Bilingual word association networks.
Book Chapter
Priss, U., & Old, L. J. (2007)
Bilingual word association networks. In U. Priss, S. Polovina, & R. Hill (Eds.), Conceptual Structures: Knowledge Architectures for Smart Applications, 310-320. Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73681-3_23
Bilingual word association networks can be beneficial as a tool in foreign
language education because they show relationships among cognate words of different languages and c...
Where and When was Knowledge Managed?
Book Chapter
Davenport, E., & Horton, K. (2006)
Where and When was Knowledge Managed?. In R. Day, & C. McInerney (Eds.), Rethinking Knowledge Management; Information Science and Knowledge Management, 171-185. Springer Verlag. doi:10.1007/3-540-71011-6_7
The chapter presents a case study of new technology in a rapid response social work unit that is part of an e-government program in a Scottish municipality.
The objective of t...
Metaheuristics for university course timetabling.
Book Chapter
Lewis, R. M. R., Paechter, B., & Rossi-Doria, O. (2007)
Metaheuristics for university course timetabling. In K. Dahal, K. Chen Tan, & P. Cowling (Eds.), Evolutionary Scheduling, (237-272). Berlin / Heidelberg: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48584-1_9
In this chapter we consider the NP-complete problem of university
course timetabling. We note that it is often difficult to gain a deep understanding
of these sorts of problem...
Building distribution networks using cooperative agents.
Book Chapter
Urquhart, N. B. (2006)
Building distribution networks using cooperative agents. In J. Rennard (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Nature Inspired Computing for Economics and Management, 465-482. Idea Group Reference. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-984-7.ch037
This chapter examines the use of emergent computing to optimize solutions to logistics problems. The chapter initially explores the use of agents and evolutionary algorithms t...
A critical re-appraisal of Activity Theory.
Book Chapter
Turner, P. (2005)
A critical re-appraisal of Activity Theory. In W. Karwowski (Ed.), International Encyclopaedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors. CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780849375477.ch133
The Tourist Gaze: contextualised virtual environments.
Book Chapter
Turner, P., Turner, S., & Carroll, F. (2005)
The Tourist Gaze: contextualised virtual environments. In P. Turner, & E. Davenport (Eds.), Spaces, Spatiality and Technology, 281-297. Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3273-0_19
Hyper-heuristics.
Book Chapter
Ross, P. (2005)
Hyper-heuristics. In E. Burke, & G. Kendall (Eds.), Search Methodologies: Introductory Tutorials in Optimization and Decision Support Techniques (529-556). Springer-Verlag
This chapter introduces and overviews an emerging methodology in search and optimisation. One of the key aims of these new approaches, which have been termed hyper-heuristics,...
E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth
Book Chapter
Macintosh, A., Smith, E., & Whyte, A. (2005)
E-Consultation, Controversy and Youth. In M. Cunningham, & P. Cunningham (Eds.), Innovation and the Knowledge Economy: Issues, Applications, Case Studies, 730-737. IOS Press
This paper presents the results of a completed research study the aim of which was to identify ICT tools suitable for engaging with young people in dialogue on a complex polic...
Towards the wireless ward: evaluating a trial of networked PDAs in the National Health Service.
Book Chapter
Turner, P., Milne, G., Turner, S., Kubitscheck, M., & Penman, I. (2004)
Towards the wireless ward: evaluating a trial of networked PDAs in the National Health Service. In Mobile and Ubiquitous Information AccessSpringer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24641-1_15
In this paper, we describe a pilot study of the clinical use of a wireless network of personal digital assistants (PDAs). We describe how we are dealing with the concerns of t...
Hyper Heuristics: an emerging direction in modern search technology.
Book Chapter
Burke, E., Hart, E., Kendall, G., Newall, J., Ross, P., & Schulenburg, S. (2003)
Hyper Heuristics: an emerging direction in modern search technology. In F. Glover, & G. A. Kochenberger (Eds.), Handbook of MetaHeuristics, 457-474. Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48056-5_16