Is an independent Scottish electricity system good for renewable energy and Scotland? (2013)
Report
TOKE, D., STRACHAN, P., COWELL, R., ELLIS, G. and SHERRY-BRENNAN, F. 2013. Is an independent Scottish electricity system good for renewable energy and Scotland? The DREUD Report on implications of the UK Government's decisions on new nuclear power and Electricity Market Reform for the prospects of renewable energy in Scotland. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University. [online]. Available from: https://www.rgu.ac.uk/file/the-dreud-report

At the beginning of 2013 five academics from different UK universities published a paper on the prospects for renewable energy in the context of the debate about Scottish independence (Toke et al 2013). The conclusion was that it would likely be rath... Read More about Is an independent Scottish electricity system good for renewable energy and Scotland?.

The asset replacement problem state of the art. (2013)
Book Chapter
ANSARIPOOR, A.H., OLIVEIRA, F.S. and LIRET, A. 2013. The asset replacement problem state of the art. In Owusu, G., O'Brien, P., McCall, J. and Doherty, N.F. (eds.) Transforming field and service operations: methodologies for successful technology-driven business transformation. Berlin: Springer [online], chapter 14, pages 213-233. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-44970-3_14

This book chapter outlines the different modelling approaches for realising sustainable operations of asset replacement and studying the impact of the economic life, the repair-cost limit and comprehensive cost minimisation models. In particular it a... Read More about The asset replacement problem state of the art..

Real-time dynamic pricing in a non-stationary environment using model-free reinforcement learning. (2013)
Journal Article
RANA, R. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2014. Real-time dynamic pricing in a non-stationary environment using model-free reinforcement learning. Omega [online], 47, pages 116-126. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2013.10.004

This paper examines the problem of establishing a pricing policy that maximizes the revenue for selling a given inventory by a fixed deadline. This problem is faced by a variety of industries, including airlines, hotels and fashion. Reinforcement lea... Read More about Real-time dynamic pricing in a non-stationary environment using model-free reinforcement learning..

National evaluation of the benefits and risks of greater structuring and coding of the electronic health record: exploratory qualitative investigation. (2013)
Journal Article
MORRISON, Z., FERNANDO, B., KALRA, D., CRESSWELL, K. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. National evaluation of the benefits and risks of greater structuring and coding of the electronic health record: exploratory qualitative investigation. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association [online], 21(3), pages 492-500. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/amiajnl-2013-001666

Objective: We aimed to explore stakeholder views, attitudes, needs, and expectations regarding likely benefits and risks resulting from increased structuring and coding of clinical information within electronic health records (EHRs). Materials and me... Read More about National evaluation of the benefits and risks of greater structuring and coding of the electronic health record: exploratory qualitative investigation..

A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations. (2013)
Journal Article
CRESSWELL, K., COLEMAN, J., SLEE, A., MORRISON, Z. and SHEIKH, A. 2014. A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine [online], 107(1), pages 8-13. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0141076813502955

Hospital electronic prescribing (or ePrescribing) systems have the potential to reduce drug-related morbidity and mortality. However, their implementation and adoption has been slow to date, despite the considerable service interest in implementing s... Read More about A toolkit to support the implementation of electronic prescribing systems into UK hospitals: preliminary recommendations..

Pricing option contracts on the strategic petroleum reserve. (2013)
Journal Article
MURPHY, F. and OLIVEIRA, F.S. 2013. Pricing option contracts on the strategic petroleum reserve. Energy economics [online], 40, pages 242-250. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2013.06.016

In this article we examine the pricing of option contracts on the strategic petroleum reserve (SPR) and consider how these can be used by both the government and refiners. We analyze the interaction between the call and put option contracts, taking i... Read More about Pricing option contracts on the strategic petroleum reserve..

The next challenge for world wide robotized tele-echography experiment (WORTEX 2012): from engineering success to healthcare delivery. (2013)
Conference Proceeding
VIEYRES, P., NOVALES, C., RIVAS, R., VILCAHUAMAN, L. SANDOVAL, J., CLARK, T., DESTIGTER, K., JOSSERAND, L., MORRISON, Z., ROBERTSON, A., AVGOUSTI, S., MORETTE, N., VOSKARIDES, S., FONTE, A., KASPARIS, T. and LEFEBVRE, E. 2013. The next challenge for world wide robotized tele-echography experiment (WORTEX 2012): from engineering success to healthcare delivery. In Proceedings of the 2013 Peruvian biomedical engineering, bioengineering, biotechnology and medical physics congress (TUMI II 2013), co-located with 24th annual meeting of the Coral 2013, 29-31 May 2013, Lima, Peru. Lima: PUCP [online], pages 205-210. Available from: http://www.congreso.pucp.edu.pe/tumi/docs/papers_revision.pdf

Access to good quality healthcare remains difficult for many patients whether they live in developed or developing countries. In developed countries, specialist medical expertise is concentrated in major hospitals in urban settings both to improve cl... Read More about The next challenge for world wide robotized tele-echography experiment (WORTEX 2012): from engineering success to healthcare delivery..

A review of the empirical evidence of the value of structuring and coding of clinical information within electronic health records for direct patient care. (2013)
Journal Article
KALRA, D., FERNANDO, B., MORRISON, Z. and SHEIKH, A. 2013. A review of the empirical evidence of the value of structuring and coding of clinical information within electronic health records for direct patient care. Informatics in primary care [online], 20(3), pages 171-180. Available from: https://doi.org/10.14236/jhi.v20i3.22

Background: The case has historically been presented that structured and/or coded electronic health records (EHRs) benefit direct patient care, but the evidence base for this is not well documented. Methods: We searched for evidence of direct patien... Read More about A review of the empirical evidence of the value of structuring and coding of clinical information within electronic health records for direct patient care..

Contract design and supply chain coordination in the electricity industry. (2013)
Journal Article
OLIVEIRA, F.S., RUIZ, C. and CONEJO, A.J. 2013. Contract design and supply chain coordination in the electricity industry. European journal of operational research [online], 227(3), pages 527-537. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.01.003

In this article we propose a model of the supply chain in electricity markets with multiple generators and retailers and considering several market structures. We analyze how market design interacts with the different types of contract and market str... Read More about Contract design and supply chain coordination in the electricity industry..