All Outputs (2119)

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..

Inference fusion: a hybrid approach to taxonomic reasoning. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HU, B., COMPATANGELO, E. and ARANA, I. 2003. Inference fusion: a hybrid approach to taxonomic reasoning. In Russell, I. and Haller, S. (eds.) Proceedings of the 16th International conference of the Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS 2003), 12-14 May 2003, St. Augustine, USA. Palo Alto: AAAI Press [online], pages 103-107. Available from: https://aaai.org/Papers/FLAIRS/2003/Flairs03-021.pdf

We present a hybrid way to extend taxonomic reasoning using inference fusion, i.e. the dynamic combination of inferences from distributed heterogeneous reasoners. Our approach integrates results from a DL-based taxonomic reasoner with results from a... Read More about Inference fusion: a hybrid approach to taxonomic reasoning..

Facilitating DL-based hybrid reasoning with inference fusion. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HU, B., ARANA, I. and COMPATANGELO, E. 2003. Facilitating DL-based hybrid reasoning with inference fusion. 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 91-104. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0651-7_7

We present an extension to DL-based taxonomic reasoning by means of the proposed inference fusion, i.e. the dynamic combination of inferences from distributed heterogeneous reasoners. Our approach integrates results from a DL-based system with result... Read More about Facilitating DL-based hybrid reasoning with inference fusion..

Infusion: a hybrid reasoning system with description logics. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HU, B., COMPATANGELO, E. and ARANA, I. 2003. Infusion: a hybrid reasoning system with description logics. In Hamza, M.H. (ed.) Proceedings of the 2003 International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) international conference on artificial intelligence and applications (AIA 2003), 8-10 September 2003, Benalmadena, Spain. Calgary: ACTA Press [online], pages 327-332. Available from: http://www.actapress.com/Content_of_Proceeding.aspx?proceedingID=237

We discussed a new approach using inference fusion, i.e. the cooperative reasoning from distributed heterogeneous inference systems, to extend the expressive and deductive powers of existing Description Logic (DL) based systems. More specifically, ou... Read More about Infusion: a hybrid reasoning system with description logics..

Gaze tracking and its application to video coding for sign language. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MUIR, L., RICHARDSON, I. and LEAPER, S. 2003. Gaze tracking and its application to video coding for sign language. In Proceedings of the 2003 Picture coding symposium (PCS 2003), 23-25 April 2003, Saint-Malo, France. Le Chesnay: INRIA, pages 321-325.

Sign language communication via videotelephone has demanding visual quality requirements. In order to optimise video coding for sign language it is necessary to quantify the importance of areas of the video scene. Eye movements of deaf users are trac... Read More about Gaze tracking and its application to video coding for sign language..

E-Theses developments in the UK. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
COPELAND, S. 2003. E-Theses developments in the UK. In Schirmbacher, P. (ed.) Proceedings of the 6th International symposium on electronic theses and dissertations (ETD 2003): next steps for electronic theses and dissertations worldwide, 20-24 May 2003, Berlin, Germany. Berlin: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin [online], pages 75-78. Available from: https://doi.org/10.18452/1113

Several projects are underway currently in the UK to promote the production, management and use of theses in electronic format. Funding from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) is enabling three project teams to address key issues which to... Read More about E-Theses developments in the UK..

The impact of sunlight and daylight on the dwelling's occupancy: case of the hot dry regions of Algeria. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2003. The impact of sunlight and daylight on the dwelling's occupancy: case of the hot dry regions of Algeria. In Craig, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the Environmental Psychology in the UK (EPUK) Network, 23-25 June 2003, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University [online], pages 56-63. Available from: https://iaps.architexturez.net/system/files/pdf/dc6d.content.08957.pdf

It is often asserted that the sun and traditional dwellings were in a perfect harmony, whereas the built environment produced in the last fifty years has in fact marginalized most of the climatic factors. Increasingly, an effort is being made to reco... Read More about The impact of sunlight and daylight on the dwelling's occupancy: case of the hot dry regions of Algeria..

An evaluation method for daylighting quality in buildings under clear sunny skies. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2003. An evaluation method for daylighting quality in buildings under clear sunny skies. In Craig, T. (ed.) Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the Environmental Psychology in the UK (EPUK) Network, 23-25 June 2003, Aberdeen, UK. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University, pages 70-79.

In buildings, daylight is a commonly-used source of wellbeing, aesthetic delight and energy efficiency. Daylight is therefore one of the main parameters considered in the design of buildings. Methods used by architectural designers may be quantitativ... Read More about An evaluation method for daylighting quality in buildings under clear sunny skies..

A daylighting evaluation in offices under clear sunny skies. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2003. A daylighting evaluation in offices under clear sunny skies. Presented at the 20th Passive and low energy architecture conference 2003 (PLEA 2003): rethinking development: are we producing a people-oriented habitat? 9-12 November 2003, Santiago, Chile.

Various research works revealed that occupant’s behaviour and preferences in terms of daylight are of a great importance to these purposes success. The POE method was used to assess the daylighting quality in South Algerian contemporary buildings whe... Read More about A daylighting evaluation in offices under clear sunny skies..

