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Intelligence techniques in computer security and forensics: At the boundaries of ethics and law (2012)
Book Chapter
Stahl, B., Carroll-Mayer, M., Elizondo, D., Wakunuma, K., & Zheng, Y. (2012). Intelligence techniques in computer security and forensics: At the boundaries of ethics and law. In D. A. Elizondo, A. Solanas, & A. Martinez-Balleste (Eds.), Computational Intelligence for Privacy and Security. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25237-2_14

Computational Intelligence (CI) techniques have been widely used in the domains of computer security and computer forensics. One problem that normative discussions of technologies face is that the technical capabilities under investigation tend to be... Read More about Intelligence techniques in computer security and forensics: At the boundaries of ethics and law.

Modelling electrical car diffusion based on agents (2012)
Journal Article
Yu, L., Zhang, T., Siebers, P., & Aickelin, U. (2012). Modelling electrical car diffusion based on agents. https://doi.org/10.4156/jdcta.vol6.issue19.52

Replacing traditional fossil fuel vehicles with innovative zero-emission vehicles for the transport in cities is one of the major tactics to achieve the UK government 2020 target of cutting emission. We are developing an agent-based simulation mode... Read More about Modelling electrical car diffusion based on agents.

Automatic inference and measurement of 3D carpal bone kinematics from single view fluoroscopic sequences (2012)
Journal Article
Chen, X., Graham, J., Hutchinson, C., & Muir, L. (2012). Automatic inference and measurement of 3D carpal bone kinematics from single view fluoroscopic sequences. IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging, 32(2), https://doi.org/10.1109/TMI.2012.2226740

We present a novel framework for estimating the 3D poses and shapes of the carpal bones from single view fluoroscopic sequences. A hybrid statistical model representing both the pose and shape variation of the carpal bones is built, based on a number... Read More about Automatic inference and measurement of 3D carpal bone kinematics from single view fluoroscopic sequences.

Finding the creatures of habit: clustering households based on their flexibility in using electricity (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Dent, I., Craig, T., Aickelin, U., & Rodden, T. (2012). Finding the creatures of habit: clustering households based on their flexibility in using electricity.

Changes in the UK electricity market, particularly with the roll out of smart meters, will provide greatly increased opportunities for initiatives intended to change households' electricity usage patterns for the benefit of the overall system. Users... Read More about Finding the creatures of habit: clustering households based on their flexibility in using electricity.

The conceptual framing, design and evaluation of device ecologies for collaborative activities (2012)
Journal Article
Coughlan, T., Collins, T. D., Adams, A., Rogers, Y., Haya, P. A., & Martin, E. (2012). The conceptual framing, design and evaluation of device ecologies for collaborative activities. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 70(10), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhcs.2012.05.008

A variety of computing technologies, in addition to the personal computer, are now commonly used in many settings. As networking infrastructures mature, it is increasingly feasible and affordable to consider closer integration and use of these hetero... Read More about The conceptual framing, design and evaluation of device ecologies for collaborative activities.

A new model and a hyper-heuristic approach for two-dimensional shelf space allocation (2012)
Journal Article
Bai, R., Van Woensel, T., Kendall, G., & Burke, E. K. (in press). A new model and a hyper-heuristic approach for two-dimensional shelf space allocation. 4OR: A Quarterly Journal of Operations Research, 11(1), https://doi.org/10.1007/s10288-012-0211-2

In this paper, we propose a two-dimensional shelf space allocation model. The second dimension stems from the height of the shelf. This results in an integer nonlinear programming model with a complex form of objective function. We propose a multiple... Read More about A new model and a hyper-heuristic approach for two-dimensional shelf space allocation.

Efficient online subspace learning with an indefinite kernel for visual tracking and recognition (2012)
Journal Article
Liwicki, S., Zafeiriou, S., Tzimiropoulos, G., & Pantic, M. (2012). Efficient online subspace learning with an indefinite kernel for visual tracking and recognition. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 23(10), https://doi.org/10.1109/TNNLS.2012.2208654

We propose an exact framework for online learning with a family of indefinite (not positive) kernels. As we study the case of nonpositive kernels, we first show how to extend kernel principal component analysis (KPCA) from a reproducing kernel Hilber... Read More about Efficient online subspace learning with an indefinite kernel for visual tracking and recognition.

Flexible and dynamic network coding for adaptive data transmission in DTNs (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Radenkovic, M., Zakhary, S., Radenkovic, M., & Zakhary, S. (2012). Flexible and dynamic network coding for adaptive data transmission in DTNs. In Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC), 8th International (567--573). https://doi.org/10.1109/IWCMC.2012.6314266

Existing network coding approaches for Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs) do not detect and adapt to congestion in the network. In this paper we describe CafNC (Congestion aware forwarding with Network Coding) that combines adaptive network coding and a... Read More about Flexible and dynamic network coding for adaptive data transmission in DTNs.

The role of roles: Physical cooperation between humans and robots (2012)
Journal Article
Mörtl, A., Lawitzky, M., Kucukyilmaz, A., Sezgin, M., Basdogan, C., & Hirche, S. (2012). The role of roles: Physical cooperation between humans and robots. International Journal of Robotics Research, 31(13), 1656--1674. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364912455366

Since the strict separation of working spaces of humans and robots has experienced a softening due to recent robotics research achievements, close interaction of humans and robots comes rapidly into reach. In this context, physical human–robot intera... Read More about The role of roles: Physical cooperation between humans and robots.

