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Clear-days operational performance of a hybrid experimental space heating system employing the novel mini-channel solar thermal & PV/T panels and a heat pump (2017)
Journal Article
Zhou, J., Zhao, X., Ma, X., Du, Z., Fan, Y., Cheng, Y., & Zhang, X. (2017). Clear-days operational performance of a hybrid experimental space heating system employing the novel mini-channel solar thermal & PV/T panels and a heat pump. Solar Energy, 155, 464-477. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solener.2017.06.056

The paper investigated a hybrid experimental space heating system that comprises the novel mini-channel solar thermal and PV/T panels, as well as a heat pump. The major advantage of the system lies in the multiple functions of providing energy for sp... Read More about Clear-days operational performance of a hybrid experimental space heating system employing the novel mini-channel solar thermal & PV/T panels and a heat pump.

A hybrid evaluation approach and guidance for mHealth education applications (2017)
Book Chapter
Aljaber, T., & Gordon, N. (2018). A hybrid evaluation approach and guidance for mHealth education applications. In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Advances in Usability and User Experience (282-290). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60492-3_27

© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. Mobile health education applications (MHEAs) are used to support different users. However, although these applications are increasing in number, there is no effective evaluation framework to measure their... Read More about A hybrid evaluation approach and guidance for mHealth education applications.

Nonlinear control systems - A brief overview of historical and recent advances (2017)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Ullah, M., Khan, S. G., Khelifa, B., & Ćuković, S. (2017). Nonlinear control systems - A brief overview of historical and recent advances. Nonlinear Engineering, 6(4), 301-312. https://doi.org/10.1515/nleng-2016-0077

Last five decades witnessed remarkable developments in linear control systems and thus problems in this subject has been largely resolved. The scope of the present paper is beyond linear solutions. Modern technology demands sophisticated control laws... Read More about Nonlinear control systems - A brief overview of historical and recent advances.

Connecting Undergraduate Students as Partners in Computer Science Teaching and Research (2017)
Journal Article
Gordon, N. A., & Brayshaw, M. (2017). Connecting Undergraduate Students as Partners in Computer Science Teaching and Research. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 12(12), https://doi.org/10.29311/ndtps.v0i12.598

Connecting undergraduate students as partners can lead to the enhancement of the undergraduate experience and allow students to see the different sides of the university. Such holistic perspectives may better inform academic career choices and postgr... Read More about Connecting Undergraduate Students as Partners in Computer Science Teaching and Research.

Hierarchical strategies for efficient fault recovery on the reconfigurable PAnDA device (2017)
Journal Article
Trefzer, M. A., Lawson, D. M. R., Bale, S. J., Walker, J. A., Tyrrell, A. M., Lawson, D. M., Lawson, D., Walker, J., Bale, S., Trefzer, M., & Tyrrell, A. (2017). Hierarchical strategies for efficient fault recovery on the reconfigurable PAnDA device. IEEE Transactions on Computers, 66(6), 930-945. https://doi.org/10.1109/TC.2016.2632722

A novel hierarchical fault-tolerance methodology for reconfigurable devices is presented. A bespoke multi-reconfigurable FPGA architecture, the programmable analogue and digital array (PAnDA), is introduced allowing fine-grained reconfiguration beyon... Read More about Hierarchical strategies for efficient fault recovery on the reconfigurable PAnDA device.

Analysis of the EPSRC Principles of Robotics in regard to key research topics (2017)
Journal Article
Gning, A., Davis, D. N., Cheng, Y., & Robinson, P. (2017). Analysis of the EPSRC Principles of Robotics in regard to key research topics. Connection Science, 29(3), 249-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540091.2017.1323456

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. In this paper, we review the five rules published in EPSRC Principles of Robotics with a specific focus on future robotics research topics. It is demonstrated through a pictorial represe... Read More about Analysis of the EPSRC Principles of Robotics in regard to key research topics.

