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Well-posedness of semilinear heat equations in L1 (2019)
Journal Article
Laister, R., & Sierżęga, M. (2020). Well-posedness of semilinear heat equations in L1. Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Non Linear Analysis, 37(3), 709-725. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anihpc.2019.12.001

The problem of obtaining necessary and sufficient conditions for local existence of non-negative solutions in Lebesgue spaces for semilinear heat equations having monotonically increasing source term f has only recently been resolved (Laister et al.... Read More about Well-posedness of semilinear heat equations in L1.

Extending indoor open street mapping environments to navigable 3D citygml building models: Emergency response assessment (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fadli, F., Kutty, N., Wang, Z., Zlatanova, S., Mahdjoubi, L., Boguslawski, P., & Zverovich, V. (2018). Extending indoor open street mapping environments to navigable 3D citygml building models: Emergency response assessment. The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 42(4), 241-247. https://doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-XLII-4-161-2018

© Authors 2018. Disaster scenarios in high-rise buildings such as the Address Downtown, Dubai or Grenfell Tower, London have showed ones again the importance of data information availability for emergency management in buildings. 3D visualization of... Read More about Extending indoor open street mapping environments to navigable 3D citygml building models: Emergency response assessment.

An effective two-stage stochastic multi-trip location-transportation model with social concerns in relief supply chains (2018)
Journal Article
Moreno, A., Alem, D., Ferreira, D., & Clark, A. (2018). An effective two-stage stochastic multi-trip location-transportation model with social concerns in relief supply chains. European Journal of Operational Research, 269(3), 1050-1071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2018.02.022

© 2018 Elsevier B.V. The distribution of emergency aid from warehouses to relief centers to satisfy the needs of the victims in the aftermath of a disaster is a complex problem because it requires a rapid response to human suffering when resources ar... Read More about An effective two-stage stochastic multi-trip location-transportation model with social concerns in relief supply chains.

An integrated methodology for a sustainable two-stage supplier selection and order allocation problem (2018)
Journal Article
Mohammed, A., Setchi, R., Filip, M., Harris, I., & Li, X. (2018). An integrated methodology for a sustainable two-stage supplier selection and order allocation problem. Journal of Cleaner Production, 192, 99-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.04.131

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd Supplier selection and order allocation are two of the most important stages in supply chain management. In recent years, these decisions have become major challenges since it has been increasingly important to consider the sustai... Read More about An integrated methodology for a sustainable two-stage supplier selection and order allocation problem.

A two-state model for the kinetics of competitive radioligand binding (2018)
Journal Article
Guo, D., Peletier, L. A., Bridge, L., Keur, W., de Vries, H., Zweemer, A., …Ijzerman, A. P. (2018). A two-state model for the kinetics of competitive radioligand binding. British Journal of Pharmacology, 175(10), 1719-1730. https://doi.org/10.1111/bph.14184

© 2018 The Authors. British Journal of Pharmacology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Pharmacological Society. Background and Purpose: Ligand–receptor binding kinetics is receiving increasing attention in the drug research co... Read More about A two-state model for the kinetics of competitive radioligand binding.

Ligand binding dynamics for pre-dimerised G protein-coupled receptor homodimers: Linear models and analytical solutions (2018)
Journal Article
White, C., & Bridge, L. (2019). Ligand binding dynamics for pre-dimerised G protein-coupled receptor homodimers: Linear models and analytical solutions. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 81(9), 3542-3574. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-017-0387-x

Evidence suggests that many G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are bound together forming dimers. The implications of dimerisation for cellular signalling outcomes, and ultimately drug discovery and therapeutics, remain unclear. Consideration of lig... Read More about Ligand binding dynamics for pre-dimerised G protein-coupled receptor homodimers: Linear models and analytical solutions.

