Performance evaluation of the RPL Protocol in fixed and mobile sinks low-power and lossy networks.

Low-Power and Lossy-Network (LLN) are usually composed of static nodes, but the increase demand for mobility in mobile robotic and dynamic environment raises the question how a routing protocol for low-power and lossy-networks such as (RPL) would perform if a mobile sink is deployed. In this paper we investigate and evaluate the behaviour of the RPL protocol in fixed and mobile sink environments with respect to different network metrics such as latency, packet delivery ratio (PDR) and energy consumption. Extensive simulation using instant Contiki simulator show significant performance differences between fixed and mobile sink environments. Fixed sink LLNs performed better in terms of average power consumption, latency and packet delivery ratio. The results demonstrated also that RPL protocol is sensitive to mobility and it increases the number of isolated nodes.

An artificial immune system for continuous analysis of time-varying data

M. Neal, An Artificial Immune System for Continuous Analysis of Time-Varying Data, in Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems (ICARIS), 2002, eds J Timmis and P J Bentley, volume 1, pages 76-85,

Meta-stable memory in an artificial immune network

Neal, M., Meta-stable memory in an artificial immune network, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Artificial Immune Systems {ICARIS}, Springer, 168-180, 2003,LNCS 2787/2003

Augmenting an artificial immune network using ordering, self-recognition and histo-compatibility operators.

Timmis J Neal M J and Hunt J. Augmenting an artificial immune network using ordering, self-recognition and histo-compatibility operators. In Proceedings of IEEE international conference of systems, man and cybernetics, pages 3821-3826, San Diego, 1998. IEEE.

Data analysis with artificial immune systems, cluster analysis and kohonen networks: some comparisons.

Neal M J Timmis J and Hunt J. Data analysis with artificial immune systems, cluster analysis and kohonen networks: some comparisons. In Proceedings of IEEE international conference of systems, man and cybernetics, pages 922-927, Tokyo, 1999. IEEE.

An artificial immune system for data analysis

Timmis J and Neal M J. An artificial immune system for data analysis. In Proceedings of 3rd international workshop on information processing in cells and tissues (IPCAT), Indianapolis, U.S.A., 1999.

A resource limited artificial immune system for data analysis.

Timmis J and Neal M J. A resource limited artificial immune system for data analysis. In Proceedings of ES2000 - Research and Development of Intelligent Systems, pages 19-32, Cambrige, U.K., 2000. Springer.

Investigating the evolution and stability of a resource limited artificial immune system.

Timmis J and Neal M J. Investigating the evolution and stability of a resource limited artificial immune system. In Proceedings of GECCO - special workshop on artificial immune systems, pages 40-41. AAAI press, 2000.

The Epistemological Foundations of Artificial Agents

Lacey, N. J., Lee, M. H. (2003). The Epistemological Foundations of Artificial Agents. Minds and Machines, 13, 339-365.

The Influence of Epistemology on the Design of Artificial Agents

Lee, M. H., Lacey, N. J. (2003). The Influence of Epistemology on the Design of Artificial Agents. Minds and Machines, 13 (3), 367-395

How do we evaluate Artificial Immune Systems?

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Endocrine Inspired Modulation of Artificial Neural Networks for Mobile Robotics

Sauze, C and Neal, M. 'Endocrine Inspired Modulation of Artificial Neural Networks for Mobile Robotics', Dynamics of Learning Behavior and Neuromodulation Workshop, European Conference on Artifical Life 2007, Lisbon, Portugal, September 10th-14th 2007.

Dangers of a fixed mindset: implications of self-theories research for computer science education

Murphy, L. and Thomas, L. 2008. Dangers of a fixed mindset: implications of self-theories research for computer science education. In Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference on innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (Madrid, Spain, June 30 - July 02, 2008). ITiCSE '08. ACM, New York, NY, 271-275.

Alignment of the genomes of brachypodium distachyon and temperate cereals and grasses using bacterial artificial chromosome landing with fluorescence in situ hybridization

Robert Hasterok, Agnieszka Marasek, Iain S. Donnison, Ian Armstead, Ann Thomas, Ian P. King, Elzbieta Wolny, Dominika Idziak, John Draper and Glyn Jenkins (2006). Alignment of the genomes of brachypodium distachyon and temperate cereals and grasses using bacterial artificial chromosome landing with fluorescence in situ hybridization.Genetics, 73 (1), 349-362. Sponsorship: Royal Society / BBSRC;BBSRC RAE2008

Nutrição Artificial nos Serviços Farmacêuticos Hospitalares

Projeto de Pós-Graduação/Dissertação apresentado à Universidade Fernando Pessoa como parte dos requisitos para obtenção do grau de Mestre em Ciências Farmacêuticas