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A model-driven privacy compliance decision support for medical data sharing in Europe (2011)
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Boussi Rahmouni, H., Solomonides, T., Casassa Mont, M., Shiu, S., & Rahmouni, M. (2011). A model-driven privacy compliance decision support for medical data sharing in Europe. Methods of Information in Medicine, 50(4), 326-336. https://doi.org/10.3414/ME10-01-0075

Objectives: Clinical practitioners and medical researchers often have to share health data with other colleagues across Europe. Privacy compliance in this context is very important but challenging. Automated privacy guidelines are a practical way of... Read More about A model-driven privacy compliance decision support for medical data sharing in Europe.

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.

"Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot" - Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes (2011)
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Van Den Heuvel, H., Huijnen, C., Badii, A., Heuvel, H., Caleb-Solly, P., & Thiemert, D. (2011). "Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot" - Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7040 LNCS, 324-329. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25167-2_44

This paper describes the findings arising from ongoing qualitative usability evaluation studies on mobile companion robotics in smart home environments from two research projects focused on socio-technical innovation to support independent living (Co... Read More about "Maybe it becomes a buddy, but do not call it a robot" - Seamless cooperation between companion robotics and smart homes.

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.

Semantic annotation for indexing archaeological context: A prototype development and evaluation (2011)
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Vlachidis, A., & Tudhope, D. (2011). Semantic annotation for indexing archaeological context: A prototype development and evaluation. Communications in Computer and Information Science, 240 CCIS, 363-374. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24731-6_37

The paper discusses the process of developing Semantic Annotations, a form of metadata for assigning conceptual entities to textual instances, in this case archaeological grey literature. The use of Information Extraction (IE), a Natural Language Pro... Read More about Semantic annotation for indexing archaeological context: A prototype development and evaluation.

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.

Cameras as cultural probes in requirements gathering - Exploring their potential in supporting the design of assistive technology (2011)
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Caleb-Solly, P., Flind, A., & Vargheese, J. P. (2011). Cameras as cultural probes in requirements gathering - Exploring their potential in supporting the design of assistive technology. https://doi.org/10.1109/CBMS.2011.5999158

A pre-requisite for a human-centred design approach to technology development is gaining an intimate understanding of not only the people for whom the technology is being designed, but also the contexts within which they will be using it. This paper... Read More about Cameras as cultural probes in requirements gathering - Exploring their potential in supporting the design of assistive technology.

Distributed receiver/receiver synchronization in wireless sensor networks: New solution and joint offset/skew estimators for Gaussian delays (2011)
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Djenouri, D. (2011). Distributed receiver/receiver synchronization in wireless sensor networks: New solution and joint offset/skew estimators for Gaussian delays. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6843 LNCS, 13-24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23490-3_2

This paper proposes a new synchronization protocol for wireless sensor networks (WSN). The proposed protocols is based on the receive/reieve approach, which was introduced by the Reference Broadcast Synchronization (RBS). This approach has been chose... Read More about Distributed receiver/receiver synchronization in wireless sensor networks: New solution and joint offset/skew estimators for Gaussian delays.

Utilizing next generation emerging technologies for enabling collective computational intelligence in disaster management (2011)
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Bessis, N., Assimakopoulou, E., Aydin, M. E., & Xhafa, F. (2011). Utilizing next generation emerging technologies for enabling collective computational intelligence in disaster management. Studies in Computational Intelligence, 352, 503-526. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20344-2_19

Much work is underway within the broad next generation emerging technologies community on issues associated with the development of services to foster synergies and collaboration via the integration of distributed and heterogeneous resources, systems... Read More about Utilizing next generation emerging technologies for enabling collective computational intelligence in disaster management.

Towards a mapping of modern AIS and LCS (2011)
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Bull, L. (2011). Towards a mapping of modern AIS and LCS. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6825 LNCS, 371-382. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22371-6_32

For many years correlations between aspects of Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) and Learning Classifier Systems (LCS) have been highlighted. However, neither field appears to have benefitted from such work not least since the differences between the t... Read More about Towards a mapping of modern AIS and LCS.

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.

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.

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 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.

Automated verification of resource requirements in multi-agent systems using abstraction (2011)
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Alechina, N., Logan, B., Nguyen, H. N., & Rakib, A. (2011). Automated verification of resource requirements in multi-agent systems using abstraction. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 6572 LNAI, 69-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20674-0_5

We describe a framework for the automated verification of multi-agent systems which do distributed problem solving, e.g. query answering. Each reasoner uses facts, messages and Horn clause rules to derive new information. We show how to verify correc... Read More about Automated verification of resource requirements in multi-agent systems using abstraction.

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.