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Ashby’s mobile homeostat (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Battle, S. (2014, November). Ashby’s mobile homeostat. Paper presented at Artificial Life and Intelligent Agents 2014, Bangor, Wales, UK

In Design for a Brain, W. Ross Ashby speculates about the possibility of creating a mobile homeostat " with its critical states set so that it seeks situations of high illumination. " This paper explores an embedding of Ashby's homeostat within a sim... Read More about Ashby’s mobile homeostat.

Visual analytics of e-mail sociolinguistics for user behavioural analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Legg, P., Buckley, O., Goldsmith, M., & Creese, S. (2014). Visual analytics of e-mail sociolinguistics for user behavioural analysis. Journal of Internet Services and Information Security, 4(4), 1-13

The cyber-security threat that most organisations face is not one that only resides outside their perimeter attempting to get in, but emanates from the inside too. Insider threats encompass anyone or thing which exploits authorised access to company... Read More about Visual analytics of e-mail sociolinguistics for user behavioural analysis.

Stochastic model of TCP and UDP traffic in IEEE 802.11b/g (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Malik, M. H., Aydin, M., Shah, Z., & Hussain, S. (2014). Stochastic model of TCP and UDP traffic in IEEE 802.11b/g. In 2014 9th IEEE Conference on Industrial Electronics and Applications. , (2170-2175). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIEA.2014.6931531

© 2014 IEEE. IEEE 802.11 networks have been widely explored since last decade and IEEE802.11g was proposed to increase the data rate of wireless networks up to 54Mbps which ensure backward capability with IEEE802.11b. The main goal of increasing the... Read More about Stochastic model of TCP and UDP traffic in IEEE 802.11b/g.

Synchronization protocols and implementation issues in wireless sensor networks: A review (2014)
Journal Article
Djenouri, D., & Bagaa, M. (2016). Synchronization protocols and implementation issues in wireless sensor networks: A review. IEEE Systems Journal, 10(2), 617-627. https://doi.org/10.1109/jsyst.2014.2360460

Time synchronization in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is a topic that has been attracting the research community in the last decade. Most performance evaluations of the proposed solutions have been limited to theoretical analysis and simulation. Th... Read More about Synchronization protocols and implementation issues in wireless sensor networks: A review.

A memory-integrated artificial bee algorithm for 1-D bin packing problems (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bayraktar, T., Aydin, M. E., & Dugenci, M. (2014, October). A memory-integrated artificial bee algorithm for 1-D bin packing problems. Paper presented at CIE 2014 - 44th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering and IMSS 2014 - 9th International Symposium on Intelligent Manufacturing and Service Systems, Istanbul, Turkey

Swarm intelligence algorithms gain more attention with ever growing computing capabilities since they can provide diverse and useful solutions for ill-structured and complex problems. Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) algorithm is a recently developed prom... Read More about A memory-integrated artificial bee algorithm for 1-D bin packing problems.

A framework for cloud-based context-aware information services for citizens in smart cities (2014)
Journal Article
Khan, Z., Kiani, S. L., & Soomro, K. (2014). A framework for cloud-based context-aware information services for citizens in smart cities. Journal of Cloud Computing: Advances, Systems and Applications, 3, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13677-014-0014-4

© 2014 Khan et al.; licensee Springer. Background: In the context of smart cities, public participation and citizen science are key ingredients for informed and intelligent planning decisions and policy-making. However, citizens face a practical chal... Read More about A framework for cloud-based context-aware information services for citizens in smart cities.

Complete characterization of structure of rule 54 (2014)
Journal Article
Martinez, G. J., Adamatzky, A., & McIntosh, H. V. (2014). Complete characterization of structure of rule 54. Complex Systems -Champaign-, 23(3), 259-293

The dynamics of rule 54 one-dimensional two-state cellular automaton (CA) are a discrete analog of a space-time dynamics of excitations in nonlinear active medium with mutual inhibition. A cell switches its state 0 to state 1 if one of its two neighb... Read More about Complete characterization of structure of rule 54.

Using evolutionary computation to shed light on the effect of scale and complexity on object-orientedsoftware design (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Simons, C., & Smith, J. (2014, October). Using evolutionary computation to shed light on the effect of scale and complexity on object-orientedsoftware design. Paper presented at 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, San Diego, CA, USA

Early lifecycle software design is an intensely human activity in which design scale and complexity can place a high cognitive load on the software designer. Recently, the use of evolutionary search has been suggested to yield insights in the natur... Read More about Using evolutionary computation to shed light on the effect of scale and complexity on object-orientedsoftware design.

Turtle geometry the Python way (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Battle, S. (2014, October). Turtle geometry the Python way. Presented at DigiMakers, At-Bristol, UK

An introduction to coding using Python’s on-screen ‘turtle’ that can be commanded with a few simple instructions including forward, backward, left and right. The turtle leaves a trace that can be used to draw geometric figures. This workshop is aimed... Read More about Turtle geometry the Python way.

Material-based non-neural analogues of lateral inhibition: A multi-agent approach (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, J. (2014, September). Material-based non-neural analogues of lateral inhibition: A multi-agent approach. Paper presented at Adaptive Materials, Devices and Systems Towards Unconventional Computing and Robotics: Modeling and Implementation, Rhodes, Greece

Lateral Inhibition (LI) phenomena occur in a wide range of sensory modalities and are most famously described in the human visual system. In LI the activity of a stimulated neuron is itself excited and suppresses the activity of its local neighbours... Read More about Material-based non-neural analogues of lateral inhibition: A multi-agent approach.

