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Computing with liquid crystal fingers: Models of geometric and logical computation (2011)
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Younger, D., Matranga, M. A., Kitson, S., Adamatzky, A., & de Lacy Costello, B. (2011). Computing with liquid crystal fingers: Models of geometric and logical computation. Physical Review E, 84(6), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.84.061702

When a voltage is applied across a thin layer of cholesteric liquid crystal, fingers of cholesteric alignment can form and propagate in the layer. In computer simulation, based on experimental laboratory results, we demonstrate that these cholesteric... Read More about Computing with liquid crystal fingers: Models of geometric and logical computation.

Translating RAD business process mModels into to BPMN models (2011)
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Yousef, R., Odeh, M., Coward, D., & Shariah, A. (2011). Translating RAD business process mModels into to BPMN models. International Journal of Web Applications, 3(4), 187-196

Modelling business processes using BPMN has been emerging as the preferred choice for organisations seeking to enact their business processes in service-oriented environments. However, a number of organisations have their business processes modelled... Read More about Translating RAD business process mModels into to BPMN models.

Logic for coalitions with bounded resources (2011)
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Nguyen, H. N., Alechina, N., Logan, B., Nga, N. H., & Rakib, A. (2011). Logic for coalitions with bounded resources. Journal of Logic and Computation, 21(6), 907-937. https://doi.org/10.1093/logcom/exq032

Recent work on Alternating-Time Temporal Logic and Coalition Logic has allowed the expression of many interesting properties of coalitions and strategies. However, there is no natural way of expressing resource requirements in these logics. In this a... Read More about Logic for coalitions with bounded resources.

Hierarchical event selection for video storyboards with a case study on snooker video visualization (2011)
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Griffiths, I. W., Chung, D. H., Parry, M. L., Legg, P., & Chen, M. (2011). Hierarchical event selection for video storyboards with a case study on snooker video visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 17(12), 1747-1756. https://doi.org/10.1109/TVCG.2011.208

Video storyboard, which is a form of video visualization, summarizes the major events in a video using illustrative visualization. There are three main technical challenges in creating a video storyboard, (a) event classification, (b) event selection... Read More about Hierarchical event selection for video storyboards with a case study on snooker video visualization.

On computing in fine-grained compartmentalised Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium (2011)
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Adamatzky, A., Holley, J., Bull, L., & De Lacy Costello, B. (2011). On computing in fine-grained compartmentalised Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 44(10), 779-790. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2011.03.010

We introduce results of computer experiments on information processing in a hexagonal array of vesicles filled with Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) solution in a sub-excitable mode. We represent values of Boolean variables by excitation wave-fragments and... Read More about On computing in fine-grained compartmentalised Belousov-Zhabotinsky medium.

Vesicle computers: Approximating a Voronoi diagram using Voronoi automata (2011)
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Adamatzky, A., De Lacy Costello, B., Holley, J., Gorecki, J., & Bull, L. (2011). Vesicle computers: Approximating a Voronoi diagram using Voronoi automata. Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 44(7), 480-489. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chaos.2011.01.016

Irregular arrangements of vesicles filled with excitable and precipitating chemical systems are imitated by Voronoi automata - finite-state machines defined on a planar Voronoi diagram. Every Voronoi cell takes four states: resting, excited, refracto... Read More about Vesicle computers: Approximating a Voronoi diagram using Voronoi automata.

Sounds synthesis with slime mould of Physarum Polycephalum (2011)
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Miranda, E. R., Adamatzky, A., & Jones, J. (2011). Sounds synthesis with slime mould of Physarum Polycephalum. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 8(2), 107-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1672-6529%2811%2960016-4

This paper introduces a novel application of bionic engineering: a bionic musical instrument using Physarum polycephalum. Physarum polycephalum is a huge single cell with thousands of nuclei, which behaves like a giant amoeba. During its foraging beh... Read More about Sounds synthesis with slime mould of Physarum Polycephalum.

On electrical correlates of physarum polycephalum spatial activity: Can we see physarum machine in the dark? (2011)
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Adamatzky, A., & Jones, J. (2011). On electrical correlates of physarum polycephalum spatial activity: Can we see physarum machine in the dark?. Biophysical Reviews and Letters, 6(1-2), 29-57. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793048011001257

Plasmodium of Physarum polycephalum is a single cell visible by unaided eye, which spans sources of nutrients with its protoplasmic network. In a very simple experimental setup we recorded electric potential of the propagating plasmodium. We discover... Read More about On electrical correlates of physarum polycephalum spatial activity: Can we see physarum machine in the dark?.

CMS workflow execution using intelligent job scheduling and data access strategies (2011)
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Metson, S., Hernandez, J. M., Hasham, K., Delgado Peris, A., Anjum, A., Evans, D., …McClatchey, R. (2011). CMS workflow execution using intelligent job scheduling and data access strategies. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 58(3 PART 3), 1221-1232. https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2011.2146276

Complex scientific workflows can process large amounts of data using thousands of tasks. The turnaround times of these workflows are often affected by various latencies such as the resource discovery, scheduling and data access latencies for the indi... Read More about CMS workflow execution using intelligent job scheduling and data access strategies.

