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A comparison of techniques for overcoming non-uniqueness of boundary integral equations for the collocation partition of unity method in two dimensional acoustic scattering (2013)
Journal Article
Diwan, G., Trevelyan, J., & Coates, G. (2013). A comparison of techniques for overcoming non-uniqueness of boundary integral equations for the collocation partition of unity method in two dimensional acoustic scattering. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, 96(10), 645-664. https://doi.org/10.1002/nme.4583

The Partition of Unity Method has become an attractive approach for extending the allowable frequency range for wave simulations beyond that available using piecewise polynomial elements. The non-uniqueness of solution obtained from the conventional... Read More about A comparison of techniques for overcoming non-uniqueness of boundary integral equations for the collocation partition of unity method in two dimensional acoustic scattering.

A multi-objective combinatorial model of casualty processing in major incident response (2013)
Journal Article
Wilson, D., Hawe, G., Coates, G., & Crouch, R. (2013). A multi-objective combinatorial model of casualty processing in major incident response. European Journal of Operational Research, 230(3), 643-655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.040

During the emergency response to mass casualty incidents decisions relating to the extrication, treatment and transporting of casualties are made in a real-time, sequential manner. In this paper we describe a novel combinatorial optimization model of... Read More about A multi-objective combinatorial model of casualty processing in major incident response.

A hyper-heuristic approach to aircraft structural design optimization (2013)
Journal Article
Allen, J., Coates, G., & Trevelyan, J. (2013). A hyper-heuristic approach to aircraft structural design optimization. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, 48(4), 807-819. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-013-0928-3

The conceptual design of an aircraft is a challenging problem in which optimization can be of great importance to the quality of design generated. Mass optimization of the structural design of an aircraft aims to produce an airframe of minimal mass w... Read More about A hyper-heuristic approach to aircraft structural design optimization.

Real-time Boundary Element Stress Analysis (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Foster, T., Mohamed, M., Trevelyan, J., & Coates, G. (2013). Real-time Boundary Element Stress Analysis.

Significant improvements in the efficiency of the mechanical design process can be made through interactive stress analysis, in which re-analysis is performed in real-time on models with continuously updating geometry. Once the initial model has been... Read More about Real-time Boundary Element Stress Analysis.

Modeling uncertain and dynamic casualty health in optimization-based decision support for mass casualty incident response (2013)
Journal Article
Wilson, D., Hawe, G., Coates, G., & Crouch, R. (2013). Modeling uncertain and dynamic casualty health in optimization-based decision support for mass casualty incident response. International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 5(2), 32-44. https://doi.org/10.4018/jiscrm.2013040103

When designing a decision support program for use in coordinating the response to Mass Casualty Incidents, the modelling of the health of casualties presents a significant challenge. In this paper we propose one such health model, capable of acknowle... Read More about Modeling uncertain and dynamic casualty health in optimization-based decision support for mass casualty incident response.

Extended isogeometric boundary element method (XIBEM) for two-dimensional Helmholtz problems (2013)
Journal Article
Peake, M., Trevelyan, J., & Coates, G. (2013). Extended isogeometric boundary element method (XIBEM) for two-dimensional Helmholtz problems. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, 259, 93-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cma.2013.03.016

Isogeometric analysis is a topic of considerable interest in the field of numerical analysis. The boundary element method (BEM) requires only the bounding surface of geometries to be described; this makes non-uniform rational B-splines (NURBS), which... Read More about Extended isogeometric boundary element method (XIBEM) for two-dimensional Helmholtz problems.

Interactive Boundary Element Analysis for Engineering Design (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Foster, T., Mohamed, M., Trevelyan, J., Coates, G., Osman, A., Coombs, W., & Koziara, T. (2013). Interactive Boundary Element Analysis for Engineering Design.

Structural design of mechanical components is an iterative process that involves multiple stress analysis runs; this can be time consuming and expensive. Significant improvements in the eciency of this process can be made by increasing the level of i... Read More about Interactive Boundary Element Analysis for Engineering Design.

An extended isogeometric boundary element method for two-dimensional wave scattering problems (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Peake, M., Trevelyan, J., Coates, G., Osman, A., Coombs, W., & Koziara, T. (2013). An extended isogeometric boundary element method for two-dimensional wave scattering problems.

Isogeometric analysis, using the same basis functions that describe a geometry in CAD software to approximate unknown fields in numerical simulations, is a topic of considerable interest. Until recently, much of the research in this field has concent... Read More about An extended isogeometric boundary element method for two-dimensional wave scattering problems.

A comparison of techniques for overcoming nonuniqueness of boundary integral equations for collocation Partition of Unity methods in acoustics (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Diwan, G., Trevelyan, J., & Coates, G. (2013). A comparison of techniques for overcoming nonuniqueness of boundary integral equations for collocation Partition of Unity methods in acoustics.

In the last decade the Partition of Unity Method has become attractive as one approach for extending the allowable frequency range for wave simulations beyond that available using piecewise polynomial elements. It is well known that the conventional... Read More about A comparison of techniques for overcoming nonuniqueness of boundary integral equations for collocation Partition of Unity methods in acoustics.

Extended isogeometric boundary element method (XIBEM) for acoustic wave scattering problems (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Peake, M., Trevelyan, J., & Coates, G. (2013). Extended isogeometric boundary element method (XIBEM) for acoustic wave scattering problems.

Isogeometric analysis is the concept of using the same functions that describe a geometry in computer-aided design to approximate unknown elds in numerical simulations. This has become a topic of considerable interest to the boundary integral methods... Read More about Extended isogeometric boundary element method (XIBEM) for acoustic wave scattering problems.

A framework for organisational operational response and strategic decision making for long term flood preparedness in urban areas (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Coates, G., Hawe, G., McGuinness, M., Wright, N., Guan, D., Harries, T., …Brebbia, C. (2013). A framework for organisational operational response and strategic decision making for long term flood preparedness in urban areas. In Disaster management and human health risk III: reducing risk, improving outcomes (89-98)

Recent years have seen flooding emerge as a significant risk facing United Kingdom (UK) businesses. This paper presents an overview of a framework aimed at improving such organisations response to and preparedness for floods in urban areas, reducing... Read More about A framework for organisational operational response and strategic decision making for long term flood preparedness in urban areas.

Scheduling Response Operations under Transport Network Disruptions (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Wilson, D., Hawe, G., Coates, G., & Crouch, R. (2013). Scheduling Response Operations under Transport Network Disruptions. In 10th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management ; proceedings

Modeling the complex decision problems faced in the coordination of disaster response as a scheduling problem to be solved using an optimization algorithm has the potential to deliver efficient and effective support to decision makers. However, much... Read More about Scheduling Response Operations under Transport Network Disruptions.

Comparison of CHIEF and Burton-Miller approaches in collocation Partition of Unity BEM for Helmholtz problems (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Diwan, G., Trevelyan, J., & Coates, G. (2013). Comparison of CHIEF and Burton-Miller approaches in collocation Partition of Unity BEM for Helmholtz problems.

Use of plane wave basis for the numerical solutions of acoustic wave problems using element based methods has become an attractive approach for extending the allowable frequency range for simulations beyond that available using piecewise polynomial e... Read More about Comparison of CHIEF and Burton-Miller approaches in collocation Partition of Unity BEM for Helmholtz problems.