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Cost effective node deployment strategy for energy-balanced and delay-efficient data collection in wireless sensor networks (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Doudou, M., Djenouri, D., Barcelo-Ordinas, J. M., & Badache, N. (2014). Cost effective node deployment strategy for energy-balanced and delay-efficient data collection in wireless sensor networks. https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC.2014.6952904

© 2014 IEEE. The real-world node deployment aspect is investigated, while considering cost minimization for resolving the energy hole around the sink, which represents a serious problem in typical sensor networks with uniform distribution. A novel st... Read More about Cost effective node deployment strategy for energy-balanced and delay-efficient data collection in wireless sensor networks.

White space radio: Towards an active database-centred topology (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Pappas, O., Barratt, T., Collett, M., Gebremicael, K., & Worgan, P. (2014). White space radio: Towards an active database-centred topology. https://doi.org/10.1109/wf-iot.2014.6803180

The following paper presents and discusses the state of the art in White Space radio topologies. A possible system architecture combining database stations and active sensing is also presented. Some of the main challenges associated with such archite... Read More about White space radio: Towards an active database-centred topology.

3D printed ceramics for tableware, artists/designers and specialist applications (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Huson, D., & Hoskins, S. (2014). 3D printed ceramics for tableware, artists/designers and specialist applications. In S. Sirisoonthorn, S. Jiemsirilers, S. Nilpairach, T. Wasanapianpong, P. Sujaridworakun, & N. Chuankrerkkul (Eds.), Traditional and Advanced Ceramics. , (351-357). https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.608.351

The Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England has over five year’s experience in the 3D printing of ceramic materials. The first project undertaken was to investigate the use of 3D technologies for artists and resulted... Read More about 3D printed ceramics for tableware, artists/designers and specialist applications.

Underglaze tissue printing for ceramic artists, a collaborative project to re-appraise 19th century printing skills (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Hoskins, S., & Huson, D. (2014). Underglaze tissue printing for ceramic artists, a collaborative project to re-appraise 19th century printing skills. In S. Sirisoonthorn, S. Jiemsirilers, S. Nilpairach, T. Wasanapianpong, P. Sujaridworakun, & N. Chuankrerkkul (Eds.), Traditional and Advanced Ceramics. , (335-340). https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.608.335

Under-glaze tissue ceramic transfer printing first developed circa 1850 and involved engraved or etched copper plates, from which tissue was printed with cobalt blue oxides. Under-glaze tissue has a very distinctive, subtle quality – it is an integra... Read More about Underglaze tissue printing for ceramic artists, a collaborative project to re-appraise 19th century printing skills.

Preface of the 6th IEEE international workshop on management of emerging networks and services (IEEE Globecom MENS 2014) (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Chaparadza, R., Ding, J., & Djenouri, D. (2014). Preface of the 6th IEEE international workshop on management of emerging networks and services (IEEE Globecom MENS 2014). https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOMW.2014.7063422

© 2014 IEEE. This short paper serves as the preface of the 6th IEEE International Workshop on Management of Emerging Networks and Services (IEEE Globecom MENS 2014). The 6th IEEE MENS 2014 attracted a significant number of papers this year, as in the... Read More about Preface of the 6th IEEE international workshop on management of emerging networks and services (IEEE Globecom MENS 2014).

Heterogeneous-race-free memory models (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Hower, D. R., Hechtman, B. A., Beckmann, B. M., Gaster, B. R., Hill, M. D., Reinhardt, S. K., & Wood, D. A. (2014). Heterogeneous-race-free memory models. In Proceedings of the 19th international conference on Architectural support for programming languages and operating systems - ASPLOS '14. , (427-440). https://doi.org/10.1145/2541940.2541981

Commodity heterogeneous systems (e.g., integrated CPUs and GPUs), now support a unified, shared memory address space for all components. Because the latency of global communication in a heterogeneous system can be prohibitively high, heterogeneous sy... Read More about Heterogeneous-race-free memory models.

Adaptive proportional fair parameterization based LTE scheduling using continuous actor-critic reinforcement learning (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Comsa, I. S., Zhang, S., Aydin, M., Chen, J., Kuonen, P., & Wagen, J. F. (2014). Adaptive proportional fair parameterization based LTE scheduling using continuous actor-critic reinforcement learning. In 2014 IEEE Global Communications Conference (4387-4393). https://doi.org/10.1109/GLOCOM.2014.7037498

© 2014 IEEE. Maintaining a desired trade-off performance between system throughput maximization and user fairness satisfaction constitutes a problem that is still far from being solved. In LTE systems, different tradeoff levels can be obtained by usi... Read More about Adaptive proportional fair parameterization based LTE scheduling using continuous actor-critic reinforcement learning.

Measurement and time dispersion analysis of UWB channels for Infostation application in an outdoor recreation park (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Chude-Okonkwo, U. A., Ngah, R., Nunoo, S., Zahedi, Y., Olisah, C. C., Al-Saman, A., & Rahman, T. A. (2014). Measurement and time dispersion analysis of UWB channels for Infostation application in an outdoor recreation park. In 2013 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS)https://doi.org/10.1109/icspcs.2013.6723911

In this paper the time dispersive analysis of a set of data obtained from the UWB channel measurement of an environment typical of the Infostation scenario in a recreation park is presented. The measurements were carried out in the frequency band of... Read More about Measurement and time dispersion analysis of UWB channels for Infostation application in an outdoor recreation park.

