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Design tools for hybrid control systems (1997)
Book Chapter
Hajji, M., Bass, J., Browne, A., & Fleming, P. (1997). Design tools for hybrid control systems. . Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0014717

Hybrid systems exhibit a variety of discrete and continuous behaviour. Extensions to the Development Framework, an environment for real-time control system design, are described here. These extensions allow the management of discrete events such as m... Read More about Design tools for hybrid control systems.

A layered any time approach to sensor validation (1997)
Book Chapter
Ibarguengoyatia, P., Vadera, S., & Sucar, E. (1997). A layered any time approach to sensor validation. In Lecture Notes in AI. Springer

Sensors are the most usual source of information in many automatic systems such as automatic control These computerised systems utilise different models of the process being served which usually assume the value of the variables as a correct read... Read More about A layered any time approach to sensor validation.

Data mining via ILP: The application of progol to a (1997)
Book Chapter
Bryant, C. (1997). Data mining via ILP: The application of progol to a. In N. Lavrac, & S. Dzeroski (Eds.), Inductive logic programming (85-92). Berlin / Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/3540635149_37

As far as this author is aware, this is the first paper to describe the application of Progol to enantioseparations. A scheme is proposed for data mining a relational database of published enantioseparations using Progol. The application of the schem... Read More about Data mining via ILP: The application of progol to a.

Automated recognition of postures for the detection of compromised health pig
Book Chapter
Alameer, A. Automated recognition of postures for the detection of compromised health pig. In 71st Annual Meeting of European Federation of Animal Science. http://www.eaap.org/EAAP2020_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf

Changes in pig behaviours may be used to detect early signs of problems, such as in animal health. Automated vision-based early warning systems have been developed to detect behavioural changes in groups of pigs to monitor their health and welfare st... Read More about Automated recognition of postures for the detection of compromised health pig.

VPCH : a consistent hashing algorithm for better load balancing in a hadoop environment
Book Chapter
Liu, Q., Cai, W., Shen, J., Wang, B., Fu, Z., & Linge, N. (2015). VPCH : a consistent hashing algorithm for better load balancing in a hadoop environment. In 2015 Third International Conference on Advanced Cloud and Big Data (69-72). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBD.2015.21

MapReduce (MR) is a popular programming model for the purposes of processing large data sets among data clusters or grids, e.g. a Hadoop environment. Load balancing as a key factor affecting the performance of map resource distribution, has recently... Read More about VPCH : a consistent hashing algorithm for better load balancing in a hadoop environment.

From ‘Trapped Rainbow’ slow light to spatial solitons
Book Chapter
Boardman, A., Tsakmakidis, K., Mitchell-Thomas, R., King, N., Rapoport, Y., & Hess, O. From ‘Trapped Rainbow’ slow light to spatial solitons. In Nonlinear, Tunable and Active Metamaterials (161-191). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08386-5_9

The metamaterial global revolution, stimulated by the pioneering work of Pendry [1], in the year 2000, raises all kinds of questions as to what they can be used for.

Practicalities of developing and deploying a handheld multimedia guide for museum visitors
Book Chapter
Linge, N., Booth, K., & Parsons, D. Practicalities of developing and deploying a handheld multimedia guide for museum visitors. In Place-Based Spaces for Networked Learning (160-176). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315724485

Museums and galleries provide a context for people’s lives regardless of the nature of their collections, subject coverage, size, or location. Collectively they offer an enormous educational resource and are increasingly repositioning themselves as b... Read More about Practicalities of developing and deploying a handheld multimedia guide for museum visitors.

A system for semantic information extraction from mixed soundtracks deploying MARSYAS framework
Book Chapter
Mohammed, D., Duncan, P., Al-Maathidi, M., & Li, F. A system for semantic information extraction from mixed soundtracks deploying MARSYAS framework. In 2015 IEEE 13th International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) (1084-1089). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/INDIN.2015.7281886

Ever increasing volumes of media content and the desire to extract information from media archives motivate the studies into semantic audio information mining. Much research in this filed concerns development of bespoke systems, in which sound tracks... Read More about A system for semantic information extraction from mixed soundtracks deploying MARSYAS framework.

