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Learning pseudo-tags to augment sparse tagging in hybrid music recommender systems. (2014)
Journal Article
HORSBURGH, B., CRAW, S. and MASSIE, S. 2015. Learning pseudo-tags to augment sparse tagging in hybrid music recommender systems. Artificial intelligence [online], 219, pages 25-39. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artint.2014.11.004

Online recommender systems are an important tool that people use to find new music. To generate recommendations, many systems rely on tag representations of music. Such systems however suffer from tag sparsity, whereby tracks lack a strong tag repres... Read More about Learning pseudo-tags to augment sparse tagging in hybrid music recommender systems..

How product owner teams scale agile methods to large distributed enterprises. (2014)
Journal Article
BASS, J.M. 2015. How product owner teams scale agile methods to large distributed enterprises. Empirical software engineering [online], 20(6), pages 1525-1557. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10664-014-9322-z

Software development teams in large scale offshore enterprise development programmes are often under intense pressure to deliver high quality software within challenging time contraints. Project failures can attract adverse publicity and damage corpo... Read More about How product owner teams scale agile methods to large distributed enterprises..

Build-to-last: strength to weight 3D printed objects. (2014)
Journal Article
LU, L., SHARF, A., ZHAO, H., WEI, Y., FAN., Q., CHEN, X., SAVOYE, Y., TU, C., COHEN-OR, D. and CHEN, B. 2014. Build-to-last: strength to weight 3D printed objects. ACM transactions on graphics [online], 33(4), article No. 97. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1145/2601097.2601168

The emergence of low-cost 3D printers steers the investigation of new geometric problems that control the quality of the fabricated object. In this paper, we present a method to reduce the material cost and weight of a given object while providing a... Read More about Build-to-last: strength to weight 3D printed objects..

Do you feel like a hero yet? (2014)
Journal Article
HERON, M.J. and BELFORD, P.H. 2014. Do you feel like a hero yet? Externalized morality in video games. Journal of games criticism [online], 1(2). Available from: http://www.gamescriticism.org/articles/heronbelford-1-2

Video games have a long tradition of including elements of moral decision making within their ludic and narrative structures. While the success of these endeavours has been mixed, the systems used to express moral choices within a game have grown mor... Read More about Do you feel like a hero yet?.

Applications and design of cooperative multi-agent ARN-based systems. (2014)
Journal Article
GERRARD, C.E., MCCALL, J., MACLEOD, C. and COGHILL, G.M. 2015. Applications and design of cooperative multi-agent ARN-based systems. Soft computing [online], 19(6), pages 1581-1594. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-014-1330-9

The Artificial Reaction Network (ARN) is an Artificial Chemistry inspired by Cell Signalling Networks (CSNs). Its purpose is to represent chemical circuitry and to explore the computational properties responsible for generating emergent high-level be... Read More about Applications and design of cooperative multi-agent ARN-based systems..

DECMO2: a robust hybrid and adaptive multi-objective evolutionary algorithm. (2014)
Journal Article
ZAVOIANU, A.-C., LUGHOFER, E., BRAMERDORFER, G., AMRHEIN, W. and KLEMENT, E.P. 2015. DECMO2: a robust hybrid and adaptive multi-objective evolutionary algorithm. Soft computing [online], 19(12), pages 3551-3569. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-014-1308-7

We describe a hybrid and adaptive coevolutionary optimization method that can efficiently solve a wide range of multi-objective optimization problems (MOOPs) as it successfully combines positive traits from three main classes of multi-objective evolu... Read More about DECMO2: a robust hybrid and adaptive multi-objective evolutionary algorithm..

Cloud computing: adoption issues for sub-Saharan African SMEs. (2014)
Journal Article
DAHIRU, A. A., BASS, J. and ALLISON, I. 2014. Cloud computing: adoption issues for sub-Saharan African SMEs. Electronic journal of information systems in developing countries [online], 62(1), pages 1-17. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2014.tb00439.x

This paper explores the emergence and adoption of cloud computing by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and points towards its implications for developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Several studies have shown the importance of technologi... Read More about Cloud computing: adoption issues for sub-Saharan African SMEs..