Modelling and simulation of biased agonism dynamics at a G protein-coupled receptor (2018)
Journal Article
Bridge, L., Mead, J., Frattini, E., Winfield, I., & Ladds, G. (2018). Modelling and simulation of biased agonism dynamics at a G protein-coupled receptor. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 442, 44-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.01.010

© 2018 The Authors Theoretical models of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) concentration-response relationships often assume an agonist producing a single functional response via a single active state of the receptor. These models have largely been... Read More about Modelling and simulation of biased agonism dynamics at a G protein-coupled receptor.

Analytic prioritization of indoor routes for search and rescue operations in hazardous environments (2017)
Journal Article
Zverovich, V., Mahdjoubi, L., Boguslawski, P., & Fadli, F. (2017). Analytic prioritization of indoor routes for search and rescue operations in hazardous environments. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 32(9), 727-747. https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.12260

Applications to prioritize indoor routes for emergency situations in a complex built facility have been restricted to building simulations and network approaches. These types of applications often failed to account for the complexity and trade-offs... Read More about Analytic prioritization of indoor routes for search and rescue operations in hazardous environments.

A necessary and sufficient condition for uniqueness of the trivial solution in semilinear parabolic equations (2017)
Journal Article
Sierżęga, M., Laister, R., & Robinson, J. C. (2017). A necessary and sufficient condition for uniqueness of the trivial solution in semilinear parabolic equations. Journal of Differential Equations, 262(10), 4979-4987. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jde.2017.01.014

© 2017 Elsevier Inc. In their (1968) paper Fujita and Watanabe considered the issue of uniqueness of the trivial solution of semilinear parabolic equations with respect to the class of bounded, non-negative solutions. In particular they showed that i... Read More about A necessary and sufficient condition for uniqueness of the trivial solution in semilinear parabolic equations.

A cost-effective decision-making algorithm for an RFID-enabled HMSC network design A multi-objective approach (2017)
Journal Article
Mohammed, A., Wang, Q., & Li, X. (2017). A cost-effective decision-making algorithm for an RFID-enabled HMSC network design A multi-objective approach. Industrial Management and Data Systems, 117(9), 1782-1799. https://doi.org/10.1108/IMDS-02-2016-0074

© Ahmed Mohammed, Qian Wang and Xiaodong Li. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the economic feasibility of a three-echelon Halal Meat Supply Chain (HMSC) network that is monitored by a prop... Read More about A cost-effective decision-making algorithm for an RFID-enabled HMSC network design A multi-objective approach.

A decision support system for strategic maintenance planning in offshore wind farms (2016)
Journal Article
Li, X., Ouelhadj, D., Song, X., Jones, D., Wall, G., Howell, K. E., …Pertin, E. (2016). A decision support system for strategic maintenance planning in offshore wind farms. Renewable Energy, 99, 784-799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.07.037

© 2016 Elsevier Ltd This paper presents a Decision Support System (DSS) for maintenance cost optimisation at an Offshore Wind Farm (OWF). The DSS is designed for use by multiple stakeholders in the OWF sector with the overall goal of informing mainte... Read More about A decision support system for strategic maintenance planning in offshore wind farms.

A study in integrity of an RFID-monitoring HMSC (2016)
Journal Article
Mohammed, A., Wang, Q., & Li, X. (2017). A study in integrity of an RFID-monitoring HMSC. International Journal of Food Properties, 20(5), 1145-1158. https://doi.org/10.1080/10942912.2016.1203933

© 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. In recent years, trade of Halal foods is spreading at a rapid pace. Additionally, Halal food consumers have become increasingly concerned about the integrity of Halal-food related products in terms of production,... Read More about A study in integrity of an RFID-monitoring HMSC.

Emergency response in complex buildings: Automated selection of safest and balanced routes (2016)
Journal Article
Zverovich, V., Mahdjoubi, L., Boguslawski, P., Fadli, F., & Barki, H. (2016). Emergency response in complex buildings: Automated selection of safest and balanced routes. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, 31(8), 617-632. https://doi.org/10.1111/mice.12197

The extreme importance of emergency response in complex buildings during natural and human-induced disasters has been widely acknowledged. In particular, there is a need for efficient algorithms for finding safest evacuation routes, which would take... Read More about Emergency response in complex buildings: Automated selection of safest and balanced routes.

