All Outputs (80)

The overlooked. [Exhibition] (2006)
Exhibition / Performance
The overlooked. Exhibition held on 1-30 September 2006, Atelier am Eck, Düsseldorf.

This set of fifteen paintings and drawings were the result of a residency at Gast Atelier Salzmannbau, Düsseldorf. The work looks at a sense of presence in architectural space. The work was part of a two-person exhibition in September 2006, held at A... Read More about The overlooked. [Exhibition].

Designing an enhanced web user experience: the use of "emotional probes" as a user-centred methodology for designing emotionally-engaged web interaction. (2006)
Thesis
CHANG, T.-Y. 2006. Designing an enhanced web user experience: the use of "emotional probes" as a user-centred methodology for designing emotionally-engaged web interaction. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1688411

This research project explores the importance of balancing aesthetics and usability of Web design to enhance user experience. It aims to develop an effective methodology to better understand the dimensions of users' emotions, experienced in interacti... Read More about Designing an enhanced web user experience: the use of "emotional probes" as a user-centred methodology for designing emotionally-engaged web interaction..

Decoupling the link between economic growth, transport growth and carbon emissions in Scotland. (2006)
Report
GRAY, D., ANABLE, J., ILLINGWORTH, L. and GRAHAM, W. 2006. Decoupling the link between economic growth, transport growth and carbon emissions in Scotland. Edinburgh: Scottish Government.

Unlike most other sectors of the economy, transport energy consumption and carbon emissions are increasing. The transport sector accounted for about 17% of Scotlands 17.6 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in 2003 (excluding air travel and ma... Read More about Decoupling the link between economic growth, transport growth and carbon emissions in Scotland..

A sensory system for robots using evolutionary artificial neural networks. (2006)
Thesis
REDDIPOGU, A. 2006. A sensory system for robots using evolutionary artificial neural networks. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

The thesis presents the research involved with developing an Intelligent Vision System for an animat that can analyse a visual scene in uncontrolled environments. Inspiration was drawn both from Biological Visual Systems and Artificial Image Recognit... Read More about A sensory system for robots using evolutionary artificial neural networks..

The functionality of spatial and time domain artificial neural models. (2006)
Thesis
CAPANNI, N.F. 2006. The functionality of spatial and time domain artificial neural models. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This thesis investigates the functionality of the units used in connectionist Artificial Intelligence systems. Artificial Neural Networks form the foundation of the research and their units, Artificial Neurons, are first compared with alternative mod... Read More about The functionality of spatial and time domain artificial neural models..

An environmental-psychological study of sustainable housing: a transactional approach. (2006)
Thesis
CRAIG, T. 2006. An environmental-psychological study of sustainable housing: a transactional approach. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-1688445

The main aim of this thesis is to utilise the transactional approach from environmental psychology for the study of sustainable housing. The interdisciplinary field of environmental psychology has recognised for some time the importance of considerin... Read More about An environmental-psychological study of sustainable housing: a transactional approach..

Solving the Ising spin glass problem using a bivariate EDA based on Markov random fields. (2006)
Conference Proceeding
SHAKYA, S.K., MCCALL, J.A.W. and BROWN, D.F. 2006. Solving the Ising spin glass problem using a bivariate EDA based on Markov random fields. In Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE congress on evolutionary computation (CEC 2006), 16-21 July 2006, Vancouver, Canada. New York: IEEE [online], article number 1688408, pages 908-915. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2006.1688408

Markov Random Field (MRF) modelling techniques have been recently proposed as a novel approach to probabilistic modelling for Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (EDAs). An EDA using this technique was called Distribution Estimation using Markov Ra... Read More about Solving the Ising spin glass problem using a bivariate EDA based on Markov random fields..

'Close' as a construct to critically investigate the relationship between the visual artist and the everyday. (2006)
Thesis
DELDAY, H. 2006. 'Close' as a construct to critically investigate the relationship between the visual artist and the everyday. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

This research proposes and develops a critical framework - a 'matrix' to make sense of the artistic process from the practitioner's perspective. It draws from the research of de Certeau into everyday culture and the art historical discourse of Bourri... Read More about 'Close' as a construct to critically investigate the relationship between the visual artist and the everyday..

Marketing in high-tech start-ups: overcoming the liability of newness in Israel. (2006)
Journal Article
CHOREV, S. and ANDERSON, A.R. 2006. Marketing in high-tech start-ups: overcoming the liability of newness in Israel. International entrepreneurship and management journal [online], 2(2), pages 281-297. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11365-006-8689-8

For new companies in general, marketing is a critical issue. However, many high tech start ups face particular problems associated with marketing. They may have a product, rather than a customer focus; they may lack marketing experience and may even... Read More about Marketing in high-tech start-ups: overcoming the liability of newness in Israel..

Sensemaking and distortion of critical upward communication in organizations. (2006)
Journal Article
TOURISH, D. and ROBSON, P. 2006. Sensemaking and distortion of critical upward communication in organizations. Journal of management studies [online], 43(4), pages 711-730. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6486.2006.00608.x

Most research into feedback has focused on communication from managers to non-managerial staff. To a lesser extent, it has more recently addressed upward and 360 degree appraisal systems. In contrast, the role of informal upward communication continu... Read More about Sensemaking and distortion of critical upward communication in organizations..

Recycling and the domestic division of labour: is green pink or blue? (2006)
Journal Article
OATES, C.J. and McDONALD, S. 2006. Recycling and the domestic division of labour: is green pink or blue? Sociology [online], 40(3), pages 417-433. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/0038038506063667

Domestic or household recycling has a crucial role to play in meeting EU targets for overall recycling rates. However, researchers have yet to agree on the characteristics of the domestic recycler and how recycling is actually carried out in the home... Read More about Recycling and the domestic division of labour: is green pink or blue?.