Exploiting environmental computation in a multi-agent model of slime mould (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Jones, J. (2014, September). Exploiting environmental computation in a multi-agent model of slime mould. Presented at ABBII International Symposium on Artificial, Biological and Bio-Inspired Intelligence, Rhodes, Greece

Very simple organisms, such as the single-celled amoeboid slime mould Physarumpolycephalum possess no neural tissue yet, despite this, are known to exhibit complex biological and computational behaviour. Given such limited resources, can environmenta... Read More about Exploiting environmental computation in a multi-agent model of slime mould.

Congestion detection strategies in wireless sensor networks: A comparative study with testbed experiments (2014)
Journal Article
Kafi, M. A., Djenouri, D., Othman, J. B., Ouadjaout, A., & Badache, N. (2014). Congestion detection strategies in wireless sensor networks: A comparative study with testbed experiments. Procedia Computer Science, 37, 168-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2014.08.026

© 2014 The Authors. Event based applications of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are prone to traffic congestion, where unpredicted event detection yields simultaneous generation of traffic at spatially co-related nodes, and its propagation towards th... Read More about Congestion detection strategies in wireless sensor networks: A comparative study with testbed experiments.

Interference-aware congestion control protocol for wireless sensor networks (2014)
Journal Article
Kafi, M. A., Djenouri, D., Othman, J. B., Ouadjaout, A., Bagaa, M., Lasla, N., & Badache, N. (2014). Interference-aware congestion control protocol for wireless sensor networks. Procedia Computer Science, 37, 181-188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2014.08.028

© 2014 The Authors. This paper deals with congestion and interference control in wireless sensor networks (WSN), which is essential for improving the throughput and saving the scarce energy in networks where nodes have different capacities and traffi... Read More about Interference-aware congestion control protocol for wireless sensor networks.

Computational complexity of threshold automata networks under different updating schemes (2014)
Journal Article
Goles, E., & Montealegre, P. (2014). Computational complexity of threshold automata networks under different updating schemes. Theoretical Computer Science, 559, 3-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2014.09.010

© 2014 Elsevier B.V. Given a threshold automata network, as well as an updating scheme over its vertices, we study the computational complexity associated with the prediction of the future state of a vertex. More precisely, we analyze two classes of... Read More about Computational complexity of threshold automata networks under different updating schemes.

Turnector: Tangible control widgets for capacitive touchscreen devices (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Rutter, E. K., Nash, C., & Mitchell, T. J. (2014, September). Turnector: Tangible control widgets for capacitive touchscreen devices. Paper presented at The 40th International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) joint with the 11th Sound & Music Computing conference (SMC), Athens, Greece

This paper details the development of Turnector, a control system based upon tangible widgets that are manipulated on the touchscreen of a capacitive touch device. Turnector widgets are modelled on rotary faders and aim to connect the user to paramet... Read More about Turnector: Tangible control widgets for capacitive touchscreen devices.

Clinicians experience of using a digital media tool in rehabilitation services to help patients communicate the nature of pain and body perception disturbances (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Turton, A., Palmer, M., Ewer Smith, C., Moss, T., Lewis, J., & McCabe, C. (2014, September). Clinicians experience of using a digital media tool in rehabilitation services to help patients communicate the nature of pain and body perception disturbances. Poster presented at Kings Fund International Digital Health and Care Congress, London, UK

Facilitating evolution during design and implementation (2014)
Journal Article
McClatchey, R. (2015). Facilitating evolution during design and implementation. KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, 29(2), 213-217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13218-014-0324-1

The volumes and complexity of data that companies need to handle are increasing at an accelerating rate. In order to compete effectively and ensure their commercial sustainability, it is becoming crucial for them to achieve robust traceability in bot... Read More about Facilitating evolution during design and implementation.

Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN XIII) 13th International Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 13-17, 2014. Proceedings (2014)
Book
Bartz-Beielstein, T., Branke, J., Filipič, B., & Smith, J. (2014). Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN XIII) 13th International Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, September 13-17, 2014. Proceedings. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10762-2

The Baldwin effect hinders self-adaptation (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Smith, J. (2014). The Baldwin effect hinders self-adaptation. In J. Branke, B. Filipic, J. Smith, & T. Bartz-Beielstein (Eds.), Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XIII. , (120-129). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10762-2_12

The “end-game” of evolutionary optimisation is often largely governed by the efficiency and effectiveness of searching regions of space known to contain high quality solutions. In a traditional EA this role is done via mutation, which creates a tensi... Read More about The Baldwin effect hinders self-adaptation.

Data management challenges in paediatric information systems (2014)
Book Chapter
McClatchey, R. (2014). Data management challenges in paediatric information systems. In B. Bressan (Ed.), From Physics to Daily Life: Applications in Biology, Medicine and Healthcare. CERN: Wiley Publishers

There is a compelling demand for the data integration and exploitation of heterogeneous biomedical information for improved clinical practice, medical research, and personalised healthcare across the EU. The area of paediatric information integration... Read More about Data management challenges in paediatric information systems.