Migrating software products to the cloud: an adaptive STS perspective. (2013)
Journal Article
WERFS, M., BAXTER, G., ALLISON, I. K. and SOMMERVILLE, I. 2013. Migrating software products to the cloud: an adaptive STS perspective. Journal of international technology and information management [online], 22(3), pp. 37-54. Available from: https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/jitim/vol22/iss3/3

Cloud computing, as a disruptive innovation, has the potential to adversely affect companies. The effects can be particularly extreme for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). Subsequently, considerations of organisational resilience should be m... Read More about Migrating software products to the cloud: an adaptive STS perspective..

Exploring aspects of cell intelligence with artificial reaction networks. (2013)
Journal Article
GERRARD, C. E., MCCALL, J., COGHILL, G. M. and MACLEOD, C. 2014. Exploring aspects of cell intelligence with artificial reaction networks. Soft computing [online], 18(10), pages 1899-1912. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-013-1174-8

The Artificial Reaction Network (ARN) is a Cell Signalling Network inspired connectionist representation belonging to the branch of A-Life known as Artificial Chemistry. Its purpose is to represent chemical circuitry and to explore computational prop... Read More about Exploring aspects of cell intelligence with artificial reaction networks..

You have e-mail, what happens next? Tracking the eyes for genre. (2013)
Journal Article
CLARK, M., RUTHVEN, I., HOLT, P.O'B., SONG, D. and WATT, S. 2014. You have e-mail, what happens next? Tracking the eyes for genre. Information processing and management [online], 50(1), pages 175-198. Available: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2013.08.005

This paper reports on an approach to the analysis of form (layout and formatting) during genre recognition recorded using eye tracking. The researchers focused on eight different types of e-mail, such as calls for papers, newsletters and spam, which... Read More about You have e-mail, what happens next? Tracking the eyes for genre..

A framework using institutional analysis and the capability approach in ICT4D. (2013)
Journal Article
BASS, J.M., NICHOLSON, B. and SUBHRAMANIAN, E. 2013. A framework using institutional analysis and the capability approach in ICT4D. Information technologies and international development [online], 9(1), pages 19-35. Available from: http://www.itidjournal.org/index.php/itid/article/view/1028

nstitutional theory and the capability approach have grown inºuential in development research and practice. Both theories offer analytical tools for interpreting and guiding information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) interventi... Read More about A framework using institutional analysis and the capability approach in ICT4D..

Addressing food production planning and control issues through information visualisation: an agile development. (2012)
Journal Article
ALLISON, I.K., STRATTON, R. and ROBEY, D. 2012. Addressing food production planning and control issues through information visualisation: an agile development. Communications of the IIMA, 12(1), pages 1-16.

Food manufacturers have a compelling requirement to address their information management needs in relation to the management of variation in their supply chain and subsequent production processes. However, many organisational information systems are... Read More about Addressing food production planning and control issues through information visualisation: an agile development..

Efficient resource utilization for multi-flow wireless multicasting transmissions. (2012)
Journal Article
TU, W. 2012. Efficient resource utilization for multi-flow wireless multicasting transmissions. IEEE journal on selected areas in communications [online], 30(7), pages 1246-1258. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSAC.2012.120810

Wireless multimedia services are major applications of next generation wireless networks. This paper is one of the first to study the efficient utilization of network resources for increasing the number of concurrent multimedia flows when a channel b... Read More about Efficient resource utilization for multi-flow wireless multicasting transmissions..

