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Go*Team: A New Approach To Developing A Knowledge Sharing Culture, L. Warne, Helen M. Hasan, D. Hart
Go*Team: A New Approach To Developing A Knowledge Sharing Culture, L. Warne, Helen M. Hasan, D. Hart
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
In the ideal organisational environment, the voluntary transfer of information and knowledge would be the norm, and this understanding would underpin ongoing collective sense-making, leading to appropriate and creative actions for organizational outcomes. Workplaces are full of learning opportunities and in work life, socially based learning is occurring all the time. This paper describes Go*Team, a micro world simulation, for helping enculture the importance of collaborative processes that are at the heart of a knowledge sharing culture. The design of Go*Team and ways of playing the game are discussed, as are ways that Go*Team can be applied in order to …
Impact Resistance Of Reinforced Concrete Columns: Experimental Studies And Design Considerations, Alexander Remennikov, Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Impact Resistance Of Reinforced Concrete Columns: Experimental Studies And Design Considerations, Alexander Remennikov, Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
There are instances where reinforced concrete structures designed for static loads are subjected to accidental or deliberate impact or blast loads because of industrial or transportation accidents, military or terrorist activities. Analysis and design of structures for such events require realistic assessment of the ulti-mate impact resistance and a mode of failure of the structure. In this paper, a series of falling weight impact tests on conventionally designed reinforced concrete columns are described. The behaviour of quarter-scale reinforced concrete columns under static and impact loads is presented. An impact load was applied at the mid-height of the columns by a …
Simulation Framework As A Multi-User Environment For A Go*Team Game, J. Jagiello, M. Eronen, N. Tay, D. Hart, L. Warne, Helen M. Hasan
Simulation Framework As A Multi-User Environment For A Go*Team Game, J. Jagiello, M. Eronen, N. Tay, D. Hart, L. Warne, Helen M. Hasan
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
This paper describes the design and implementation of a computerized team version of the ancient strategy game of Go. The game is called Go*Team, and forms part of a research effort investigating how people and groups coordinate, cooperate and share information, especially in a military network-centric environment. Of particular interest in the research are human or group related factors that may impede or even prevent the successful achievement of such coordination, cooperation and information sharing despite the availability or presence of the technological capability to support it. Accordingly, Go*Team is designed to embed its players in an environment that involves …
Fostering Communities Of Practice During The Creation Of An Online Classroom-Based Simulation, Brian Ferry, Lisa K. Kervin
Fostering Communities Of Practice During The Creation Of An Online Classroom-Based Simulation, Brian Ferry, Lisa K. Kervin
Faculty of Education - Papers (Archive)
Working with and managing a team can be a challenge in any project development. This paper reports on how a team of researchers, an instructional designer, programmers and graphic artists worked within a community of practice, as simulation software was created and further developed. The simulated classroom represented in this software was designed to enhance the initial practicum experience of pre-service teachers. The teaching of literacy skills in primary schools framed the pedagogical focus of the software – one of the priority areas within primary schooling. We report on how research associated with each iteration of the simulation prototype software …
Network Measures And Simulation For Knowledge Intensive Work Performance, Kon Shing Kenneth Chung, Liaquat Hossain, Joseph Davis
Network Measures And Simulation For Knowledge Intensive Work Performance, Kon Shing Kenneth Chung, Liaquat Hossain, Joseph Davis
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
We describe the process of designing a reliable and valid instrument for collecting network and attribute data. Here, we explore the relationship between social networks structure, information and communication technologies (ICT) use and attitude towards performance in knowledge intensive work. We first develop a model for exploring the inherent relationship between the three concepts based on existing literature. We then develop appropriate item sets for measuring different independent (network structure, ICT use) and dependent variables (performance). We use the reliable item sets along with justifications to construct different phases of our instrument. In doing so, we introduce a simulation approach …
Geant4 Simulation For Lhc Radiation Monitoring, M Glaser, S Guatelli, B Mascialino, M Moll, M G. Pia, F Ravotti
Geant4 Simulation For Lhc Radiation Monitoring, M Glaser, S Guatelli, B Mascialino, M Moll, M G. Pia, F Ravotti
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Monitoring radiation background is a crucial task for the operation of LHC experiments. A project is in progress at CERN for the optimisation of the radiation monitors for LHC experiments. A simulation system based on Geant4, designed to assist the engineering optimisation of LHC radiation monitor detectors, is presented. Various detector packaging configurations are studied through their Geant4-based simulation, and their behaviour is compared.
