Publications

Chia-Feng Juang & Chin-Teng Lin 1998, 'An online self-constructing neural fuzzy inference network and its applications', IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 12-32.
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Karaomerlioglu, DC 1998, 'Technology as a system: industrial and technological systems', International Journal of Technology Management, vol. 15, no. 6/7, pp. 681-681.
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Tews, A & Lister, R 1998, 'Self-organisation in a simple pursuit game', Complexity International, vol. 6.
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This paper concerns dynamic team formation in multi-agent systems, where each agent determines its own action by observing the other agents. The test bed is a simple pursuit game. Identical mobile agents learn to form teams to most effectively catch individual stationary targets. The decision-making component is not manually encoded, but instead it self-learns, without an external teacher, by the method of temporal differences. Agents do not negotiate, nor do they explicitly form or communicate commitments. Instead, agents determine their own actions by a behaviourist approach: they reason only from the relative positions of other agents, not from an interpretation of the intent of those other agents. Experimental results demonstrate that the agents do coordinate their activities, by forming teams, In this paper, self-organisation is manifested in three forms: the formation of teams by the pursuer agents, the temporal difference algorithm by which agents learn to cooperate, and in the representation of the learnt knowledge as the weights in a perception.

Voinov, AA 1998, 'Paradoxes of sustainability', Zhurnal Obshchei Biologii, vol. 59, no. 2, pp. 209-218.
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Some problems and controversies of sustainability are treated within the framework of system analysis. It seems difficult to reconcile the concept of sustainability with such system categories as hierarchy and cycling.

Voinov, AA, Fitz, HC & Costanza, R 1998, 'Surface water flow in landscape models:', Ecological Modelling, vol. 108, no. 1-3, pp. 131-144.
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Yi-Jen Wang & Chin-Teng Lin 1998, 'Runge-Kutta neural network for identification of dynamical systems in high accuracy', IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 294-307.
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Lu, HY, Zhu, JG, Hui, SYR & Ramsden, VS 1970, 'A generalized dynamic transformer circuit model including all types of core losses', 1998 International Conference on Power Electronic Drives and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, 1998. Proceedings., 1998 International Conference on Power Electronics Drives and Energy Systems for Industrial Growth, IEEE, pp. 978-983.
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© 1998 IEEE. This paper describes a generalized dynamic transformer circuit model that includes all types of core losses, nonlinear magnetic characteristics, skin effects of eddy currents in the core, and thermal effects on hysteresis of core materials. A TLM-based transform with variable time steps is employed in the simulation. This model can provide an accurate prediction of transformer performance and core losses and is suitable for simulation of high frequency switching mode converters using transformer isolated outputs. Some interesting issues such as stray capacitance, are discussed. Simulations of a 500 W transformer in a full bridge inverter operated at 15 kHz and 25 kHz have been confirmed by experiments.

Lu, HY, Zhu, JG, Hui, SYR, Ramsden, VS, IEEE, IEEE & IEEE 1970, 'Dynamic circuit modeling of a high frequency transformer', PESC 98 RECORD - 29TH ANNUAL IEEE POWER ELECTRONICS SPECIALISTS CONFERENCE, VOLS 1 AND 2, 29th Annual IEEE Power Electronics Specialists Conference, IEEE, FUKUOKA, JAPAN, pp. 1479-1485.

O'Neill, T & Leaney, J 1970, 'Open complex computer systems are no silver bullet', Proceedings. Fourth IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (Cat. No.98EX193), Fourth IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems. ICECCS '98, IEEE Comput. Soc, pp. 79-86.
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© 1998 IEEE. Open systems, through the use of public, consensus based specifications or standards, are focussed on achieving the interoperability between, and the portability of components. In accommodating standards, open systems promise the advantages of plug-n-play technology, rapid prototyping and component re-use, while at the same time preventing system integration misfits, short system lifespan and difficulty in maintenance. In the development of open systems, it has been recognised that the specification and standardisation of interfaces, nor components, is of critical importance to realising these advantages. Due to the critical role of interfaces in open systems, the quality of the interface specifications used to engineer the interfaces is fundamental to the fulfilment of the promises of open systems. The authors contend that since current specifications and standards are deficient, then open complex computer systems, built using these specifications and standards, will indeed be no silver bullet. The authors present several ways forward, based on the inter-relationships between components, so that in the future the promises of open complex computer systems may still be fulfilled.

Voinov, A, Costanza, R, Wainger, L, Boumans, R, Villa, F, Maxwell, T & Voinov, H 1970, 'Integrated ecological economic modeling of watersheds', PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1998 CONFERENCE ON MISSION EARTH: MODELING AND SIMULATION OF THE EARTH SYSTEM, Conference on Mission Earth - Modelling and Simulation of the Earth System, at the 1998 Western MultiConference, SOC COMPUTER SIMULATION, SAN DIEGO, CA, pp. 35-40.

Zhu, JG, Lu, HY, Ramsden, VS & Tran, K 1970, 'Temperature dependence of magnetic hysteresis of soft ferrites', NON-LINEAR ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, 8th International Symposium on Non-Linear Electromagnetic Systems (ISEM Braunschweig), I O S PRESS, BRAUNSCHWEIG, GERMANY, pp. 495-498.

Zowghi, D & Nurmuliani, N 1970, 'Investigating Requirements Volatility During Software Development: Research in Progress', Proceedings of the Third Australian Conference on Requirements Engineering, Australian Workshop on Requirements Engineering, Victoria.