Agent-Based Frameworks for Coordinated Activities in E-Business: Supply Chain Management and Workflow Applications. As e-commerce over the Internet expands, the level of integration of businesses and consumers will increase, necessitating innovative approaches to decision-support and information management to facilitate within-business, business-to-consumer and business-to-business transactions. In conjunction with a local designer of business solutions, Agent Oriented Software Pty. Ltd., this p ....Agent-Based Frameworks for Coordinated Activities in E-Business: Supply Chain Management and Workflow Applications. As e-commerce over the Internet expands, the level of integration of businesses and consumers will increase, necessitating innovative approaches to decision-support and information management to facilitate within-business, business-to-consumer and business-to-business transactions. In conjunction with a local designer of business solutions, Agent Oriented Software Pty. Ltd., this project aims to build agent-based frameworks for the support of selected within-business and business-to-business activities in supply chain management, implement an agent-based workflow system based around document management, and provide research training in this key area of technology through joint university-industry supervision of two research students. This will enhance Australia's competitiveness in the provision of leading edge technologies to support e-commerce.Read moreRead less
Discovering Activity Patterns Driven by High Impacts in Heterogeneous and Imbalanced Data. The identification of high impact activities is important for detecting and preventing their occurrences and reducing resulting risks and losses to our society. This project will deliver cutting-edge techniques for effectively extracting activity patterns driven by high business impacts. It can safeguard Australia and build and transform Australian industries by delivering frontier techniques and smart pre ....Discovering Activity Patterns Driven by High Impacts in Heterogeneous and Imbalanced Data. The identification of high impact activities is important for detecting and preventing their occurrences and reducing resulting risks and losses to our society. This project will deliver cutting-edge techniques for effectively extracting activity patterns driven by high business impacts. It can safeguard Australia and build and transform Australian industries by delivering frontier techniques and smart prevention and intervention capabilities to enhance key industries such as finance compliance, national security and crime reduction. The resulting activity mining system, researchers trained and high quality publications will further enhance Australia's global leading role in tackling critical data mining challenges and applications.Read moreRead less
A Framework for Adaptive Extensible Personae for Interactive Toys. This project will be of benefit in that it will facilitate the development of quality toys, based on sound psychological foundations. These toys will have a long life since they can be extended over time, growing with the child. There is also potential to be used for children with psychological difficulties, and applications in health and aged-care. This project will provide opportunities for Australian business, and will also h ....A Framework for Adaptive Extensible Personae for Interactive Toys. This project will be of benefit in that it will facilitate the development of quality toys, based on sound psychological foundations. These toys will have a long life since they can be extended over time, growing with the child. There is also potential to be used for children with psychological difficulties, and applications in health and aged-care. This project will provide opportunities for Australian business, and will also help to keep Australia at the forefront in the area of intelligent agent technology. It is an example of a project that helps create a culture of innovation in Australian industry.Read moreRead less
Management of Complex Assets Using Smart Information Systems. The aim is to develop an integrative framework and a smart system for holistic asset management in order to manage and optimise asset decisions vis-a-vis shifts in customer and market needs. It will develop an advanced conceptual framework, a dedicated smart system that is capable of handling uncertainty often associated with decision making in large complex operations. The benefits of this research are: a more competitive indusry wit ....Management of Complex Assets Using Smart Information Systems. The aim is to develop an integrative framework and a smart system for holistic asset management in order to manage and optimise asset decisions vis-a-vis shifts in customer and market needs. It will develop an advanced conceptual framework, a dedicated smart system that is capable of handling uncertainty often associated with decision making in large complex operations. The benefits of this research are: a more competitive indusry with focus on markets; a smart system to demonstrate business-based decision making and generally a much more sophisticated approach to asset management.Read moreRead less
ARC Centre for Complex Systems. The Australian Centre for Complex Systems brings together leading researchers from several disciplines and institutions to conduct research on questions fundamental to understanding and managing complex systems. Its core research program, based on the theme of computation in and by networks of agents, has two interwoven strands. The science strand addresses questions about emergent properties, natural computation, and nonlinear dynamics. The engineering strand add ....ARC Centre for Complex Systems. The Australian Centre for Complex Systems brings together leading researchers from several disciplines and institutions to conduct research on questions fundamental to understanding and managing complex systems. Its core research program, based on the theme of computation in and by networks of agents, has two interwoven strands. The science strand addresses questions about emergent properties, natural computation, and nonlinear dynamics. The engineering strand addresses issues about methodology, modelling toolkits, and management and control. Practical applications are advanced via collaborative projects that address key issues in biology, environment, and socio-economics.Read moreRead less
DEVELOPING A SMART FIRE RISK ADVISORY SYSTEM USING FIRE MODELLING AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES. This project aims to develop a prototype fire risk advisory system for fire prevention and protection. Intelligent knowledge-based systems technologies will be tailored to provide a standardised approach for fire risk analysis by using collective expertise of fire engineers and fire modelling. This project will lead to a significant advancement to the development of intelligent systems tec ....DEVELOPING A SMART FIRE RISK ADVISORY SYSTEM USING FIRE MODELLING AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES. This project aims to develop a prototype fire risk advisory system for fire prevention and protection. Intelligent knowledge-based systems technologies will be tailored to provide a standardised approach for fire risk analysis by using collective expertise of fire engineers and fire modelling. This project will lead to a significant advancement to the development of intelligent systems techniques for industrial applications and provide a better fire risk analysis tool for fire protection and preventions with the benefit of reduced risk for buildings.
