Novel Hyper-heuristics Applied to the Domain of Bin Packing
Thesis
Sim, K. Novel Hyper-heuristics Applied to the Domain of Bin Packing. (Thesis)
Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7563
Principal to the ideology behind hyper-heuristic research is the desire to increase the level of generality of heuristic procedures so that they can be easily applied to a wid...
The “Book Problem” and its neural correlates
Journal Article
Turner, P. (2013)
The “Book Problem” and its neural correlates. AI & society, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-013-0491-x
Presence research can tell us why we feel present in the real world and can experience presence while using virtual reality technology (and movies and games) but has strikingl...
Planning and optimising organisational travel plans using an evolutionary algorithm.
Conference Proceeding
Urquhart, N. B. (2011)
Planning and optimising organisational travel plans using an evolutionary algorithm. In C. Chio, A. Brabazon, G. A. Caro, R. Drechsler, M. Farooq, J. Grahl, …G. Squillero (Eds.), Applications of Evolutionary Computation, (464-470). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20520-0_47
Commuting to the workplace is a highly individualistic experience, especially where the private car is the chosen mode of transport. The costs of using cars with low occupancy...
Advances in artificial immune systems
Journal Article
Hart, E., McEwan, C., Timmis, J., & Hone, A. (2011)
Advances in artificial immune systems. Evolutionary Intelligence, 4, 67-68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12065-011-0058-z
The field of Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) derives inspiration from processes and mechanisms apparent in the biological immune system. After early applications of this parad...
Using emissions model with EAs.
Presentation / Conference
Urquhart, N. B. (2011, April)
Using emissions model with EAs. Paper presented at YoungOR 17, Nottingham, UK
Not what you know, nor who you know, but who you know already: Examining Online Information Sharing Behaviours in a Blogging Environment through the Lens of Social Exchange Theory
Journal Article
Hall, H., Widen, G., & Paterson, L. (2010)
Not what you know, nor who you know, but who you know already: Examining Online Information Sharing Behaviours in a Blogging Environment through the Lens of Social Exchange Theory. Libri, 60(2), 117-128. https://doi.org/10.1515/libr.2010.011
This paper focuses on the extent to which online information sharing practice is socially motivated. A key interest is how knowledge of the existing social connections between...
Ant Colony Optimization for Optimal Control of Pumps in Water Distribution Networks
Journal Article
López-Ibáñez, M., Prasad, T. D., & Paechter, B. (2008)
Ant Colony Optimization for Optimal Control of Pumps in Water Distribution Networks. Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 134, 337-346. https://doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%290733-9496%282008%29134%3A4%28337%29
Reducing energy consumption of water distribution networks has never had more significance than today. The greatest energy savings can be obtained by careful scheduling of ope...
Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future
Journal Article
Hart, E., & Timmis, J. (2008)
Application areas of AIS: The past, the present and the future. Applied Soft Computing, 8(1), 191-201. doi:10.1016/j.asoc.2006.12.004
After a decade of research into the area of artificial immune systems, it is worthwhile to take a step back and reflect on the contributions that the
paradigm has brought to t...
Immunological inspiration for building a new generation of autonomic systems.
Conference Proceeding
Hart, E., Davoudani, D., & McEwan, C. (2007)
Immunological inspiration for building a new generation of autonomic systems. In Autonomics '07 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Autonomic computing and communication systems
Autonomic computing systems of the future will be required to exhibit a number of properties which cannot be engineered using current technologies and algorithms. The most dir...
Topological constraints in the evolution of idiotypic networks.
Conference Proceeding
Hart, E., Santos, F., & Bersini, H. (2007)
Topological constraints in the evolution of idiotypic networks. In Artificial Immune Systems: Proceedings of 6th International Conference, ICARIS 2007, 252-263. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73922-7_22
Previous studies have shown that there is an intricate relationship between the topology of an idiotypic network and its resulting properties. However, empirical studies can o...