2006, July). Investigating false positive reduction in HTTP via procedure analysis. Presented at IEEE International Conference on Networking and Services (ICNS 2006)

This paper focuses on high false-positive rate of attacks. First, the merits and demerits of research work in curbing false positive rate of attacks in intrusion detection systems (IDSs) are discussed. Then we present our research efforts in the form... Read More about Investigating false positive reduction in HTTP via procedure analysis..

Standard Data Model Representation for Taxonomic Information (2006)
Journal Article
Kennedy, J., Hyam, R., Kukla, R., & Paterson, T. (2006). Standard Data Model Representation for Taxonomic Information. OMICS, 10(2), 220-230. https://doi.org/10.1089/omi.2006.10.220

The names used by biologists to label the observations they make are imprecise. This is an issue as workers increasingly seek to exploit data gathered from multiple, unrelated sources on line. Even when the international codes of nomenclature are fol... Read More about Standard Data Model Representation for Taxonomic Information.

Sound and soundscape classification: Establishing key auditory dimensions and their relative importance (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McGregor, I., LePlâtre, G., Crerar, A., & Benyon, D. (2006, June). Sound and soundscape classification: Establishing key auditory dimensions and their relative importance. Presented at The 12th International Conference on Auditory Display, ICAD2006

This paper investigates soundscape classification by using two different forms of data gathering and two different populations. The first method involves a questionnaire completed by 75 audio professionals. The second uses a speak-aloud experiment, d... Read More about Sound and soundscape classification: Establishing key auditory dimensions and their relative importance.

Performance analysis of network based forensic systems for in-line and out-of-line detection and logging. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Graves, J., Buchanan, W. J., Saliou, L., & Old, L. J. (2006, June). Performance analysis of network based forensic systems for in-line and out-of-line detection and logging. Presented at 5th European Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ECIW)

Network based forensic investigations often rely on data provided by properly configured network- based devices. The logs from interconnected devices such as routers, servers and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) can yield important information, whi... Read More about Performance analysis of network based forensic systems for in-line and out-of-line detection and logging..

Achieving smooth component integration with generative aspects and component adaptation. (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Feng, Y., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2006, June). Achieving smooth component integration with generative aspects and component adaptation. Presented at 9th International Conference on Software Reuse, ICSR 2006, Torino, Italy

Due to the availability of components and the diversity of target applications, mismatches between pre-qualified existing components and the particular reuse context in applications are often inevitable and have been a major hurdle of component reusa... Read More about Achieving smooth component integration with generative aspects and component adaptation..

Place, Sense of Place, and Presence (2006)
Journal Article
Turner, P., & Turner, S. (2006). Place, Sense of Place, and Presence. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(2), 204-217. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.2006.15.2.204

Recreating real places--as distinct from virtual spaces or environments--using virtual reality technology raises a series of significant challenges. Fortunately there is a large body of existing research into the experience of place which might reaso... Read More about Place, Sense of Place, and Presence.

Dynamic response simulation through system identification. (2006)
Journal Article
Roberts, D., & Hay, N. (2006). Dynamic response simulation through system identification. Journal of sound and vibration, 295(3-5), 1017-1027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2006.02.004

Nonlinear dynamic systems, such as those associated with structural testing of vehicles, are considered. The vehicle, or a substructure, is mounted in a test rig that is normally driven by servo-hydraulic actuators. The specimen and test rig form a n... Read More about Dynamic response simulation through system identification..

Data mining medical information: should artificial neural networks be used to analyse trauma audit data? (2006)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., Penny, K. I., Oakley, P., Davies, S., Chesney, D., Maffulli, N., & Templeton, J. (2006). Data mining medical information: should artificial neural networks be used to analyse trauma audit data?. International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics, 1, 51-64. https://doi.org/10.4018/jhisi.2006040104

Trauma audit is intended to develop effective care for injured patients through process and outcome analysis, and dissemination of results. The system records injury details such as the patient’s sex and age, the mechanism of the injury, various meas... Read More about Data mining medical information: should artificial neural networks be used to analyse trauma audit data?.

DS-CDMA PN code acquisition in Rayleigh Fading Channel. (2006)
Journal Article
Sharif, M., Obiebi, J., & Sharp, J. (2006). DS-CDMA PN code acquisition in Rayleigh Fading Channel. The Mediterranean journal of electronics and communications, 2, 59-71

In this paper, an adaptive double dwell PN code acquisition circuit suitable for use in DS-CDMA systems is proposed. The adaptive nature of the circuit is based on the cell averaging constant false alarm rate technique. It is analysed in a Rayleigh f... Read More about DS-CDMA PN code acquisition in Rayleigh Fading Channel..

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..