Evaluating different cost-benefit analysis methods for port security operations (2012)
Book Chapter
Sherman, G., Siebers, P., Menachof, D., & Aickelin, U. (2012). Evaluating different cost-benefit analysis methods for port security operations. In J. Faulin, A. A. Juan, S. E. Grasman, & M. J. Fry (Eds.), Decision making in service industries: a practical approach. CRC Press

Service industries, such as ports, are attentive to their standards, a smooth service flow and economic viability. Cost benefit analysis has proven itself as a useful tool to support this type of decision making; it has been used by businesses and go... Read More about Evaluating different cost-benefit analysis methods for port security operations.

The algorithmics of solitaire-like games (2012)
Journal Article
Backhouse, R., Chen, W., & Ferreira, J. F. (2013). The algorithmics of solitaire-like games. Science of Computer Programming, 78(11), 2029-2046. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2012.07.007

One-person solitaire-like games are explored with a view to using them in teaching algorithmic problem solving. The key to understanding solutions to such games is the identification of invariant properties of polynomial arithmetic. We demonstrate th... Read More about The algorithmics of solitaire-like games.

An evolutionary non-Linear great deluge approach for solving course timetabling problems (2012)
Journal Article
Obit, J. H., Ouelhadj, D., Landa-Silva, D., & Alfred, R. (2012). An evolutionary non-Linear great deluge approach for solving course timetabling problems. International Journal of Computer Science Issues, 9(4),

The aim of this paper is to extend our non-linear great deluge algorithm into an evolutionary approach by incorporating a population and a mutation operator to solve the university course timetabling problems. This approach might be seen as a variati... Read More about An evolutionary non-Linear great deluge approach for solving course timetabling problems.

Using rule-based machine learning for candidate disease gene prioritization and sample classification of cancer gene expression data (2012)
Journal Article
Glaab, E., Bacardit, J., Garibaldi, J. M., & Krasnogor, N. (2012). Using rule-based machine learning for candidate disease gene prioritization and sample classification of cancer gene expression data. PLoS ONE, 7(7), Article e39932. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0039932

Microarray data analysis has been shown to provide an effective tool for studying cancer and genetic diseases. Although classical machine learning techniques have successfully been applied to find informative genes and to predict class labels for new... Read More about Using rule-based machine learning for candidate disease gene prioritization and sample classification of cancer gene expression data.

First-past-the-post games (2012)
Book Chapter
Backhouse, R. (2012). First-past-the-post games. In J. Gibbons, & P. Nogueira (Eds.), Mathematics of program construction: 11th International Conference, MPC 2012, Madrid, Spain, June 25-27, 2012: proceedings. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31113-0_9

Informally, a first-past-the-post game is a (probabilistic) game where the winner is the person who predicts the event that occurs first among a set of events. Examples of first-past-the-post games include so-called block and hidden patterns and the... Read More about First-past-the-post games.

Evolutionary local search for solving the office space allocation problem (2012)
Conference Proceeding
Ulker, O., & Landa-Silva, D. (2012). Evolutionary local search for solving the office space allocation problem.

Office Space Allocation (OSA) is the task of correctly allocating the spatial resources of an institution to a set of entities by minimising the wastage of space and the violation of additional constraints. In this paper, an evolutionary local search... Read More about Evolutionary local search for solving the office space allocation problem.

A three-dimensional model of residential energy consumer archetypes for local energy policy design in the UK (2012)
Journal Article
Zhang, T., Siebers, P., & Aickelin, U. (2012). A three-dimensional model of residential energy consumer archetypes for local energy policy design in the UK. Energy Policy, 47, 102-110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.04.027

This paper reviews major studies in three traditional lines of research in residential energy consumption in the UK, i.e. economic/infrastructure, behaviour, and load profiling. Based on the review the paper proposes a three-dimensional model for arc... Read More about A three-dimensional model of residential energy consumer archetypes for local energy policy design in the UK.

Reconstituting typeset Marriage Registers using simple software tools (2012)
Journal Article
Brailsford, D. F. (2012). Reconstituting typeset Marriage Registers using simple software tools. Computer Science - Research and Development, 27(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s00450-010-0145-x

In a world of fully integrated software applications, which can seem daunting to develop and to maintain, it is sometimes useful to recall that a system of loosely-linked software components can provide surprisingly powerful and flexible methods for... Read More about Reconstituting typeset Marriage Registers using simple software tools.

Investigating the effectiveness of variance reduction techniques in manufacturing, call center and cross-docking discrete event simulation models (2012)
Book Chapter
Adewunmi, A., & Aickelin, U. (2012). Investigating the effectiveness of variance reduction techniques in manufacturing, call center and cross-docking discrete event simulation models. In S. Bangsow (Ed.), Use cases of discrete event simulation: appliance and research. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28777-0

Variance reduction techniques have been shown by others in the past to be a useful tool to reduce variance in Simulation studies. However, their application and success in the past has been mainly domain specific, with relatively little guidelines as... Read More about Investigating the effectiveness of variance reduction techniques in manufacturing, call center and cross-docking discrete event simulation models.