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An integrated platform for image-guided cardiac resynchronization therapy (2012)
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Rhode, K. S., Rinaldi, C. A., Shetty, A. K., Ma, Y. L., Duckett, S., Etyngier, P., …Razavi, R. (2012). An integrated platform for image-guided cardiac resynchronization therapy. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 57(10), 2953-2968. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/57/10/2953

Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an effective procedure for patients with heart failure but 30% of patients do not respond. This may be due to sub-optimal placement of the left ventricular (LV) lead. It is hypothesized that the use of cardi... Read More about An integrated platform for image-guided cardiac resynchronization therapy.

Evolution of supershapes for the generation of three-dimensional designs (2012)
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Preen, R. J., & Bull, L. (2012). Evolution of supershapes for the generation of three-dimensional designs

This paper explores the evolution of three-dimensional objects with a simple generative encoding, known as the Superformula. Evolving three-dimensional objects has long been of interest in a wide array of disciplines, from engineering (e.g., robotics... Read More about Evolution of supershapes for the generation of three-dimensional designs.

Survey on latency issues of asynchronous MAC protocols in delay-sensitive wireless sensor networks (2012)
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Doudou, M., Djenouri, D., & Badache, N. (2012). Survey on latency issues of asynchronous MAC protocols in delay-sensitive wireless sensor networks. Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Communications Society, 15(2), 528-550. https://doi.org/10.1109/surv.2012.040412.00075

Energy-efficiency is the main concern in most Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) applications. For this purpose, current WSN MAC (Medium Access Control) protocols use duty-cycling schemes, where they consciously switch a node's radio between active and sl... Read More about Survey on latency issues of asynchronous MAC protocols in delay-sensitive wireless sensor networks.

Cartesian genetic programming for memristive logic circuits (2012)
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Howard, G. D., Bull, L., & Adamatzky, A. (2012). Cartesian genetic programming for memristive logic circuits. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7244 LNCS, 37-48. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29139-5_4

In this paper memristive logic circuits are evolved using Cartesian Genetic Programming. Graphs comprised of implication logic (IMP) nodes are compared to more ubiquitous NAND circuitry on a number of logic circuit problems and a robotic control task... Read More about Cartesian genetic programming for memristive logic circuits.

Multi objective resource scheduling in LTE networks using reinforcement learning (2012)
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Wagen, J. F., Comşa, I. S., Aydin, M., Zhang, S., & Kuonen, P. (2012). Multi objective resource scheduling in LTE networks using reinforcement learning. International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies, 3(2), 39-57. https://doi.org/10.4018/jdst.2012040103

The use of the intelligent packet scheduling process is absolutely necessary in order to make the radio resources usage more efficient in recent high-bit-rate demanding radio access technologies such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). Packet scheduling pr... Read More about Multi objective resource scheduling in LTE networks using reinforcement learning.

Verifying resource requirements for ontology-driven rule-based agents (2012)
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Rakib, A., Faruqui, R. U., & MacCaull, W. (2012). Verifying resource requirements for ontology-driven rule-based agents. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7153 LNCS, 312-331. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28472-4_18

Recent efforts towards the Semantic Web have resulted in powerful languages such as Semantic Web Rule Language (SWRL) based on OWL-DL and RuleML. Rule languages and inference engines incorporate reasoning capabilities to Semantic Web application syst... Read More about Verifying resource requirements for ontology-driven rule-based agents.

Using genetical and cultural search to design unorganised machines (2012)
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Bull, L. (2012). Using genetical and cultural search to design unorganised machines. Evolutionary Intelligence, 5(1), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12065-011-0061-4

In 1948 Turing presented a general representation scheme by which to achieve artificial intelligence-his unorganised machines. Significantly, these were a form of discrete dynamical system and yet dynamical representations remain almost unexplored wi... Read More about Using genetical and cultural search to design unorganised machines.

Multi-site left ventricular pacing as a potential treatment for patients with postero-lateral scar: Insights from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and invasive haemodynamic assessment (2012)
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Ginks, M. R., Duckett, S. G., Kapetanakis, S., Bostock, J., Hamid, S., Shetty, A., …Rinaldi, C. A. (2012). Multi-site left ventricular pacing as a potential treatment for patients with postero-lateral scar: Insights from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and invasive haemodynamic assessment. EP-Europace, 14(3), 373-379. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eur336

Aims Multi-site left ventricular (LV) pacing may be superior to single-site stimulation in correcting dyssynchrony and avoiding areas of myocardial scar. We sought to characterize myocardial scar using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). We aim... Read More about Multi-site left ventricular pacing as a potential treatment for patients with postero-lateral scar: Insights from cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and invasive haemodynamic assessment.

Emergence of self-organized amoeboid movement in a multi-agent approximation of Physarum polycephalum (2012)
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Jones, J., & Adamatzky, A. (2012). Emergence of self-organized amoeboid movement in a multi-agent approximation of Physarum polycephalum. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 7(1), 016009. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/7/1/016009

The giant single-celled slime mould Physarum polycephalum exhibits complex morphological adaptation and amoeboid movement as it forages for food and may be seen as a minimal example of complex robotic behaviour. Swarm computation has previously been... Read More about Emergence of self-organized amoeboid movement in a multi-agent approximation of Physarum polycephalum.