Machine learning for improved pathological staging of prostate cancer: a performance comparison on a range of classifiers. (2011)
Journal Article
REGNIER-COUDERT, O., MCCALL, J., LOTHIAN, R., LAM, T., MCCLINTON, S. and N'DOW, J. 2012. Machine learning for improved pathological staging of prostate cancer: a performance comparison on a range of classifiers. Artificial intelligence in medicine [online], 55(1), pages 25-35. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.artmed.2011.11.003

Objectives: Prediction of prostate cancer pathological stage is an essential step in a patient's pathway. It determines the treatment that will be applied further. In current practice, urologists use the pathological stage predictions provided in Par... Read More about Machine learning for improved pathological staging of prostate cancer: a performance comparison on a range of classifiers..

Eliciting policy requirements for critical national infrastructure using the IRIS framework. (2011)
Journal Article
FAILY, S. and FLÉCHAIS, I. 2011. Eliciting policy requirements for critical national infrastructure using the IRIS framework. International journal of secure software engineering [online], 2(4), pages 1-18. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4018/jsse.2011100101

Despite existing work on dealing with security and usability concerns during the early stages of design, there has been little work on synthesising the contributions of these fields into processes for specifying and designing systems. Without a bette... Read More about Eliciting policy requirements for critical national infrastructure using the IRIS framework..

Changing computing curricula in African universities: evaluating progress and challenges via design-reality gap analysis. (2011)
Journal Article
BASS, J.M. and HEEKS, R. 2011. Changing computing curricula in African universities: evaluating progress and challenges via design-reality gap analysis. Electronic journal of information systems in developing countries [online], 48(1), article 5. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1681-4835.2011.tb00341.x

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are diffusing rapidly into all African nations. Effective use of the new technology requires a step-change in local skill levels; including a step-change in ICT-related university education. Part of t... Read More about Changing computing curricula in African universities: evaluating progress and challenges via design-reality gap analysis..

Automatically structuring domain knowledge from text: an overview of current research. (2011)
Journal Article
CLARK, M., KIM, Y., KRUSCHWITZ, U., SONG, D., ALBAKOUR, D., DIGNUM, S., BERESI, U. C., FASLI, M. and DE ROECK, A. 2012. Automatically structuring domain knowledge from text: an overview of current research. Information processing and management [online], 48(3), pages 552-568. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2011.07.002

This paper presents an overview of automatic methods for building domain knowledge structures (domain models) from text collections. Applications of domain models have a long history within knowledge engineering and artificial intelligence. In the la... Read More about Automatically structuring domain knowledge from text: an overview of current research..

Seeking the philosopher's stone. (2011)
Journal Article
FLÉCHAIS, I. and FAILY, S. 2011. Seeking the philosopher's stone. Interfaces: the quarterly magazine of BCS Interaction Group [online], 86, pages 14-15. Available from: https://www.bcs.org/media/5326/interfaces86-spring2011.pdf

This article describes the unique challenges facing usable security research and design, and introduces three proposals for addressing these. For all intents and purposes, security design is currently a craft, where quality is dependent on individual... Read More about Seeking the philosopher's stone..

Designing and aligning e-science security culture with design. (2010)
Journal Article
FAILY, S. and FLÉCHAIS, I. 2010. Designing and aligning e-science security culture with design. Information management and computer security [online], 18(5): selected papers from the South African information security multi-conference (SAISMC 2010), 17-18 May 2010, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, pages 339-349. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1108/09685221011095254

The purpose of this paper is to identify the key cultural concepts affecting security in multi-organisational systems, and to align these with design techniques and tools. A grounded theory model of security culture was derived from the related secur... Read More about Designing and aligning e-science security culture with design..

Perceiving and using genre by form: an eye-tracking study. (2010)
Journal Article
CLARK, M., RUTHVEN, I. and HOLT, P.O'B. 2010. Perceiving and using genre by form: an eye-tracking study. Libri [online], 60(3), pages 268-280. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1515/libr.2010.023

This paper reports on an approach to the analysis of genre recognition using eye-tracking. The researchers focused on eight different types of e-mail, such as calls for papers, newsletters and spam, which were chosen to represent different genres. Th... Read More about Perceiving and using genre by form: an eye-tracking study..