All Outputs (2034)

Query expansion using term relationships in language models for information retrieval. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BAI, J., SONG, D., BRUZA, P., NIE, J.-Y. and CAO, G. 2005. Query expansion using term relationships in language models for information retrieval. In Proceedings of the 14th Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) international conference on information and knowledge management (CIKM'05), 31 October - 5 November 2005, Bremen, Germany. New York: ACM [online], pages 688-695. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/1099554.1099725

Language Modeling (LM) has been successfully applied to Information Retrieval (IR). However, most of the existing LM approaches only rely on term occurrences in documents, queries and document collections. In traditional unigram based models, terms (... Read More about Query expansion using term relationships in language models for information retrieval..

Incorporating a metropolis method in a distribution estimation using Markov random field algorithm. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SHAKYA, S.K., MCCALL, J.A.W. and BROWN, D.F. 2005. Incorporating a metropolis method in a distribution estimation using Markov random field algorithm. In Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE congress on evolutionary computation (CEC 2005), 2-5 September 2005, Edinburgh, UK. New York: IEEE [online], volume 3, article number 1555017, pages 2576-2583. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2005.1555017

Markov Random Field (MRF) modelling techniques have been recently proposed as a novel approach to probabilistic modelling for Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (EDAs)[34, 4]. An EDA using this technique, presented in [34], was called Distribution... Read More about Incorporating a metropolis method in a distribution estimation using Markov random field algorithm..

Statistical optimisation and tuning of GA factors. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PETROVSKI, A., BROWNLEE, A. and MCCALL, J. 2005. Statistical optimisation and tuning of GA factors. In Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE congress on evolutionary computation (CEC 2005), 2-5 September 2005, Edinburgh, UK. New York: IEEE [online], volume 1, article number 1554759, pages 758-764. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2005.1554759

This paper presents a practical methodology of improving the efficiency of Genetic Algorithms through tuning the factors significantly affecting GA performance. This methodology is based on the methods of statistical inference and has been successful... Read More about Statistical optimisation and tuning of GA factors..

Escaping local optima with penalties in distributed iterative improvement search. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BASHARU, M., ARANA, I. and AHRIZ, H. 2005. Escaping local optima with penalties in distributed iterative improvement search. Presented at the 6th International workshop on distributed constraint reasoning (DCR 2005), part of the 19th International joint conference on artificial intelligence (IJCAI-05), 30 July - 5 August 2005, Edinburgh, UK.

The advantages offered by iterative improvement search make it a popular technique for solving problems in centralised settings. However, the key challenge with this approach is finding effective strategies for dealing with local optima. Such strateg... Read More about Escaping local optima with penalties in distributed iterative improvement search..

Policy conformance in the corporate blog space. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MCARTHUR, R., BRUZA, P.D. and SONG, D. 2005. Policy conformance in the corporate blog space. In Kagal, L., Finin, T. and Hendler, J. (eds.) Proceedings of the Policy management for the web workshop, part of the 14th International world wide web conference (WWW2005), 10-14 May 2005, Chiba, Japan. Baltimore: University of Maryland [online], pages 21-28. Available from: https://www.csee.umbc.edu/conference/pm4w/papers/mcarthur13.pdf

This paper describes part of a solution to the interpretation of human-readable policy documents into semi-automatic conformance checking. Using a socio-cognitively motivated representation of shared knowledge, and applying appropriate inference mech... Read More about Policy conformance in the corporate blog space..

Freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HAWORTH, J., GOLLIFER, S., FAURE-WALKER, J., COLDWELL, P., KEMP, T. and PENGELLY, J. 2005. Freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art. In Proceedings of the 5th Conference on creativity and cognition (C&C '05), 12-15 April 2005, London, UK. New York: ACM [online], pages 310-317. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/1056224.1056285

The workshop will explore in depth the nature of freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art from the perspective of embodied mind. The problem is crucial to our understanding of the creative process in fine art. The aims and o... Read More about Freedom and constraint in the creative process in digital fine art..

