Low Power Design Techniques for Digital Logic Circuits. (2003)
Thesis
Xia, Y. Low Power Design Techniques for Digital Logic Circuits. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6887

With the rapid increase in the density and the size of chips and systems, area and power dissipation
become critical concern in Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) circuit design. Low power
design techniques are essential for today's VLSI industry.... Read More about Low Power Design Techniques for Digital Logic Circuits..

Exact minimisation of large multiple output FPRM functions. (2002)
Journal Article
Almaini, A. E. A., & Wang, L. Y. (2002). Exact minimisation of large multiple output FPRM functions. IEE proceedings. Computers and digital techniques, 149, 203-212. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-cdt%3A20020674

The properties of the polarity for sum-of-products (SOP) expressions of Boolean functions are formally investigated. A transform matrix S is developed to convert SOP expressions from one polarity to another polarity. It is shown that the effect of SO... Read More about Exact minimisation of large multiple output FPRM functions..

A framework for distributed evolutionary algorithms. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Arenas, M. G., Collet, P., Eiben, A. E., Jeasity, M., Merelo Guervós, J. J., Paechter, B., Preuss, M., & Schoenauer, M. (2002, September). A framework for distributed evolutionary algorithms. Presented at Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN VII 7th International Conference

This paper describes the recently released DREAM (Distributed Resource Evolutionary Algorithm Machine) framework for the automatic distribution of evolutionary algorithm (EA) processing through a virtual machine built from large numbers of individual... Read More about A framework for distributed evolutionary algorithms..

Isotropically conductive adhesives for electronic manufacture of flexible printed circuit boards (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roeck, M., & Hunt, I. (2000, December). Isotropically conductive adhesives for electronic manufacture of flexible printed circuit boards. Presented at 3rd Electronics Packaging Technology Conference (EPTC 2000) (Cat. No.00EX456)

The use of polyester as flexible printed circuit board substrates implies that alternative low temperature curing conductive materials are required for assembling electronic circuits. In addition, conductive adhesives are used as a solution which eli... Read More about Isotropically conductive adhesives for electronic manufacture of flexible printed circuit boards.

Genetic algorithm based state assignment for power and area optimisation. (2002)
Journal Article
Xia, Y., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2002). Genetic algorithm based state assignment for power and area optimisation. IEE proceedings. Computers and digital techniques, 149, 128-133. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-cdt%3A20020431

The use of assignment to minimise power dissipation and area for finite-state machines is computationally difficult. Most published results show that the reduction of switching activity often trades with area penalty. Two cost functions are introduce... Read More about Genetic algorithm based state assignment for power and area optimisation..

An Application of Higher Order Sliding Modes to the Control of a Diesel Generator Set (GENSET) (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spurgeon, S., Goh, K., & Jones, B. (2002, July). An Application of Higher Order Sliding Modes to the Control of a Diesel Generator Set (GENSET). Presented at 7th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems

Diesel engines have become a common source of power, both for vehicles and for static equipment because they are fuel efficient, robust and reliable. It is important that diesel engines are robustly
controlled in order to maintain efficiency, minimi... Read More about An Application of Higher Order Sliding Modes to the Control of a Diesel Generator Set (GENSET).

A novel method for the performance modelling of a gas transmission compressor. (2002)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Henderson, D., Armitage, A., & Pearson, W. N. (2002, June). A novel method for the performance modelling of a gas transmission compressor. Presented at Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2002, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

This paper presents the application of feed forward neural networks to the performance modeling of a gas transmission compressor. Results of compressor model testing suggest that compressor speed can be estimated to within ± 2.5 %. The neural network... Read More about A novel method for the performance modelling of a gas transmission compressor..

Design of a PV driven low flow solar domestic hot water system and modeling of the system collector outlet temperature (2002)
Journal Article
Grassie, T., MacGregor, K., Muneer, T., & Kubie, J. (2002). Design of a PV driven low flow solar domestic hot water system and modeling of the system collector outlet temperature. Energy Conversion and Management, 43(8), 1063-1078. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0196-8904%2801%2900090-5

The system under consideration comprises a new freeze tolerant flat plate collector connected directly to a domestic hot water storage tank. Water is circulated by means of a small 12 V DC pump, driven directly by a PV module. It is desired that the... Read More about Design of a PV driven low flow solar domestic hot water system and modeling of the system collector outlet temperature.

Optimisation of Reed-Muller PLA implementations. (2002)
Journal Article
Wang, L. Y., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2002). Optimisation of Reed-Muller PLA implementations. IEE proceedings. Circuits, devices, and systems, 149, 119-128. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-cds%3A20020354

Decomposition techniques are utilised for mixed polarity Reed-Muller minimisation, which lead to Reed-Muller programmable logic array implementations for Boolean functions. The proposed algorithm produces a simplified mixed polarity Reed-Muller forma... Read More about Optimisation of Reed-Muller PLA implementations..

Fault diagnostics using sliding mode techniques (2002)
Journal Article
Goh, K. B., Spurgeon, S. K., & Jones, N. B. (2002). Fault diagnostics using sliding mode techniques. Control Engineering Practice, 10(2), 207-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0967-0661%2801%2900114-9

A sliding mode technique was developed and applied to analyse temperature sensor data to reveal faults. The advantage of the technique is that it allows other system parameters to be reproduced for fault diagnosis.

