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The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments.

Journal Article
McCall, R., Benyon, D., Smyth, M., O'Neill, S., McCall, R., & Carroll, F. (2006)
The place probe: exploring a sense of place in real and virtual environments. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 15(6), 668-687. https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.15.6.668
This paper describes the design, application, and refinement of a qualitative tool designed to study sense of place. The Place Probe incorporates a range of stimuli and techni...

A comparison of video and infrared based tracking of pedestrian movements.

Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J., Kukla, R., Willis, A., Armitage, A., Binnie, D., & Lei, L. (2005)
A comparison of video and infrared based tracking of pedestrian movements. In S. P. Hoogendoom, S. Luding, P. H. L. Bovy, M. Schreckenberg, & D. E. Wolf (Eds.), Traffic and granular flow 03, 383-392. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-28091-X_37
We provide a comparison of the relative merits of video and infrared based methods for collecting pedestrian movements from the real world and also from experimental environme...

Multi-Objective Optimisation of the Pump Scheduling Problem using SPEA2.

Conference Proceeding
Lopez-Ibanez, M., Devi Prasad, T., & Paechter, B. (2005)
Multi-Objective Optimisation of the Pump Scheduling Problem using SPEA2. https://doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2005.1554716
Significant operational cost and energy savings can be achieved by optimising the schedules of pumps, which pump water from source reservoirs to storage tanks, in water distri...

Measuring pedestrian trajectories using a pyroelectric differential infrared detector.

Book
Armitage, A., Binnie, D., Kerridge, J., & Lei, L. (2003)
Measuring pedestrian trajectories using a pyroelectric differential infrared detector. In S. J. Proser, & E. Lewis (Eds.), Sensors and their Applications XII, 143-149. Institute of Physics Publishing

A framework for distributed evolutionary algorithms.

Conference Proceeding
Arenas, M. G., Collet, P., Eiben, A. E., Jeasity, M., Merelo Guervós, J. J., Paechter, B., …Schoenauer, M. (2002)
A framework for distributed evolutionary algorithms. In 7th International Conference, Granada, Spain, September 7-11, 2002, Proceedings, 665-675
This paper describes the recently released DREAM (Distributed Resource Evolutionary Algorithm Machine) framework for the automatic distribution of evolutionary algorithm (EA) ...

A novel method for the performance control of a gas transmission compressor.

Conference Proceeding
Pearson, W. N., Armitage, A. & Henderson, D. (2002)
A novel method for the performance control of a gas transmission compressor. ISBN 0791836010 CD of Proceedings
This paper presents the application of feed forward neural networks to the performance control of a gas transmission compressor. It is estimated that a global saving in compre...

Menu sonification in a mobile phone – A prototype study.

Conference Proceeding
Helle, S., LePlâtre, G., Marila, J. & Laine, P. (2001)
Menu sonification in a mobile phone – A prototype study. ISBN 9512255219 for a CD
We have studied the effect and acceptance of a sonified menu structure in a mobile phone. In this experiment, mobile phones with a special software were given to test users fo...