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A comparison of computational techniques of the key properties of Markov Chains
(Australia and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics (ANZIAM), 2015)The presenter has recently been exploring the accurate computation of the stationary distribution for finite Markov chains based upon the Grassman, Taksar and Heyman (GTH) algorithm ([1]) with further extensions of this ... -
A comparison of nonlinear control performance assessment techniques for nonlinear processes
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)Assessing the quality of industrial control loops is an important auditing task for the control engineer. However, there are complications when considering the ubiquitous nonlinearities present in many industrial control ... -
A comparison of teacher and lecturer perspectives on the transition from secondary to tertiary mathematics education
(Taylor & Francis, 2009)The transition from school to tertiary study of mathematics comes under increasing scrutiny in research. This article reports on some findings from a project analysing the transition from secondary to tertiary education ... -
A comparison of two methods applied to the optimisation of fluid power circuits
(Research Studies Press, 1997)This paper describes two optimisation methods which can be applied to the parameter selection stage of Fluid Power System design. These two methods used are a Genetic Algorithm (GA) and a Tabu Search method, both of which ... -
A computational theory of human perceptual mapping
(Cognitive Science Society, 2011)This paper presents a new computational theory of how humans integrate successive views to form a perceptual map. Traditionally, this problem has been thought of as a straightforward integration problem whereby position ... -
A conceptual framework to evaluate suppliers for building infrastructure in the Malaysian electricity supply industry
(Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 2012)In the current competitive business environment the relationship between buyers and suppliers is no longer antagonistic. Emphasis has shifted to the forging of partnerships that benefits all parties in any business setting. ... -
A conceptual model of the management of creativity and innovation in airports
(Council for Australasian University Tourism and Hospitality Education (CAUTHE), 2013)This paper takes the top ten airports identified in the SKYTRAX 2011 airport awards and investigates to what extent their success might be due to creative and innovative management actions. The literature review considers ... -
A conceptual model of workplace stress: the issue of accumulation and recovery and the health professional
(ER Publishing Ltd., 2010)Given that interventions for workplace stress have been shown to be effective, and behaviour change can be sustained over time (Veach, Rahe, Tolles and Newhall, 2003), a model that can serve to monitor the medium and ... -
A control system for an unmanned micro aerial vehicle
(AUT University, 2011)This paper presents the development of a PCbased control system for an unmanned micro aerial vehicle (UAV) that has been converted from a helicopter model. The hand-controller of the helicopter model is modified to be a ... -
A controlled Natural Language Interface to Class Models
(SciTePress, 2011)The available approaches for automatically generating class models from natural language (NL) software requirements specifications (SRS) exhibit less accuracy due to informal nature of NL such as English. In the automated ... -
A cost-effective electric vehicle charging method designed for residential homes with renewable energy
(Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2015)Most of the electrical infrastructure in use around the world today is decades old, and may be illsuited to widespread proliferation of personal Electric Vehicles (EVs) whose charging requirements will place increasing ... -
A cost-effective EV charging method designed for residential homes with renewable energy
(IEEE, 2014)This paper presents a smart and cost effective EV (Electric Vehicle) charging methodology for residential dwellings which have renewable energy sources. The proposed method has many benefits, including reducing peak pressure ... -
A course design for flexible learning
(AUT University, 2001)Interpreting innovation as “combining information from diverse sources into new knowledge” this paper looks into the advantages which information and communications technology development can bring into the design of a ... -
A critical evaluation of failure in a nearshore outsourcing project (what dilemma analysis can tell us)
(IEEE, 2013)Global Software Engineering (GSE) research contains few examples consciously applying what Glass and colleagues have termed an ‘evaluative-critical’ approach. In this study we apply dilemma analysis to conduct a critical ... -
A critical reflection of ethical issues in research
(Te Kaharoa, 2008)This article uses the concept of matauranga as a starting point as a device for exploring concepts of Maori mental wellness. Issues of the role of culture are explored in depth, both from theoretical and application ... -
A cross layer framework for WLANs: joint radio propagation and MAC protocol
(IEEE, 2010)This paper proposes a cross-layer design (CLD) framework called channel-aware buffer unit multiple access (C-BUMA) for improving wireless local area network (WLAN) performance. In the framework, the radio propagation (i.e. ... -
A cyber-icebreaker for an effective virtual group?
(ACM, 2001)This paper reports selected results from the most recent of a series of international collaborative trials between students at Auckland University of Technology and Uppsala University. The trials require students to work ... -
A data mining approach to analysing airborne wood particulate concentration and atmospheric data
(International Conference on Information Technology and Multimedia at UNITEN (ICIMu 2014), 2014)Exposure to airborne wood (hard and soft) dust can lead to a number of diseases, such as asthma, emphysema, bronchitis and upper respiratory tract cancers, lately even proven to be linked to elevated risks for chromosomal ... -
A debt behaviour model
(arXiv.org, 2014)A stochastic model with hidden discrete Markov processes is constructed to understand the behavior of debtors. -
A description of the methodology used in an overview of reviews to evaluate evidence on the treatment, harms, diagnosis/ classification, prognosis and outcomes used in the management of neck pain
(Bentham Open, 2013)Background: Neck Pain (NP) is a common musculoskeletal disorder and the literature provides conflicting evidence about its management. Objective: To describe the methodology used to conduct an overview of reviews (OvR) ...