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Feature Neighbourhood Mutual Information for multi-modal image registration: An application to eye fundus imaging (2014)
Journal Article
Legg, P. A., Rosin, P. L., Marshall, D., & Morgan, J. E. (2015). Feature Neighbourhood Mutual Information for multi-modal image registration: An application to eye fundus imaging. Pattern Recognition, 48(6), 1937-1946. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.patcog.2014.12.014

© 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Multi-modal image registration is becoming an increasingly powerful tool for medical diagnosis and treatment. The combination of different image modalities facilitates much greater understanding of the underl... Read More about Feature Neighbourhood Mutual Information for multi-modal image registration: An application to eye fundus imaging.

A bio-inspired algorithm for identification of critical components in the transportation networks (2014)
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Zhang, X., Adamatzky, A., Yang, H., Mahadaven, S., Yang, X. S., Wang, Q., & Deng, Y. (2014). A bio-inspired algorithm for identification of critical components in the transportation networks. Applied Mathematics and Computation, 248, 18-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2014.09.055

© 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Critical components in a transportation or communication network are those which should be better protected or secured because their removal has a significant impact on the whole network. In such networks, th... Read More about A bio-inspired algorithm for identification of critical components in the transportation networks.

Search delegation, synthesists and expertise on social media (2014)
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Matthews, P. (2014). Search delegation, synthesists and expertise on social media. LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal, 24(2), 97-107

Background. Social media often adds a layer of intermediation between sources and information consumer, with users outsourcing some of the information work to others. Social media “synthesists” have been identified as a group of volunteer information... Read More about Search delegation, synthesists and expertise on social media.

Towards the evolution of vertical-axis wind turbines using supershapes (2014)
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Preen, R., & Bull, L. (2014). Towards the evolution of vertical-axis wind turbines using supershapes. Evolutionary Intelligence, 7(3), 155-167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12065-014-0116-4

© 2014, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. We have recently presented an initial study of evolutionary algorithms used to design vertical-axis wind turbines (VAWTs) wherein candidate prototypes are evaluated under fan generated wind conditions after... Read More about Towards the evolution of vertical-axis wind turbines using supershapes.

Neutral space analysis for a Boolean network model of the fission yeast cell cycle network (2014)
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Ruz, G. A., Timmermann, T., Barrera, J., & Goles, E. (2014). Neutral space analysis for a Boolean network model of the fission yeast cell cycle network. Biological Research, 47(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/0717-6287-47-64

Background Interactions between genes and their products give rise to complex circuits known as gene regulatory networks (GRN) that enable cells to process information and respond to external stimuli. Several important processes for life, depend of... Read More about Neutral space analysis for a Boolean network model of the fission yeast cell cycle network.

Supplier selection based on evidence theory and analytic network process (2014)
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Mahadevan, S., Chan, F. T., Deng, Y., Zhang, X., & Adamatzky, A. (2016). Supplier selection based on evidence theory and analytic network process. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 230(3), 562-573. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954405414551105

© IMechE 2014. The supplier selection is a key component of the supply chain management. Existing methods for the supplier selection are based on analytic network process. They can handle the interdependence of decision attributes; however, these met... Read More about Supplier selection based on evidence theory and analytic network process.

Visual analytics of e-mail sociolinguistics for user behavioural analysis (2014)
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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.

Synchronization protocols and implementation issues in wireless sensor networks: A review (2014)
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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 framework for cloud-based context-aware information services for citizens in smart cities (2014)
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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)
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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.

Computational complexity of threshold automata networks under different updating schemes (2014)
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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.

Facilitating evolution during design and implementation (2014)
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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.

Material approximation of data smoothing and spline curves inspired by slime mould (2014)
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Jones, J., & Adamatzky, A. (2014). Material approximation of data smoothing and spline curves inspired by slime mould. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 9(3), https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/9/3/036016

The giant single-celled slime mould Physarum polycephalum is known to approximate a number of network problems via growth and adaptation of its protoplasmic transport network and can serve as an inspiration towards unconventional, material-based comp... Read More about Material approximation of data smoothing and spline curves inspired by slime mould.

