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Occupancy detection in non-residential buildings – A survey and novel privacy preserved occupancy monitoring solution

Journal Article
Ahmad, J., Larijani, H., Emmanuel, R., Mannion, M., & Javed, A. (2018)
Occupancy detection in non-residential buildings – A survey and novel privacy preserved occupancy monitoring solution. Applied Computing and Informatics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aci.2018.12.001
Buildings use approximately 40% of global energy and are responsible for almost a third of the worldwide greenhouse gas emissions. They also utilise about 60% of the world’s e...

Design and development of Auralization room at Edinburgh Napier University

Conference Proceeding
Prokofieva, E., Luciani, C., & McGregor, I. (2014)
Design and development of Auralization room at Edinburgh Napier University. In Proceedings of the 136th international AES Convention
The auralization room was designed as a joint project between School of Engineering and Built Environment and the School of Computing of Edinburgh Napier University. The inter...

Evolution Feature Oriented Model Driven Product Line Engineering Approach for Synergistic and Dynamic Service Evolution in Clouds

Journal Article
Wei, H., Wang, Z., Liu, X., Chalmers, K., & Cheng, G. (2013)
Evolution Feature Oriented Model Driven Product Line Engineering Approach for Synergistic and Dynamic Service Evolution in Clouds. Journal of Industrial and Intelligent Information, 1(1), 6-9. https://doi.org/10.12720/jiii.1.1.6-9
The proposed research will focus on developing a novel approach to solve Software Service Evolution problems in Computing Clouds. The approach will support dynamic evolution o...

A new adaptive broadcasting approach for mobile ad hoc networks

Conference Proceeding
Bani Khalaf, M., Al-Dubai, A., & Buchanan, W. J. (2010)
A new adaptive broadcasting approach for mobile ad hoc networks. In Proceedings of 2010 6th Conference on Wireless Advanced (WiAD). , (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/WIAD.2010.5544944
Mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) have been gaining tremendous attention owing to the advances in wireless technologies accompanied by many applications and implementations. How...

Object-tracking in Health Care

Thesis
Kumar, V. Object-tracking in Health Care. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/4035
At present, wireless sensor networks and radio frequency identification (RFID) are both emerging technologies with great potential in seamless applications. Integrating these ...

An auto-configurable, and, adaptable, metric-driven cluster-head organisation for hybrid multi-hop routing

Conference Proceeding
Migas, N., & Buchanan, W. (2006)
An auto-configurable, and, adaptable, metric-driven cluster-head organisation for hybrid multi-hop routing. In Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2006. ECBS 2006. 13th Annual IEEE International Symposium and Workshop on, 8-22. doi:10.1109/ecbs.2006.23
Multi-hop ad-hoc routing is a challenging issue, because of the dynamic network topology, and limited capabilities of resource-constrained mobile devices. This paper proposes ...

Investigation, analysis and determination of inclusions in high-tolerance board design.

Journal Article
Scott, A. & Buchanan, W. J. (1999)
Investigation, analysis and determination of inclusions in high-tolerance board design. Circuit World. 26, 7-9. doi:10.1108/03056120010310873. ISSN 0305-6120
This paper outlines the inclusions in laminates that can cause the false rejection in printed circuit board (PCB) manufacture. Laminate inclusions are now becoming prevalent b...

Excluding inclusions [PCB inspection]

Journal Article
Scott, A. V., & Buchanan, W. J. (1999)
Excluding inclusions [PCB inspection]. Manufacturing Engineer, 78(4), 154-156. https://doi.org/10.1049/me%3A19990403
The authors look at the causes of a persistent annoyance for manufacturers of printed circuit boards, and suggest some steps that would help to speed inspection and reduce bot...

Anovel parallel processing synchronization method for observing electric fields in and around PCBs

Journal Article
BUCHANAN, W. J., GUPTA, N. K., Buchanan, W. J., & Gupta, N. K. (1997)
Anovel parallel processing synchronization method for observing electric fields in and around PCBs. International Journal of Electronics, 82(1), (61-76). doi:10.1080/002072197136273. ISSN 0020-7217
The authors have taken the 3D FDTD approach to simulate the propagation of electrical signals within and around printed circuit boards (PCBs). This relates to the work current...

Microelectronic systems: design, modelling and test.

Book
Buchanan, W. J. (1996)
Microelectronic systems: design, modelling and test. Arnold
This text provides a comprehensive overview of the design, modellng and testing of microelectronic systems. It begins with a brief introduction to the history and development ...