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On a road to promises that work (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Cleary, M., Rooke, J., & Koskela, L. (2010, July). On a road to promises that work. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

This research into the applicability of "Promise Based Management" in the UK construction sector examines the business side of construction as to where and how client and customer interact. A research opportunity to attend meetings and conduct interv... Read More about On a road to promises that work.

Improving information flow within the production management system with web services (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Dave, B., Boddy, S., & Koskela, L. (2010, July). Improving information flow within the production management system with web services. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

The efficiency of the production planning and control process in construction depends significantly on the reliability and timely availability of resource information. The Last Planner system for production control mandates that a construction task s... Read More about Improving information flow within the production management system with web services.

Waste and labor productivity in production planning case Finnish construction industry (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Koskenvesa, A., Koskela, L., Tolonen, T., & Sahlsted, S. (2010, July). Waste and labor productivity in production planning case Finnish construction industry. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

The main objective of this paper is to examine labor productivity and waste and their role in production planning and control in Finnish construction industry. Three hypothesis are tested: (1) the assumption that labor productivity concerning differe... Read More about Waste and labor productivity in production planning case Finnish construction industry.

Last planner and critical chain in construction management: comparative analysis (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Koskela, L., Stratton, R., & Koskenvesa, A. (2010, July). Last planner and critical chain in construction management: comparative analysis. Presented at 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction, Haifa, Israel

This paper endeavours to compare the Last Planner System of production control and the Critical Chain production management method. This comparison is carried out in the context of construction management. The original prescription and the evolution... Read More about Last planner and critical chain in construction management: comparative analysis.

Whatever happened to the grey figure? recording crime in England and Wales, 1981-2004 (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Hope, T. (2010, July). Whatever happened to the grey figure? recording crime in England and Wales, 1981-2004. Presented at British Society of Criminology Conference, University of Leicester

Briefly examines British Crime Survey data to look at changes in the 'grey figure' the difference between the volume of crime that BCS respondents say they report to the police, and the amount of crime that the official figures show thatthey actually... Read More about Whatever happened to the grey figure? recording crime in England and Wales, 1981-2004.

A new path planner for autonomous mobile robots based on genetic algorithm (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Shamsinejad, P., Saraee, M., & Sheikholeslam, F. (2010, July). A new path planner for autonomous mobile robots based on genetic algorithm. Presented at he 3rd IEEE International Conference on Computer Science and Information Technology (ICCSIT), Chengdu, China

One of the most important issues for autonomous mobile robots is finding paths in their environment. A local path planner must be able to design the path immediately and if possible with high accuracy and efficiency. In this p... Read More about A new path planner for autonomous mobile robots based on genetic algorithm.

Data mining approaches on discovering knowledge for decision makers: towards sustainable groundwater resources management (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Taheri, H., Safavi, H., Saraee, M., & Afghari, N. (2010, July). Data mining approaches on discovering knowledge for decision makers: towards sustainable groundwater resources management. Presented at 2010 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Management Science (ICAMS), Chengdu, China

Rapid population growth, increased irrigation, and industrial development, dramatically increased risk of vulnerability in water resources especially groundwater resources all over the world. Because of the complexity of water resources management, t... Read More about Data mining approaches on discovering knowledge for decision makers: towards sustainable groundwater resources management.

The narrative of creativity in the city (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, July). The narrative of creativity in the city. Presented at PARC North West, Manchester Metropolitan University

The subject is to study expression of creativity in the city with the recording of the creative gesture presented as visible narratives. The first phase will focus on Manchester and Salford. Both cities are locations are significant centres for cultu... Read More about The narrative of creativity in the city.

Scanning behaviour of natural images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task (2010)
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Thompson, C., & Crundall, D. (2010, July). Scanning behaviour of natural images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task. Presented at Meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society, Manchester, UK

Allocation of visual attention in a natural scene is controlled by the bottom-up influences in the scene and by the top-down task demands. Models of visual search attempt to predict the eye movements made to natural scenes by accounting for these inf... Read More about Scanning behaviour of natural images is influenced by a preceding unrelated visual search task.

