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The synthesis of novel 3-substituted pyrrole monomers possessing chiral side groups: A study of their chemical polymerisation and the assessment of their chiral discrimination properties (2003)
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de Lacy Costello, B., Ratcliffe, N. M., & Sivanand, P. S. (2003). The synthesis of novel 3-substituted pyrrole monomers possessing chiral side groups: A study of their chemical polymerisation and the assessment of their chiral discrimination properties. Synthetic Metals, 139(1), 43-55. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0379-6779%2802%2901247-X

Novel 3-substituted pyrrole monomers possessing chiral side groups were synthesised. These compounds were successfully polymerised with ferric salts and the polymer materials fabricated into sensors. The sensors were found to elicit differential chan... Read More about The synthesis of novel 3-substituted pyrrole monomers possessing chiral side groups: A study of their chemical polymerisation and the assessment of their chiral discrimination properties.

Thick film organic vapour sensors based on binary mixtures of metal oxides (2003)
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Ewen, R. J., de Lacy Costello, B., Ratcliffe, N. M., & Sivanand, P. S. (2003). Thick film organic vapour sensors based on binary mixtures of metal oxides. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 92(1-2), 159-166. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0925-4005%2803%2900258-2

Previously, composite sensors incorporating differing proportions of tin dioxide and zinc oxide were reported which exhibited high sensitivity to a range of organic vapours under dry conditions (0% relative humidity, RH). Most importantly, the compos... Read More about Thick film organic vapour sensors based on binary mixtures of metal oxides.

Experimental reaction-diffusion chemical processors for robot path planning (2003)
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Adamatzky, A., de Lacy Costello, B., Ratcliffe, N. M., & Melhuish, C. (2003). Experimental reaction-diffusion chemical processors for robot path planning. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 37(3), 233-249. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1025414424756

In this paper we discuss the experimental implementation of a chemical reaction-diffusion processor for robot motion planning in terms of finding the shortest collision-free path for a robot moving in an arena with obstacles. These reaction-diffusion... Read More about Experimental reaction-diffusion chemical processors for robot path planning.

A prototype sensor system for the early detection of microbially linked spoilage in stored wheat grain (2003)
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de Lacy Costello, B., Ewen, R., Gunson, H., Ratcliffe, N. M., Sivanand, P., & Spencer-Phillips, P. T. (2003). A prototype sensor system for the early detection of microbially linked spoilage in stored wheat grain. Measurement Science and Technology, 14(4), 397-409. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/14/4/301

Spencer-Phillips was Co-Investigator, the lead biologist in this HGCA-funded multi-disciplinary work, and co-wrote the paper. The grant was based on his expertise in the microbiology of post-harvest spoilage.

Spectral properties of reversible one-dimensional cellular automata (2003)
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Martínez, G. J., Vergara, S. V., Mora, J. C. S. T., & McIntosh, H. V. (2003). Spectral properties of reversible one-dimensional cellular automata. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 14(3), 379-395. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129183103004541

Reversible cellular automata are invertible dynamical systems characterized by discreteness, determinism and local interaction. This article studies the local behavior of reversible one-dimensional cellular automata by means of the spectral propertie... Read More about Spectral properties of reversible one-dimensional cellular automata.

A prototype sensor system for the early detection of microbially linked spoilage in stored wheat grain (2003)
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Gunson, H., de Lacy Costello, B., Ratcliffe, N. M., Ewen, R. J., Sivanand, P. S., & Spencer-Phillips, P. T. (2003). A prototype sensor system for the early detection of microbially linked spoilage in stored wheat grain. Measurement Science and Technology, 14(4), 397-409. https://doi.org/10.1088/0957-0233/14/4/301

Sensors based on composites of metal oxides were fabricated and tested extensively under high-humidity and high-flow conditions with exposure to vapours reported to increase in the headspace of wheat grain (Triticum aestivum cv Hereward) colonized by... Read More about A prototype sensor system for the early detection of microbially linked spoilage in stored wheat grain.

For Real! XCS with Continuous-Valued Inputs (2003)
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Stone, C., & Bull, L. (2003). For Real! XCS with Continuous-Valued Inputs. Evolutionary Computation, 11(3), 299-336. https://doi.org/10.1162/106365603322365315

Many real-world problems are not conveniently expressed using the ternary representation typically used by Learning Classifier Systems and for such problems an interval-based representation is preferable. We analyse two interval-based representations... Read More about For Real! XCS with Continuous-Valued Inputs.

Comparing learning classifier systems for continuous-valued online environments (2003)
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Stone, C., & Bull, L. (2003). Comparing learning classifier systems for continuous-valued online environments

We investigate Learning Classifier Systems for online environments that consist of real-valued states and which require every action made by the agent to count towards its performance. Two Learning Classifier System architectures are considered, ZCS... Read More about Comparing learning classifier systems for continuous-valued online environments.

Feature construction and selection using genetic programming and a genetic algorithm (2003)
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Smith, M. G., & Bull, L. (2003). Feature construction and selection using genetic programming and a genetic algorithm. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 2610, 229-237. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36599-0_21

The use of machine learning techniques to automatically analyse data for information is becoming increasingly widespread. In this paper we examine the use of Genetic Programming and a Genetic Algorithm to pre-process data before it is classified usin... Read More about Feature construction and selection using genetic programming and a genetic algorithm.

Production of gliders by collisions in Rule 110 (2003)
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Martinez, G. J., McIntosh, H. V., & Mora, J. C. (2003). Production of gliders by collisions in Rule 110. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 2801, 175-182

We investigate the construction of all the periodic structures or “gliders” up to now known in the evolution space of the one-dimensional cellular automaton Rule 110. The production of these periodic structures is developed and presented by means of... Read More about Production of gliders by collisions in Rule 110.

Transversality and separation of zeros in second order differential equations (2003)
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Laister, R., & Beardmore, R. E. (2003). Transversality and separation of zeros in second order differential equations. Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society, 131(1), 209-218. https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-02-06546-2

Sufficient conditions on the non-linearity f are given which ensure that non-trivial solutions of second order differential equations of the form Lu = f(t, u) have a finite number of transverse zeros in a given finite time interval. We also obtain a... Read More about Transversality and separation of zeros in second order differential equations.