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Performance of the distributed CPA protocol and architecture on traditional networks.

Conference Proceeding
Chalmers, K. (2011)
Performance of the distributed CPA protocol and architecture on traditional networks. In P. Welch, A. T. Sampson, J. B. Pedersen, J. Kerridge, J. F. Broenink, & J. Barnes (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2011, (227-242). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-774-1-227
Performance of communication mechanisms is very important in distributed systems frameworks, especially when the aim is to provide a particular type of behavior across a netwo...

Experiments in Multicore and Distributed Parallel Processing using JCSP

Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J. (2011)
Experiments in Multicore and Distributed Parallel Processing using JCSP. In J. F. Broenink, F. R. Barnes, J. Kerridge, P. H. Welch, A. T. Sampson, & J. B. Pedersen (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2011, (131-142). https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-60750-774-1-131
It is currently very difficult to purchase any form of computer system be it, notebook, laptop, desktop server or high performance computing system that does not contain a mul...

JCSPre: the Robot Edition to Control LEGO NXT Robots

Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J., Panayotopoulos, A., & Lismore, P. (2008)
JCSPre: the Robot Edition to Control LEGO NXT Robots. In P. H. Welch, S. Stepney, F. A. Polack, F. R. Barnes, A. A. McEwan, G. S. Stiles, …A. T. Sampson (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2008, 255-270. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-58603-907-3-255
JCSPre is a highly reduced version of the JCSP (Communicating Sequential Processes for Java) parallel programming environment. JCSPre has been implemented on a LEGO Mindstorms...

Testing and Sampling Parallel Systems

Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J. (2007)
Testing and Sampling Parallel Systems. In A. A. McEwan, S. Schneider, W. Ifill, & P. Welch (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2007, 149-162
The testing of systems using tools such as JUnit is well known to the sequential programming community. It is perhaps less well known to the parallel computing community becau...

Achieving smooth component integration with generative aspects and component adaptation.

Conference Proceeding
Feng, Y., Liu, X., & Kerridge, J. (2006)
Achieving smooth component integration with generative aspects and component adaptation. In M. Morisio (Ed.), Re-Use of Off-the-shelf Components: 9th International Conference on Software Reuse, 260-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/11763864_19
Due to the availability of components and the diversity of target applications, mismatches between pre-qualified existing components and the particular reuse context in applic...

Groovy Parallel! A Return to the Spirit of occam?

Conference Proceeding
Kerridge, J., Barclay, K., & Savage, J. (2005)
Groovy Parallel! A Return to the Spirit of occam?. In J. F. Broenink, H. W. Roebbers, J. P. Sunter, P. H. Welch, & D. C. Wood (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2005, 13-28
For some years there has been much activity in developing CSP-like extensions to a number of common programming languages. In particular, a number of groups have looked at ext...

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...

Active Serial Port: A Component for JCSP. Net Embedded Systems

Conference Proceeding
Clayton, S., & Kerridge, J. (2004)
Active Serial Port: A Component for JCSP. Net Embedded Systems. In P. H. Welch, J. M. Martin, D. Duce, M. Green, & I. R. East (Eds.), Communicating Process Architectures 2004, (85-98
The javax.comm package provides basic low-level access between Java programs and external input-output devices, in particular, serial devices. Such communications are handled ...

Measuring pedestrian trajectories with low cost infrared detectors: Preliminary results.

Conference Proceeding
Armitage, A., Binnie, D., Kerridge, J. & Lei, L. (2002)
Measuring pedestrian trajectories with low cost infrared detectors: Preliminary results. In Galea, E. R. (Ed.). Pedestrian and Evacuation Dynamics: 2nd International Conference held at the Old Naval College, University of Greenwich, London, 20-22 August 2003, 101-110. ISBN 9781904521082
The accurate measurement of pedestrian trajectories has been difficult to achieve in environments other than carefully controlled laboratories. Traditional techniques include ...

Generic Abstract Data Types in occam'3 (e)

Conference Proceeding
Chutimaskul, W., & Kerridge, J. (1995)
Generic Abstract Data Types in occam'3 (e). In J. Gray, & F. Naghdy (Eds.), Parallel Computing: Technology and Practice : proceedings of the 7th Australian Transputer and Occam user Group Conference, 58-67
This paper describes the library mechanism for defining generic abstract data types (generic ADTs) as an extension to occam3 (occam3(e)). A generic ADT must be able to reuse ...