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A Collection of Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Critical Writings on Daniel Defoe
(2010)
This collection of critical writing on Daniel Defoe comprises part of a research project undertaken in 2001 and 2002 during a period of intercalated leave from the early stages of my doctoral thesis. The primary purpose ...
Appraisal of measurement methods, chemical composition and sources of fine atmospheric particles over six different areas of Northern Belgium
(2010)
Daily and seasonal variation in the total elemental, organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) content and mass of PM2.5 were studied at industrial, urban, suburban and agricultural/rural areas. Continuous (optical ...
The role of small and medium enterprise retailing in Britain
(University of Hertfordshire, 2010)
The wellbeing of the UK economy depends in part on the role and performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The small and medium enterprise retail sector is part of the overall UK SME sector. The importance of this ...
Using the interaction rhythm as a natural reinforcement signal for social robots: a matter of belief
(2010)
In this paper, we present the results of a pilot study of a human robot interaction experiment where the rhythm of the interaction is used as a reinforcement signal to learn sensorimotor associations. The algorithm uses ...
PS-NET - a predictable typed coordination language for stream processing in resource-constrained environments
(International Academy, Research and Industry Association, 2010)
Stream processing is a well-suited application pattern for embedded computing. This holds true even more so when it comes to multi-core systems where concurrency plays an important role. With the latest trend towards more ...
Context-sensitivity in IPET for measurement-based timing analysis
(Springer Nature, 2010)
The Implicit Path Enumeration Technique (IPET) has become widely accepted as a powerful technique to compute upper bounds on the Worst-Case Execution Time (WCET) of time-critical software components. While the technique ...
Source-assisting strategy for distributed space-time block codes
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010)
Most of the previous works on distributed space-time coding assume that there is no direct link between the source and the destination, which means that the source is not actively involved in cooperation. In order to present ...
Joint optimisation for object class segmentation and dense stereo reconstruction
(BMVA Press, 2010)
The problems of dense stereo reconstruction and object class segmentation can both be formulated as Conditional Random Field based labelling problems, in which every pixel in the image is assigned a label corresponding to ...
The role of social dialogue in skills initiatives: a case study approach
(2010)
With an automotive industry racked by uncertainty and continuing competition, the stability of companies and the risk of job losses have been tackled differently across a number of European regions. In each scenario, ...
Managing Innovation in a Publicly-funded Organization : The Innovator’s Perspective
(2010)
Being a key driver of sustainable competitive advantage, innovation is also a key challenge. Developing and managing innovation is a complex and formidable task. Researchers have long sought to explain why some organizations ...