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Urban sustainability: Problems facing the 'local' approach to carbon-reduction strategies (1998)
Journal Article

Urban policies which include energy and environmental objectives are seen as potentially effective instruments in the quest for urban sustainability. Recent consensus is that the modern city region forms an important focal point for assessment and im... Read More about Urban sustainability: Problems facing the 'local' approach to carbon-reduction strategies.

New analysis procedures for multi-criteria evaluation (1998)
Report

This Report considers new analysis techniques, using advanced mathematical programming, to evaluate highway investment strategies based on criteria that are wider than simply economic efficiency. This report: Investigates the mathematical technique o... Read More about New analysis procedures for multi-criteria evaluation.

Revisiting the concept of integrated marketing communications: Contrasting perceptions between marketers and advertising agency executives (1998)
Report

NZ Cheese Promotions Ltd: Reversing a declining sales trend (1998)
Book Chapter

The conformational analysis of phosphine ligands in organometallic complexes: Part 1: Triphenylphosphine coordinated to an achiral metal centre 1 (1998)
Journal Article

The conformational analyses of PPh3 1 and the representative achiral metal complexes [Al(PPh3)(Me)3] 2, [Fe(PPh3)(CO)4] 7 and [Ir(PPh3)2(CO)3]+ 8 possessing tetrahedral and trigonal-bipyramidal geometries are reported, and comparisons between the cal... Read More about The conformational analysis of phosphine ligands in organometallic complexes: Part 1: Triphenylphosphine coordinated to an achiral metal centre 1.

‘From the 4 Ps to the 3 Rs of marketing’. Using relationship marketing to retain football club supporters and improve income (1998)
Journal Article

Football clubs have traditionally adopted a product-focused approach to their business activity and have in recent years moved to a more promotion-orientated strategy. These approaches are still based on the traditional ‘transactions’ paradigm develo... Read More about ‘From the 4 Ps to the 3 Rs of marketing’. Using relationship marketing to retain football club supporters and improve income.

Human motivation and creativity in the context of company wide quality control: Japanese perspectives – A monograph of Yoshio Kondo’s work (1998)
Book

Critical factors of effective project management (1998)
Journal Article

Clientelistic networks and local corruption: Evidence from Western Crete DIMITRIOS CHRISTOPOULOS (1998)
Journal Article

In this article, the attitudes and interaction of local political and business elites in western Crete are examined by means of an attitudinal survey, triangulated with data from in-depth interviews, conducted between July and October 1991. The data... Read More about Clientelistic networks and local corruption: Evidence from Western Crete DIMITRIOS CHRISTOPOULOS.

A needs-based methodology for classifying construction clients and selecting contractors (1998)
Journal Article

Clients' needs are inadequately evaluated in project schemes. Without a precise establishment of clients' preferences, the essential criteria for project implementation and especially contractor evaluation cannot be appreciated fully. It is not surpr... Read More about A needs-based methodology for classifying construction clients and selecting contractors.

On ZCS in multi-agent environments (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper examines the performance of the ZCS Michigan-style classifier system in multi-agent environments. Using an abstract multi-agent model the effects of varying aspects of the performance, reinforcement and discovery components are examined. I... Read More about On ZCS in multi-agent environments.

Evolutionary computing in multi-agent environments: Operators (1998)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper examines a key aspect of applying evolutionary computing techniques to multi-agent systems: a comparison in the performance of the genetic operators of mutation and recombination. Using the tuneable NKC model of multi-agent evolution it is... Read More about Evolutionary computing in multi-agent environments: Operators.

Coevolutionary computation: an introduction (1998)
Journal Article

Agent technology is synonymous with advanced computer software and a growing body of work exists on the use of adaptive techniques within the agent paradigm (eg [Kozierok & Maes 1993]). The distributed and/or multi-faceted nature of complex problem d... Read More about Coevolutionary computation: an introduction.

Application of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to modelling birth prevalence of Down syndrome (1998)
Journal Article

Data collected before the routine application of prenatal screening are of unique value in estimating the natural live-birth prevalence of Down syndrome. However, much of these data are from births from over 20 years ago and they are of uncertain qua... Read More about Application of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods to modelling birth prevalence of Down syndrome.

Modelling the prevalence of Down syndrome with applications of Markov chain Monte Carlo methods (1998)
Thesis

Local Air Quality Management. Some evidence of current practices (1998)
Journal Article

Evidence of current urban air quality management practices in England (1998)
Journal Article

Assessment of the levels of integration of air quality management within the transport policies and programmes of English county government (1998)
Book Chapter

Regional developments in Air Quality Management (AQM) in the United Kingdom – Evidence from a study of South West England (1998)
Book Chapter

Implementation of air quality management in urban areas within England – some evidence from current practice (1998)
Book Chapter