All Outputs (714)

Hierarchical reinforcement learning for situated natural language generation (2014)
Journal Article
Dethlefs, N., & Cuayáhuitl, H. (2015). Hierarchical reinforcement learning for situated natural language generation. Natural language engineering, 21(3), 391-435. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1351324913000375

Natural Language Generation systems in interactive settings often face a multitude of choices, given that the communicative effect of each utterance they generate depends crucially on the interplay between its physical circumstances, addressee and in... Read More about Hierarchical reinforcement learning for situated natural language generation.

A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2 (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ammar, M., Mehdawi, M., Riley, N., Fanan, A., Paulson, K., & Zolfaghari, M. (2014, January). A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2. Presented at International Conference on Machine Learning, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering

— The spectrum monitoring has gained new aspects with development of the software defined radio SDR as its very important issue in the spectrum management area. In this paper a spectrum monitoring technique with SDR is proposed, the setup of the prot... Read More about A Spectrum Sensing Test Bed based on Matlab and USRP2.

A comprehensive state-of-the-art on control of industrial articulated robots (2014)
Journal Article
Ajwad, S. A., Ullah, M. I., Baizid, K., & Iqbal, J. (2014). A comprehensive state-of-the-art on control of industrial articulated robots. Journal of the Balkan Tribological Association, 20(4), 499-521

Incredible applications of robotic manipulators especially in the industrial sector have drawn attention to substitute classical control techniques with more sophisticated intelligent approaches. This, consequently, has motivated robotics community t... Read More about A comprehensive state-of-the-art on control of industrial articulated robots.

Embedded control system for autarep - a novel autonomous articulated robotic educational platform (2014)
Journal Article
Iqbal, U., Samad, A., Nissa, Z., & Iqbal, J. (2014). Embedded control system for autarep - a novel autonomous articulated robotic educational platform. Tehnički vjesnik – Technical Gazette, 21(6), 1255-1261

This research introduces an open-source framework, AUTonomous Articulated Robotic Educational Platform (AUTAREP). The platform is centred on a 6 Degree Of Freedom (DOF) arm with multiple feedbacks to ensure precision and autonomy. The sensory system... Read More about Embedded control system for autarep - a novel autonomous articulated robotic educational platform.

A unified SLAM solution using partial 3D structure (2014)
Journal Article
Riaz Un Nabi Jafri, S., Iqbal, J., Khan, H., & Chellali, R. (2014). A unified SLAM solution using partial 3D structure. Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, 20(9), 3-8. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eee.20.9.8707

Good quality of environment mapping demands modelling the associated environment nearly to its 3D originality. This paper presents a unified Simultaneous Localisation And Mapping (SLAM) solution based on partial 3D structure. As compared to existing... Read More about A unified SLAM solution using partial 3D structure.

Design and comparison of two control strategies for multi-DOF articulated robotic arm manipulator (2014)
Journal Article
ul Islam, R., Iqbal, J., & Khan, Q. (2014). Design and comparison of two control strategies for multi-DOF articulated robotic arm manipulator. Journal of Control Engineering and Applied Informatics, 16(2), 28-39

This paper is aimed at mathematical modeling and design of a robust control strategy for a multi Degree Of Freedom (DOF) manipulator. A novel AUTonomous Articulated Robotic Educational Platform (AUTAREP), centered on a 6 DOF arm, is introduced in the... Read More about Design and comparison of two control strategies for multi-DOF articulated robotic arm manipulator.

Exploring the impact of different cost heuristics in the allocation of safety integrity levels (2014)
Journal Article
Azevedo, L. S., Parker, D., Papadopoulos, Y., Walker, M., Sorokos, I., & Araújo, R. E. (2014). Exploring the impact of different cost heuristics in the allocation of safety integrity levels. Lecture notes in computer science, 8822, 70-81. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12214-4_6

Contemporary safety standards prescribe processes in which system safety requirements, captured early and expressed in the form of Safety Integrity Levels (SILs), are iteratively allocated to architectural elements. Different SILs reflect different r... Read More about Exploring the impact of different cost heuristics in the allocation of safety integrity levels.

Quantification of temporal fault trees based on fuzzy set theory (2014)
Journal Article
Kabir, S., Edifor, E., Walker, M., & Gordon, N. (2014). Quantification of temporal fault trees based on fuzzy set theory. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, 286, 255-264. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07013-1_24

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014. Fault tree analysis (FTA) has been modified in different ways to make it capable of performing quantitative and qualitative safety analysis with temporal gates, thereby overcoming its limitation i... Read More about Quantification of temporal fault trees based on fuzzy set theory.

An open-source multi-DOF articulated robotic educational platform for autonomous object manipulation (2013)
Journal Article
Manzoor, S., Ul Islam, R., Khalid, A., Samad, A., & Iqbal, J. (2014). An open-source multi-DOF articulated robotic educational platform for autonomous object manipulation. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 30(3), 351-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2013.11.003

This research presents an autonomous robotic framework for academic, vocational and training purpose. The platform is centred on a 6 Degree Of Freedom (DOF) serial robotic arm. The kinematic and dynamic models of the robot have been derived to facili... Read More about An open-source multi-DOF articulated robotic educational platform for autonomous object manipulation.

Overview of Bayesian sequential Monte Carlo methods for group and extended object tracking (2013)
Journal Article
Mihaylova, L., Carmi, A. Y., Septier, F., Gning, A., Pang, S. K., & Godsill, S. (2014). Overview of Bayesian sequential Monte Carlo methods for group and extended object tracking. Digital Signal Processing, 25, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsp.2013.11.006

This work presents the current state-of-the-art in techniques for tracking a number of objects moving in a coordinated and interacting fashion. Groups are structured objects characterized with particular motion patterns. The group can be comprised of... Read More about Overview of Bayesian sequential Monte Carlo methods for group and extended object tracking.

