Faculty of Technology, Art and Design

Solving stochastic nonlinear resource allocation problems using continuous learning automata

Yazidi, Anis; Hammer, Hugo Lewi (Springer Verlag, 2018-06-23)

This paper deals with the Stochastic Non-linear Fractional Equality Knapsack (NFEK) problem which is a fundamental resource allocation problem based on incomplete and noisy information [7, 8]. The NFEK problem arises ...

Relating to the individual's level of consumption: An indicator of ecological footprint

Skjerven, Astrid; Øvrebekk, Nikolai (The Design Society, 2017)

Today’s talk of sustainability is difficult to understand for the general public, designers and decision makers in industry and the public sector. CO2 equivalence is one of the most important ways to measure climate change, ...

Improving resource discovery and access through user-controlled adaptation: Exploring the role of library metadata

Beyene, Wondwossen; Aasheim, Marius Wiker (Springer Verlag (Germany), 2018-06-06)

Accessibility of library search tools is measured not only by their adherence to accessibility guidelines, but also by the ease they offer users to find accessible resources. This makes library metadata an object of study ...

Engagement by lamination of autopoietic concentric interaction systems in games: A study of football and Pokemon GO

Gulden, Tore (Open Science Center, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)

The aim of this paper is to rethink games and game design within the theory of self-producing interaction systems. With this research, I seek to identify several dynamics of play and engagement elicited by games that, by ...

An aggregation approach for solving the non-linear fractional equality Knapsack problem

Yazidi, Anis; Jonassen, Tore Møller; Herrera-Viedma, Enrique (Elsevier, 2018-06-15)

In this paper, we present an optimal, eﬃcient and yet simple solution to a class of the deterministic non-linear fractional equality knapsack (NEFK) problem — a substantial resource allocation problem. The solution is shown ...

A mobile app supporting exercise adherence for people with Parkinson's disease

Upsahl, Kristoffer; Vistven, Annette Faber; Bergland, Astrid; Chen, Weiqin (Springer Verlag, 2018-06-26)

Researches have shown that physical exercise in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an effective method reduce or limit the progress of the disease and improve physical and psychological health. However, exercise ...

On optimizing firewall performance in dynamic networks by invoking a novel swapping window-based paradigm

Mohan, Ratish; Yazidi, Anis; Feng, Boning; Oommen, John (Wiley, 2018-07-24)

Designing and implementing efﬁcient ﬁrewall strategies in the age of the Internet of Things (IoT) is far from trivial. This is because, as time proceeds, an increasing number of devices will be connected, accessed and ...

On the analysis of a random walk-jump chain with tree-based transitions and its applications to faulty dichotomous search

Yazidi, Anis; Oommen, John (Taylor & Francis, 2018-03-08)

Random Walks (RWs) have been extensively studied for more than a century [1]. These walks have traditionally been on a line, and the generalizations for two and three dimensions, have been by extending the random steps to ...

The Hierarchical Continuous Pursuit Learning Automation for Large Numbers of Actions

Yazidi, Anis; Zhang, Xuan; Lei, Jiao; Oommen, John (Springer, 2018-05-22)

Although the field of Learning Automata (LA) has made significant progress in the last four decades, the LA-based methods to tackle problems involving environments with a large number of actions are, in reality, relatively ...

Regulatory Intermediaries: The Role of Interest Organizations in Supporting Web Accessibility Policy Implementation.

Giannoumis, G. Anthony (IOS Press, 2018)

This article explores how interest organizations, including non-profit and commercial service providers, act as intermediaries to support the implementation of regulations for web accessibility. Web accessibility policies ...

Comparative Evaluation of Accessibility and Learnability of Learning Management Systems: Case of Fronter and Canvas

Ahmad, Faizan; Beyene, Wondwossen; Giannoumis, G. Anthony (Springer Verlag, 2018-06-07)

Learning Management systems (LMSs) are becoming integral parts of the teaching and learning process in higher learning institutions. As they are sup-posed to be used by students who are diverse in terms of ability/disability, ...

Interaction Between Standardisation and Research: A Case Study

Hoel, Tore; Chen, Weiqin (IGI Global, 2018)

Standards-making is a design practice that relies on input from research and end-users, involving experts that represent diverse stakeholders spread all over the globe. However, the standards-setting culture and formal ...

Usability of the EPC tools for the profitability calculation of a retrofitting in a residential building

Gonzalez Caceres, Alex; Diaz, Muriel (MDPI, 2018-09-04)

After the oil crisis in the 70s energy regulation codes were implemented, but a great portion of existing dwellings have not been retrofitted to current requirements. To face this issue several actions were taken in the ...

Lek og alvor - å uttrykke seg selv og det man tenker eller føler gjennom skapende og spontan handling i en skapende prosess

Skar, Siri (OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet, 2018)

Oppgaven beskriver en enkeltcase-studie hvor anvendelse av psykodrama og andre kreative uttrykksformer blant en gruppe mennesker i rusbehandling undersøkes. Utgangspunktet for studien var å finne ut mer om hvordan ...