Collaborative hybrid agent provision of learner needs using ontology based semantic technology (2017)
Journal Article
Brayshaw, M., Nganji, J., & Gordon, N. (2017). Collaborative hybrid agent provision of learner needs using ontology based semantic technology. Lecture notes in computer science, 10296 LNCS, 341-351. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58515-4_27

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017. This paper describes the use of Intelligent Agents and Ontologies to implement knowledge navigation and learner choice when interacting with complex information locations. The paper is in two parts: the fi... Read More about Collaborative hybrid agent provision of learner needs using ontology based semantic technology.

A guidance and evaluation approach for mHealth education applications (2017)
Book Chapter
Gordon, N., & Aljaber, T. (2017). A guidance and evaluation approach for mHealth education applications. In Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Technology in Education; Lecture Notes in Computer Science (330-340). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58515-4_26

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017. A growing number of mobile applications for health education are being utilized to support different stakeholders, from health professionals to software developers to patients and more general users. There... Read More about A guidance and evaluation approach for mHealth education applications.

Flexible virtual environments: Gamifying immersive learning (2017)
Journal Article
Gordon, N., & Brayshaw, M. (2017). Flexible virtual environments: Gamifying immersive learning. Communications in computer and information science, 714, 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58753-0_18

© Springer International Publishing AG 2017. The availability of Virtual Reality (VR) and Virtual Environment (VE) equipment - with the launch of domestic technologies such as the Oculus Rift, Microsoft Hololens and Sony Playstation VR) - offer new w... Read More about Flexible virtual environments: Gamifying immersive learning.

Improved dynamic dependability assessment through integration with prognostics (2017)
Journal Article
Aizpurua, J. I., Catterson, V. M., Papadopoulos, Y., Chiacchio, F., & Manno, G. (2017). Improved dynamic dependability assessment through integration with prognostics. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 66(3), 893-913. https://doi.org/10.1109/tr.2017.2693821

The use of average data for dependability assessments results in a outdated system-level dependability estimation which can lead to incorrect design decisions. With increasing availability of online data, there is room to improve traditional dependab... Read More about Improved dynamic dependability assessment through integration with prognostics.

Stereovision-based real-time obstacle detection scheme for Unmanned Ground Vehicle with steering wheel drive mechanism (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Khan, M., Hassan, S., Ahmed, S. I., & Iqbal, J. (2017). Stereovision-based real-time obstacle detection scheme for Unmanned Ground Vehicle with steering wheel drive mechanism. In Proceedings of 2017 International Conference on Communication, Computing and Digital Systems (C-CODE) (380-385). https://doi.org/10.1109/C-CODE.2017.7918961

This paper highlights the importance of an autonomous navigation scheme for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) operating under a complex operational scenario that requires obstacle detection. The proposed scheme is based on the construction and investi... Read More about Stereovision-based real-time obstacle detection scheme for Unmanned Ground Vehicle with steering wheel drive mechanism.

Supporting group maintenance through prognostics-enhanced dynamic dependability prediction (2017)
Journal Article
Papadopoulos, Y., Aizpurua, J. I., Catterson, V. M., Chiacchio, F., D'Urso, D., Papadopoulos, Y., Aizpurua, J. I., Catterson, V., Chiacchio, F., & D'Urso, D. (2017). Supporting group maintenance through prognostics-enhanced dynamic dependability prediction. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 168, 171-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2017.04.005

Condition-based maintenance strategies adapt maintenance planning through the integration of online condition monitoring of assets. The accuracy and cost-effectiveness of these strategies can be improved by integrating prognostics predictions and gro... Read More about Supporting group maintenance through prognostics-enhanced dynamic dependability prediction.

Prospects of robotics in food industry (2017)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Khan, Z. H., & Khalid, A. (2017). Prospects of robotics in food industry. Food Science and Technology (Campinas), 37(2), 159-165. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-457X.14616

Technological advancements in various domains have broadened the application horizon of robotics to an incredible extent. Highlighting a very recent application area, this paper presents a comprehensive review of robotics application in food industry... Read More about Prospects of robotics in food industry.

