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Enabling rapid and cost-effective creation of massive pervasive games in very unstable environments (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wietrzyk, B., & Radenkovic, M. Enabling rapid and cost-effective creation of massive pervasive games in very unstable environments. Presented at 2007 Fourth Annual Conference on Wireless on Demand Network Systems and Services

Pervasive gaming is a new form of multimedia entertainment that extends the traditional computer gaming experience out into the real world. Through a combination of personal devices, positioning systems and other sensors, combined with wireless netwo... Read More about Enabling rapid and cost-effective creation of massive pervasive games in very unstable environments.

A graph-based hyper heuristic for timetabling problems (2007)
Journal Article
Burke, E., MacCloumn, B., Meisels, A., Petrovic, S., & Qu, R. (2007). A graph-based hyper heuristic for timetabling problems. European Journal of Operational Research, 176(1), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2005.08.012

This paper presents an investigation of a simple generic hyper-heuristic approach upon a set of widely used constructive heuristics (graph coloring heuristics) in timetabling. Within the hyperheuristic framework, a Tabu Search approach is employed to... Read More about A graph-based hyper heuristic for timetabling problems.

Extracting reusable document components for variable data printing (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bagley, S. R., Brailsford, D. F., & Ollis, J. A. (2007). Extracting reusable document components for variable data printing.

Variable Data Printing (VDP) has brought new flexibility and dynamism to the printed page. Each printed instance of a specific class of document can now have different degrees of customized content within the document template.

This flexibility co... Read More about Extracting reusable document components for variable data printing.

An affine invariant function using PCA bases with an application to within-class object recognition (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tzimiropoulos, G., Mitianoudis, N., & Stathaki, T. (2007). An affine invariant function using PCA bases with an application to within-class object recognition.

The problem of shape-based recognition of objects under affine transformations is considered. We focus on the construction of a robust and highly discriminative affine invariant function that can be used for within-class object recognition applicatio... Read More about An affine invariant function using PCA bases with an application to within-class object recognition.

Robust recognition of planar shapes under affine transforms using principal component analysis (2007)
Journal Article
Tzimiropoulos, G., Mitianoudis, N., & Stathaki, T. (2007). Robust recognition of planar shapes under affine transforms using principal component analysis. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 14(10), https://doi.org/10.1109/LSP.2007.896434

A scheme, based on Principal Component Analysis (PCA), is proposed that can be used for the recognition of 2D planar shapes under affine transformations. A PCA step is first used to map the object boundary to its canonical form, reducing the problem... Read More about Robust recognition of planar shapes under affine transforms using principal component analysis.

Articulation and Clarification of the Dendritic Cell Algorithm (2006)
Book Chapter
Greensmith, J., Aickelin, U., & Twycross, J. (2006). Articulation and Clarification of the Dendritic Cell Algorithm. In Artificial Immune Systems: 5th International Conference, ICARIS 2006, Oeiras, Portugal, September 4-6, 2006. Proceedings. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/11823940_31

The Dendritic Cell algorithm (DCA) is inspired by recent work in innate immunity. In this paper a formal description of the DCA is given. The DCA is described in detail, and its use as an anomaly detector is illustrated within the context of computer... Read More about Articulation and Clarification of the Dendritic Cell Algorithm.

The teaching space allocation problem with splitting (2006)
Book Chapter
Beyrouthy, C., Burke, E. K., Landa-Silva, D., Mccollum, B., Mcmullan, P., & Parkes, A. J. (2006). The teaching space allocation problem with splitting. In Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling: VI 6th International Conference, PATAT 2006 Brno, Czech Republic, August 30–September 1, 2006 Revised Selected Papers (228-247). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77345-0_15

A standard problem within universities is that of teaching space allocation which can be thought of as the assignment of rooms and times to various teaching activities. The focus is usually on courses that are expected to fit into one room. However,... Read More about The teaching space allocation problem with splitting.

Developing digital records: Early experiences of record and replay (2006)
Journal Article
Crabtree, A., French, A., Greenhalgh, C., Benford, S., Cheverst, K., Fitton, D., …Graham, C. (2006). Developing digital records: Early experiences of record and replay. Computer Supported Cooperative Work, 15(4), 281-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10606-006-9026-z

In this paper we consider the development of 'digital records' to support ethnographic study of interaction and collaboration in ubiquitous computing environments and articulate the core concept of 'record and replay' through two case studies. One fo... Read More about Developing digital records: Early experiences of record and replay.