Edge-based representation and recognition for surgically altered face images (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Chude-Olisah, C. C., Sulong, G. B., Chude-Okonkwo, U. A. K., & Hashim, S. Z. M. (2014). Edge-based representation and recognition for surgically altered face images. In 2013, 7th International Conference on Signal Processing and Communication Systems (ICSPCS)https://doi.org/10.1109/icspcs.2013.6723974

Basically, plastic surgery procedure introduces skin texture variations between images of the same person (intra-face) thereby making recognition more difficult than in normal scenario. Since the shape of significant face features such as eyes, nose,... Read More about Edge-based representation and recognition for surgically altered face images.

Design and optimisation of composite corrugated skin for a span morphing wing (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Xia, Y., Ajaj, R. M., & Friswell, M. (2014). Design and optimisation of composite corrugated skin for a span morphing wing. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2014-0762

The concept of span morphing aircraft is attracting a lot of attention due to the demands to enhance flight performance and control authority. Corrugated laminates provide a good solution for the skin of a span morphing wing due to their extremely an... Read More about Design and optimisation of composite corrugated skin for a span morphing wing.

Predicting film cooling performance of trailing–edge cutback turbine blades by detached–eddy simulation (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Effendy, M., Yao, Y., Yao, J., & Marchant, D. R. (2014). Predicting film cooling performance of trailing–edge cutback turbine blades by detached–eddy simulation. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2014-0279

This paper describes numerical studies of the film cooling performance of cutback trailing-edge gas turbine blades using the detached eddy simulation (DES) approach, in order to improve results obtained by industry standard steady RANS and unsteady R... Read More about Predicting film cooling performance of trailing–edge cutback turbine blades by detached–eddy simulation.

Transient two-phase effects in an Aeroengine bearing chamber scavenge test rig (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Chandra, B., & Simmons, K. (2014). Transient two-phase effects in an Aeroengine bearing chamber scavenge test rig. In ASME 2014 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition - Volume 1: Advances in Aerospace Technology. , (V001T01A046). https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2014-37554

Copyright © 2014 by ASME. Aeroengine bearing chambers typically contain bearings, seals, shafts and static parts. Oil is introduced for lubrication and cooling and this creates a two phase flow environment that may contain droplets, mist, film, ligam... Read More about Transient two-phase effects in an Aeroengine bearing chamber scavenge test rig.

Scheduling policies based on dynamic throughput and fairness tradeoff control in LTE-A networks (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Comşa, I. S., Aydin, M., Zhang, S., Kuonen, P., Wagen, J. F., & Lu, Y. (2014). Scheduling policies based on dynamic throughput and fairness tradeoff control in LTE-A networks. In 39th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (418-421). https://doi.org/10.1109/LCN.2014.6925806

© 2014 IEEE. In LTE-A cellular networks there is a fundamental trade-off between the cell throughput and fairness levels for preselected users which are sharing the same amount of resources at one transmission time interval (TTI). The static paramete... Read More about Scheduling policies based on dynamic throughput and fairness tradeoff control in LTE-A networks.

Observer design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Sayyaddelshad, S., S. Delshad, I., & Gustafsson, T. (2014). Observer design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECC.2014.6862555

© 2014 EUCA. We consider a novel method to design an observer for a class of nonlinear discrete-time systems with unknown inputs. Based on Lyapunov functional, we derive a sufficient condition for existence of the designed observer which requires sol... Read More about Observer design for a class of nonlinear systems subject to unknown inputs.

Experimental investigation into the performance of shallow aeroengine off-takes (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Simmons, K., & Chandra, B. (2014). Experimental investigation into the performance of shallow aeroengine off-takes. In Volume 5C: Heat Transfer. , (V05CT16A022). https://doi.org/10.1115/GT2014-26132

Copyright © 2014 by Rolls-Royce plc. Oil removal (scavenge) from aeroengine bearing chambers is an ongoing challenge for aeroengine designers. Effective scavenging of oil is necessary to avoid excessive heat generation, degradation of oil properties... Read More about Experimental investigation into the performance of shallow aeroengine off-takes.

A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Van Den Heuvel, H., Caleb-Solly, P., Dogramadzi, S., Ellender, D., & Fear, T. (2014). A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment. In Proceedings of the 2014 ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction - HRI '14 (374-381). https://doi.org/10.1145/2559636.2559681

Discovering older adults' perceptions and expectations of domestic care service robots are vital in informing the design and development of new technologies to ensure acceptability and usability. This paper identifies issues that were elicited from o... Read More about A mixed-method approach to evoke creative and holistic thinking about robots in a home environment.

Has implementation of local air quality management reduced local nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the UK? (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Barnes, J., Hayes, E. T., & Longhurst, J. W. (2014). Has implementation of local air quality management reduced local nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the UK?. In J. Longhurst, & C. A. Brebbia (Eds.), Air Pollution XXII (365-376). https://doi.org/10.2495/AIR140301

In February 2014 the European Commission launched legal proceedings against the UK for its failure to cut excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2). The failure of national action to achieve the necessary reduction in NO2 places an increasing onus o... Read More about Has implementation of local air quality management reduced local nitrogen dioxide concentrations in the UK?.

Text line aggregation (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Beck, C., Broun, A., Mirmehdi, M., Pipe, T., & Melhuish, C. (2014). Text line aggregation. In M. De Marsico, A. Tabbone, & A. Fred (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods (393-401). https://doi.org/10.5220/0004817903930401

We present a new approach to text line aggregation that can work as both a line formation stage for a myriad of text segmentation methods (over all orientations) and as an extra level of filtering to remove false text candidates. The proposed method... Read More about Text line aggregation.