Publications

Brousseau, R, Arsenault, B, Dallaire, S, Rogers, D, Mumby, T & Dong, D 1998, 'Sprayed Titanium Coatings for the Cathodic Protection of Reinforced Concrete', Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 193-196.
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Chen, P-H, Lai, J-H & Lin, C-T 1998, 'Application of fuzzy control to a road tunnel ventilation system', Fuzzy Sets and Systems, vol. 100, no. 1-3, pp. 9-28.
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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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Chin-Teng Lin & Ming-Chih Kan 1998, 'Adaptive fuzzy command acquisition with reinforcement learning', IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 102-121.
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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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LIN, C-T, JOU, C-P & LIN, C-J 1998, 'GA-based reinforcement learning for neural networks', International Journal of Systems Science, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 233-247.
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Lu, RQ & Ying, MS 1998, 'A model of reasoning about knowledge', SCIENCE IN CHINA SERIES E-TECHNOLOGICAL SCIENCES, vol. 41, no. 5, pp. 527-534.
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A modal logical language and its Kripke semantics and Aumann semantics are introduced. A complete for mal deduction system is established to describe reasoning about knowledge in multi-agent systems involving different languages, and an institution of lo

Sleiman, RJ, Catchpoole, DR & Stewart, BW 1998, 'Drug-induced death of leukaemic cells after G2/M arrest: higher order DNA fragmentation as an indicator of mechanism', British Journal of Cancer, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 40-50.
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Many reports have documented apoptotic death in different cell types within hours of exposure to cytotoxic drugs; lower drug concentrations may cause cell cycle arrest at G2/M and subsequent death, which has been distinguished from 'classic' apoptosis. We have analysed etoposide-induced cell death in two lymphoblastoid T-cell lines, CCRF-CEM and MOLT-4, specifically in relation to DNA cleavage as indicated by pulse-field gel and conventional electrophoresis. High (5 μM) concentration etoposide causes 50-kb cleavage of DNA that occurs at the same time as apoptotic morphology and internucleosomal cleavage. At lower concentrations (0.5-0.05 μM), sequential change may be discerned with altered gene expression being similar to that at high dose, but preceding cell cycle arrest and 50-kb cleavage. These last changes, in turn, clearly precede internucleosomal fragmentation of DNA, vital dye staining and morphological evidence cell death. The pattern of higher order fragmentation constitutes a sensitive indicator of commitment to cell death in these cells. Morphological evidence of cell death is associated with internucleosomal fragmentation in one of the lines, but the pattern of 50-kb DNA cleavage provides the clearest evidence of commonality in death processes occurring at low and high drug concentration.

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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Wang, N & Xu, G 1998, 'Novel method using light scattering energy spectrum for particle size analysis', Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers, vol. 25, no. 10, pp. 897-900.
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Based on the light scattering principle, a new method for measuring the particle size and distribution was proposed. The new method is different from the traditional light scattering laser particle sizers. It adopts a white light as the light source and only collects the scattered light energy signal within one solid angle. The particle diameter and its size distribution are acquired from the inversion calculation. The theoretical analysis, numerical simulation as well as the experimental investigation of the new method were given.

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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Ying, MS 1998, 'Compactness in fuzzy logic', CHINESE SCIENCE BULLETIN, vol. 43, no. 14, pp. 1166-1171.
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Compactness in Pavelka's fuzzy logic for some compact lattices of truth values is shown, and the concept of gradual compactness is introduced to establish some corresponding results in a more general setting.

Ying, MS & Bouchon-Meunier, B 1998, 'Approximate reasoning with linguistic modifiers', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 403-418.
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We analyze the influence of some usual linguistic modifiers, such as scalar product, normalization, Bouchon-Meunier modifiers, perturbation, and (weakening and reinforcement) power, in the process of approximate reasoning and clarify the difference betwe

Beydoun, G & Hoffmann, A 1970, 'Building Problem Solvers Based on Search Control Knowledge', 11th Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop (KAW98), Canada.

Beydoun, G & Hoffmann, A 1970, 'Building Search Heuristics at The Knowledge Level', Pacific Rim Knowledge Acquisition Workshop (PKAW98).

Beydoun, G & Hoffmann, A 1970, 'Simultaneous modelling and knowledge acquisition using NRDR', PRICAI'98: TOPICS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, 5th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI 98), SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN, SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE, pp. 83-95.

Chia-Feng Juang & Chin-Teng Lin 1970, 'Genetic reinforcement learning through symbiotic evolution for fuzzy controller design', 1998 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems Proceedings. IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence (Cat. No.98CH36228), 1998 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, IEEE, ANCHORAGE, AK, pp. 1281-1285.
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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.

Wang, YJ & Lin, CT 1970, 'Runge Kutta Neural Network for identification of continuous systems', Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems Man and Cybernetics, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Intelligent Systems for Humans in a Cyberworld (SMC 98), IEEE, SAN DIEGO, CA, pp. 3277-3282.
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This paper proposes Runge Kutta Neural Networks (RKNNs) for identification of continuous-time nonlinear systems. These networks are constructed according to the Runge Kutta approximation method. The RKNNs can thus precisely model continuous-time systems and do long-term prediction of system state trajectories. Since the RKNNs model continuous-time systems, they can incorporate available continuous relationship (physical laws) of the identified systems into their structures directly. Also, they are insensitive to the size of sampling interval in prediction. We also show theoretically the superior generalization and long-term prediction capability of the RKNNs over the normal neural networks. A class of novel recursive least square (RLS) algorithms, called nonlinear recursive least square (NRLS) learning algorithms, are developed for the RKNNs. Computer simulations demonstrate the proved properties of the RKNNs.

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.