Toward hybrid nanostructure-slime mould devices (2014)
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Mayne, R., & Adamatzky, A. (2015). Toward hybrid nanostructure-slime mould devices. Nano LIFE, 5(1), 1450007. https://doi.org/10.1142/S179398441450007X

The plasmodium of slime mould Physarum polycephalum has recently received signi¯cant attention for its value as a highly malleable amorphous computing substrate. In laboratory-based experiments, nanoscale arti¯cial circuit components were introduced... Read More about Toward hybrid nanostructure-slime mould devices.

Incorporating texture features in a computer-aided breast lesion diagnosis system for automated three-dimensional breast ultrasound (2014)
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Liu, H., Tan, T., Van Zelst, J., Mann, R., Karssemeijer, N., & Platel, B. (2014). Incorporating texture features in a computer-aided breast lesion diagnosis system for automated three-dimensional breast ultrasound. Journal of Medical Imaging, 1(2), 024501. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JMI.1.2.024501

We investigated the benefits of incorporating texture features into an existing computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) system for classifying benign and malignant lesions in automated three-dimensional breast ultrasound images. The existing system takes into... Read More about Incorporating texture features in a computer-aided breast lesion diagnosis system for automated three-dimensional breast ultrasound.

Slime mould electronic oscillators (2014)
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Adamatzky, A. (2014). Slime mould electronic oscillators. Microelectronic Engineering, 124, 58-65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2014.04.022

We construct electronic oscillator from acellular slime mould Physarum polycephalum. The slime mould oscillator is made of two electrodes connected by a protoplasmic tube of the living slime mould. A protoplasmic tube has an average resistance of 3 M... Read More about Slime mould electronic oscillators.

A Logical Framework for the Representation and Verification of Context-aware Agents (2014)
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Rakib, A., & Ul Haque, H. M. (2014). A Logical Framework for the Representation and Verification of Context-aware Agents. Mobile Networks and Applications, 19(5), 585-597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-014-0520-0

© 2014, Springer Science+Business Media New York. We propose a logical framework for modelling and verifying context-aware multi-agent systems. We extend CTL∗ with belief and communication modalities, and the resulting logic 𝓛OCRS allows us t... Read More about A Logical Framework for the Representation and Verification of Context-aware Agents.

Interactive ant colony optimization (iACO) for early lifecycle software design (2014)
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Simons, C., Smith, J., & White, P. (2014). Interactive ant colony optimization (iACO) for early lifecycle software design. Swarm Intelligence, 8(2), 139-157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11721-014-0094-2

Finding good designs in the early stages of the software development lifecycle is a demanding multi-objective problem that is crucial to success. Previously, both interactive and non-interactive techniques based on evolutionary algorithms (EAs) have... Read More about Interactive ant colony optimization (iACO) for early lifecycle software design.

A cloud resource management model for the creation and orchestration of social communities (2014)
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Ikram, A., Anjum, A., & Bessis, N. (2015). A cloud resource management model for the creation and orchestration of social communities. Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 50, 130-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2014.05.003

Managing resources, context and data in mobile clouds is a challenging task. Specific aspects of spontaneity, large interaction space and dynamic interaction share a metaphorical resemblance to chemistry, chemical reactions and solutions. In this pap... Read More about A cloud resource management model for the creation and orchestration of social communities.

CRISTAL: A practical study in designing systems to cope with change (2014)
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Branson, A., McClatchey, R., Goff, J. L., & Shamdasani, J. (2014). CRISTAL: A practical study in designing systems to cope with change. Information Systems, 42, 139-152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2013.12.009

Software engineers frequently face the challenge of developing systems whose requirements are likely to change in order to adapt to organizational reconfigurations or other external pressures. Evolving requirements present difficulties, especially in... Read More about CRISTAL: A practical study in designing systems to cope with change.