On attraction of slime mould Physarum polycephalum to plants with sedative properties (2011)
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Adamatzky, A. (2011). On attraction of slime mould Physarum polycephalum to plants with sedative properties. Nature Precedings, https://doi.org/10.1038/npre.2011.5985.1

A plasmodium of acellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a large single cell with many nuclei. Presented to a configuration of attracting and repelling stimuli a plasmodium optimizes its growth pattern and spans the attractants, while avoiding... Read More about On attraction of slime mould Physarum polycephalum to plants with sedative properties.

Cellular automaton supercolliders (2011)
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Martínez, G. J., Adamatzky, A., Stephens, C. R., & Hoeflich, A. F. (2011). Cellular automaton supercolliders. International Journal of Modern Physics C, 22(4), 419-439. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0129183111016348

Gliders in one-dimensional cellular automata are compact groups of non-quiescent and non-ether patterns (ether represents a periodic background) translating along automaton lattice. They are cellular automaton analogous of localizations or quasi-loca... Read More about Cellular automaton supercolliders.

A stellar role for knowledge organization systems in digital archaeology (2011)
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Tudhope, D., Binding, C., May, K., Jeffrey, S., & Vlachidis, A. (2011). A stellar role for knowledge organization systems in digital archaeology. Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology,

Research data in archaeology is being made more accessible through the semantic efforts of the STAR and STELLAR projects of two United Kingdom universities. The goal of STAR (Semantic Technologies for Archaeological Resources) is to facilitate semant... Read More about A stellar role for knowledge organization systems in digital archaeology.

Computational modalities of Belousov-Zhabotinsky encapsulated vesicles (2011)
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Holley, J., Adamatzky, A., Bull, L., De Lacy Costello, B., & Jahan, I. (2011). Computational modalities of Belousov-Zhabotinsky encapsulated vesicles. Nano Communication Networks, 2(1), 50-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nancom.2011.02.002

We present both simulated and partial empirical evidences for the computational utility of many connected vesicle analogues of an encapsulated nonlinear chemical processing medium. By connecting small vesicles containing a solution of sub-excitable B... Read More about Computational modalities of Belousov-Zhabotinsky encapsulated vesicles.

Care pathway records with ontologies: Potential uses in medical research and health care (2011)
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Olive, M., Lashwood, A., & Solomonides, T. (2011). Care pathway records with ontologies: Potential uses in medical research and health care. International Journal of Care Pathways, 15(1), 15-17. https://doi.org/10.1258/jicp.2010.010m21

This is one of a series of papers arising in part out of the SHARE (Supporting and structuring Healthgrid Activities and Research in Europe) project; in previous work, we have examined the use of integrated care pathways (ICPs), a fine-grained form o... Read More about Care pathway records with ontologies: Potential uses in medical research and health care.

Advanced image fusion to overlay coronary sinus anatomy with real-time fluoroscopy to facilitate left ventricular lead implantation in CRT (2011)
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Ginks, M. R., Duckett, S. G., Knowles, B. R., Ma, Y., Shetty, A., Bostock, J., …Rinaldi, C. A. (2011). Advanced image fusion to overlay coronary sinus anatomy with real-time fluoroscopy to facilitate left ventricular lead implantation in CRT. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 34(2), 226-234. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2010.02940.x

Background: Failure rate for left ventricular (LV) lead implantation in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is up to 12%. The use of segmentation tools, advanced image registration software, and high-fidelity images from computerized tomography (... Read More about Advanced image fusion to overlay coronary sinus anatomy with real-time fluoroscopy to facilitate left ventricular lead implantation in CRT.

Connecting archaeological data and grey literature via semantic cross search (2011)
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Tudhope, D., May, K., Binding, C., & Vlachidis, A. (2011). Connecting archaeological data and grey literature via semantic cross search. Internet Archaeology, 30,

Differing terminology and database structure hinders meaningful cross search of excavation datasets. Matching free text grey literature reports with datasets poses yet more challenges. Conventional search techniques are unable to cross search between... Read More about Connecting archaeological data and grey literature via semantic cross search.

On polymorphic logical gates in subexcitable chemical medium (2011)
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Adamatzky, A., De Lacy Costello, B., & Bull, L. (2011). On polymorphic logical gates in subexcitable chemical medium. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 21(07), 1977-1986. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218127411029574

In a subexcitable light-sensitive Belousov-Zhabotinsky (BZ) chemical medium an asymmetric disturbance causes the formation of localized traveling wave-fragments. Under the right conditions these wave-fragments can conserve their shape and velocity ve... Read More about On polymorphic logical gates in subexcitable chemical medium.

Routing physarum with electrical flow/current (2011)
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Tsuda, S., Jones, J., Adamatzky, A., & Mills, J. (2011). Routing physarum with electrical flow/current. International Journal of Nanotechnology and Molecular Computation, 3(2), 56-70. https://doi.org/10.4018/jnmc.2011040104

Plasmodium stage of Physarum polycephalum behaves as a distributed dynamical pattern formation mechanism, where foraging and migration is influenced by local stimuli from a range of attractants and repellents. Complex protoplasmic tube network struct... Read More about Routing physarum with electrical flow/current.