Simulation With Geant4 Of A Novel Position Detector Based On Nanotechnologies, R Angelucci, M Cuffiani, G M. Dallavalle, S Guatelli, A Jagminas, L Malferrari, A Montanari, F Odorici, M G. Pia, R Rizzoli, G P. Veronese
Simulation With Geant4 Of A Novel Position Detector Based On Nanotechnologies, R Angelucci, M Cuffiani, G M. Dallavalle, S Guatelli, A Jagminas, L Malferrari, A Montanari, F Odorici, M G. Pia, R Rizzoli, G P. Veronese
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
The application of nanotechnologies for a novel type of position particle detector is the aim of NanoChanT project. Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanowires are grown in an highly ordered array of parallel nanochannels in an alumina template. The template is obtained from the controlled anodization of an aluminum foil that produces regular pores. Depending on anodization conditions, the diameter of the pores ranges from 20 to 200 nm with 40 to 500 nm pitch. After doping, a pn junction can be obtained from each of the TiO2 nanowire. The junction is inversely polarized and is sensitive to the passage of charged …
Monte Carlo Simulation Of Electromagnetic Interactions Of Radiation With Liquid Water In The Framework Of The Geant4 Dna Project, S Chauvie, Z Francis, S Guatelli, S Incerti, B Mascialino, G Montarou, P Nieminen, M G. Pia
Monte Carlo Simulation Of Electromagnetic Interactions Of Radiation With Liquid Water In The Framework Of The Geant4 Dna Project, S Chauvie, Z Francis, S Guatelli, S Incerti, B Mascialino, G Montarou, P Nieminen, M G. Pia
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
A set of processes specialized for the simulation of particle interactions with water has been developed in the Geant4 Low Energy Electromagnetic package. The models cover the interactions of electrons, protons and light ions down to the electronvolt energy scale. They address a physics domain relevant to the simulation of radiation effects in biological systems, where water represents an important component. The software design, the physics models implemented and an overview of their tests are described.
Simulation Of Travelling Wave Dielectrophoresis Using A Meshless Method, Dafeng Chen, Hejun Du, Weihua Li, Chang Shu
Simulation Of Travelling Wave Dielectrophoresis Using A Meshless Method, Dafeng Chen, Hejun Du, Weihua Li, Chang Shu
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
Manipulation and separation of micron-sized particles, particularly biological particles, using the dielectrophoretic effect is an emerging application in BioMEMS technology. This paper presents a numerical simulation for the four-phase traveling dielectrophoresis (DEP) using a novel meshless method - weighted least square finite difference (LSFD) scheme. The exact boundary condition and nonuniform point distribution were used in the calculation. Numerical results including the electrical potential, electrical field, traveling wave DEP forces and particle behavior are presented. Although the LSFD scheme was originally proposed in solving incompressible viscous flow, it is further demonstrated in this paper that the method is also well …
Cellular Neural Network Based Deformation Simulation With Haptic Force Feedback, Yongmin Zhong, Bijan Shirinzadeh, Gursel Alici, Julian Smith
Cellular Neural Network Based Deformation Simulation With Haptic Force Feedback, Yongmin Zhong, Bijan Shirinzadeh, Gursel Alici, Julian Smith
Faculty of Engineering - Papers (Archive)
This paper presents a new methodology for deformable object modelling by drawing an analogy between cellular neural network (CNN) and elastic deformation. The potential energy stored in an elastic body as a result of a deformation caused by an external force is propagated among mass points by the non-linear CNN activity. An improved CNN model is developed for propagating the energy generated by the external force on the object surface in the natural manner of Poisson equation. The proposed methodology models non-linear materials with nonlinear CNN rather than geometric non-linearity in the most existing deformation methods. It can not only …
Geant4 Simulation In A Distributed Computing Environment, Susanna Guatelli, Alfonso Mantero, Patricia Mendez Lorenzo, Jakub Moscicki, Maria Grazia Pia
Geant4 Simulation In A Distributed Computing Environment, Susanna Guatelli, Alfonso Mantero, Patricia Mendez Lorenzo, Jakub Moscicki, Maria Grazia Pia
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
A general system to perform a Geant4-based simulation in a distributed computing environment is presented. The architecture developed makes the system transparent to sequential or parallel execution and to the environment where the simulation is run: a single machine, a local cluster or a geographically distributed grid.