Maximising gain for minimal pain: Utilising natural game mechanics (2013)
Journal Article
Gordon, N., Brayshaw, M., & Grey, S. (2013). Maximising gain for minimal pain: Utilising natural game mechanics. Innovation in teaching and learning in information and computer sciences, 12(1), 27-38. https://doi.org/10.11120/ital.2013.00004

This paper considers the application of natural games mechanics within higher education as a vehicle to encourage student engagement and achievement of desired learning outcomes. It concludes with desiderata of features for a learning environment whe... Read More about Maximising gain for minimal pain: Utilising natural game mechanics.

Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio (2013)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mehdawi, M. A., Riley, N. G., Ammar, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2013, November). Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio. Presented at 2013 21st Telecommunications Forum Telfor, TELFOR 2013 - Proceedings of Papers

Cognitive radio offers an increasingly attractive solution to overcome the underutilization problem. A sensor network based cooperative wideband spectrum sensing is proposed in this paper. The purpose of the sensor network is to determine the frequen... Read More about Cooperative wideband spectrum sensing with multi-bit hard decision in cognitive radio.

Automatic optimisation of system architectures using EAST-ADL (2013)
Journal Article
Walker, M., Reiser, M.-O., Tucci-Piergiovanni, S., Papadopoulos, Y., Lönn, H., Mraidha, C., Parker, D., Chen, D., & Servat, D. (2013). Automatic optimisation of system architectures using EAST-ADL. Journal of Systems and Software, 86(10), 2467-2487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2013.04.001

There are many challenges which face designers of complex system architectures, particularly safety-critical or real-time systems. The introduction of Architecture Description Languages (ADLs) has helped to meet these challenges by consolidating info... Read More about Automatic optimisation of system architectures using EAST-ADL.

Box-particle probability hypothesis density filtering (2013)
Journal Article
Schikora, M., Gning, A., Mihaylova, L., Cremers, D., & Koch, W. (2014). Box-particle probability hypothesis density filtering. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 50(3), 1660-1672. https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2014.120238

This paper develops a novel approach for multitarget tracking, called box-particle probability hypothesis density filter (box-PHD filter). The approach is able to track multiple targets and estimates the unknown number of targets. Furthermore, it is... Read More about Box-particle probability hypothesis density filtering.

Assisted assignment of automotive safety requirements (2013)
Journal Article
Azevedo, L. D. S., Parker, D., Walker, M., Papadopoulos, Y., & Araújo, R. E. (2014). Assisted assignment of automotive safety requirements. IEEE Software, 31(1), 62-68. https://doi.org/10.1109/ms.2013.118

ISO 26262, a functional-safety standard, uses Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASILs) to assign safety requirements to automotive-system elements. System designers initially assign ASILs to system-level hazards and then allocate them to elements o... Read More about Assisted assignment of automotive safety requirements.

A snake-based scheme for path planning and control with constraints by distributed visual sensors (2013)
Journal Article
Cheng, Y., Jiang, P., & Hu, Y. F. (2014). A snake-based scheme for path planning and control with constraints by distributed visual sensors. Robotica, 32(4), 477-499. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0263574713000805

This paper proposes a robot navigation scheme using wireless visual sensors deployed in an environment. Different from the conventional autonomous robot approaches, the scheme intends to relieve massive on-board information processing required by a r... Read More about A snake-based scheme for path planning and control with constraints by distributed visual sensors.

Real-time target detection and tracking: A comparative in-depth review of strategies (2013)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Pasha, M., Riaz-un-Nabi, Khan, H., & Iqbal, J. (2013). Real-time target detection and tracking: A comparative in-depth review of strategies. Life science journal, 10(3), 804-813

This survey reports the approaches for object detection and successful target tracking based on image acquisition for real time applications. Moving target detection and its tracking is an important research topic in computer vision and robotics. Com... Read More about Real-time target detection and tracking: A comparative in-depth review of strategies.

A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems (2013)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Riaz un Nabi, S., Attayyab Khan, A., & Khan, H. (2013). A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems. Life science journal, 10(3), 130-137

This paper presents a novel robotic framework to help students to practically grasp the concepts of Robotics and Control Systems in a laboratory environment. The framework is centered on a robotic rover having two tank-like tracks which permit locomo... Read More about A novel track-drive mobile robotic framework for conducting projects on robotics and control systems.

Computer vision inspired real-time autonomous moving target detection, tracking and locking (2013)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Pasha, S. M., Baizid, K., Khan, A. A., & Iqbal, J. (2013). Computer vision inspired real-time autonomous moving target detection, tracking and locking. Life science journal, 10(4), 3338-3345

Moving object analysis is one of the most important and challenging research subjects in computer vision, video processing and robotics. This analysis is three folds: object detection followed by its tracking and locking. Today's applications demand... Read More about Computer vision inspired real-time autonomous moving target detection, tracking and locking.

Formal verification and validation of embedded systems: the UML-based MADES approach (2013)
Journal Article
Baresi, L., Blohm, G., Kolovos, D. S., Matragkas, N., Motta, A., Paige, R. F., Radjenovic, A., & Rossi, M. (2015). Formal verification and validation of embedded systems: the UML-based MADES approach. Software and systems modeling, 14(1), 343-363. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-013-0330-z

© 2013, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. Formal verification and validation activities from the early development phases can foster system consistency, correctness, and integrity, but they are often hard to carry out as most designers do not have t... Read More about Formal verification and validation of embedded systems: the UML-based MADES approach.