Recording the creative gesture (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, July). Recording the creative gesture. Presented at Electronic Visualisation and the Arts, London

Visible Narratives The digital pathway of gesture This project is created from digital recordings of the gesture. A Visible Narrative is the unseen path created by the pattern of gesture we make during the moment language. This is a deliberate st... Read More about Recording the creative gesture.

Cities in transition: emerging urban regeneration and housing policies in Istanbul, with comparative analysis of Budapest (2010)
Presentation / Conference
policies in Istanbul, with comparative analysis of Budapest. Presented at Urban dynamics and housing change - Crossing into the 2nd Decade of the 3rd Millennium, Istanbul, Turkey

The scope of conventional housing policies changed from affordable housing provision, quality of homes, renewal, to contemporary problems of economic, social and environmental urban deprivation - as a challenge for wider regeneration process. This... Read More about Cities in transition: emerging urban regeneration and housing policies in Istanbul, with comparative analysis of Budapest.

Sshhh : the commodification of silence (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Cookney, D. (2010, July). Sshhh : the commodification of silence. Presented at Bigger than Words, Wider than Pictures: Noise, Affect, Politics Conference, University of Salford

This chapter documents a process undertaken by the author in summer 2010. Submitted as part of the University of Salford’s MA Communication Design programme, the study resulted in a practice-based outcome – a compact disc of audio recordings housed w... Read More about Sshhh : the commodification of silence.

Faculty of science, engineering & environment - Celebration of research (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Various. (2010, June). Faculty of science, engineering & environment - Celebration of research. Poster presented at Faculty of Science, Engineering & Environment - Celebration of Research, Lady Hale Building, University of Salford

A collection of poster abstracts from the Faculty of Science, Engineering & Environment 'Celebration of Research' event held on 30 June 2010 in the Lady Hale Building, University of Salford.

Automatic segmentation for breast skin-line (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Zhang, Z., Lu, J., & Yip, Y. (2010, June). Automatic segmentation for breast skin-line. Presented at 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, Bradford, UK

The accurate segmentation of breast in mammograms is critical for computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) of breast cancer. The challenges of breast segmentation come from tissue superimposition, low contrast and low visible breast boundary, noise areas and a... Read More about Automatic segmentation for breast skin-line.

Runoff infiltration: A desktop case study (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Bastien, N., Arthur, S., Wallis, S., & Scholz, M. (2010, June). Runoff infiltration: A desktop case study. Presented at NOVATECH, 7th International Conference on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies in Urban Water Management, Lyon, France

New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Simpson, S. (2010, June). New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework. Presented at International Telecommunications Society Conference, Tokyo

This paper explores the regulatory character of key parts of the latest incarnation of the EU telecommunications regulatory package, finalised at the end of 2009. Its core argument is that whilst the broad parameters of the modified Electronic Commun... Read More about New governance as political compromise in European telecommunications: the amended European Union electronic communications regulatory framework.

Recording the creative gesture (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Rooney, J. (2010, June). Recording the creative gesture. Presented at Art Promotes Science, Science Promotes Art, University of Salford

The project will posit a question of how to visualise the creative gesture of a city. Every city has its own creative story. The subject matter to be explored in this project will be curated from recordings of past and present narratives. Data will t... Read More about Recording the creative gesture.

Mining time series data : case of predicting consumption patterns in steel industry (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Fazel, A., Saraee, M., & Shamsinejad, P. (2010, June). Mining time series data : case of predicting consumption patterns in steel industry. Presented at The 2nd International Conference on Software Engineering and Data Mining, Chengdu, China

Analyzing and predicting with Time series is a method which used in different fields, including consumption pattern analyzing and predicting. In this paper, required amount of inventory items have been predicted with time series. At first, desired da... Read More about Mining time series data : case of predicting consumption patterns in steel industry.