A guide to a range of electrical energy storage devices (ESDs), with an assessment of fuel cells. (2006)
Journal Article
ALI, D.M. 2006. A guide to a range of electrical energy storage devices (ESDs) with an assessment of fuel cells. Alexandria engineering journal, 45(3), pages 317-323.

It is always desirable to de-couple the generation and the use of electrical energy, for example, to power mobile devices, to provide remote energy power support, or to simply spread electricity demand evenly over the daily cycle. This is achieved by... Read More about A guide to a range of electrical energy storage devices (ESDs), with an assessment of fuel cells..

Exploiting semantic association to answer 'vague queries'. (2006)
Conference Proceeding
ZHU, J., EISENSTADT, M., SONG, D. and DENHAM, C. 2006. Exploiting semantic association to answer 'vague queries'. In Li, Y., Looi, M. and Zhong, N. (eds.) Advances in intelligent IT: proceedings of the 4th International conference on active media technology (AMT06), 7-9 June 2006, Brisbane, Australia. Frontiers in artificial intelligence and applications, 138. Amsterdam: IOS Press [online], pages 73-78. Available from: http://ebooks.iospress.nl/volumearticle/2511

Although today's web search engines are very powerful, they still fail to provide intuitively relevant results for many types of queries, especially ones that are vaguely-formed in the users own mind. We argue that associations between terms in a sea... Read More about Exploiting semantic association to answer 'vague queries'..

Primary care staff's views and experiences related to routinely advising patients about physical activity: a questionnaire survey (2006)
Journal Article
DOUGLAS, F., TORRANCE, N., VAN TEIJLINGEN, E., MELONI, S. and KERR, A. 2006. Primary care staff's views and experiences related to routinely advising patients about physical activity: a questionnaire survey. BMC public health [online], 6, article 138. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-138

Background: United Kingdom public health policy has recently re-emphasised the role of primary health care professionals in tackling increasing levels of physical inactivity within the general population. However, little is known about the impact tha... Read More about Primary care staff's views and experiences related to routinely advising patients about physical activity: a questionnaire survey.

Stoch-DisPeL: exploiting randomisation in DisPeL. (2006)
Presentation / Conference
BASHARU, M., ARANA, I. and AHRIZ, H. 2006. Stoch-DisPeL: exploiting randomisation in DisPeL. Presented at the 7th International workshop on distributed constraint reasoning (DCR 2006), part of the 5th International joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (AAMAS 2006), 8-12 May 2006, Hakodate, Japan.

We present Stoch-DisPeL, an extension of the distributed constraint programming algorithm DisPeL which incorporates randomisation into the algorithm. We justify the introduction of stochastic moves and analyse its performance on random DisCSPs and on... Read More about Stoch-DisPeL: exploiting randomisation in DisPeL..

The appraisal interview reappraised. (2006)
Book Chapter
TOURISH, D. 2006. The appraisal interview reappraised. In Hargie, O. (ed.) The handbook of communication skills. Third edition. Abingdon: Routledge [online], chapter 18, pages 505-530. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203007037.ch18

The appraisal interview is one of the most ubiquitous features of life in organisations. It is also one of the most ridiculed. Evidence mounts each year to the effect that most such interviews are poorly managed, fail to improve organisational perfor... Read More about The appraisal interview reappraised..

Toward sustainable consumption: researching voluntary simplifiers. (2006)
Journal Article
MCDONALD, S., OATES, C. J., YOUNG, C. W. and HWANG, K. 2006. Toward sustainable consumption: researching voluntary simplifiers. Psychology and marketing [online], 23(6), pages 515-534. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/mar.20132

This article examines and extends the notion of voluntary simplifiers (VS). VS are individuals who have freely chosen a frugal, anti-consumer lifestyle that features low resource use and environmental impact. The article will begin by reviewing empir... Read More about Toward sustainable consumption: researching voluntary simplifiers..

DEUM: a framework for an estimation of distribution algorithm based on Markov random fields. (2006)
Thesis
SHAKYA, S.K. 2006. DEUM: a framework for an estimation of distribution algorithm based on Markov random fields. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis.

Estimation of Distribution Algorithms (EDAs) belong to the class of population based optimisation algorithms. They are motivated by the idea of discovering and exploiting the interaction between variables in the solution. They estimate a probability... Read More about DEUM: a framework for an estimation of distribution algorithm based on Markov random fields..

Evaluation of a higher education self-learning interface. (2006)
Conference Proceeding
BENNADJI, A. and BELAKEHAL, A. 2006. Evaluation of a higher education self-learning interface. In Al-Qawasmi, J. and Mallasi, Z. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2nd International conference of the Arab Society for Computer-Aided Architectural Design (ASCAAD 2006): computing in architecture: re-thinking the discourse, 25-27 April 2006, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Sharjah: ASCAAD [online], pages 408-421. Available from: http://www.ascaad.org/conference/2006/proceedings.php

This paper expands on the subject of an earlier paper, previously published in ASCAAD 2004 (A. Bennadji et al. 2005). The older paper presented CASD ("Computer-Aided Sustainable Design"), a self-learning educational interface. CASD assists various ag... Read More about Evaluation of a higher education self-learning interface..

Sustainability: consumer perceptions and marketing strategies. (2006)
Journal Article
MCDONALD, S. and OATES, C.J. 2006. Sustainability: consumer perceptions and marketing strategies. Business strategy and the environment [online], 15(3), pages 157-170. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.524

Studies of green consumer behaviour, in particular purchasing and disposal, have largely focused on demographics and/or socio-demographics, with mixed and frequently contradictory results. To move the debate forward, we investigated a wide range of 4... Read More about Sustainability: consumer perceptions and marketing strategies..