A new method for correcting shadow band diffuse irradiance data. (2002)
Journal Article
Muneer, T., & Zhang, X. (2002). A new method for correcting shadow band diffuse irradiance data. Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, 124, 34-43. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.1435647

An instrument commonly used to measure diffuse irradiance is the polar-axis shadow band pyranometer. However, the shadow band that is used to prevent the beam energy from entering the pyranometer also obscures part of sky-diffuse irradiance. A correc... Read More about A new method for correcting shadow band diffuse irradiance data..

Differential CMOS edge-triggered flip-flop with clock gating. (2002)
Journal Article
Xia, Y., & Almaini, A. E. A. (2002). Differential CMOS edge-triggered flip-flop with clock gating. Electronics Letters, 38, 9-11. https://doi.org/10.1049/el%3A20020038

A non-redundant transition clock chain is proposed and applied to differential edge-triggered flip-flops. PSPICE simulation shows that compared to a recently published design the proposed circuit can save power when switching activity of the input si... Read More about Differential CMOS edge-triggered flip-flop with clock gating..

Wavelet-based filtering for the clinical evaluation of atrial fibrillation. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Watson, J. N., Addison, P., Grubb, N. R., Clegg, G. R., Robertson, C. E., & Fox, K. A. A. (2001, October). Wavelet-based filtering for the clinical evaluation of atrial fibrillation. Presented at 23rd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society

Summary form only given. This paper describes the work in progress to develop a new ECG signal filtering technique to aid the clinical analysis of atrial fibrillation. The method separates the wavelet transform modulus maxima corresponding to the sig... Read More about Wavelet-based filtering for the clinical evaluation of atrial fibrillation..

Agent motion planning with GAs enhanced by memory models. (2001)
Journal Article
Bot, M., Urquhart, N. B., & Chisholm, K. (2001). Agent motion planning with GAs enhanced by memory models. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, 227-234

The Tartarus problem may be considered a benchmark problem in the field of robotics. A robotic agent is required to move a number of blocks to the edge of an environment. The location of the blocks and position of the robot is unknown initially. The... Read More about Agent motion planning with GAs enhanced by memory models..

The Effects of Detector Spacing on Traffic Forecasting Performance Using Neural Networks (2001)
Journal Article
Chen, H., Dougherty, M. S., & Kirby, H. R. (2001). The Effects of Detector Spacing on Traffic Forecasting Performance Using Neural Networks. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 16(6), 422-430. https://doi.org/10.1111/0885-9507.00244

An investigation was made as to how short-term traffic forecasting on motorways and other trunk roads is related to the density of detectors. Forecasting performances with respect to different detector spaces have been investigated with both simulate... Read More about The Effects of Detector Spacing on Traffic Forecasting Performance Using Neural Networks.

Electron transport in metal-amorphous silicon-metal memory devices. (2001)
Journal Article
Hu, J., Hajto, J., Snell, A. J., & Rose, M. J. (2001). Electron transport in metal-amorphous silicon-metal memory devices. IEICE Transactions on Electronics, E84-C, 1197-1201

Current-voltage characteristics of Cr-doped hydrogenated amorphous silicon-V (Cr/p+a-Si:H/V) analogue memory switching devices have been measured over a wide range of device resistance from several kilo-ohms to several hundred kilo-ohms, and over a t... Read More about Electron transport in metal-amorphous silicon-metal memory devices..

Menu sonification in a mobile phone – A prototype study. (2001)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Helle, S., LePlâtre, G., Marila, J., & Laine, P. (2001, July). Menu sonification in a mobile phone – A prototype study. Presented at The Seventh International Conference on Auditory Display, ICAD2001

We have studied the effect and acceptance of a sonified menu structure in a mobile phone. In this experiment, mobile phones with a special software were given to test users for a period of three weeks. Sonification design was done using earcons, and... Read More about Menu sonification in a mobile phone – A prototype study..

Evaluating arrhythmias in ECG signals using wavelet transforms. (2000)
Journal Article
Addison, P., Watson, J. N., Clegg, G. R., Holzer, M., Sterz, F., & Robertson, C. E. (2000). Evaluating arrhythmias in ECG signals using wavelet transforms. IEEE engineering in medicine & biology magazine the quarterly magazine of the Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, 19, 104-109. https://doi.org/10.1109/51.870237

Recent work has attempted to utilize wavelet techniques in the analysis of biomedical signals including ECGs. Here, the authors present an energy-based method of interrogating the ECG in VF using high-resolution, log-scale continuous wavelet plots. W... Read More about Evaluating arrhythmias in ECG signals using wavelet transforms..

Automated synthesis and optimization of multilevel logic circuits. (2000)
Thesis
Wang, L. Automated synthesis and optimization of multilevel logic circuits. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4342

With the increased complexity of Very Large Scaled Integrated (VLSI) circuits, multilevel
logic synthesis plays an even more important role due to its flexibility and compactness.
The history of symbolic logic and some typical techniques for multil... Read More about Automated synthesis and optimization of multilevel logic circuits..

Aspects of diagnostic schemes for biomedical and engineering systems (2000)
Journal Article
Jones, N., Pont, M., Spurgeon, S., Goh, K., Parikh, C., Lim, C., & Twiddle, J. (2000). Aspects of diagnostic schemes for biomedical and engineering systems. IEE proceedings. Science, measurement and technology, 147(6), 357-362. https://doi.org/10.1049/ip-smt%3A20000859

The paper considers aspects of work carried out on projects in medical diagnostics and engineering fault detection and control, and shows the development of some ideas in signal processing and diagnostic techniques; in particular regarding models, es... Read More about Aspects of diagnostic schemes for biomedical and engineering systems.