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Aboutness from a commonsense perspective. (2000)
Journal Article
BRUZA, P.D., SONG, D.W. and WONG, K.F. 2000. Aboutness from a commonsense perspective. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology [online], 51(12), pages 1090-1105. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4571(2000)9999:9999<::AID-ASI1026>3.0.CO;2-Y

Information retrieval (IR) is driven by a process which decides whether a document is about a query. Recent attempts spawned from logic-based information retrieval theory have formalized properties characterizing aboutness, but no consensus has yet b... Read More about Aboutness from a commonsense perspective..

Applying genetic algorithms to multi-objective land use planning. (2000)
Conference Proceeding
MATTHEWS, K.B., CRAW, S., ELDER, S., SIBBALD, A.R. and MACKENZIE, I. 2000. Applying genetic algorithms to multi-objective land use planning. In Whitley, L.D., Goldberg, D.E., Cantú-Paz, E., Spector, L., Parmee, I.C. and Beyer, H.-G. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2000 Genetic and evolutionary computation conference (GECCO 2000): joint meeting of the 9th International conference on genetic algorithms (ICGA-2000), and the 5th Annual genetic programming conference (GP-2000), 10-12 July 2000, Las Vegas, USA. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufmann, pages 613-620.

This paper explores the application of multi-objective genetic algorithms (mGAs) to rural land-use planning, a spatial allocation problem. Two mGAs are proposed. Both share an underlying structure of: fitness assignment using Pareto-dominance ranking... Read More about Applying genetic algorithms to multi-objective land use planning..

Commonsense aboutness for information retrieval. (2000)
Book Chapter
BRUZA, P.D., SONG, D., WONG, K.-F. and CHENG, C.-H. 2000. Commonsense aboutness for information retrieval. In Mohammadian, M. (ed.) Advances in intelligent systems: theory and applications. Amsterdam: IOS Press, pages 288-295.

Information retrieval (IR) is driven by a process which decides whether a document is about a query. Recent attempts have been made to formalize properties of aboutness, but no consensus has been reached. The properties being proposed are largely bei... Read More about Commonsense aboutness for information retrieval..

Representing problem-solving for knowledge refinement. (1999)
Conference Proceeding
CRAW, S. and BOSWELL, R. 1999. Representing problem-solving for knowledge refinement. In Proceedings of the 16th American Association for Artificial Intelligence national conference on artificial intelligence (AAAI-99), co-located with the 11th Annual conference on innovative applications of artificial intelligence (IAAI-99), 18-22 July 1999, Orlando, USA. Palo Alto: AAAI Press, pages 227-234.

Knowledge refinement tools seek to correct faulty knowledge based systems (KBSs) by identifying and repairing potentially faulty rules. The goal of the KrustWorks project is to provide a source of refinement components from which specialised refineme... Read More about Representing problem-solving for knowledge refinement..

Knowledge modelling for a generic refinement framework. (1999)
Journal Article
BOSWELL, R. and CRAW, S. 1999. Knowledge modelling for a generic refinement framework. Knowledge-based systems [online], 12(5-6), pages 317-325. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0950-7051(99)00018-0

Refinement tools assist with debugging the knowledge-based system (KBS), thus easing the well-known knowledge acquisition bottleneck, and the more recently recognised maintenance overhead. The existing refinement tools were developed for specific rul... Read More about Knowledge modelling for a generic refinement framework..

Fundamental properties of aboutness. (1999)
Conference Proceeding
BRUZA, P., SONG, D. and WONG, K.-F. 1999. Fundamental properties of aboutness. In Proceedings of the 22nd Association of Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) annual international conference on research and development in information retrieval (SIGIR'99), 15-19 August 1999, Berkeley, USA. New York: ACM [online], pages 277-278. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/312624.312696

Information retrieval (IR) is a reasoning process which is assumed to be driven by determining aboutness between two information carriers (i.e. document and query). This, the study of aboutness will be very helpful to set up the theoretical foundatio... Read More about Fundamental properties of aboutness..

Modeling as a fragment assembling process. (1999)
Conference Proceeding
AHRIZ, H. and TOMASENA, M. 1999. Modeling as a fragment assembling process. In Price, C. (ed.) Proceedings of the 13th International workshop on qualitative reasoning (QR99), 6-9 June 1999, Loch Awe, UK. Evanston, IL: Qualitative Reasoning Group [online], pages 1-10. Available from: http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/papers/Files/qr-workshops/QR99/Ahriz_1999_Modeling_Fragment_Assembling_Process.pdf

Model based reasoning about physical systems deals with diagnosis, supervision, interpretation, explanation, etc. Most of the contributions to this domain do not pay much attention to model construction, and it was generally accepted that a model was... Read More about Modeling as a fragment assembling process..

An application of genetic algorithms to chemotherapy treatment. (1998)
Thesis
PETROVSKI, A. 1998. An application of genetic algorithms to chemotherapy treatment. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The present work investigates methods for optimising cancer chemotherapy within the bounds of clinical acceptability and making this optimisation easily accessible to oncologists. Clinical oncologists wish to be able to improve existing treatment reg... Read More about An application of genetic algorithms to chemotherapy treatment..

