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Traditional hydropower plant revamping based on a variable-speed surface permanent-magnet high-torque-density generator (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Tessarolo, A., Luise, F., Raffin, P., & Degano, M. (2011). Traditional hydropower plant revamping based on a variable-speed surface permanent-magnet high-torque-density generator. . https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCEP.2011.6036335

In today's energy-saving and optimization programs, hydroelectric power plays a key role as it is based on a clean renewable energy source and capable of fulfilling a significant portion of the overall power demand. However, many hydropower plants ha... Read More about Traditional hydropower plant revamping based on a variable-speed surface permanent-magnet high-torque-density generator.

Nature of real-world multi-objective vehicle routing with evolutionary algorithms (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Castro-Gutierrez, J., Landa-Silva, D., & Moreno Perez, J. (2011). Nature of real-world multi-objective vehicle routing with evolutionary algorithms.

The Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows VRPTW) is an important logistics problem which in the realworld appears to be multi-objective. Most research in this area has been carried out using classic datasets designed for the single-objective case... Read More about Nature of real-world multi-objective vehicle routing with evolutionary algorithms.

Variable sampling frequency in iterative learning current control for shunt active filter in aircraft power systems (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zanchetta, P., Degano, M., Liu, J., & Mattavelli, P. (2011, September). Variable sampling frequency in iterative learning current control for shunt active filter in aircraft power systems. Presented at 2011 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Phoenix, AZ, USA

This paper investigates the feasibility of an Iterative Leaning current Control (ILC) with variable sampling frequency to realize a 3-phase Shunt Active Filter (SAF) used for harmonic compensation in new generation aircrafts, where a Variable Speed V... Read More about Variable sampling frequency in iterative learning current control for shunt active filter in aircraft power systems.

Salivary diagnostics in primary dental care (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Dawlett, B., Pope, L., Blake, H., Leighton, P., & Deery, C. (2011, September). Salivary diagnostics in primary dental care. Presented at BSODR Meeting, Sheffield, UK

Presented on 13 September 2011.

Automated conversion of Web-based marriage register data into a printed format with predefined layout (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brailsford, D. F. (2011). Automated conversion of Web-based marriage register data into a printed format with predefined layout.

The Phillimore Marriage Registers for England were published in the period 1896 to 1922 and have defined a standard layout format for the typesetting of marriage data. However, not all English parish churches had their marriage registers analysed and... Read More about Automated conversion of Web-based marriage register data into a printed format with predefined layout.

Reflowable documents composed from pre-rendered atomic components (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Pinkney, A. J., Bagley, S. R., & Brailsford, D. F. (2011). Reflowable documents composed from pre-rendered atomic components.

Mobile eBook readers are now commonplace in today’s society, but their document layout algorithms remain basic, largely due to constraints imposed by short battery life. At present, with any eBook file format not based on PDF, the layout of the docum... Read More about Reflowable documents composed from pre-rendered atomic components.

Scalable reinforcement learning through hierarchical decompositions for weakly-coupled problems (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Toutounji, H., Rothkopf, C. A., & Triesch, J. (2011). Scalable reinforcement learning through hierarchical decompositions for weakly-coupled problems. In 2011 IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL). https://doi.org/10.1109/devlrn.2011.6037351

Reinforcement Learning, or Reward-Dependent Learning, has been very successful at describing how animals and humans adjust their actions so as to increase their gains and reduce their losses in a wide variety of tasks. Empirical studies have furtherm... Read More about Scalable reinforcement learning through hierarchical decompositions for weakly-coupled problems.

Active control of series connected, voltage driven power devices using a single gate drive (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Evans, P., Teerakawanich, N., & Johnson, C. M. (2011). Active control of series connected, voltage driven power devices using a single gate drive. In Proceedings of the 2011 14th European Conference on Power Electronics and Applications

A novel approach for controlling series strings of voltage driven devices (e.g. JFET, MOSFET, IGBT) is presented that allows high voltage switches to be constructed from lower voltage devices. The approach allows controlled voltage sharing under stea... Read More about Active control of series connected, voltage driven power devices using a single gate drive.

Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Patel, R., Clark, M., & Achamfuo-Yeboah, S. (2011). Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera.

A method of detecting optical heterodyne interference fringes using a custom CMOS modulated light camera array has been developed. Widefield phase images are generated using quadrature demodulation and are kept stable using a feedback system.
© 2011... Read More about Widefield ultrastable heterodyne interferometry using a custom CMOS modulated light camera.

