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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...

Towards scalable collective communication for multicomputer interconnection networks

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Al-Dubai, A., Ould-Khaoua, M., El-Zayyat, K., Ababneh, I., & Al-Dobai, S. (2004)
Towards scalable collective communication for multicomputer interconnection networks. Information Sciences, 163(4), 293-306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2003.06.014
A considerable number of broadcast algorithms have been proposed for the mesh over the past decade. Nonetheless, most of these algorithms do not exhibit good scalability prope...

Multicast receiver and sender access control and its applicability to mobile IP environments: a survey

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Kellil, M., Romdhani, I., Lach, H., Bouabdallah, A., & Betttahar, H. (2005)
Multicast receiver and sender access control and its applicability to mobile IP environments: a survey. Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Communications Society, 7(2), 46-70. https://doi.org/10.1109/comst.2005.1610545
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IP mobile multicast: Challenges and solutions

Journal Article
Romdhani, I., Kellil, M., Lach, H., Bouabdallah, A., & Bettahar, H. (2003)
IP mobile multicast: Challenges and solutions. Communications Surveys and Tutorials, IEEE Communications Society, 6(1), (18-41). doi:10.1109/comst.2004.5342232. ISSN 1553-877X
This article outlines the challenges of IP multicast over Mobile IP. Then it provides a comprehensive overview of existing multicast solutions to handle mobile sources and rec...

Analysis of an agent-based metric-driven for ad-hoc, on-demand routing.

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Buchanan, W. J., Migas, N., Sinclair, G., & McArtney, K. (2006)
Analysis of an agent-based metric-driven for ad-hoc, on-demand routing. Ad hoc networks, 4(2), 146-167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2004.04.009
Ad-hoc networks could bring many benefits over traditional, fixed networks. Unfortunately, they have many difficulties, including the selection of the optimal route, the avail...

A Simulation Study of Scalable Broadcast in High-Performance Regular Networks

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Al-Dubai, A. Y., Ould-Khaoua, M., & Obaidat, M. S. (2004)
A Simulation Study of Scalable Broadcast in High-Performance Regular Networks. SIMULATION, 80(4-5), 207-220. https://doi.org/10.1177/0037549704044325
Broadcast is an important communication operation required by many real-world applications encountered in parallel, cluster, and grid computing environments. Broadcasting on r...

Optimisation of Reed-Muller PLA implementations.

Journal Article
Wang, L. Y. & Almaini, A. E. A. (2002)
Optimisation of Reed-Muller PLA implementations. IEE proceedings. Circuits, devices, and systems. 149, 119-128. doi:10.1049/ip-cds:20020354. ISSN 1350-2409
Decomposition techniques are utilised for mixed polarity Reed-Muller minimisation, which lead to Reed-Muller programmable logic array implementations for Boolean functions. Th...

Genetic algorithm based state assignment for power and area optimisation.

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Xia, Y. & Almaini, A. E. A. (2002)
Genetic algorithm based state assignment for power and area optimisation. IEE proceedings. Computers and digital techniques. 149, 128-133. doi:10.1049/ip-cdt:20020431. ISSN 1350-2387
The use of assignment to minimise power dissipation and area for finite-state machines is computationally difficult. Most published results show that the reduction of switchin...

Application of Robust Chattering-Reduction Sliding Mode Control Techniques for Position Control of a Vector-Controlled Induction Machine with Non-Linear Friction Dynamics

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Goh, K. B., Dunnigan, M. W., & Williams, B. W. (2005)
Application of Robust Chattering-Reduction Sliding Mode Control Techniques for Position Control of a Vector-Controlled Induction Machine with Non-Linear Friction Dynamics. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 219(8), 577-590. doi:10.1243/095965105x33635
Sliding mode control (SMC) methods possess several advantageous properties such as robustness against parameter variation, disturbance rejection, straightforward design, and a...

Higher-order sliding mode control of a diesel generator set

Journal Article
Goh, K. B., Spurgeon, S. K., & Jones, N. B. (2003)
Higher-order sliding mode control of a diesel generator set. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, 217(3), 229-241. doi:10.1177/095965180321700305
Diesel engines are used as prime movers and independent power sources in many applications because of their advantages in terms of fuel efficiency, robustness and reliability....