Computational methods for finding long simple cycles in complex networks (2017)
Journal Article
Chalupa, D., Balaghan, P., Hawick, K. A., & Gordon, N. A. (2017). Computational methods for finding long simple cycles in complex networks. Knowledge-Based Systems, 125, 96-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2017.03.022

© 2017 Elsevier B.V. Detection of long simple cycles in real-world complex networks finds many applications in layout algorithms, information flow modelling, as well as in bioinformatics. In this paper, we propose two computational methods for findin... Read More about Computational methods for finding long simple cycles in complex networks.

MPC and H-Infinity Based Feedback Control of Non-Linear Robotic Manipulator (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ullah, M. I., Ajwad, S. A., Irfan, M., & Iqbal, J. (2017). MPC and H-Infinity Based Feedback Control of Non-Linear Robotic Manipulator. In Proceedings. 14th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology — FIT 2016 (136-141). https://doi.org/10.1109/FIT.2016.033

Pressing demands of accuracy, repeatability, reliability and productivity in today's robotic applications has highlighted significance of modern control techniques. This research proposes two non-linear design techniques, Model Predictive Control (MP... Read More about MPC and H-Infinity Based Feedback Control of Non-Linear Robotic Manipulator.

An overview of fault tree analysis and its application in model based dependability analysis (2017)
Journal Article
Kabir, S. (2017). An overview of fault tree analysis and its application in model based dependability analysis. Expert Systems with Applications, 77, 114-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2017.01.058

Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) is a well-established and well-understood technique, widely used for dependability evaluation of a wide range of systems. Although many extensions of fault trees have been proposed, they suffer from a variety of shortcomings... Read More about An overview of fault tree analysis and its application in model based dependability analysis.

Role and review of educational robotic platforms in preparing engineers for industry (2017)
Journal Article
Ajwad, S. A., Asim, N., Islam, R. U., & Iqbal, J. (2017). Role and review of educational robotic platforms in preparing engineers for industry. Maejo International Journal of Science and Technology, 11(1), 17-34

Recent advances in robotics, specifically in the industrial sector, have highlighted the need to have sophisticated educational and training platforms. The cross-disciplinary nature of robotics demands industrial engineers to acquire knowledge and pr... Read More about Role and review of educational robotic platforms in preparing engineers for industry.

Dual-modal SERS/fluorescence AuNP probe for mitochondrial imaging (2017)
Journal Article
Eling, C. J., Price, T. W., Marshall, A. R. L., Narda Viscomi, F., Robinson, P., Firth, G., Adawi, A. M., Bouillard, J.-S. G., & Stasiuk, G. J. (2017). Dual-modal SERS/fluorescence AuNP probe for mitochondrial imaging. ChemPlusChem, 82(5), 674-680. https://doi.org/10.1002/cplu.201600593

A novel SERS/fluorescent multimodal imaging probe for mitochondria has been synthesised using 12 nm diameter gold nanoparticles (AuNP) surface functionalised with a rhodamine thiol derivative ligand. The normal pH dependant acidic fluorescence of the... Read More about Dual-modal SERS/fluorescence AuNP probe for mitochondrial imaging.

Artificial epigenetic networks: automatic decomposition of dynamical control tasks using topological self-modification (2017)
Journal Article
Turner, A. P., Caves, L. S. D., Stepney, S., Tyrrell, A. M., & Lones, M. A. (2017). Artificial epigenetic networks: automatic decomposition of dynamical control tasks using topological self-modification. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 28(1), 218-230. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2015.2497142

This paper describes the artificial epigenetic network, a recurrent connectionist architecture that is able to dynamically modify its topology in order to automatically decompose and solve dynamical problems. The approach is motivated by the behavior... Read More about Artificial epigenetic networks: automatic decomposition of dynamical control tasks using topological self-modification.

Artificial minds with consciousness and common sense aspects (2017)
Journal Article
Shylaja, K., Vijayakumar, M., Prasad, E. V., & Davis, D. N. (2017). Artificial minds with consciousness and common sense aspects. International journal of agent technologies and systems, 9(1), 20-42. https://doi.org/10.4018/ijats.2017010102

The research work presented in this article investigates and explains the conceptual mechanisms of consciousness and common-sense thinking of animates. These mechanisms are computationally simulated on artificial agents as strategic rules to analyze... Read More about Artificial minds with consciousness and common sense aspects.