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Multi-objective analysis of a component-based representation within an interactive evolutionary design system (2007)
Journal Article
Parmee, I. C., & MacHwe, A. T. (2007). Multi-objective analysis of a component-based representation within an interactive evolutionary design system. Engineering Optimization, 39(5), 591-613. https://doi.org/10.1080/03052150701391041

This article describes research relating to a user-centered evolutionary design system that evaluates both engineering and aesthetic aspects of design solutions during early-stage conceptual design. The experimental system comprises several component... Read More about Multi-objective analysis of a component-based representation within an interactive evolutionary design system.

A cross-disciplinary technology transfer for search-based evolutionary computing: From engineering design to software engineering design (2007)
Journal Article
Simons, C., & Parmee, I. (2007). A cross-disciplinary technology transfer for search-based evolutionary computing: From engineering design to software engineering design. Engineering Optimization, 39(5), 631-648. https://doi.org/10.1080/03052150701382974

Although object-oriented conceptual software design is difficult to learn and perform, computational tool support for the conceptual software designer is limited. In conceptual engineering design, however, computational tools exploiting interactive e... Read More about A cross-disciplinary technology transfer for search-based evolutionary computing: From engineering design to software engineering design.

Computer vision applications - Special issue (2007)
Journal Article
Smith, L. N., Smith, M. L., Caleb-Solly, P., & Smith, J. (2007). Computer vision applications - Special issue. Image and Vision Computing, 25(7), 1035-1036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imavis.2007.04.001

This peer-reviewed international journal paper arose from a research collaboration which formed part of the PhD of a colleague and builds on previous conferences works [proceedings of "Adaptative Computing in Design and Manufacturing" 2002, 2005, pro... Read More about Computer vision applications - Special issue.

The global perpetual dictionary of everything (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Ashman, H. L., Zhou, D., Goulding, J., Brailsford, T., & Truran, M. (2007, June). The global perpetual dictionary of everything. Paper presented at The Thirteenth Australasian World Wide Web Conference (AusWeb07), New South Wales, Australia

Knowledge organising systems aim to classify, store, organise and structure data for the purposes of retrieval. They usually rely on algorithms designed to automate these functions. However a largely untapped but highly accurate resource which can co... Read More about The global perpetual dictionary of everything.

Towards clustering with XCS (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Tamee, K., Bull, L., & Pinngern, O. (2007, June). Towards clustering with XCS. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation

Mining breast cancer data with XCS (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Kharbat, F., Bull, L., & Odeh, M. (2007, June). Mining breast cancer data with XCS. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 9th annual conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation

Ycsc: a modified clustering technique based on lcs (2007)
Journal Article
Tamee, K., Bull, L., & Pinngern, O. (2007). Ycsc: a modified clustering technique based on lcs. Journal of Digital Information Management, 5(3), 160-166

This paper presents a novel approach to clustering using a simple accuracy-based Learning Classifier System with a modification to the original YCS fitness function has been found to improve the identification of less-separated data sets. Our approac... Read More about Ycsc: a modified clustering technique based on lcs.

A novel programming model and optimisation algorithms for WCDMA networks (2007)
Conference Proceeding
Yang, J., Zhang, J., Aydin, M. E., & Wu, J. Y. (2007). A novel programming model and optimisation algorithms for WCDMA networks. In 2007 IEEE 65th Vehicular Technology Conference - VTC2007-Spring (1182-1187). https://doi.org/10.1109/VETECS.2007.250

To obtain a good trade-off between accuracy and the computational load of WCDMA (wideband code-division multiple access) network planning and optimisation, link-level performance factors such as the impact of soft handover and fast power control need... Read More about A novel programming model and optimisation algorithms for WCDMA networks.

Optimisation of WCDMA radio networks with consideration of link-level performance factors (2007)
Journal Article
Yang, J., Zhang, J., Aydin, M. E., & Wu, J. Y. (2007). Optimisation of WCDMA radio networks with consideration of link-level performance factors. International Journal of Mobile Network Design and Innovation, 2(1), 26-32. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMNDI.2007.013801

Accuracy and the computational load are two important issues of Wideband Code-Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) network planning and optimisation. Link-level performance factors such as the impact of Soft Handover (SHO) and fast power control need to... Read More about Optimisation of WCDMA radio networks with consideration of link-level performance factors.

Parameter control in evolutionary algorithms (2007)
Journal Article
Eiben, A., Michalewicz, Z., Schoenauer, M., & Smith, J. (2007). Parameter control in evolutionary algorithms. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 54, 19-46. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69432-8_2

The issue of setting the values of various parameters of an evolutionary algorithm is crucial for good performance. In this paper we discuss how to do this, beginning with the issue of whether these values are best set in advance or are best changed... Read More about Parameter control in evolutionary algorithms.

