All Outputs (36)

An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., Ludlow, D., McClatchey, R., & Anjum, A. (2011, December). An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing. Paper presented at ITAAC 2011: International Workshop on Intelligent Techniques and Architectures for Autonomic Clouds in conjunction with the 4th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2011), Melbourne, Australia

With the existence of new methodologies and technologies it has now become possible to manage large amounts of environmental sensing data and apply new integrated computing models to acquire information intelligence. This paper advocates the applicat... Read More about An architecture for integrated intelligence in urban management using cloud computing.

Integrated urban management: “Win-win” solutions (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Ludlow, D., & Khan, Z. (2011, September). Integrated urban management: “Win-win” solutions. Presented at 2011 UK / Ireland Planning Research Conference: Planning Resilient Communities in Challenging Times,, Birmingham, UK

Analysis of urban challenges, from a sustainable development perspective, emphasise the interconnected nature of the challenges, reflecting the ecosystems perspective on the city. Key political concerns with climate change greenhouse gas emissions, e... Read More about Integrated urban management: “Win-win” solutions.

Harmonizing geospaatial data at the local level for global benefit: HUMBOLDT Urban Atlas – a case study (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., Giger, C., Althoff, J., & Ludlow, D. (2011, June). Harmonizing geospaatial data at the local level for global benefit: HUMBOLDT Urban Atlas – a case study. Poster presented at INSPIRE Conference 2011, Edinburgh, UK

One of the major requirements for the realization of an integrated environmental monitoring system is the availability of tools and services to harmonize and integrate environmental spatial data, originating from various governmental and other agenci... Read More about Harmonizing geospaatial data at the local level for global benefit: HUMBOLDT Urban Atlas – a case study.

GMES and INSPIRE: Harmonising cross-thematic environmental data for integrated intelligence (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Ludlow, D., & Khan, Z. (2011, March). GMES and INSPIRE: Harmonising cross-thematic environmental data for integrated intelligence. Poster presented at 2nd GMES Operational Workshop, Sofia, Bulgaria

GMES and INSPIRE are mutually beneficial and require close collaboration between communities from both domains to mitigate and adapt to environmental and security challenges. For example, extension of GMES services into the cross-cutting domains of S... Read More about GMES and INSPIRE: Harmonising cross-thematic environmental data for integrated intelligence.

The BPMSOA: evaluating the enactment of a business process using application domain specific grid services (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., Odeh, M., & Solomonides, T. (2008, November). The BPMSOA: evaluating the enactment of a business process using application domain specific grid services. Paper presented at The Tenth International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications Services, Linz, Austria

The BPMSOA: Linking utility grid services with executable business processes using the π-ADL based proxy router (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., & Odeh, M. (2008, April). The BPMSOA: Linking utility grid services with executable business processes using the π-ADL based proxy router. Paper presented at 3nd International IEEE Conference on Information & Communication Technologies from Theory to Application (ICTTA’08),, Damascus, Syria

Using BPMSOA, both structural and informational contexts of a business process model can be incorporated in its translated π-ADL script. However, this π-ADL based executable script of business process still lacks the behavioural context for specific... Read More about The BPMSOA: Linking utility grid services with executable business processes using the π-ADL based proxy router.

Business process modelling: Coarse to fine grain mapping using metamodels (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., & Odeh, M. (2008, February). Business process modelling: Coarse to fine grain mapping using metamodels. Paper presented at IASTED Software Engineering Conference (SE2008), Innsbruck, Austria

One of the key objectives of Business Process Modelling is to better understand and visualise business processes in order to improve and/or enact them in some IT infrastructure. This modelling perspective becomes more complicated and challenging... Read More about Business process modelling: Coarse to fine grain mapping using metamodels.

A framework for translating RAD business process models into π-adl (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., & Odeh, M. (2007, November). A framework for translating RAD business process models into π-adl. Paper presented at Arab Conference on IT, Syria

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Process architecture for digital libraries using RIVA and role activity diagraming (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., Odeh, M., & Solomonides, T. (2006, December). Process architecture for digital libraries using RIVA and role activity diagraming. Paper presented at Arab Conference on Information Technology, Al-Yarmouk University, Jordon

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Digital libraries: From process modelling to grid-based service oriented architecture (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., Odeh, M., & McClatchey, R. (2006, April). Digital libraries: From process modelling to grid-based service oriented architecture. Paper presented at 2nd Int. IEEE Conference on Information & Communication Technologies from Theory to Application, Damascus, Syria

Graphical Business Process Modelling Languages (BPML) like Role Activity Diagrams (RAD) provide ease and flexibility for modelling business behaviour. However, these languages show limited applicability in terms of enactment over distributed systems... Read More about Digital libraries: From process modelling to grid-based service oriented architecture.

A Semantic Grid-based E-Learning Framework (SELF) (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., Umer, M., McClatchey, R., Ali, A., & Ahmed, F. (2005, May). A Semantic Grid-based E-Learning Framework (SELF). Paper presented at IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud, and Grid Computing, Cardiff, UK

E-learning can be loosely defined as a wide set of applications and processes, which uses available electronic media (and tools) to deliver vocational education and training. With its increasing recognition as an ubiquitous mode of instruction and in... Read More about A Semantic Grid-based E-Learning Framework (SELF).

Decentralized architecture for fault tolerant multi agent system (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., Shahid, S., Ahmad, F., Ali, A., & Suguri, H. (2005, April). Decentralized architecture for fault tolerant multi agent system. Paper presented at International Symposium on Autonomous Decentralized Systems, Sichuan, China

Multi Agent Systems (MAS) are expected to be involved in futuristic technologies. Agents require some execution environment in which they can publish their service interfaces and can provide services to other agent. Such execution environment is... Read More about Decentralized architecture for fault tolerant multi agent system.

Semantic grid: Future, challenges & impact on society (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Khan, Z., Ali, A., Ahmad, F., Umer, M., & Aziz, S. (2004, December). Semantic grid: Future, challenges & impact on society. Paper presented at High Speed Optical Networks (HONET), Islamabad, Pakistan

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Autonomous cache-provision agreement for scalability of directory facilitator in MAS (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Abbasi, A. G., Mustafa, B., Ahmad, F., Ali, A., Suguri, H., & Khan, Z. (2004, August). Autonomous cache-provision agreement for scalability of directory facilitator in MAS. Paper presented at 16th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Valencia, Spain

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SAGE: Next generation multi-agent system (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Abbasi, A. G., Rehman, M., Khan, Z., Ahmad, F., Ali, A., & Suguri, H. (2004, June). SAGE: Next generation multi-agent system. Paper presented at Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications, Las Vegas, USA

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Decentralized multi agent system: Basic thoughts (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Ahmad, F., Ali, A., Suguri, H., Khan, Z., & Rehman, M. (2004, June). Decentralized multi agent system: Basic thoughts. Paper presented at 11th Assurance Systems Symposium, Sendai, Japan

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