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On fault tolerance and scalability of swarm robotic systems (2012)
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Bjerknes, J. D., & Winfield, A. F. (2012). On fault tolerance and scalability of swarm robotic systems. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32723-0_31

This paper challenges the common assumption that swarm robotic systems are robust and scalable by default. We present an analysis based on both reliability modelling and experimental trials of a case study swarm performing team work, in which failure... Read More about On fault tolerance and scalability of swarm robotic systems.

Reactive coordination and adaptive lattice formation in mobile robotic surveillance swarms (2012)
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Mullen, R. J., Mullen, R., Monekosso, D., Barman, S., & Remagnino, P. (2012). Reactive coordination and adaptive lattice formation in mobile robotic surveillance swarms. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32723-0_17

We present here a set of decentralised control laws to facilitate lattice formation and reactive coordination and control of a swarm of mobile ground based robots. The control laws rely on local, indirect communication, which we implement in the form... Read More about Reactive coordination and adaptive lattice formation in mobile robotic surveillance swarms.

From political economy to economics and beyond (2012)
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Fleetwood, S. (2012). From political economy to economics and beyond. Historical Materialism, 20(3), 61-80. https://doi.org/10.1163/1569206X-12341258

Ben Fine and Dimitris Milonakis have done political economy a great service by drawing attention to the insights lost in the twists, turns and reductions in the transition from political economy to economics. These two volumes constitute a solid foun... Read More about From political economy to economics and beyond.

Laser sintering for the fabrication of architectural models (2012)
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Yusmawiza, W. A., Eyers, D. R., & Soe, S. (2012). Laser sintering for the fabrication of architectural models. Advanced Materials Research, 576, 637-640. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.576.637

Additive Manufacturing technologies are widely employed in the production of models for a range of industries. However, to-date little explicit research attention has examined the way in which the Laser Sintering technologies can be used in the speci... Read More about Laser sintering for the fabrication of architectural models.

Towards a variable compliance hydrostatic skeleton inspired gripper (2012)
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Zheng, Y., Giannaccini, M. E., Dogramadzi, S., & Pipe, A. G. (2012). Towards a variable compliance hydrostatic skeleton inspired gripper. Proceedings of the ... IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics. IEEE/RAS-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics, 246-251. https://doi.org/10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290885

Variable compliance is a subject of great interest in the robotics community, particularly in the area of HumanRobot interaction. In this work, variable compliance is achieved in a novel grasping device inspired by the hydrostatic skeletons of invert... Read More about Towards a variable compliance hydrostatic skeleton inspired gripper.

Efficient two-move blind signatures in the common reference string model (2012)
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Ghadafi, E., & Smart, N. P. (2012). Efficient two-move blind signatures in the common reference string model. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7483 LNCS, 274-289. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33383-5_17

Blind signatures provide a mechanism for achieving privacy and anonymity whereby a user gets the signer to sign a message of his choice without the signer learning the message, or being able to link a signature to the protocol run via which it was ob... Read More about Efficient two-move blind signatures in the common reference string model.

Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining (2012)
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Rooney, T., Pipe, A. G., Dogramadzi, S., & Pearson, M. (2012). Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429 LNAI, 463-464. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_60

Artificial tactile whisker sensors demonstrate an approach to localisation [1] that is robust to harsh environmental disturbances, endowing autonomous systems with the ability to operate effectively in confined, noisy and visually occluded spaces, su... Read More about Towards tactile sensing applied to underwater autonomous vehicles for near shore survey and de-mining.

Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery (2012)
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Pipe, T., Tzemanaki, A., Dogramadzi, S., Pipe, A. G., & Melhuish, C. (2012). Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 7429 LNAI, 455-456. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32527-4_56

Minimally invasive procedures, such as laparoscopy, have significantly decreased blood loss, postoperative morbidity and length of hospital stay. Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS) has offered refined accuracy and more ergonomic instrume... Read More about Towards an anthropomorphic design of minimally invasive instrumentation for soft tissue robotic surgery.