Using DEWIS and R for multi-staged statistics e-Assessments (2016)
Journal Article
Henderson, K. L., Weir, I. S., Rhys Gwynllyw, D., Gwynllyw, R., Weir, I., & Henderson, K. (2016). Using DEWIS and R for multi-staged statistics e-Assessments. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, 35(1), 14-26. https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/hrv018

© The Author 2015. We demonstrate how the DEWIS e-Assessment system may use embedded R code to facilitate the assessment of students' ability to perform involved statistical analyses. The R code has been written to emulate SPSS output and thus the st... Read More about Using DEWIS and R for multi-staged statistics e-Assessments.

Creating statistics e-assessments using Dewis with embedded R code (2016)
Journal Article
Weir, I., Gwynllyw, R., & Henderson, K. (2017). Creating statistics e-assessments using Dewis with embedded R code. MSOR Connections, 15(2), 51-59

We report on the creation of statistics e-assessments using the Dewis system with embedded R code. Dewis is a fully algorithmic open-source e-assessment system designed and developed at the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE). Dewis’ abi... Read More about Creating statistics e-assessments using Dewis with embedded R code.

Long term individual load forecast under different electrical vehicles uptake scenarios (2015)
Journal Article
Poghosyan, A., Greetham, D. V., Haben, S., & Lee, T. (2015). Long term individual load forecast under different electrical vehicles uptake scenarios. Applied Energy, 157, 699-709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.069

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. More and more households are purchasing electric vehicles (EVs), and this will continue as we move towards a low carbon future. There are various projections as to the rate of EV uptake, but all predict an increase over the next... Read More about Long term individual load forecast under different electrical vehicles uptake scenarios.

A complete characterisation of local existence for semilinear heat equations in Lebesgue spaces (2015)
Journal Article
Laister, R., Robinson, J. C., Sierzega, M., & Vidal-Lopez, A. (2016). A complete characterisation of local existence for semilinear heat equations in Lebesgue spaces. Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Non Linear Analysis, 33(6), 1519-1538. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anihpc.2015.06.005

We consider the scalar semilinear heat equation ut−Δu=f(u), where f:[0,∞)→[0,∞) is continuous and non-decreasing but need not be convex. We completely characterise those functions f for which the equation has a local solution bounded in Lq(Ω) for all... Read More about A complete characterisation of local existence for semilinear heat equations in Lebesgue spaces.

On general frameworks and threshold functions for multiple domination (2015)
Journal Article
Zverovich, V. (2015). On general frameworks and threshold functions for multiple domination. Discrete Mathematics, 338(11), 2095-2104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2015.05.003

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. We consider two general frameworks for multiple domination, which are called (r,s)-domination and parametric domination. They generalise and unify {k}-domination, k-domination, total k-domination and k-tuple... Read More about On general frameworks and threshold functions for multiple domination.

Diagnosing student errors in e-Assessment questions (2015)
Journal Article
Henderson, K. L., Rhys Gwynllyw, D., Walker, P., Gwynllyw, R., & Henderson, K. (2015). Diagnosing student errors in e-Assessment questions. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, 34(3), 160-170. https://doi.org/10.1093/teamat/hrv010

© The Author 2015. We demonstrate how the re-marker and reporter facility of the DEWIS e-Assessment system facilitates the capture, analysis and reporting of student errors using two case studies: logarithms and indices for first-year computing stude... Read More about Diagnosing student errors in e-Assessment questions.

The geometry of r-adaptive meshes generated using optimal transport methods (2014)
Journal Article
Walsh, E., Budd, C. J., Russell, R. D., & Walsh, E. (2015). The geometry of r-adaptive meshes generated using optimal transport methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 282, 113-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2014.11.007

© 2014 Elsevier Inc. The principles of mesh equidistribution and alignment play a fundamental role in the design of adaptive methods, and a metric tensor and mesh metric are useful theoretical tools for understanding a method's level of mesh alignmen... Read More about The geometry of r-adaptive meshes generated using optimal transport methods.