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Virtually foul or virtually fair? FIFA, fair play and video gaming (2005)
Book Chapter
James, M. (2005). Virtually foul or virtually fair? FIFA, fair play and video gaming. In S. Greenfield, & G. Osborn (Eds.), Readings in law and popular culture (133-154). New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis

The current explosion in the popularity of video games has lead to a burgeoning academic study of games and gaming. To date, the majority of empirical research has focused on the social and psychological effects of gaming, whilst the textual and nar... Read More about Virtually foul or virtually fair? FIFA, fair play and video gaming.

Reducing the burden of hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (2005)
Journal Article
Taylor, E., & Kane, K. (2005). Reducing the burden of hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) on small and medium enterprises (SMEs). Food Control, 16(10), 833-839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2004.06.025

Despite the acknowledged contribution of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to the food industry there is increasing evidence that Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) implementation is limited in this sector, with the burden of implementa... Read More about Reducing the burden of hazard analysis critical control point (HACCP) on small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Are you experienced? 'Playing cultures', sporting rules and personal injury litigation after Caldwell v Maguire (2005)
Journal Article
McArdle, D., & James, M. (2005). Are you experienced? 'Playing cultures', sporting rules and personal injury litigation after Caldwell v Maguire. Tort Law Review, 13(3), 193-211

This article considers the impact on the law of negligence of a series of recent cases involving injured sports participants. In particular, it focuses on the perceived and potential influences on this are of the law of the English Court of Appeal’s... Read More about Are you experienced? 'Playing cultures', sporting rules and personal injury litigation after Caldwell v Maguire.

Simulation analysis of the consequences of shifting the balance of health care: a system dynamics approach (2005)
Journal Article
Taylor, K., Dangerfield, B., & Le Grand, J. (2005). Simulation analysis of the consequences of shifting the balance of health care: a system dynamics approach. Journal of Health Services Research and Policy, 10(4), 196-202. https://doi.org/10.1258/135581905774414169

Objectives: The shift in the balance of health care, bringing services 'closer to home', is a well-established trend. This study sought to provide insight into the consequences of this trend, in particular the stimulation of demand, by exploring the... Read More about Simulation analysis of the consequences of shifting the balance of health care: a system dynamics approach.

The importance of recent scores in a forecasting model for professional golf tournaments (2005)
Journal Article
McHale, I., & Forrest, D. (2005). The importance of recent scores in a forecasting model for professional golf tournaments. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 16(2), 131-140. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpi005

In many fields of forecasting, practitioners face the problem of how to distinguish signal from noise in recent news. As an illustration of how one might approach the problem we examine, in the context of golf, the extent to which recent players' sco... Read More about The importance of recent scores in a forecasting model for professional golf tournaments.

Risk aversion in maintenance : overmaintenance and the principal-agent problem (2005)
Journal Article
Baker, R. (2005). Risk aversion in maintenance : overmaintenance and the principal-agent problem. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 17(2), 99-113. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpi028

The concept of a risk-averse maintenance policy is introduced, and two approaches to modelling it are discussed, the first being via utility functions, and the second via inflation of the costs of unscheduled failures. After introducing a general met... Read More about Risk aversion in maintenance : overmaintenance and the principal-agent problem.

Modelling the feedback effects of reconfiguring health services (2005)
Journal Article
Taylor, K., & Dangerfield, B. (2005). Modelling the feedback effects of reconfiguring health services. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 56(6), 659-675. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601862

The shift in the balance of health care, bringing services ‘closer to home’, is a well-established trend, which has been motivated by the desire to improve the provision of services. However, these efforts may be undermined by the improvements in acc... Read More about Modelling the feedback effects of reconfiguring health services.

Odd-setters as forecasters: the case of English football (2005)
Journal Article
Forrest, D., Goddard, J., & Simmons, R. (2005). Odd-setters as forecasters: the case of English football. International Journal of Forecasting, 21(3), 551-564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2005.03.003

Sets of odds issued by bookmakers may be interpreted as incorporating implicit probabilistic forecasts of sporting events. Employing a sample of nearly 10 000 English football (soccer) games, we compare the effectiveness of forecasts based on publish... Read More about Odd-setters as forecasters: the case of English football.

Tricks or trompe l'oeil?: An examination [of] workplace resistance in an information rich managerial environment (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Sobreperez, P., Ferneley, E., & Wilson, F. (2005, May). Tricks or trompe l'oeil?: An examination [of] workplace resistance in an information rich managerial environment. Presented at Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Information Systems, Information Systems in a Rapidly Changing Economy, Regensburg, Germany

Management information generated by workflow information systems is often used for planning, costing, decision making and other management activities. By application of the principles of Grounded Theory, this paper summarises studies of acceptance of... Read More about Tricks or trompe l'oeil?: An examination [of] workplace resistance in an information rich managerial environment.

Information fulfillment in organisation: reflections on structures and solutions (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Burke, M. (2005, May). Information fulfillment in organisation: reflections on structures and solutions. Presented at Sixteenth Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) International Conference: Managing Modern Organizations with Information Technology, San Diego, California, USA

On the categorization of demand patterns. (2005)
Journal Article
Syntetos, A., Boylan, J., & Croston, J. (2005). On the categorization of demand patterns. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 56(5), 495-503. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601841

The categorization of alternative demand patterns facilitates the selection of a forecasting method and it is an essential element of many inventory control software packages. The common practice in the inventory control software industry is to arbit... Read More about On the categorization of demand patterns..

The accuracy of intermittent demand estimates. (2005)
Journal Article
Syntetos, A., & Boylan, J. (2005). The accuracy of intermittent demand estimates. International Journal of Forecasting, 21(2), 303-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijforecast.2004.10.001

Intermittent demand appears sporadically, with some time periods showing no demand at all. In this paper, four forecasting methods, Simple Moving Average (SMA, 13 periods), Single Exponential Smoothing (SES), Croston's method, and a new method (based... Read More about The accuracy of intermittent demand estimates..

A Model to Predict the Residual Life of Aircraft Engines Based upon Oil Analysis Data. (2005)
Journal Article
Wang, W., & Zhang, W. (2005). A Model to Predict the Residual Life of Aircraft Engines Based upon Oil Analysis Data. Naval Research Logistics, 52(3), 276-284. https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.20072

This paper reports on a study using the available oil monitoring information, such as the data obtained using the Spectrometric Oil Analysis Programme (SOAP), to predict the residual life of a set of aircraft engines. The relationship between oil mon... Read More about A Model to Predict the Residual Life of Aircraft Engines Based upon Oil Analysis Data..

Identifying the barriers affecting quality in maintenance within Libyan manufacturing organisations (public sector) (2005)
Thesis
Mohamed, O. Identifying the barriers affecting quality in maintenance within Libyan manufacturing organisations (public sector). (Thesis). University of Salford, UK

This research is concerned with understanding a quality management system and its interaction with maintenance management activities within the organisation. The interaction between maintenance and quality, can lead to their integration with produ... Read More about Identifying the barriers affecting quality in maintenance within Libyan manufacturing organisations (public sector).