Automatic modelling for diagnosis. (1997)
Conference Proceeding
AHRIZ, A. and XIA, S. 1997. Automatic modelling for diagnosis. In Ironi, L. (ed.) Proceedings of the 11th International workshop on qualitative reasoning (QR97), 3-6 June 1997, Cortona, Italy. Pavia: Istituto di Analisi Numerica [online], pages 3-12. Available from: http://www.qrg.northwestern.edu/papers/Files/qr-workshops/QR97/Ahriz_1997_Automatic_Modelling_Diagnosis.pdf

Much of the past work on fault diagnosis did not pay enough attention to model construction and its important role in aiding problem solving. It was generally accepted that a model was available or was assumed to be present in a certain format before... Read More about Automatic modelling for diagnosis..

A formalism for describing and simulating systems with interacting components. (1996)
Thesis
CORR, G.A. 1996. A formalism for describing and simulating systems with interacting components. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis addresses the problem of descriptive complexity presented by systems involving a high number of interacting components. It investigates the evaluation measure of performability and its application to such systems. A new description and si... Read More about A formalism for describing and simulating systems with interacting components..

Refinement complements verification and validation. (1996)
Journal Article
CRAW, S. 1996. Refinement complements verification and validation. International journal of human computer studies [online], 44(2), pages 245-256. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1006/ijhc.1996.0012

Knowledge based systems are being applied in ever increasing numbers. The development of knowledge acquisition tools has eased the Knowledge Acquisition Bottleneck. More recently there has been a demand for mechanisms to assure the quality of knowled... Read More about Refinement complements verification and validation..

Executive information systems: an evaluation of current UK practice. (1996)
Journal Article
ALLISON, I.K. 1996. Executive information systems: an evaluation of current UK practice. International journal of information management [online], 16(1), pages 27-38. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/0268-4012(95)00059-3

In a recent survey amongst senior executives in the UK, using data as a corporate resource was ranked as the second most important information systems management issue. Managers are becoming ever more dependent on information, on which to base busine... Read More about Executive information systems: an evaluation of current UK practice..

Refinement in response to validation. (1995)
Journal Article
CRAW, S. and SLEEMAN, D. 1995. Refinement in response to validation. Expert systems with applications, 8(3), pages 343-349. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/0957-4174(94)E0025-P

Knowledge-based systems (KBSs) are being applied in ever increasing numbers. In parallel with the development of knowledge acquisition tools is the demand for mechanisms to assure their quality, particularly in safety critical applications. Quality a... Read More about Refinement in response to validation..

Consultant-2: pre- and post processing of machine learning applications. (1995)
Journal Article
SLEEMAN, D., RISSAKIS, M., CRAW, S., GRANER, N. and SHARMA, S., 1995. Consultant-2: pre- and post processing of machine learning applications. International journal of human computer studies [online], 43(1), pages 43-63. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1006/ijhc.1995.1035

The knowledge acquisition bottleneck in the development of large knowledge-based applications has not yet been resolved. One approach which has been advocated is the systematic use of Machine Learning (ML) techniques. However, ML technology poses dif... Read More about Consultant-2: pre- and post processing of machine learning applications..

Theory and design of a hardware stochastic reliability simulator. (1982)
Thesis
MANN, D.P. 1982. Theory and design of a hardware stochastic reliability simulator. Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1993286

The work described in this thesis is concerned with the design of special purpose digital circuitry to achieve high-speed simulation of system reliability. Initially, an investigation into alternative simulation methods is undertaken. Analytical and... Read More about Theory and design of a hardware stochastic reliability simulator..

Theory and application of learning automata. (1980)
Thesis
MACKIE, N.J. 1980. Theory and application of learning automata. Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1993304

Although the theoretical performance of many learning automata has been considered, the practical operation of these automata has received far less attention. This work starts with the construction of two action Tsetlin and Krylov automata. The perfo... Read More about Theory and application of learning automata..

SelfBACK: a decision support system to improve self-management of non-specific low back pain [online].
Digital Artefact
SELFBACK. 2016. SelfBACK: a decision support system to improve self-management of non-specific low back pain [online]. Available from: http://www.selfback.eu/

This is the official project website for the SelfBack project. The project will run from Jan 2016 – Dec 2020. The aim of the project is to improve self-management of non-specific low back pain through the development of a decision support system, Sel... Read More about SelfBACK: a decision support system to improve self-management of non-specific low back pain [online]..

SelfBACK: self-management on low back pain [online].
Digital Artefact
SCHOOL OF COMPUTING SCIENCE AND DIGITAL MEDIA. 2016. SelfBACK: self-management on low back pain [online]. Available from: http://www.comp.rgu.ac.uk/selfback/

This is RGU's website for its contribution to the SelfBACK project. SELFBACK is an EU funded Horizon 2020 project to develop a monitoring system to assist patients to self-mange low back pain. The system uses wearable sensors to continuously monitors... Read More about SelfBACK: self-management on low back pain [online]..

A case-based approach to data-to-text generation. [Software]
Digital Artefact
UPADHYAY, A., MASSIE, S., SINGH, R.K., GUPTA, G. and OJHA, M. 2021. A case-based approach to data-to-text generation. [Software]. Hosted on GitHub [online]. Available from: https://github.com/ashishu007/data2text-cbr

Traditional Data-to-Text Generation (D2T) systems utilise carefully crafted domain specific rules and templates to generate high quality accurate texts. More recent approaches use neural systems to learn domain rules from the training data to produce... Read More about A case-based approach to data-to-text generation. [Software].