The acute hemodynamic response to LV pacing within individual branches of the coronary sinus using a quadripolar lead (2012)
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Liang, Y., Shetty, A. K., Duckett, S. G., Ma, Y., Kapetanakis, S., Ginks, M., …Rinaldi, C. A. (2012). The acute hemodynamic response to LV pacing within individual branches of the coronary sinus using a quadripolar lead. Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology, 35(2), 196-203. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03268.x

Background: It is not clear whether there is a large difference in acute hemodynamic response (AHR) to left ventricle (LV) pacing in different regions of the same coronary sinus (CS) vein. Using the four electrodes available on a Quartet LV lead, we... Read More about The acute hemodynamic response to LV pacing within individual branches of the coronary sinus using a quadripolar lead.

R^{4}Syn: Relative referenceless receiver/receiver time synchronization in wireless sensor networks (2012)
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Djenouri, D. (2012). R^{4}Syn: Relative referenceless receiver/receiver time synchronization in wireless sensor networks. IEEE Signal Processing Letters, 19(4), 175-178. https://doi.org/10.1109/lsp.2012.2185491

A new time synchronization protocol for wireless sensor networks (WSN) is proposed. It uses the receiver-to-receiver principle introduced by the Reference Broadcast Synchronization (RBS), which reduces the time-critical path compared to the sender-to... Read More about R^{4}Syn: Relative referenceless receiver/receiver time synchronization in wireless sensor networks.

Towards an intelligent distributed conveyor (2012)
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Georgilas, I., Adamatzky, A., & Melhuish, C. (2012). Towards an intelligent distributed conveyor. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429, 457-458

Manipulation, orientation and handling of components, subparts and finished products is an essential element of any industrial process, which attracts substantial portion of resources and infrastructure. A classic manipulation, e.g. robot arms, is no... Read More about Towards an intelligent distributed conveyor.

A genetic algorithm approach for multiuser scheduling on the LTE downlink (2012)
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Aydin, M. E., Kwan, R., Ding, W., & Wu, J. (2012). A genetic algorithm approach for multiuser scheduling on the LTE downlink. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 2198, 1252-1257

The problem of multi-user radio resource scheduling on the downlink of a Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular communication system is addressed in this paper. The optimization model used imposed that the radio resources for multiple users are jointly a... Read More about A genetic algorithm approach for multiuser scheduling on the LTE downlink.

Towards physarum engines (2012)
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Tsuda, S., Jones, J., & Adamatzky, A. (2012). Towards physarum engines. Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, 9(3), 221-240. https://doi.org/10.3233/ABB-2012-0059

The slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a suitable candidate organism for soft-matter robotics because it exhibits controllable transport, movement and guidance behaviour. Physarum may be considered as a smart computing and actuating material since... Read More about Towards physarum engines.

Parallel multi-level genetic ensemble for numerical weather prediction enhancement (2012)
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Senar, M. A., Ihshaish, H., & Cortés, A. (2012). Parallel multi-level genetic ensemble for numerical weather prediction enhancement. Procedia Computer Science, 9, 276-285. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2012.04.029

The need for reliable predictions in environmental modelling is well-known. Particularly, the predicted weather and meteorological information about the future atmospheric state is crucial and necessary for almost all other areas of environmental mod... Read More about Parallel multi-level genetic ensemble for numerical weather prediction enhancement.

Towards improving numerical weather predictions by evolutionary computing techniques (2012)
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Senar, M. A., Cortés, A., & Ihshaish, H. (2012). Towards improving numerical weather predictions by evolutionary computing techniques. Procedia Computer Science, 9, 1056-1063. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2012.04.114

Weather forecasting is complex and not always accurate, moreover, it is generally defined by its very nature as a process that has to deal with uncertainties. In a previous work, a new weather prediction scheme was presented, which uses evolutionary... Read More about Towards improving numerical weather predictions by evolutionary computing techniques.

A simple computational cell: Coupling boolean gene and protein networks (2012)
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Bull, L. (2012). A simple computational cell: Coupling boolean gene and protein networks. Artificial Life, 18(2), 223-236

This article presents an abstract, tunable model containing two of the principal information-processing features of cells and explores its use with simulated evolution. The random Boolean model of genetic regulatory networks is extended to include a... Read More about A simple computational cell: Coupling boolean gene and protein networks.

Evolving boolean networks with structural dynamism (2012)
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Bull, L. (2012). Evolving boolean networks with structural dynamism. Artificial Life, 18(4), 385-397. https://doi.org/10.1162/ARTL_a_00073

This short article presents an abstract, tunable model of genomic structural change within the cell life cycle and explores its use with simulated evolution. A well-known Boolean model of genetic regulatory networks is extended to include changes in... Read More about Evolving boolean networks with structural dynamism.

Clinical evaluation of respiratory motion compensation for anatomical roadmap guided cardiac electrophysiology procedures (2012)
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Rinaldi, C. A., Ma, Y., King, A. P., Gogin, N., Gijsbers, G., Rinaldi, C. C., …Rhode, K. S. (2012). Clinical evaluation of respiratory motion compensation for anatomical roadmap guided cardiac electrophysiology procedures. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 59(1), 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1109/TBME.2011.2168393

X-ray fluoroscopically guided cardiac electrophysiological procedures are routinely carried out for diagnosis and treatment of cardiac arrhythmias. X-ray images have poor soft tissue contrast and, for this reason, overlay of static 3-D roadmaps deriv... Read More about Clinical evaluation of respiratory motion compensation for anatomical roadmap guided cardiac electrophysiology procedures.