AGADE how individual guidance leads to group behaviour and how this can be simulated
Conference Proceeding
Farrenkopf, T., Guckert, M., Hoffmann, B., & Urquhart, N. B. (2014)
AGADE how individual guidance leads to group behaviour and how this can be simulated. In J. Muller, M. Weyrich, & A. Bazzan (Eds.), Multiagent System Technologies. , (234-250). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11584-9_16
In this paper we will demonstrate how BDI agents can be used to model individuals as participants in social structures where they act as potential buyers in a simple mobile ph...
What can we learn from simulating commuters?
Presentation / Conference
Urquhart, N. (2017, November)
What can we learn from simulating commuters?. Presented at U!REKA
Commuting affects just about every member of the workforce in the UK, those who do not commute are affected by the congestion and pollution generated by such activities. There...
Ontology Based Business Simulations
Journal Article
Farrenkopf, T., Guckert, M., Urquhart, N., & Wells, S. (2016)
Ontology Based Business Simulations. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 19(4), https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.3266
Within business games there is a need to provide realistic feedback for decisions made, if such business games are to continue to remain relevant in increasingly complex busin...
Using MAP-Elites to support policy making around Workforce Scheduling and Routing
Journal Article
Urquhart, N., Hart, E., & Hutcheson, W. (2020)
Using MAP-Elites to support policy making around Workforce Scheduling and Routing. Automatisierungstechnik, 68(2), https://doi.org/10.1515/auto-2019-0107
English abstract: Algorithms such as MAP-Elites provide a means of allowing users to explore a solution space by returning an archive of high-performing solutions. Such an arc...
The stuff we swim in: Regulation alone will not lead to justifiable trust in AI
Journal Article
Powers, S. T., Linnyk, O., Guckert, M., Hannig, J., Pitt, J., Urquhart, N., …Weber, T. (2023)
The stuff we swim in: Regulation alone will not lead to justifiable trust in AI. IEEE technology & society magazine, 42(4), 95-106. https://doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2023.3341463
Information technology is used ubiquitously and has become an integral part of everyday life. With the ever increasing pervasiveness and persuasiveness of Artificial Intellige...
CO2Y the intelligent green solution: minimising carbon emissions by maximising shared travel opportunity.
Presentation / Conference
Urquhart, N. B., McEwan, T., Holden, R., & Vogogias, T. (2009, May)
CO2Y the intelligent green solution: minimising carbon emissions by maximising shared travel opportunity. Paper presented at Scottish Transport Applications Research Conference, Glasgow
It is in the interests of everybody that the environment is protected. In view of the recent leaps in environmental awareness it would seem timely and sensible, therefore, for...
Combining parallel coordinates with multi-objective evolutionary algorithms in a real-world optimisation problem
Conference Proceeding
Urquhart, N. (2017)
Combining parallel coordinates with multi-objective evolutionary algorithms in a real-world optimisation problem. In GECCO ’17 Companion, B (1335-1340). https://doi.org/10.1145/3067695.3082485
Optimisation problems based upon real-world instances often contain many objectives. Many existing Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm techniques return a set of solutions ...
Influence of topology and payload on CO2 optimised vehicle routing
Conference Proceeding
Scott, C., Urquhart, N. B., & Hart, E. (2010)
Influence of topology and payload on CO2 optimised vehicle routing. In Applications of Evolutionary Computing (141-150). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12242-2_15
This paper investigates the influence of gradient and payload correction factors used within a CO2 emission model on the solutions to shortest path and travelling salesman pro...
Automated scheduling and planning; from theory to practice.
Book
(2013)
S. Etaner-Uyar, E. Ozcan, & N. B. Urquhart (Eds.), Automated scheduling and planning; from theory to practice. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39304-4
Increasing Trust in Meta-Heuristics by Using MAP-Elites
Conference Proceeding
Urquhart, N., Guckert, M., & Powers, S. (2019)
Increasing Trust in Meta-Heuristics by Using MAP-Elites. In GECCO '19 Companion, (1345-1348). https://doi.org/10.1145/3319619.3326816
Intelligent AI systems using approaches containing emergent elements often encounter acceptance problems. Results do not get sufficiently explained and the procedure itself ca...