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IRoSim: Industrial Robotics Simulation Design Planning and Optimization platform based on CAD and knowledgeware technologies (2016)
Journal Article
Baizid, K., Ćuković, S., Iqbal, J., Yousnadj, A., Chellali, R., Meddahi, A., Devedžić, G., & Ghionea, I. (2016). IRoSim: Industrial Robotics Simulation Design Planning and Optimization platform based on CAD and knowledgeware technologies. Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 42, 121-134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcim.2016.06.003

This paper presents Industrial Robotics Simulation Design Planning and Optimization platform named IRoSim, which is based on SolidWorks Application Programming Interface (API) to offer an intuitive and convertible environment for designing and simula... Read More about IRoSim: Industrial Robotics Simulation Design Planning and Optimization platform based on CAD and knowledgeware technologies.

Implications of Weighting Metrics for Line Generalization with Visvalingam’s Algorithm (2016)
Journal Article
Visvalingam, M., & Whelan, J. C. (2016). Implications of Weighting Metrics for Line Generalization with Visvalingam’s Algorithm. The Cartographic journal, 53(3), 253-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/00087041.2016.1149906

Visvalingam's algorithm was designed for caricatural line generalization. A distinction must be made between the algorithm and its operational definition, which includes the metric used to drive it. When the algorithm was first introduced, it was dem... Read More about Implications of Weighting Metrics for Line Generalization with Visvalingam’s Algorithm.

Missing Value Imputation Using Stratified Supervised Learning for Cardiovascular Data (2016)
Journal Article
Davis, D., & Rahman, M. (2016). Missing Value Imputation Using Stratified Supervised Learning for Cardiovascular Data. Journal of Informatics and Data Mining, 1(2), Article 13. https://doi.org/10.21767/2472-1956.100013

Legacy (and current) medical datasets are rich source of information and knowledge. However, the use of most legacy medical datasets is beset with problems. One of the most often faced is the problem of missing data, often due to oversights in data c... Read More about Missing Value Imputation Using Stratified Supervised Learning for Cardiovascular Data.

Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules (2016)
Journal Article
Qiu, Z., Ma, X., Zhao, X., Zhou, J., Du, Z., Ji, J., & Yu, M. (2016). Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules. Applied energy, 178, 484-495. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.06.063

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper aims to investigate a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules, in terms of its solar thermal, electrical and overall efficiency, as well as coefficient of... Read More about Experimental investigation of a solar driven direct-expansion heat pump system employing the novel PV/micro-channels-evaporator modules.

Heuristic Evaluation for Serious Immersive Games and M-instruction (2016)
Journal Article
Brayshaw, M., Gordon, N., & Aljaber, T. (2016). Heuristic Evaluation for Serious Immersive Games and M-instruction. Lecture notes in computer science, 9753, 310-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39483-1_29

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. Two fast growing areas for technology-enhanced learning are serious games and mobile instruction (M-instruction or M-Learning). Serious games are ones that are meant to be more than just entertain... Read More about Heuristic Evaluation for Serious Immersive Games and M-instruction.

Fuzzy temporal fault tree analysis of dynamic systems (2016)
Journal Article
Kabir, S., Papadopoulos, Y., Walker, M., Rüde, E., & Securius, P. (2016). Fuzzy temporal fault tree analysis of dynamic systems. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 77, 20-37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijar.2016.05.006

Fault tree analysis (FTA) is a powerful technique that is widely used for evaluating system safety and reliability. It can be used to assess the effects of combinations of failures on system behaviour but is unable to capture sequence dependent dynam... Read More about Fuzzy temporal fault tree analysis of dynamic systems.

Automating industrial tasks through mechatronic systems - A review of robotics in industrial perspective (2016)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Islam, R. U., Abbas, S. Z., Khan, A. A., & Ajwad, S. A. (2016). Automating industrial tasks through mechatronic systems - A review of robotics in industrial perspective. Tehnički vjesnik – Technical Gazette, 23(3), 917-924. https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20140724220401

Pressing requirements of improved and enhanced productivity in industrial applications has necessitated deployment of robot to automate tasks. Manipulator based articulated robots for today’s industrial applications vary widely in terms of number of... Read More about Automating industrial tasks through mechatronic systems - A review of robotics in industrial perspective.

