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Adaptive Behaviour in Evolving Robots
(University of Plymouth, 2017)In this thesis, the evolution of adaptive behaviour in artificial agents is studied. More specifically, two types of adaptive behaviours are studied: articulated and cognitive ones. Chapter 1 presents a general introduction ... -
Adaptive Neural Architectures for Intuitive Robot Control
(University of Plymouth, 2017)This thesis puts forward a novel way of control for robotic morphologies. Taking inspiration from Behaviour Based robotics and self-organisation principles, we present an interfacing mechanism, capable of adapting both ... -
An Adaptive Partial Response Data Channel for Hard Disk Magnetic Recording
(University of Plymouth, 1994)An adaptive data channel is proposed which is better able to deal with the variations in performance typically found in the recording components of a hard disk drive. Three such categories of variation were investigated ... -
Adaptive Search and Constraint Optimisation in Engineering Design
(University of Plymouth, 1996)The dissertation presents the investigation and development of novel adaptive computational techniques that provide a high level of performance when searching complex high-dimensional design spaces characterised by heavy ... -
ADAPTIVE SEARCH AND THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN OF GAS TURBINE BLADE COOLING SYSTEMS
(University of Plymouth, 1997)This research concerns the integration of Adaptive Search (AS) technique such as the Genetic Algorithms (GA) with knowledge based software to develop a research prototype of an Adaptive Search Manager (ASM). The developed ... -
The Adoption of Disabled Children
(University of Plymouth, 2013)The research has set out to examine the motives that contribute towards the decision to adopt a disabled child. Increased knowledge about placing disabled children for adoption is particularly important as they are regarded ... -
The Adoption of Internet Technologies by Independent Hotels in the UK
(University of Plymouth, 2007)The growth of the technology and its range of possible uses have made it a necessity for independent hoteliers to examine their use of the internet, specifically its effectiveness for marketing and distribution purposes. ... -
Advanced Applications of Cardiac Computed Tomography for the Difficult-to-Image Patient
(Plymouth University, 2015)Throughout the development of computed tomographic (CT) imaging the challenges of capturing the heart, with its perpetual, vigorous motion, and in particular the tiny detail within the coronary arteries, has driven ... -
Advanced Magnetic Thin-Film Heads Under Read-While-Write Operation
(University of Plymouth, 1999)A Read-While-Write (RWW) operation for tape and/or potentially disk applications is needed in the following three cases: 1. High reliability; 2. Data servo systems; 3. Buried servo systems. All these applications mean ... -
Advanced user authentification for mobile devices
(University of Plymouth, 2004)Recent years have witnessed widespread adoption of mobile devices. Whereas initial popularity was driven by voice telephony services, capabilities are now broadening to allow an increasing range of data orientated services. ... -
ADVANCING THE SEPARATION SCIENCES THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF NEW MATERIALS, TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY.
(University of Plymouth, 2013)A thesis and collection of works submitted to Plymouth University in partial fulfilment for the degree of DOCTOR OF SCIENCE -
AFFECTIVE QUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES MEASUREMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF HIGHER EDUCATION MARKETING
(Plymouth University, 2015)Educational marketing has become an increasingly important area within Higher Education as the competition for students has intensified. Being able to measure and understand the quality of educational services – a key ... -
Affirmative Action policy and Labour Market Structure: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
(University of Plymouth, 2017)Few public and social policy subjects have attracted as much attention as Affirmative Action Policy (AAP) in social sciences. AAP’s main aim is to eliminate or prevent past discrimination against disadvantaged groups and ... -
AFFORDANCE, ATTENTION AND LATERALITY
(University of Plymouth, 2004)This thesis examines object-guided actions. Recently, micro-affordance effects have shown that a visual object affords actions automatically. These effects are observed when the grasp type (precision and power grasp) is ... -
Age-related differences in visuomotor integration as measured by object affordance effects - a combined behavioural and neurophysiological investigation
(Plymouth University, 2016)Visuomotor behaviour – from handling simple objects to operating complex devices – is of fundamental importance in our everyday lives, yet there is relatively little evidence as to how healthy ageing affects these processes. ... -
Ageing Futures: Towards Cognitively Inclusive Digital Media Products
(University of Plymouth, 2011)This thesis is situated in a moment when the theory and practice of inclusive design appears to be significantly implicated in the social and economic response to demographic changes in Western Europe by addressing the ... -
An Agent-based Approach for Improving the Performance of Distributed Business Processes in Maritime Port Community
(University of Plymouth, 2012)In the recent years, the concept of “port community” has been adopted by the maritime transport industry in order to achieve a higher degree of coordination and cooperation amongst organizations involved in the transfer ... -
AGRICULTURAL ANALYSIS BY PLASMA EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY WITH SLURRY ATOMISATION
(University of Plymouth, 1986)The three electrode direct current plasma (DCP), has been investigated for the analysis of samples introduced using aqueous solution nebulisation, hydride generation and slurry atomisation. For aqueous solutions, simplex ... -
THE AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY OF HAY MEADOWS WITHlN THE SOMERSET LEVELS AND MOORS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREA
(University of Plymouth, 1996)Ecologicai and productivity responses to agricultural management were studied over eiglit years in species-ricii hay meadows within a Site of Special Scientific Interest on a Somerset peat moor. The vegetation typified ... -
Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Syrian maize with anti-stress genes
(Plymouth University, 2016)Agrobacterium is widely considered, when suitably modified, to be the most effective vector for gene transfer into plant cells. For a long time, many cereals crops (monocotyledonous plants) were recalcitrant species to ...