High dimensional indexing for protein structure matching using bowties. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HUANG, Z.H., ZHOU, X. and SONG, D. 2005. High dimensional indexing for protein structure matching using bowties. In Chen, Y.-P.P. and Wong, L. (eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd Asia-Pacific bioinformatics conference (APBC'05), 17-21 January 2005, Singapore. Advances in bioinformatics and computational biology, 1. London: Imperial College Press [online], pages 21-30. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1142/9781860947322_0003

For determining functionality dependencies between two proteins, both represented as 3D structures, it is an essential condition that they have a matching structure. As 3D structures for proteins are large, complex and constantly evolving, it is very... Read More about High dimensional indexing for protein structure matching using bowties..

Visual perception of content-prioritised sign language video quality. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MUIR, L.J., RICHARDSON, I.E.G. and HAMILTON, K. 2005. Visual perception of content-prioritised sign language video quality. In Proceedings of the 2005 Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) international conference on visual information engineering (VIE 2005), 4-6 April 2005, Glasgow, UK.

Video communication systems currently provide poor quality and performance for deaf people using sign language, particularly at low bit rates. Our previous work, involving eye movement tracking experiments and analysis of visual attention mechanisms... Read More about Visual perception of content-prioritised sign language video quality..

A review of web information seeking research: considerations of method and foci of interest. (2005)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARTZOUKOU, K. 2005. A review of web information seeking research: considerations of method and foci of interest. Information research [online], 10(2): proceedings of the 5th Information seeking in context conference 2004, Dublin, Ireland, 1-3 September 2004. Available from: http://www.informationr.net/ir/10-2/paper215.html

Introduction. This review shows that Web information seeking research suffers from inconsistencies in method and a lack of homogeneity in research foci. Background. Qualitative and quantitative methods are needed to produce a comprehensive view of in... Read More about A review of web information seeking research: considerations of method and foci of interest..

Building models through formal specification. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
RENKER, G. and AHRIZ, H. 2004. Building models through formal specification. In Régin, J.-C. and Rueher, M. (eds.) Integration of AI and OR techniques in constraint programming for combinatorial optimization problems: proceedings of the 1st International conference on integration of artificial intelligence and operations research techniques in constraint programming (CPAIOR 2004), 20-22 April 2004, Nice, France. Lecture notes in computer science, 3011. Berlin: Springer [online], pages 395-401. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24664-0_29

Over the past years, a number of increasingly expressive languages for modelling constraint and optimisation problems have evolved. In developing a strategy to ease the complexity of building models for constraint and optimisation problems, we have a... Read More about Building models through formal specification..

Escaping local optima in multi-agent oriented constraint satisfaction. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BASHARU, M., AHRIZ, H. and ARANA, I. 2004. Escaping local optima in multi-agent oriented constraint satisfaction. In Coenen, F., Preece, A. and Macintosh, A. (eds.) Research and development in intelligent systems XX: technical proceedings of the 23rd Annual international conference of the British Computer Society's Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (SGAI) (AI-2003), 15-17 December 2003, Cambridge, UK. London: Springer [online], pages 97-110. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-412-8_8

We present a multi-agent approach to constraint satisfaction where feedback and reinforcement are used in order to avoid local optima and, consequently, to improve the overall solution. Our approach, FeReRA, is based on the fact that an agents local... Read More about Escaping local optima in multi-agent oriented constraint satisfaction..

Occupants and daylight in office buildings under sunny skies. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2004. Occupants and daylight in office buildings under sunny skies. In Ellis, R. and Bell, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2004 International construction and building research conference (COBRA 2004), 7-8 September 2004, Leeds, UK. London: RICS Foundation.

It is expected that the climate of North Africa, one of the hottest regions of the world, will become still more extreme due to the effects of global warming. This would result in higher energy consumptions for cooling purposes in buildings. Daylight... Read More about Occupants and daylight in office buildings under sunny skies..

Computer aided sustainable design. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BENNADJI, A., AHRIZ, H. and ALASTAIR, P. 2005. Computer aided sustainable design. In Proceedings of the 1st International Arab Society for Computer Aided Architecrual Design (ASCAAD) conference on computer aided architectural design(ASCAAD 2005); e-design in architecure, 22-24 February 2005, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Dhahran: ASCAAD [online], pages 125-135. Available from: http://www.ascaad.org/conference/2004/proceedings.php

One of the most important aspects architects need to consider fairly early on is that of energy saving, cost, thermal comfort and the effect on the environment in terms of CO2 emissions. At present, during the early design stage of a building, differ... Read More about Computer aided sustainable design..