Hybrid heuristic for multi-carrier transportation plans (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Landa-Silva, D., Wang, Y., Donovan, P., & Kendall, G. (2011). Hybrid heuristic for multi-carrier transportation plans.

This paper describes a hybrid heuristic approach to construct transportation plans for a singlecustomer multi-carrier scenario that arises at 3T Logistics Ltd, a UK company that provides outsourced transportation planning and management services. The... Read More about Hybrid heuristic for multi-carrier transportation plans.

Comparing System Dynamics and Agent-Based Simulation for tumour growth and its interactions with effector cells (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Figueredo, G. P., & Aickelin, U. (2011). Comparing System Dynamics and Agent-Based Simulation for tumour growth and its interactions with effector cells.

There is little research concerning comparisons and combination of System Dynamics Simulation (SDS) and Agent Based Simulation (ABS). ABS is a paradigm used in many levels of abstraction, including those levels covered by SDS. We believe that the est... Read More about Comparing System Dynamics and Agent-Based Simulation for tumour growth and its interactions with effector cells.

Conveying intentions through haptics in human-computer collaboration (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Kucukyilmaz, A., Sezgin, T. M., & Basdogan, C. (2011). Conveying intentions through haptics in human-computer collaboration. In 2011 IEEE World Haptics Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/whc.2011.5945523

Haptics has been used as a natural way for humans to communicate with computers in collaborative virtual environments. Human-computer collaboration is typically achieved by sharing control of the task between a human and a computer operator. An impor... Read More about Conveying intentions through haptics in human-computer collaboration.

Into the wild: challenges and opportunities for field trial methods (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Brown, B., Reeves, S., & Sherwood, S. (2011). Into the wild: challenges and opportunities for field trial methods.

Field trials of experimental systems `in the wild' have developed into a standard method within HCI - testing new systems with groups of users in relatively unconstrained settings outside of the laboratory. In this paper we discuss methodological cha... Read More about Into the wild: challenges and opportunities for field trial methods.

Comparing hybrid constructive heuristics for university course timetabling (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Landa-Silva, D., & Obit, J. H. (2011). Comparing hybrid constructive heuristics for university course timetabling.

This extended abstract outlines four hybrid heuristics to generate initial solutions to the University course timetabling problem. These hybrid approaches combine graph colouring heuristics and local search in different ways. Results of experiments u... Read More about Comparing hybrid constructive heuristics for university course timetabling.

Designing difficult office space allocation problem instances with mathematical programming (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ulker, O., & Landa-Silva, D. (2011). Designing difficult office space allocation problem instances with mathematical programming.

Office space allocation (OSA) refers to the assignment of room space to a set of entities (people, machines, roles, etc.), with the goal of optimising the space utilisation while satisfying a set of additional constraints. In this paper, a mathematic... Read More about Designing difficult office space allocation problem instances with mathematical programming.

Automated finite element modelling of 3D woven textiles (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Zeng, X., Long, A., Clifford, M., Probst-Schendzielorz, S., & Schmitt, M. (2011). Automated finite element modelling of 3D woven textiles.

The advance of 3D fabric technology allows tailored material structure in different directions for optimised performance. 3D fabrics open up increasing applications in automotive, medical, energy and many other areas. This paper explores highly autom... Read More about Automated finite element modelling of 3D woven textiles.

A heuristic algorithm for nurse scheduling with balanced preference satisfaction (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Constantino, A. A., Landa-Silva, D., Luiz de Melo, E., & Romao, W. (2011). A heuristic algorithm for nurse scheduling with balanced preference satisfaction.

This paper tackles the nurse scheduling problem with balanced preference satisfaction which consists of generating an assignment of shifts to nurses over a given time horizon and ensuring that the satisfaction of nurses personal preferences for shift... Read More about A heuristic algorithm for nurse scheduling with balanced preference satisfaction.

Fast and robust appearance-based tracking (2011)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Liwicki, S., Zafeiriou, S., Tzimiropoulos, G., & Pantic, M. (2011). Fast and robust appearance-based tracking.

We introduce a fast and robust subspace-based approach to appearance-based object tracking. The core of our approach is based on Fast Robust Correlation (FRC), a recently proposed technique for the robust estimation of large translational displacemen... Read More about Fast and robust appearance-based tracking.