Compact fusion (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Hope, C., & Hutton, G. (2006). Compact fusion.

There are many advantages to writing functional programs in a compositional style, such as clarity and modularity. However, the intermediate data structures produced may mean that the resulting program is inefficient in terms of space. These may be r... Read More about Compact fusion.

Case Based Heuristic Selection for Timetabling Problems (2006)
Journal Article
Burke, E., Petrovic, S., & Qu, R. (2006). Case Based Heuristic Selection for Timetabling Problems. Journal of Scheduling, 9(2),

This paper presents a case-based heuristic selection approach for automated university course and exam timetabling. The method described in this paper is motivated by the goal of developing timetabling systems that are fundamentally more general than... Read More about Case Based Heuristic Selection for Timetabling Problems.

The B-coder: an improved binary arithmetic coder and probability estimator (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kelly, B. G., & Brailsford, D. F. The B-coder: an improved binary arithmetic coder and probability estimator. Presented at Data Compression Conference 2006 (DCC 2006)

In this paper we present the B-coder, an efficient binary arithmetic coder that performs extremely well on a wide range of data. The B-coder should be classed as an `approximate’ arithmetic coder, because of its use of an approximation to multiplicat... Read More about The B-coder: an improved binary arithmetic coder and probability estimator.

Wireless mobile ad-hoc sensor networks for very large scale cattle monitoring (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Radenkovic, M., & Wietrzyk, B. Wireless mobile ad-hoc sensor networks for very large scale cattle monitoring. Presented at 6th International Workshop on Applications and Services in Wireless Networks (ASWN '06)

This paper investigates the use of wireless mobile ad hoc sensor networks in the nationwide cattle monitoring systems. This problem is essential for monitoring general animal health and detecting outbreaks of animal diseases that can... Read More about Wireless mobile ad-hoc sensor networks for very large scale cattle monitoring.

Multiple-retrieval case-based reasoning for course timetabling problems (2006)
Journal Article
Burke, E., MacCarthy, B. L., Petrovic, S., & Qu, R. (2006). Multiple-retrieval case-based reasoning for course timetabling problems. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 57(2),

The structured representation of cases by attribute graphs in a Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) system for course timetabling has been the subject of previous research by the authors. In that system, the case base is organised as a decision tree and the r... Read More about Multiple-retrieval case-based reasoning for course timetabling problems.

Calculating an exceptional machine (2006)
Book Chapter
Hutton, G., & Wright, J. (2006). Calculating an exceptional machine. In H.-W. Loidl (Ed.), Trends in functional programming. Volume 5. Intellect

Artificial Immune Tissue using Self-Organizing Networks (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Feyereisl, J., & Aickelin, U. (2006). Artificial Immune Tissue using Self-Organizing Networks.

As introduced by Bentley et al. (2005), artificial immune systems (AIS) are lacking tissue, which is present in one form or another in all living multi-cellular organisms. Some have argued that this concept in the context of AIS brings little novelty... Read More about Artificial Immune Tissue using Self-Organizing Networks.

BOA for nurse scheduling (2006)
Book Chapter
Li, J., & Aickelin, U. (2006). BOA for nurse scheduling. In M. Pelikan, K. Sastry, & E. Cantú-Paz (Eds.), Scalable optimization via probabilistic modeling: from algorithms to applications. Springer

Our research has shown that schedules can be built mimicking a human scheduler by using a set of rules that involve domain knowledge. This chapter presents a Bayesian Optimization Algorithm (BOA)for the nurse scheduling problem that chooses such suit... Read More about BOA for nurse scheduling.

The spatial character of sensor technology (2006)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Reeves, S., Pridmore, T., Crabtree, A., Green, J., Benford, S., & O'Malley, C. (2006). The spatial character of sensor technology.

By considering the spatial character of sensor-based interactive systems, this paper investigates how discussions of seams and seamlessness in ubiquitous computing neglect the complex spatial character that is constructed as a side-effect of deployin... Read More about The spatial character of sensor technology.

An immune inspired Network Intrusion Detection System utilising correlation (2006)
Book Chapter
Tedesco, G., & Aickelin, U. (2006). An immune inspired Network Intrusion Detection System utilising correlation. In T. Kovacs, & J. A. Marshall (Eds.), AISB '06: adaptation in artificial and biological systems. Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour

Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS) are computer systems which monitor a network with the aim of discerning malicious from benign activity on that network. While a wide range of approaches have met varying levels of success, most IDSs rely on... Read More about An immune inspired Network Intrusion Detection System utilising correlation.