Mathematics School of Computing

Logic programming based formal representations for authorization and security protocols (2008)

Wang, Shujing, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Logic programming with answer set semantics has been considered appealing rule-based formalism language and applied in information security areas. In this thesis, we investigate the problems of...

Logic programming based formal representations for authorization and security protocols (2008)

Wang, Shujing, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Logic programming with answer set semantics has been considered appealing rule-based formalism language and applied in information security areas. In this thesis, we investigate the problems of...

Synchronising subjective knowledge and knowledge management systems in organisations (2008)

Lakkaraju, Sai Kiran, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

The aim of this study is to develop a model for knowledge synchronisation in organisations. The research aim is further broken down into two research objectives that are handled during this study:...

Automated negotiation in multi-agent based e-business (2007)

Huq, Golenur B., College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Negotiation is one of the most important activities for organisations in conducting electronic business. Traditional purchasing and selling have been conducted through complex processes involving...

Utilising behaviour history and fuzzy trust levels to enhance security in ad-hoc networks (2007)

Hallani, Houssein, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

A wireless Ad-hoc network is a group of wireless devices that communicate with each other without utilising any central management infrastructure. The operation of Ad-hoc networks depends on the...

Long term preservation of textual information in the AEC sector (2007)

Bader, Refad, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

As we are living in a vast changing technological era, the hardware and software required to read electronic documents continue to evolve, and the technology may be so different in the near future...

Creation and spatial partitioning of mip-mappable geometry images (2007)

Domanski, Luke, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

A Geometry Image (GIM) describes a regular polygonal surface mesh using a standard 2D image format without the need for explicit connectivity information. Like many regular or semi-regular surface...

Development and applications of moving least square Ritz method in science and engineering computation (2007)

Zhou, Li, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

A detailed literature review on the development and applications of several numerical methods in solid mechanics and electromagnetic field analysis is presented in the thesis. Despite the great...

Collaborative business process engineering (CBPE) across multiple organisations (2007)

Ghanbary, Abbass, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

This research is an investigation into how organisations can engineer new collaborative business processes. This engineering of processes is based on technical advances, which enables organisations...

Model update system for modifications (2007)

Ding, Yulin, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Model checking is an existing approach for automatic reasoning. The model checker is an important tool and has been applied to software engineering for system verification. As an extension of model...

Automated negotiation in multi-agent based e-business (2007)

Huq, Golenur B., College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Negotiation is one of the most important activities for organisations in conducting electronic business. Traditional purchasing and selling have been conducted through complex processes involving...

Model update system for modifications (2007)

Ding, Yulin, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Model checking is an existing approach for automatic reasoning. The model checker is an important tool and has been applied to software engineering for system verification. As an extension of model...

Collaborative business process engineering (CBPE) across multiple organisations (2007)

Ghanbary, Abbass, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

This research is an investigation into how organisations can engineer new collaborative business processes. This engineering of processes is based on technical advances, which enables organisations...

Creation and spatial partitioning of mip-mappable geometry images (2007)

Domanski, Luke, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

A Geometry Image (GIM) describes a regular polygonal surface mesh using a standard 2D image format without the need for explicit connectivity information. Like many regular or semi-regular surface...

Development and applications of moving least square Ritz method in science and engineering computation (2007)

Zhou, Li, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

A detailed literature review on the development and applications of several numerical methods in solid mechanics and electromagnetic field analysis is presented in the thesis. Despite the great...

Long term preservation of textual information in the AEC sector (2007)

Bader, Refad, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

As we are living in a vast changing technological era, the hardware and software required to read electronic documents continue to evolve, and the technology may be so different in the near future...

Utilising behaviour history and fuzzy trust levels to enhance security in ad-hoc networks (2007)

Hallani, Houssein, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

A wireless Ad-hoc network is a group of wireless devices that communicate with each other without utilising any central management infrastructure. The operation of Ad-hoc networks depends on the...

Automated negotiation in multi-agent based e-business (2007)

Huq, Golenur B., College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Negotiation is one of the most important activities for organisations in conducting electronic business. Traditional purchasing and selling have been conducted through complex processes involving...

Vortex : deferred sort last parallel graphics architecture (2006)

Santilli, Abram, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

We have developed a new cluster parallel graphics architecture that improves upon prior cluster parallel graphics systems for high performance supergraphics – the Vortex deferred sort-last parallel...

