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Quantum Actin Automata and Three-Valued Logics (2016)
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Siccardi, S., & Adamatzky, A. (2016). Quantum Actin Automata and Three-Valued Logics. IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems, 6(1), 53-61. https://doi.org/10.1109/JETCAS.2016.2528722

© 2016 IEEE. Actin is a filament-forming protein responsible for communication, information processing and decision making in eukariotic cells. To show how computation can be implemented on actin filaments we model actin as a helix of two 1-D quantum... Read More about Quantum Actin Automata and Three-Valued Logics.

Design mining interacting wind turbines (2016)
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Preen, R. J., Preen, R., & Bull, L. (2016). Design mining interacting wind turbines. Evolutionary Computation, 24(1), 89-111. https://doi.org/10.1162/EVCO_a_00144

© 2016 by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. An initial study has recently been presented of surrogate-assisted evolutionary algorithms used to design vertical-axis wind turbines wherein candidate prototypes are evaluated under fan-generated... Read More about Design mining interacting wind turbines.

Towards a Physarum learning chip (2016)
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Whiting, J. G. H., Jones, J., Bull, L., Levin, M., & Adamatzky, A. (2016). Towards a Physarum learning chip. Scientific Reports, 6, Article 19948. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep19948

Networks of protoplasmic tubes of organism Physarum polycehpalum are macro-scale structures which optimally span multiple food sources to avoid repellents yet maximize coverage of attractants. When data are presented by configurations of attractants... Read More about Towards a Physarum learning chip.

Evaluation of French motorway network in relation to slime mould transport networks (2016)
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Adamatzky, A., Allard, O., Jones, J., & Armstrong, R. (2017). Evaluation of French motorway network in relation to slime mould transport networks. Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science, 44(2), 364-383. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265813515626924

© The Author(s) 2016. France has developed a high quality motorway system that has been rapidly rationalised and matured in the late 20th century yet has been founded on ancient, Roman infrastructures. The development of the motorway system is thus a... Read More about Evaluation of French motorway network in relation to slime mould transport networks.

Design and development of experimental hardware in loop model for the study of vibration induced in tall structure with active control (2016)
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Bashir, N., Jamil, M., Waris, A., Khan, M. N., Malik, M. H., & Butt, S. I. (2016). Design and development of experimental hardware in loop model for the study of vibration induced in tall structure with active control. Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 9(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.17485/ijst/2016/v9i21/97829

Background/Objectives: This paper focuses on the active control of vibration in tall structure prone to high winds and earthquakes using the active mass dampers. Methods/Statistical Analysis: The prototype model was fabricated to measure the response... Read More about Design and development of experimental hardware in loop model for the study of vibration induced in tall structure with active control.

Block transformation of hybrid cellular automata (2016)
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Martínez, G. J., Chen, B., Chen, F. Y., Guan, J. B., & Martinez, G. (2016). Block transformation of hybrid cellular automata. https://doi.org/10.11948/2016077

© 2016, Wilmington Scientific Publisher. All rights reserved. By introducing a sequence-block transformation and vector-block transformation, we explore the dynamical properties of hybrid cellular automation (HCA) and hybrid cellular automation with... Read More about Block transformation of hybrid cellular automata.

Living wires — Effects of size and coating of gold nanoparticles in altering the electrical properties of Physarum polycephalum and lettuce seedlings (2016)
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Gizzie, N., Mayne, R., Yitzchaik, S., Ikbal, M., & Adamatzky, A. (2016). Living wires — Effects of size and coating of gold nanoparticles in altering the electrical properties of Physarum polycephalum and lettuce seedlings. Nano LIFE, 6(1), 1650001. https://doi.org/10.1142/S179398441650001X

The manipulation of biological substrates is becoming more popular route toward generating novel computing devices. Physarum polycephalum is used as a model organism in biocomputingbecause it can create "wires" for use in hybrid circuits; programmab... Read More about Living wires — Effects of size and coating of gold nanoparticles in altering the electrical properties of Physarum polycephalum and lettuce seedlings.