A study of wireless sensor network architectures and projects for traffic light monitoring (2012)
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Kafi, M. A., Challal, Y., Djenouri, D., Bouabdallah, A., Khelladi, L., & Badache, N. (2012). A study of wireless sensor network architectures and projects for traffic light monitoring. Procedia Computer Science, 10, 543-552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2012.06.069

Vehicular traffic is increasing around the world, especially in urban areas. This increase results in a huge traffic congestion, which has dramatic consequences on economy, human health, and environment. Traditional methods used for traffic managemen... Read More about A study of wireless sensor network architectures and projects for traffic light monitoring.

Role of splice variants in the metastatic progression of prostate cancer (2012)
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Hagen, R. M., & Ladomery, M. (2012). Role of splice variants in the metastatic progression of prostate cancer. Biochemical Society Transactions, 40(4), 870-874. https://doi.org/10.1042/BST20120026

AS (alternative splicing) and its role in disease, especially cancer, has come to forefront in research over the last few years. Alterations in the ratio of splice variants have been widely observed in cancer. Splice variants of cancer-associated gen... Read More about Role of splice variants in the metastatic progression of prostate cancer.

Low carbon construction using Guadua Bamboo in Colombia (2012)
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Walker, P., Ansell, M. P., Archila-Santos, H. F., & Archila, H. F. (2012). Low carbon construction using Guadua Bamboo in Colombia. Key Engineering Materials, 517, 127-134. https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.517.127

Guadua Angustifolia Kunth (Guadua) is a tropical species of bamboo endemic to South and Central America and widely used as a mainstream material for construction in Colombia. Its rapid rate of biomass production, renewability, high level of CO2 fixat... Read More about Low carbon construction using Guadua Bamboo in Colombia.

Exploring the complexity of understanding, managing and marketing codes for sustainability in the current economic climate-issues for the small builder (2012)
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Geelhoed, E., Morrell, A., Caleb-Solly, P., & Sun, M. (2012). Exploring the complexity of understanding, managing and marketing codes for sustainability in the current economic climate-issues for the small builder. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27509-8_5

In the UK the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) is set to become mandatory in 2016. However current attitudinal research highlights unwillingness within the major construction industry although there is some promising research regarding occupier aware... Read More about Exploring the complexity of understanding, managing and marketing codes for sustainability in the current economic climate-issues for the small builder.

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.

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.

Scenario-based sustainable water management and urban regeneration (2012)
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Rogers, C. D., Hunt, D. V., Farmani, R., Butler, D., Memon, F. A., Abdelmeguid, H., & Ward, S. (2012). Scenario-based sustainable water management and urban regeneration. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability, 165(1), 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1680/ensu.2012.165.1.89

Deployable output (source availability) from water resources in north west England is predicted to decrease over the next 25 years. Alternative supply management strategies are planned to help avoid a deficit in the supply-demand balance within the r... Read More about Scenario-based sustainable water management and urban regeneration.

Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 2 - An industrial case study (2012)
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Hicks, B. J., & Matthews, J. (2012). Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 2 - An industrial case study. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 226(1), 29-49. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408911400009

In striving to become world-class, manufacturing organizations employ an array of tools and methods to support improvement programmes to increase quality, efficiency, flexibility, and ultimately reduce unit cost and increase capability. However, many... Read More about Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 2 - An industrial case study.

Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 1 - A methodology for audit, investigation, and improvement (2012)
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Hicks, B., & Matthews, J. (2012). Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 1 - A methodology for audit, investigation, and improvement. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, 226(1), 12-28. https://doi.org/10.1177/0954408911400008

In striving to become world class, manufacturing organizations employ an array of tools and methods to support improvement programmes to increase quality, efficiency, flexibility, and ultimately reduce unit cost and increase capability. However, many... Read More about Realizing sustainable process improvement through an understanding of machine-material interaction: Part 1 - A methodology for audit, investigation, and improvement.