A synthesis of logic and bio-inspired techniques in the design of dependable systems (2016)
Journal Article
Papadopoulos, Y., Walker, M., Parker, D., Sharvia, S., Bottaci, L., Kabir, S., Azevedo, L., & Sorokos, I. (2016). A synthesis of logic and bio-inspired techniques in the design of dependable systems. Annual Reviews in Control, 41, 170-182. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arcontrol.2016.04.008

Much of the development of model-based design and dependability analysis in the design of dependable systems, including software intensive systems, can be attributed to the application of advances in formal logic and its application to fault forecast... Read More about A synthesis of logic and bio-inspired techniques in the design of dependable systems.

The validity and reliability of an automated method of scoring dental arch relationships in unilateral cleft lip and palate using the modified Huddart-Bodenham scoring system (2016)
Journal Article
Martin, C. B., Ma, X., McIntyre, G. T., Wang, W., Lin, P., Chalmers, E. V., & Mossey, P. A. (2016). The validity and reliability of an automated method of scoring dental arch relationships in unilateral cleft lip and palate using the modified Huddart-Bodenham scoring system. European Journal of Orthodontics, 38(4), 353-358. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejo/cjw031

Objective: To evaluate an automated software tool for the assessment of dental arch relationships using the modified Huddart and Bodenham index. Design: Cohort of 43 models of subjects aged 9-21 with UCLP and the ten GOSLON reference models sets. Met... Read More about The validity and reliability of an automated method of scoring dental arch relationships in unilateral cleft lip and palate using the modified Huddart-Bodenham scoring system.

Evaluating hyperheuristics and local search operators for periodic routing problems (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chen, Y., Mourdjis, P., Polack, F., Cowling, P., & Remde, S. Evaluating hyperheuristics and local search operators for periodic routing problems

Meta-heuristics and hybrid heuristic approaches have been successfully applied to Periodic Vehicle Routing Problems (PVRPs). However, to be competitive, these methods require careful design of specific search strategies for each problem. By contrast,... Read More about Evaluating hyperheuristics and local search operators for periodic routing problems.

Application of the D3H2 methodology for the cost-effective design of dependable systems (2016)
Journal Article
Aizpurua, J. I., Muxika, E., Papadopoulos, Y., Chiacchio, F., & Manno, G. (2016). Application of the D3H2 methodology for the cost-effective design of dependable systems. Safety, 2(2), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/safety2020009

The use of dedicated components as a means of achieving desirable levels of fault tolerance in a system may result in high costs. A cost effective way of restoring failed functions is to use heterogeneous redundancies: components that, besides perfor... Read More about Application of the D3H2 methodology for the cost-effective design of dependable systems.

Autonomous crowds tracking with box particle filtering and convolution particle filtering (2016)
Journal Article
De Freitas, A., Mihaylova, L., Gning, A., Angelova, D., & Kadirkamanathan, V. (2016). Autonomous crowds tracking with box particle filtering and convolution particle filtering. Automatica : the journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control, 69, 380-394. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.automatica.2016.03.009

Autonomous systems such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) need to be able to recognise and track crowds of people, e.g. for rescuing and surveillance purposes. Large groups generate multiple measurements with uncertain origin. Additionally, often th... Read More about Autonomous crowds tracking with box particle filtering and convolution particle filtering.

On combinatorial optimisation in analysis of protein-protein interaction and protein folding networks (2016)
Book Chapter
Chalupa, D. (2016). On combinatorial optimisation in analysis of protein-protein interaction and protein folding networks. In G. Squillero, & P. Burelli (Eds.), Applications of Evolutionary Computation; Lecture Notes in Computer Science (91-105). Springer Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31204-0_7

Abstract: Protein-protein interaction networks and protein folding networks represent prominent research topics at the intersection of bioinformatics and network science. In this paper, we present a study of these networks from combinatorial optimisa... Read More about On combinatorial optimisation in analysis of protein-protein interaction and protein folding networks.

