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User preference and performance with UML interaction diagrams (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Kutar, M., Britton, C., Swann, J., & Barker, T. (2004, September). User preference and performance with UML interaction diagrams. Presented at Proceedings of IEEE 2004 Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VLHCC’04), Rome, Italy

A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Saraee, M., White, S., & Eccleston, J. (2004, September). A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings. Presented at The Fifth International Conference on Data Mining, Text Mining and their Business Applications,, Malaga, Spain

This paper details our analysis of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb), a free, user-maintained, online resource of production details for over 390,000 movies, television series and video games, which contains information such as title, genre, box-off... Read More about A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings.

Reflections on the use of blended learning (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Heinze, A., & Procter, C. (2004, September). Reflections on the use of blended learning. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

This paper reflects upon the experience of the delivery of a program at the University of Salford using blended learning. Facilitated by action research, it reports on the lessons learnt since the paper by Procter “Blended Learning in Practice”(Proct... Read More about Reflections on the use of blended learning.

Improving dissertation assessment (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Pathirage, C., Haigh, R., Amaratunga, R., Baldry, D., & Green, C. (2004, September). Improving dissertation assessment. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

During the last decade, there have been increasing calls for higher education to improve standards, increase the quality of assessment, and for greater accountability of lecturers. It is recognised that consistency in assessment is even more importan... Read More about Improving dissertation assessment.

Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Senaratne, S., Amaratunga, R., Kagioglou, M., Baldry, D., Aouad, G., & Bowden, A. (2004, September). Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

The higher education system in the UK has significantly changed over the last decade due to a growing emphasis on student learning activities, quality assurance procedures and research funding mechanisms. According to previous studies, there is no au... Read More about Transfer of research knowledge into teaching in the UK higher education institutions.

An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Young, A., & Clarkson, R. (2004, September). An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford

This paper reports the preliminary results of a project that investigated the use of computer-based simulation to improve the validity of assessment and provide unlimited formative assessment without use of lecturer time. Specifically it aimed to dev... Read More about An evaluation of a virtual assessment environment.

Collaboration across border: benefits and pitfalls of an international collaborative project (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Zaitseva, E., Shaylor, J., & Whatley, J. (2004, September). Collaboration across border: benefits and pitfalls of an international collaborative project. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford

International educational collaboration, facilitated by web-based means, has important benefits in higher education. The CAB project is aimed at designing, experimenting and evaluating ways of introducing collaboration into the educational practice o... Read More about Collaboration across border: benefits and pitfalls of an international collaborative project.

Identification of the spectral characteristics of British semi-natural upland vegetation using direct ordination: a case study from Dartmoor, UK (2004)
Journal Article
Armitage, R., Kent, M., & Weaver, R. (2004). Identification of the spectral characteristics of British semi-natural upland vegetation using direct ordination: a case study from Dartmoor, UK. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 25(17), 3369-3388. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431160310001654464

The direct ordination technique Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) is applied to the examination of the relationships between the floristic composition of semi-natural vegetation and its spectral reflectance. Paired measurements of floristic and... Read More about Identification of the spectral characteristics of British semi-natural upland vegetation using direct ordination: a case study from Dartmoor, UK.

Setting up the open semantic infrastructure for the construction sector in Europe, the FUNSIEC project (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Celson, L., Fiès, B., Silva, C., & Barresi, S. (2004, September). Setting up the open semantic infrastructure for the construction sector in Europe, the FUNSIEC project. Presented at 5th European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry, ECPPM 2004, Istanbul, Turkey

The general aim of the FUNSIEC project was to study the feasibility of building and maintaining an Open Semantic Infrastructure for the European Construction Sector (OSIECS) at a technical, organisational and business level. Such an infrastructure wa... Read More about Setting up the open semantic infrastructure for the construction sector in Europe, the FUNSIEC project.

Virtual building maintenance: Enhancing building maintenance using 3D-GIS and 3D laser scanner (VR) technology (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmed, V., Arayici, Y., Hamilton, A., & Aouad, G. (2004, September). Virtual building maintenance: Enhancing building maintenance using 3D-GIS and 3D laser scanner (VR) technology. Presented at European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry (ECPPM),, Istanbul, Turkey

The renovation and refurbishment market is rapidly expanding within the construction industry, bringing the role of the Facilities Management (FM) department to the forefront. Operating and maintaining a facility however, takes the biggest proportion... Read More about Virtual building maintenance: Enhancing building maintenance using 3D-GIS and 3D laser scanner (VR) technology.

Divercity: Distributed virtual workspace for enhancing communication and collaboration within the construction industry (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Arayici, Y., & Aouad, G. (2004, September). Divercity: Distributed virtual workspace for enhancing communication and collaboration within the construction industry. Presented at European Conference on Product and Process Modelling in the Building and Construction Industry (ECPPM),, Istanbul, Turkey

DIVERCITY is a large EU funded project in the area of construction IT undertaken by a European consortium of researchers and practitioners from the construction industry. It is the acronym for Distributed Virtual Workspace for enhancing Communication... Read More about Divercity: Distributed virtual workspace for enhancing communication and collaboration within the construction industry.

The scope in the INTELCITIES project for the use of the 3D laser scanner (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Arayici, Y., Hamilton, A., Albergaria, P., & Gamito, G. (2004, September). The scope in the INTELCITIES project for the use of the 3D laser scanner. Presented at The Fourth International Conference on Engineering Computational Technology, Lisbon, Portugal

The difficulty in visualising 2D plans of building elements and components brings about errors in interpreting design specifications in terms of accuracy, completeness. Besides, accessibility is another major problem encountered by surveyors. A numb... Read More about The scope in the INTELCITIES project for the use of the 3D laser scanner.