Science and Engineering Papers
This collection houses research from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Waikato.
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Water systems: New Zealand particularly vulerable to climate change
(New Zealand Planning Institute, 2018-03)This article outlines the findings of research commissioned by the Deep South National Science Challenge - a major interdisciplinary collaboration designed to help enable New Zealanders to adapt, manage risk, and thrive ... -
A renewed look at Greenstone: Lessons from the second decade
(IPSI Transactions on Internet Research, 2020)The Greenstone Digital Library Software has helped spread the practical impact of digital library technology around the globe. As Greenstone enters its third decade, this article takes are newed look at its development, ... -
FEAT: A fairness-enhancing and concept-adapting decision tree classifier
(Springer, 2020-10-15)Fairness-aware learning is increasingly important in socially-sensitive applications for the sake of achieving optimal and non-discriminative decision-making. Most of the proposed fairness-aware learning algorithms process ... -
Work distribution of multiple Cartesian robot arms for kiwifruit harvesting
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2020-02-01)Employing multiple robot arms for kiwifruit harvesting can raise the efficiency since the task completion time is shortened. However, task partitioning and reachability are two major concerns. It is found that the task ... -
Framework for soft and hard city infrastructures
(Thomas Telford Ltd., 2019)The term city infrastructures is often restricted to the physical elements of a city, while in practice it comprises both hard infrastructures for built environment and utilities, as well as soft infrastructures involving ... -
Understanding active non-use through the framework of complex design spaces
(ACM, 2017)Interest in studying non-use has increased in the HCI field. However, most approaches which explain non-use are solely based on the notion of the user. This paper suggests understanding non-use in terms of the user and the ... -
Priority species to support the functional integrity of coral reefs
(2020-01-01)Ecosystem-based management on coral reefs has historically focussed on biodiversity conservation through the establishment of marine reserves, but it is increasingly recognised that a subset of species can be key to the ... -
Temporal dynamics of geothermal microbial communities in Aotearoa-New Zealand
(2023-01-01)Microbial biogeography studies, in particular for geothermal-associated habitats, have focused on spatial patterns and/or individual sites, which have limited ability to describe the dynamics of ecosystem behaviour. Here, ... -
Additive manufacturing of hygromorphic structures using regenerated cellulose/PLA biocomposites
(Elsevier, 2023)Three-dimensional printing technologies are at the forefront of the current industrial revolution, enabling the production of complex shapes using a wide range of materials without relying on large production facilities. ... -
Additive manufacturing of hygromorphic structures using regenerated cellulose/PLA biocomposites
(2022)Three-dimensional printing technologies are at the forefront of the current industrial revolution, enabling the production of complex shapes using a wide range of materials without relying on large production facilities. ... -
Global beta-diversity of angiosperm trees is shaped by Quaternary climate change.
(2023-04-05)As Earth's climate has varied strongly through geological time, studying the impacts of past climate change on biodiversity helps to understand the risks from future climate change. However, it remains unclear how paleoclimate ... -
Development and characterisation of low-cost powder metallurgy Ti–Cu–Fe alloys
(Elsevier BV, 2023-05)The high cost of Ti alloys is still a primary hindering factor for their wider adoption in different engineering sectors in which they would bring significant benefits. This study analysed the simultaneous addition of cheap ... -
Open-source tool for heat exchanger network synthesis
(2022-09-05)The synthesis of heat exchanger networks (HEN) is not a trivial task due to the mixed integer and non-linear nature of the optimisation problem, yet it can provide significant cost and energy use savings to an industrial ... -
Convergence in floodplain pond communities indicates different pathways to community assembly.
(Springer, 2023)Disturbance can strongly influence ecosystems, yet much remains unknown about the relative importance of key processes (selection, drift, and dispersal) in the recovery of ecological communities following disturbance. We ... -
IoT data stream analytics
(Lavoisier, 2020)The volume of IoT data is rapidly increasing due to the development of the technology of information and communication. This data comes mostly in the form of streams. Learning from this ever-growing amount of data requires ... -
Binding data mining and expert knowledge for one-day-ahead prediction of hourly global solar radiation
(2021)A new methodology to predict one-day-ahead hourly solar global radiation is proposed in this paper. This information is very useful to address many real problems; for instance, energy-market decision making is one of the ... -
Characteristics and outcomes of patients with small cell lung cancer - findings from a New Zealand SACT database
(Asian Medical Press Limited, 2023-02-10)Background Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC) SCLC generally presents late and is treated with systemic anti-cancer treatment (SACT). Māori are over represented in Lung Cancer statistics but disparities between Māori and non-Māori ... -
Strong Dispersal Limitation of Microbial Communities at Shackleton Glacier, Antarctica
(2023-01-01)Microbial communities can be structured by both deterministic and stochastic processes, but the relative importance of these processes remains unknown. The ambiguity partly arises from an inability to disentangle soil ... -
Critical Sets of Full n-Latin Squares
(SPRINGER JAPAN KK, 2016-03-01)The full n-Latin square is the n × n array with symbols 1, 2,..., n in each cell. In a way that is analogous to critical sets of full designs, a critical set of the full n-Latin square can be used to find a defining set ... -
Monotonic and cyclic undrained behaviour and liquefaction resistance of pumiceous, non-plastic sandy silt
(Elsevier, 2023-05)Experimental data related to the mechanical behaviour of crushable pumiceous soils are limited compared with those for hard-grained soils. The main focus of previous studies has been on pumiceous sands, whereas pumiceous ...