Data Management for Integrated Supply Chains in Construction
Book Chapter
Beaumont, W., & Underwood, J. (in press). Data Management for Integrated Supply Chains in Construction. In G. Lundesjö (Ed.), Supply Chain Management and Logistics in Construction (91-119). Kogan Page

In his report 1962 Sir Harold Emmerson, referring to the construction industry, commented, “In no other important industry in the world is the responsibility for design so far removed from the responsibility for production”. Whilst it is true that th... Read More about Data Management for Integrated Supply Chains in Construction.

The ENP image and ground truth dataset of historical newspapers
Book Chapter
Clausner, C., Papadopoulos, C., Pletschacher, S., & Antonacopoulos, A. The ENP image and ground truth dataset of historical newspapers. In 2015 13th International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR) (931-935). IEEE-CPS. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDAR.2015.7333898

This paper presents a research dataset of historical newspapers comprising over 500 page images, uniquely representative of European cultural heritage from the digitization projects of 12 national and major European libraries, created within the scop... Read More about The ENP image and ground truth dataset of historical newspapers.

Liverpool case study
Book Chapter
Bichard, E. (2016). Liverpool case study. In D. Carter (Ed.), Re-making post industrial cities: lessons from North America and Europe (153-170). New York: Routledge

An exploration of approaches to risk management applications within UK construction projects
Book Chapter
Wood, G., & Ellis, R. An exploration of approaches to risk management applications within UK construction projects. In A. Akintoye (Ed.), 17th Annual ARCOM Conference, 5-7 September 2001 (805-814). Salford, UK: Association of Researchers in Construction Management

Risk Management (RM) is now widely accepted as an important tool in the management of projects. Through a series of semi-structured interviews with RM facilitators the trends and approaches to the practical application of RM are explored. The finding... Read More about An exploration of approaches to risk management applications within UK construction projects.

Knowledge and cultural diversity
Book Chapter
Elkadi, H. (1999). Knowledge and cultural diversity. In K. O’Reilly (Ed.), Cultural Awareness in a Global Architectural Practice (119-223). Lausanne, Switzerland: Comportments & Authors

Drainage benefits of porous, permeable and pervious paving
Book Chapter
Scholz, M., Charlesworth, S., & Coupe, S. Drainage benefits of porous, permeable and pervious paving. In C. Booth, & S. Charlesworth (Eds.), Water Resources in the Built Environment – Managing Issues and Solutions (302-318). Chichester, UK.: John Wiley and Sons. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118809167.ch23

The fundamental purpose of all permeable paving systems (PPSs) is to allow stormwater to infiltrate slowly, to be stored in its structure and then allowed to be conveyed elsewhere in association with the sustainable drainage system (SUDS). This chapt... Read More about Drainage benefits of porous, permeable and pervious paving.

Prefácio Lean
Book Chapter
Koskela, L. Prefácio Lean. In C. A. Mourāo, & C. Porto Valente (Eds.), Coletânea Lean & Green (iv-v). Fortaleza: C Rolim Engenharia Ltda

Bridgewater 250: Researching the archaeology and history of the first industrial canal
Book Chapter
Nevell, M., & Wyke, T. Bridgewater 250: Researching the archaeology and history of the first industrial canal. In Bridgewater 250: The Archaeology of the World's First Industrial Canal (1-16). Salford: Centre for Applied Archaeology, University of Salford

This chapter introduces the archaeology of the Bridgewater Canal. It looks at the canal as a tourist attraction, its impact on the regional 18th century coal industry in Manchester, the role of the Worsley collieries, the choice of the route, the rol... Read More about Bridgewater 250: Researching the archaeology and history of the first industrial canal.

Iris disease classifying using neuro-fuzzy medical diagnosis machine
Book Chapter
Moein, S., Saraee, M., & Moein, M. Iris disease classifying using neuro-fuzzy medical diagnosis machine. In The Sixth International Symposium on Neural Networks (ISNN 2009) (359-368). Springer Berlin / Heidelberg,. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01216-7_38

Disease diagnosis is an essential task in the medical world. The use of computers in the practice of medicine is becoming more and more crucial. In this paper, we propose an intelligent system to help us diagnose the Iris disease. This system is base... Read More about Iris disease classifying using neuro-fuzzy medical diagnosis machine.