Randomised controlled trial of video clips and interactive games to improve vision in children with amblyopia using the I-BiT system (2016)
Journal Article
Herbison, N., Mackeith, D., Vivian, A., Purdy, J., Fakis, A., Ash, I. M., Cobb, S. V., Eastgate, R. M., Haworth, S. M., Gregson, R. M., & Foss, A. J. (2016). Randomised controlled trial of video clips and interactive games to improve vision in children with amblyopia using the I-BiT system. British journal of ophthalmology, 100(11), 1511-1516. https://doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307798

Background Traditional treatment of amblyopia involves either wearing a patch or atropine penalisation of the better eye. A new treatment is being developed on the basis of virtual reality technology allowing either DVD footage or computer games whic... Read More about Randomised controlled trial of video clips and interactive games to improve vision in children with amblyopia using the I-BiT system.

Using robots to understand animal cognition (2016)
Journal Article
Frohnwieser, A., Murray, J. C., Pike, T. W., & Wilkinson, A. (2016). Using robots to understand animal cognition. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 105(1), 14-22. https://doi.org/10.1002/jeab.193

In recent years, robotic animals and humans have been used to answer a variety of questions related to behavior. In the case of animal behavior, these efforts have largely been in the field of behavioral ecology. They have proved to be a useful tool... Read More about Using robots to understand animal cognition.

Using robots to understand animal social cognition (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frohnwieser, A., Murray, J., Pike, T., & Wilkinson, A. (2015, March). Using robots to understand animal social cognition. Presented at ASAB Easter Conference 2015, Durham, UK

In recent years, robotic animals and humans have been used to answer a variety of questions related to behavior. In the case of animal behavior, these efforts have largely been in the field of behavioral ecology. They have proved to be a useful tool... Read More about Using robots to understand animal social cognition.

Comparison of spectrum occupancy measurements using software defined radio RTL-SDR with a conventional spectrum analyzer approach (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fanan, A., Riley, N., Mehdawi, M., Ammar, M., & Zolfaghari, M. (2016, November). Comparison of spectrum occupancy measurements using software defined radio RTL-SDR with a conventional spectrum analyzer approach. Presented at 2015 23rd Telecommunications Forum Telfor (TELFOR)

In the present day Cognitive Radio has become a realistic option for solution of the spectrum scarcity problem in wireless communication. Recently, the TV band has attracted attention due to the considerable potential for exploitation of available TV... Read More about Comparison of spectrum occupancy measurements using software defined radio RTL-SDR with a conventional spectrum analyzer approach.

Spectrum occupancy measurements and lessons learned in the context of cognitive radio (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Mehdawi, M., Riley, N. G., Ammar, M., Fanan, A., & Zolfaghari, M. (2015, November). Spectrum occupancy measurements and lessons learned in the context of cognitive radio. Presented at 2015 23rd Telecommunications Forum, TELFOR 2015

Various measurement campaigns have shown that numerous spectrum bands are vacant even though licenses have been issued by the regulatory agencies. Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) based on Cognitive Radio (CR) has been regarded as a prospective solution... Read More about Spectrum occupancy measurements and lessons learned in the context of cognitive radio.

Quality measurements of an UWB reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna (2016)
Book Chapter
Zolfaghari, M., Riley, N. G., Mehdawi, M., Fanan, A., Ammar, M., & Meng, F. (2016). Quality measurements of an UWB reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna. In Telecommunications forum Telfor (TELFOR), 2015 23rd (543-546). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/TELFOR.2015.7377526

The paper presents a characterization of a compact co-planar waveguide (CPW)-fed slot loaded low return loss planar printed antenna designed for wireless communication and ultra-wideband (UWB) applications. Following a review of the antenna design, w... Read More about Quality measurements of an UWB reduced-size CPW-fed aperture antenna.

Extreme learning machine based approach for diagnosis and analysis of breast cancer (2016)
Journal Article
Iqbal, J., Tsagarakis, N., & Caldwell, D. (2016). Extreme learning machine based approach for diagnosis and analysis of breast cancer. Journal of the Chinese Institute of Engineers, 39(1), 74-78. https://doi.org/10.1080/02533839.2015.1082934

Due to the heterogeneous and complex nature of clinical data, the need to use sophisticated diagnosis techniques has increased significantly in recent years. The proposed approach for diagnosis of breast cancer exploits the potential of an extreme le... Read More about Extreme learning machine based approach for diagnosis and analysis of breast cancer.