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Treatment of hydrocarbons using constructed wetlands (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Jeffree, M., & Scholz, M. (2004, August). Treatment of hydrocarbons using constructed wetlands. Presented at Nuffield Science Bursaries Scottish Celebration Event, Edinburgh, UK

Handwriting authentication by envelopes of sound signature (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Li, F. (2004, August). Handwriting authentication by envelopes of sound signature. Presented at 17th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, 2004. ICPR 2004., Cambridge, United Kingdom

Frictions between a rigid-nib pen and paper result in audible sounds that are correlated with the dynamics of writing. Such writing-sounds were previously used as a biometric identity to achieve writer authentication. This paper presents an alternati... Read More about Handwriting authentication by envelopes of sound signature.

Making do - the eighth category of waste (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L. (2004, August). Making do - the eighth category of waste. Presented at 12th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Helsingor, Denmark

The seminal authors on the Toyota Production System present a list of seven wastes. Even if many subsequent authors have suggested additions to this list, it is usually presented in its original form. This paper contends that there is a very common,... Read More about Making do - the eighth category of waste.

The need for a condition monitoring database management system (2004)
Presentation / Conference
El-Shtewi, H., Li, Y., Gu, F., & Ball, A. (2004, July). The need for a condition monitoring database management system. Presented at American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 7th Biennial Conference on Engineering Systems Design and Analysis, Manchester, UK

This paper describes the growing need for a novel approach to a Condition Monitoring Database Management System (CMDBMS). Through the study of a condition monitoring case and the examination of commonly used maintenance management systems, the needs... Read More about The need for a condition monitoring database management system.

Football, American culture and popular music (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Wise, T. (2004, July). Football, American culture and popular music. Presented at IASPM UK and Ireland 2004 Biennial Conference: 'Popular music: issues of culture and state, University of Limerick, Ireland

The benefits of visitor and non-visitor research in the shaping of sustainable tourism; with specific reference to cultural tourism (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Leighton, D., & Sterry, P. (2004, June). The benefits of visitor and non-visitor research in the shaping of sustainable tourism; with specific reference to cultural tourism. Presented at BEST Sustainable Tourism Think Tank IV: 'Sustainability and mass destinations: challenges and possibilities', University of Southern Denmark, Esbjerg, Denmark

This paper explores a strategically important concept that is often less well defined in publication or discussion, that of understanding your audience, visitors and non-visitors. The benefits, value and applicability of visitor and non-visitor resea... Read More about The benefits of visitor and non-visitor research in the shaping of sustainable tourism; with specific reference to cultural tourism.

Innovation in engineering education (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Laws, E. (2004, June). Innovation in engineering education. Presented at International Conference on Engineering Education and Research (ICEER): 'Progress Through Partnership', University of Ostrava, Czechoslovakia

Determining the locations visited by GPS users: a clustering approach (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Saraee, M., Yamaner, S., Dai, M., & Long, D. (2004, June). Determining the locations visited by GPS users: a clustering approach. Presented at CISST 2004, Las Vegas, USA

The aim of our research is to use the GPS log captured over 2 days from a PDA and try to extract locations the user have visited. For this research, we have logged GPS data over two days when the user was moving at least 2 miles per hour. To achieve... Read More about Determining the locations visited by GPS users: a clustering approach.

SVM categorizer: a generic categorization tool using support vector machines (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Kapoutsis, E., Theodoulidis, B., & Saraee, M. (2004, June). SVM categorizer: a generic categorization tool using support vector machines. Presented at IC-AI 2004, Las Vegas, USA

Supervised text categorisation is a significant tool considering the vast amount of structured, unstruc-tured, or semi-structured texts that are available from internal or external enterprise resources. The goal of supervised text categorisation is t... Read More about SVM categorizer: a generic categorization tool using support vector machines.

Data mining application : case of road traffic accidents in the UK West Midlands area 2000 (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Saraee, M., Kerry, J., Lloyd, M., & Markey, C. (2004, June). Data mining application : case of road traffic accidents in the UK West Midlands area 2000. Presented at IC-AI, Las Vegas, USA

We are aiming to use data mining techniques in the analysis of data recorded about road traffic accidents in the UK West Midlands Area in the year 2000. This data will then hopefully provide drivers with guidelines relating to what measures can be t... Read More about Data mining application : case of road traffic accidents in the UK West Midlands area 2000.

One scan is enough: Optimising association rules mining (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Saraee, M., & Al-Mejrab, M. (2004, June). One scan is enough: Optimising association rules mining. Presented at The 2004 International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering, June 21-24, 2004, Las Vegas, USA

Data mining is as a new area of research has taken its place as one of the most important techniques in the decision making process. Mining association rules is one of simple yet powerful technique in the data mining process The problem of mining ass... Read More about One scan is enough: Optimising association rules mining.

Relations between organisational design and information processing systems: a passionate affair or a stormy interlude? (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Burke, M. (2004, June). Relations between organisational design and information processing systems: a passionate affair or a stormy interlude?. Presented at Twelfth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2004): the European IS Profession in the Global Networking Environment, Turku, Finland

This paper considers the issues surrounding the fit between information systems and organization structures. The paper uses philosophical ideas concerning knowledge and applies them to organizational design and information processing in order to en... Read More about Relations between organisational design and information processing systems: a passionate affair or a stormy interlude?.