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Non-invasive assessment of hip fracture risk in elderly people. No falls, no fractures - this will be the main benefit of the proposed research. The most significant outcome will be new computational tools to improve current understanding of the biomechanics of falls and bone fragility in elderly people, which, in turn, will help to reduce healthcare costs associated with the treatment and management of hip fractures. Realistic models and computer simulations of human movement can play a pivota ....Non-invasive assessment of hip fracture risk in elderly people. No falls, no fractures - this will be the main benefit of the proposed research. The most significant outcome will be new computational tools to improve current understanding of the biomechanics of falls and bone fragility in elderly people, which, in turn, will help to reduce healthcare costs associated with the treatment and management of hip fractures. Realistic models and computer simulations of human movement can play a pivotal role in three of Australia's largest industries: healthcare, through the diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders; sports, through the development of personalized training programs for elite athletes; and entertainment, through the development of video/digital games and animated films.Read moreRead less
A Control Systems Approach for Understanding Human Locomotion. This proposal addresses fundamental, difficult questions in the context of human movement: How do muscles move our limbs during walking? How do the nervous system and muscles work together to control movement? Realistic computer simulations of human movement can help answer these questions and, in so doing, can play a pivotal role in three of Australia's largest industries: healthcare, through clinical gait analysis and gait rehabili ....A Control Systems Approach for Understanding Human Locomotion. This proposal addresses fundamental, difficult questions in the context of human movement: How do muscles move our limbs during walking? How do the nervous system and muscles work together to control movement? Realistic computer simulations of human movement can help answer these questions and, in so doing, can play a pivotal role in three of Australia's largest industries: healthcare, through clinical gait analysis and gait rehabilitation (diagnosis and treatment of movement disorders); sports, through the development of personalized training programs for elite athletes; and entertainment, through the development of video/digital games and animated films (creation of virtual life-like actors).Read moreRead less
Patient-specific computational tools for evaluating functional performance of total knee replacements in vivo. Knee replacement surgery is the established treatment for end-stage osteoarthritis. This proposal addresses one of the most fundamental questions related to knee replacement surgery: Why do total knee replacements fail? High-fidelity, patient-specific computer simulations of walking can help to answer this question and, in so doing, can improve the functional performance and longevity o ....Patient-specific computational tools for evaluating functional performance of total knee replacements in vivo. Knee replacement surgery is the established treatment for end-stage osteoarthritis. This proposal addresses one of the most fundamental questions related to knee replacement surgery: Why do total knee replacements fail? High-fidelity, patient-specific computer simulations of walking can help to answer this question and, in so doing, can improve the functional performance and longevity of current knee implant designs. Realistic computer simulations of human movement also can play a pivotal role in healthcare through patient rehabilitation; in sports, through the development of personalized training programs for elite athletes; and in entertainment, through the creation of video games and animated films.Read moreRead less
Variation and Perceptual Ecologies in Computer Games and Simulations: Towards a Generic Model of Variable 3D Environments. The non repeatability is a key element in providing a challenging and interesting experience in computer games and simulations. However, too much variation could lead to a rejection of the environment and reluctance to accept the premise as a base for game play or training. Examples of applications that could utilise this research include; (a) Computer Games - always playing ....Variation and Perceptual Ecologies in Computer Games and Simulations: Towards a Generic Model of Variable 3D Environments. The non repeatability is a key element in providing a challenging and interesting experience in computer games and simulations. However, too much variation could lead to a rejection of the environment and reluctance to accept the premise as a base for game play or training. Examples of applications that could utilise this research include; (a) Computer Games - always playing in an unknown environment, (b) Vocational Training - a Forest Fire Fighting simulation that allows for different terrain configurations, undergrowth volatility, fire source, etc., and (c) Military Simulations - Anti-terrorist simulations where the level of variability will manifest itself both in the physical environment and in the nature of the combatants. Read moreRead less