Understanding fitness landscapes in morpho-evolution via local optima networks
Conference Proceeding
Thomson, S. L., Le Goff, L., Hart, E., & Buchanan, E. (in press)
Understanding fitness landscapes in morpho-evolution via local optima networks. . https://doi.org/10.1145/3638529.3654059
Morpho-Evolution (ME) refers to the simultaneous optimisation of a robot's design and controller to maximise performance given a task and environment. Many genetic encodings h...
Assessment and Analysis of IoT Protocol Effectiveness in Data Exfiltration Scenario
Conference Proceeding
Adesanya, O. M., Moradpoor, N., Maglaras, L., Lim, I. S., & Ferrag, M. A. (in press)
Assessment and Analysis of IoT Protocol Effectiveness in Data Exfiltration Scenario.
Wide-Scan/High-Gain Phased Array Antenna for 5G/6G Cellular Networks
Conference Proceeding
Basherlou, H. J., Ojaroudi Parchin, N., Alibakhshikenari, M., Kouhalvandi, L., & See, C. H. (in press)
Wide-Scan/High-Gain Phased Array Antenna for 5G/6G Cellular Networks.
DIBNN: A Dual-Improved-BNN Based Algorithm for Multi-Robot Cooperative Area Search in Complex Obstacle Environments
Journal Article
Chen, B., Zhang, H., Zhang, F., Jiang, Y., Miao, Z., Yu, H., & Wang, Y. (in press)
DIBNN: A Dual-Improved-BNN Based Algorithm for Multi-Robot Cooperative Area Search in Complex Obstacle Environments. IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, https://doi.org/10.1109/tase.2024.3379166
Aiming at the area search task of a multi-robot system in an unknown complex obstacle environment, we propose a cooperative area search algorithm based on a dual improved bio-...
On the Utility of Probing Trajectories for Algorithm-Selection
Conference Proceeding
Renau, Q., & Hart, E. (2024)
On the Utility of Probing Trajectories for Algorithm-Selection. In Applications of Evolutionary Computation. EvoApplications 2024 (98-114). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56852-7_7
Machine-learning approaches to algorithm-selection typically take data describing an instance as input. Input data can take the form of features derived from the instance desc...
Enhancing Cloud Computing Security Through Blockchain-Based Communication for Electronic Health Records
Conference Proceeding
Noyon, M. S. I., Moradpoor, N., Maglaras, L., & Ahmad, J. (in press)
Enhancing Cloud Computing Security Through Blockchain-Based Communication for Electronic Health Records.
Generalized Early Stopping in Evolutionary Direct Policy Search
Journal Article
Arza, E., Le Goff, L. K., & Hart, E. (in press)
Generalized Early Stopping in Evolutionary Direct Policy Search. ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization, https://doi.org/10.1145/3653024
Lengthy evaluation times are common in many optimization problems such as direct policy search tasks, especially when they involve conducting evaluations in the physical world...
Friends or enemies? Unraveling niche-regime interactions in grassroots digital innovations
Journal Article
Gerli, P., Mora, L., Zhang, J., & Sancino, A. (2024)
Friends or enemies? Unraveling niche-regime interactions in grassroots digital innovations. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 202, Article 123342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123342
During the COVID-19 pandemic, grassroots digital innovations (GDIs) have gained traction as innovation niches, providing an alternative to the prevailing mainstream regime dom...
Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change
Journal Article
Wooff, A. (in press)
Police custody in rural Scotland: Negotiating boundaries, risk and organisational change. Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, https://doi.org/10.1108/pijpsm-01-2024-0007
Design/ Methodology
This paper draws on data from a study funded by the Scottish Institute for Policing Research (2016-2018), entitled ‘Measuring Risk and Efficiency in Polic...
The problem with shaming people for Auschwitz selfies
Digital Artefact
Wight, C., & Stanley, P. (2024)
The problem with shaming people for Auschwitz selfies. [Online newspaper]
Selfies have become the modern day equivalent of postcards, a way to share our travel experiences with family and friends on social media. It’s one thing to strike a goofy pos...