Climbing up the leaderboard: An empirical study of applying gamification techniques to a computer programming class (2016)
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Fotaris, P., Mastoras, T., Leinfellner, R., & Rosunally, Y. (2016). Climbing up the leaderboard: An empirical study of applying gamification techniques to a computer programming class. Electronic Journal of eLearning, 14(2), 94-110

Conventional taught learning practices often experience difficulties in keeping students motivated and engaged. Video games, however, are very successful at sustaining high levels of motivation and engagement through a set of tasks for hours without... Read More about Climbing up the leaderboard: An empirical study of applying gamification techniques to a computer programming class.

GestureChords: Transparency in gesturally controlled digital musical instruments through iconicity and conceptual metaphor (2016)
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Brown, D., Nash, C., & Mitchell, T. (2016). GestureChords: Transparency in gesturally controlled digital musical instruments through iconicity and conceptual metaphor

This paper presents GestureChords, a mapping strategy for chord selection in freehand gestural instruments. The strategy maps chord variations to a series of hand postures using the concepts of iconicity and conceptual metaphor, influenced by their u... Read More about GestureChords: Transparency in gesturally controlled digital musical instruments through iconicity and conceptual metaphor.

Cloud Market Maker: An automated dynamic pricing marketplace for cloud users (2016)
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Javed, B., Bloodsworth, P., Rasool, R. U., Munir, K., & Rana, O. (2016). Cloud Market Maker: An automated dynamic pricing marketplace for cloud users. Future Generation Computer Systems, 54, 52-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2015.06.004

© 2015 Elsevier B.V. Abstract Cloud providers commonly incur heavy upfront set up costs which remain almost constant whether they serve a single or many customers. In order to generate a return on this investment, a suitable pricing strategy is requi... Read More about Cloud Market Maker: An automated dynamic pricing marketplace for cloud users.

The Onto-CropBase – A semantic web application for querying crops linked-data (2016)
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Lawan, A., Rakib, A., Alechina, N., & Karunaratne, A. (2016). The Onto-CropBase – A semantic web application for querying crops linked-data. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 613, 384-399. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-34099-9_30

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016. The lack of formal technical knowledge has been identified as one of the constraints to research and development on a group of crops collectively referred to as underutilized crops. Some informati... Read More about The Onto-CropBase – A semantic web application for querying crops linked-data.

Creating seating plans: A practical application (2016)
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Lewis, R., & Carroll, F. (2016). Creating seating plans: A practical application. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 67(11), 1353-1362. https://doi.org/10.1057/jors.2016.34

© 2016 Operational Research Society Ltd. All rights reserved. 0160-5682/16. This paper examines the interesting problem of designing seating plans for large events such as weddings and gala dinners where, among other things, the aim is to construct s... Read More about Creating seating plans: A practical application.

Obituary: Prof. Harold V. McIntosh, March 11, 1929 - November 30, 2015 (2016)
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Martinez, G. (2016). Obituary: Prof. Harold V. McIntosh, March 11, 1929 - November 30, 2015. Journal of Cellular Automata, 11(2-3), 265-269

Professor Harold V. McIntosh was a prominent researcher who dedicated his life to Science. He was a big promoter of educating young students in several scientific fields simultaneously, such as physics, history, mathematics, biology, chemistry, and c... Read More about Obituary: Prof. Harold V. McIntosh, March 11, 1929 - November 30, 2015.

Colouring the gaps in learning design: Aesthetics and the visual in learning (2016)
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Carroll, F., & Kop, R. (2016). Colouring the gaps in learning design: Aesthetics and the visual in learning. International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 14(1), 92-103. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJDET.2016010106

© 2016, IGI Global. The visual is a dominant mode of information retrieval and understanding however, the focus on the visual dimension of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) is still quite weak in relation to its predominant focus on usability. To ac... Read More about Colouring the gaps in learning design: Aesthetics and the visual in learning.