A study on programming model and heuristic optimization algorithms for WCDMA radio networks (2007)
Conference Proceeding
Zhang, J., Yang, J., & Aydin, M. E. (2007). A study on programming model and heuristic optimization algorithms for WCDMA radio networks. In 2006 First International Conference on Communications and Networking in Chinahttps://doi.org/10.1109/CHINACOM.2006.344922

The 3 Generation (3G) cellular networks, such as WCDMA (wideband code-division multiple access) networks, require accurate network planning and optimization. However, the planning and optimization of WCDMA radio network, which is a highly dynamic an... Read More about A study on programming model and heuristic optimization algorithms for WCDMA radio networks.

Data intensive and network aware (DIANA) grid scheduling (2007)
Journal Article
McClatchey, R., Anjum, A., Stockinger, H., Ali, A., Willers, I., & Thomas, M. (2007). Data intensive and network aware (DIANA) grid scheduling. Journal of Grid Computing, 5(1), 43-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10723-006-9059-z

In Grids scheduling decisions are often made on the basis of jobs being either data or computation intensive: in data intensive situations jobs may be pushed to the data and in computation intensive situations data may be pulled to the jobs. This kin... Read More about Data intensive and network aware (DIANA) grid scheduling.

On replacement strategies in steady state evolutionary algorithms (2007)
Journal Article
Smith, J. (2007). On replacement strategies in steady state evolutionary algorithms. Evolutionary Computation, 15(1), 29-59. https://doi.org/10.1162/evco.2007.15.1.29

Steady State models of Evolutionary Algorithms are widely used, yet surprisingly little attention has been paid to the effects arising from different replacement strategies. This paper explores the use of mathematical models to characterise the selec... Read More about On replacement strategies in steady state evolutionary algorithms.

Coevolving memetic algorithms: A review and progress report (2007)
Journal Article
Smith, J. (2007). Coevolving memetic algorithms: A review and progress report. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics, 37(1), 6-17. https://doi.org/10.1109/TSMCB.2006.883273

Coevolving memetic algorithms are a family of metaheuristic search algorithms in which a rule-based representation of local search (LS) is coadapted alongside candidate solutions within a hybrid evolutionary system. Simple versions of these systems h... Read More about Coevolving memetic algorithms: A review and progress report.

Struggling against selfishness and black hole attacks in MANETs (2007)
Journal Article
Djenouri, D., & Badache, N. (2008). Struggling against selfishness and black hole attacks in MANETs. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, 8(6), 689-704. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcm.493

Since mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) are infrastructureless and multi-hop by nature, transmitting packets from any node to another usually relies on services provided by intermediate nodes. This reliance introduces a new vulnerability; one node coul... Read More about Struggling against selfishness and black hole attacks in MANETs.

Parallel variable neighbourhood search algorithms for job shop scheduling problems (2007)
Journal Article
Sevkli, M., & Aydin, M. E. (2007). Parallel variable neighbourhood search algorithms for job shop scheduling problems. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 18(2), 117-133. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/dpm009

Variable neighbourhood search (VNS) is one of the most recent metaheuristics used for solving combinatorial optimization problems in which a systematic change of neighbourhood with a local search is carried out. However, as happens with other metaheu... Read More about Parallel variable neighbourhood search algorithms for job shop scheduling problems.

Adaptive hypermedia system interoperability: A 'real world' evaluation (2007)
Journal Article
Cristea, A., Stewart, C., Brailsford, T., & Cristea, P. (2007). Adaptive hypermedia system interoperability: A 'real world' evaluation

Adaptive Hypermedia (AH) authoring is widely acknowledged to be complex and time consuming, yet this vital process is rarely evaluated. Recent research has approached the authoring problem by ensuring that previously created materials can be converte... Read More about Adaptive hypermedia system interoperability: A 'real world' evaluation.

Disambiguation and unknown term translation in cross language information retrieval (2007)
Book Chapter
Zhou, D., Truran, M., & Brailsford, T. (2007). Disambiguation and unknown term translation in cross language information retrieval. In C. Peters, V. Jijkoun, T. Mandl, H. Müller, D. Oard, A. Peñas, …D. Santos (Eds.), Advances in Multilingual and Multimodal Information Retrieval (64-71). Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science

In this paper we present a report on our participation in the CLEF 2007 Chinese-English ad hoc bilingual track. We discuss a disambiguation strategy which employs a modified co-occurrence model to determine the most appropriate translation for a give... Read More about Disambiguation and unknown term translation in cross language information retrieval.