Classifying document titles based on information inference. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
SONG, D., BRUZA, P., HUANG, Z. and LAU, R.Y.K. 2003. Classifying document titles based on information inference. In Zhong, N., Ras, Z.W., Tsumoto, S. and Suzuki, E. (eds.) Foundations of intelligent systems: proceedings of the 14th International symposium on methodologies for intelligent systems (ISMIS 2003), 28-31 October 2003, Maebashi City, Japan. Lecture notes in computer science, 2871. Berlin: Springer [online], pages 297-306. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39592-8_41

We propose an intelligent document title classification agent based on a theory of information inference. The information is represented as vectorial spaces computed by a cognitively motivated model, namely Hyperspace Analogue to Language (HAL). A co... Read More about Classifying document titles based on information inference..

Back to the future: a logical framework for temporal information representation and inferencing from financial news. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HUANG, Z., WONG, K.-F., LI, W., SONG, D. and BRUZA, P. 2003. Back to the future: a logical framework for temporal information representation and inferencing from financial news. In Zong, C. (ed.) Proceedings of the 2003 International conference on natural language processing and knowledge engineering (NLP-KE 2003), 26-29 October 2003, Beijing, China. New York: IEEE [online], article number 1275875, pages 95-101. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/NLPKE.2003.1275875

Temporal information carries information about changes and time of the changes. Consider a company investing in another company. The former may choose to inject the money gradually with the amount and frequency depending on the performance of the lat... Read More about Back to the future: a logical framework for temporal information representation and inferencing from financial news..

Selenoprotein gene expression in an intestinal cell line during selenium depletion: a macroarray approach indicates effects on SelW and glutathione peroxidise 1. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
PAGMANTIDIS, V., VILLETTE, S., BERMANO, G., BROOM, J., ARTHUR, J.R. and HESKETH, J.E. 2003. Selenoprotein gene expression in an intestinal cell line during selenium depletion: a macroarray approach indicates effects on SelW and glutathione peroxidise 1. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society [online], 62(1A), page 72A. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665103000776

The micronutrient selenium (Se) is incoprprated into a renage of selenoproteins involved in numerous biochemical processes within the body.

The use of the Internet by candidates as part of their campaign for election to the Scottish Parliament in 2003. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MARCELLA, R., BAXTER, G. and SMITH, S. 2003. The use of the Internet by candidates as part of their campaign for election to the Scottish Parliament in 2003. Presented at the 1st International politics and information systems: technologies and applications conference (PISTA'03), 31 July - 2 August 2003, Orlando, USA.

This paper reports the preliminary results of a study which investigated the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by political parties and individual candidates as part of their campaign for election to the Scottish Parliament. Tw... Read More about The use of the Internet by candidates as part of their campaign for election to the Scottish Parliament in 2003..

Facilitating DL-based hybrid reasoning with inference fusion. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
HU, B., ARANA, I. and COMPATANGELO, E. 2003. Facilitating DL-based hybrid reasoning with inference fusion. Knowledge-based systems [online], 16(5-6): proceedings of the 22nd British Computer Society Specialist Group on Artificial Intelligence (SGAI) international conference on knowledge-based systems and applied artificial intelligence (ES2002), 10-12 December 2002, Cambridge, UK, pages 253-260. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0950-7051(03)00026-1

We present an extension to DL-based taxonomic reasoning by means of inference fusion, i.e. the dynamic combination of inferences from distributed heterogeneous reasoners. Our approach integrates results from a DL-based system with results from a cons... Read More about Facilitating DL-based hybrid reasoning with inference fusion..

A comparison of various approaches for using probabilistic dependencies in language modeling. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
BRUZA, P. and SONG, D. 2003. A comparison of various approaches for using probabilistic dependencies in language modeling. In Proceedings of the 26th Annual international Association of Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval (ACM SIGIR) conference on research and development in information retrieval (SIGIR'03), 28 July - 1 August 2003, Toronto, Canada. New York: ACM [online], pages 419-420. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/860435.860530

The goals of this article is to study several estimates of relevance models which will be computed based on differing approaches for incorporating term dependency information. In this way, we hope to shed light on the relative merits of term dependen... Read More about A comparison of various approaches for using probabilistic dependencies in language modeling..

Anti-cancer drug interaction with cytochrome P450 CYP1B1. (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
MCFADYEN, M.C.E., MELVIN, W.T. and MURRAY, G.I. 2003. Anti-cancer drug interaction with cytochrome P450 CYP1B1. Presented at the 2003 British cancer research meeting (BCRM 2003), 2-5 July 2003, Bournemouth, UK.

One mechanism potentially amenable to chemotherapeutic intervention involves cytochrome P450 CYP1B1. Our research has established the concept of over-expression of individual forms of cytochrome P450 - in particular CYP1B1 - in a range of solid tumou... Read More about Anti-cancer drug interaction with cytochrome P450 CYP1B1..