The dynamic of the edge: practice led research into the value of the arts in marginal spaces. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
DOUGLAS, A., FREMANTLE, C. and DELDAY, H. 2004. The dynamic of the edge: practice led research into the value of the arts in marginal spaces. Presented at Sensuous knowledge 1 (SK1): creating a tradition, 26-28 October 2004, Solstrand, Norway.

This paper articulates an approach to art and design practice that questions two fundamental assumptions: firstly, it is not framed by the creative practice of an individual artist delivering an authored artwork to a public or audience; secondly, it... Read More about The dynamic of the edge: practice led research into the value of the arts in marginal spaces..

Craft connexity: developing a sustainable model for future craft education. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MALINS, J., PRESS, M. and MCKILLOP, C. 2004. Craft connexity: developing a sustainable model for future craft education. In Proceedings of the Challenging craft international conference, 8-10 September 2004, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Gray's School of Art.

Craft is an anachronism “ discuss ¦ Some twenty-five years ago, on applying for a place at a college of art to study ceramics, Julian was asked to write an essay on the above topic. Naturally he was keen to impress so he responded to the question by... Read More about Craft connexity: developing a sustainable model for future craft education..

Concept learning and information inferencing on a high-dimensional semantic space. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SONG, D., BRUZA, P. and COLE, R. 2004. Concept learning and information inferencing on a high-dimensional semantic space. Presented at the 2004 Association of Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) workshop on mathematical/formal methods in information retrieval (MF/IR 2004), 25-29 July 2004, Sheffield, UK.

How to automatically capture a significant portion of relevant background knowledge and keep it up-to-date has been a challenging problem encountered in current research on logic based information retrieval. This paper addresses this problem by inves... Read More about Concept learning and information inferencing on a high-dimensional semantic space..

Recent advances in fuel cells technology. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
ALI, D. and SALMAN, S.K. 2004. Recent advances in fuel cells technology. Presented at the 2004 Energy storage and renewable power systems conference, 7 July 2004, Aberdeen, UK.

The 21st Century will be the Dispersed generation or decentralized power systems (wind turbines, photovoltaic, fuel cells FC) century. Fuel cell is an emerging energy efficient technology with zero carbon emission to replace engines and batteries sav... Read More about Recent advances in fuel cells technology..

Femmes, lumière et espace: cas de l’habitat collectif à Biskra, Algérie. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2004. Femmes, lumière et espace: cas de l’habitat collectif à Biskra, Algérie. Presented at Usages et appropriation de l’espace: entre pratiques et régulations, 20-21 April 2004, Annaba, Algeria.

This study attempts to explore new forms of appropriation of architectural space by its occupant according to the relationship it maintains to the physical factors of the environment and in particular the sun and its light. The notion of luminous ter... Read More about Femmes, lumière et espace: cas de l’habitat collectif à Biskra, Algérie..

Drawing out digital media: degrees of three dimensionality. (2004)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MAXWELL, R., PENGELLY, J., HENDERSON, D., DUNBAR, L., ROSS, C., CULLAN, L., WARD, S., MCKENZIE SMITH, S., AGNEW, M., WAIGHT, M. and RINGE, S. 2004. Drawing out digital media: degrees of three dimensionality. Presented at the 2nd Interdisciplinary art/design conference (Pixel Raiders 2), 6-8 April 2004, Sheffield, UK.

"Drawing Out Digital Media" is a research cluster based within Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University. The cluster explores how new technologies might lead to new visual/physical/conceptual forms, and raise questions about existing definiti... Read More about Drawing out digital media: degrees of three dimensionality..

CSP: there is more than one way to model it. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
RENKER, G., AHRIZ, H. and ARANA, I. 2003. CSP: there is more than one way to model it. In Bramer, M., Preece, A. and Coenen, F. (eds.) Research and development in intelligent systems XIX: proceedings of the 22nd British Computer Society's Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (SGAI) international conference on knowledge based systems and applied artificial intelligence (ES2002), 10-12 December 2002, Cambridge, UK. London: Springer [online], pages 395-408. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0651-7_28

In this paper, we present an approach for conceptual modelling of con- straint satisfaction problems (CSP). The main objective is to achieve a similarly high degree of modelling support for constraint problems as it is already available in other disc... Read More about CSP: there is more than one way to model it..