Leveraging knowledge-based innovation in high-tech SMEs : case studies from Taiwan (2006)

Chen, Te Fu, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

To date, the existing literature is very limited in its provision of links between knowledge management or intellectual capital with innovation. Existing studies have derived their innovation...

Multiple control levels in structured genetic alogorithms (2006)

Molfetas, Angelos, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

This work examines the impact that genes with activation relationships have on Genetic Algorithms (GAs). These activation relationships allow genes to control whether other associated genes get...

Implementation of a logic-based access control system with dynamic policy updates and temporal constraints (2006)

Crescini, Vino Fernando, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

As information systems evolve to cope with the ever increasing demand of today’s digital world, so does the need for more effective means of protecting information. In the early days of computing,...

A framework for an Intelligent Decision Support System (IDSS), including a data mining methodology, for fetal-maternal clinical practice and research (2006)

Heath, Jennifer, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Existing patient medical records are a rich data source with a potential to support clinical research. Fragmentation of data across disparate medical database inhibits the use of these existing...

Formula interest expression specification and propagation in peer-to-peer distributed virtual environments (2006)

Bartlett, Robert Graham, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

This thesis explores the utility of interest management in peer-to-peer environments. Specifically, it proposes: a model for formulaic specification of interest criteria that is implementation...

Enhancing retrieval of images on the web through effective use of associated text and semantics from low-level image features. (2006)

Jayarante, Kithangodage Lakshman, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Content-based indexing and retrieval has emerged as an important area in computer vision and multimedia computing. Current solutions for searching image data primarily deal with associated text and...

Enhancing effective implementation and adoption of web information system applications based on adoption theories. (2006)

Hansen, Stephen Mark, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

As more and more of information systems develop into large scale web applications, the complexity of multiple possible stakeholders and users multiplies. Web engineering methodologies although...

Enhancing effective implementation and adoption of web information system applications based on adoption theories. (2006)

Hansen, Stephen Mark, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

As more and more of information systems develop into large scale web applications, the complexity of multiple possible stakeholders and users multiplies. Web engineering methodologies although...

Enhancing retrieval of images on the web through effective use of associated text and semantics from low-level image features. (2006)

Jayarante, Kithangodage Lakshman, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Content-based indexing and retrieval has emerged as an important area in computer vision and multimedia computing. Current solutions for searching image data primarily deal with associated text and...

Formula interest expression specification and propagation in peer-to-peer distributed virtual environments (2006)

Bartlett, Robert Graham, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

This thesis explores the utility of interest management in peer-to-peer environments. Specifically, it proposes: a model for formulaic specification of interest criteria that is implementation...

A framework for an Intelligent Decision Support System (IDSS), including a data mining methodology, for fetal-maternal clinical practice and research (2006)

Heath, Jennifer, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Existing patient medical records are a rich data source with a potential to support clinical research. Fragmentation of data across disparate medical database inhibits the use of these existing...

Implementation of a logic-based access control system with dynamic policy updates and temporal constraints (2006)

Crescini, Vino Fernando, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

As information systems evolve to cope with the ever increasing demand of today’s digital world, so does the need for more effective means of protecting information. In the early days of...

Leveraging knowledge-based innovation in high-tech SMEs : case studies from Taiwan (2006)

Chen, Te Fu, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

To date, the existing literature is very limited in its provision of links between knowledge management or intellectual capital with innovation. Existing studies have derived their innovation...

Multiple control levels in structured genetic alogorithms (2006)

Molfetas, Angelos, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

This work examines the impact that genes with activation relationships have on Genetic Algorithms (GAs). These activation relationships allow genes to control whether other associated genes get...

Vortex : deferred sort last parallel graphics architecture (2006)

Santilli, Abram, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

We have developed a new cluster parallel graphics architecture that improves upon prior cluster parallel graphics systems for high performance supergraphics – the Vortex deferred sort-last...

e-Marketplace development and trading agent design for supply chain management (2006)

Zhao, Kanghua, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Supply Chain Management (SCM) deals with the planning and coordination of resource procuring, product marketing, production scheduling, and end product delivering across multiple organizations. This...

e-Marketplace development and trading agent design for supply chain management (2006)

Zhao, Kanghua, College Of Health And Science, School Of Computing And Mathematics

Supply Chain Management (SCM) deals with the planning and coordination of resource procuring, product marketing, production scheduling, and end product delivering across multiple organizations. This...