Prof. Vic Grout

Glyndŵr University, UK

Email: v.grout@glyndwr.ac.uk

Qualifications

1988  Ph.D., Plymouth Polytechnic, UK 

1984  B.Sc., University of Exeter, UK 

Publications (Selected)

1. Morgan, M. & Grout, V., “Improved Heuristics for Regenerator Placement in Optical Networks”,  IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, (to appear) 2009.
2. Picking, R., Robinet, A., Grout, V., McGinn, J., Roy, A., Ellis, S. & Oram, D.,  “A case study using a methodological approach to developing user interfaces for elderly and disabled people”, The Computer Journal,  (to appear) 2009.
3. Tu, W. & Grout, V.,  “'Performance Evaluation of The Split Transmission in Multihop Wireless Networks”,  in Future Multimedia Networking,  Mauthe, A., Zeadally, S., Cerqueira, E., Curado, M. (eds.), Springer, 2009, pp72-82.
4. Cunningham, S. & Grout, V.,  “Emotion, Content and Context in Audio and Music”,  in Sound Technology and Player Interaction: Concepts and Developments (ed. M. Grimshaw), IGI Clobal, 2009.
5. Rezaul, K.M. & Grout, V.,  “Real-time Network Traffic Management using the Modified BPTraSha Algorithm”,  International Journal on Advances in Telecommunications,  Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2009.
6. Casas, R., Blasco Marín, R., Robinet, A., Roy Delgado, A., Roy Yarza, A., McGinn, J, Picking, R. & Grout, V.,  “User Modelling in Ambient Intelligence for Elderly and Disabled People”,  in Computers Helping People with Special Needs, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LCNS 5105), K. Miesenberger, J. Klaus, W. Zagler & A. Karshmer (eds.), July 2008.
7. Roy Delgado, A., Robinet, A., McGinn, J, Grout, V. & Picking, R.  “Assistive Human-Machine Interfaces for Smart Homes”,  in ‘Domotics: An Introduction’,  ICFAI University Press, October 2008.
8. Roy Delgado, A., Picking, R. & Grout, V.  “Remote-Controlled Home Automation Systems with Different Network Technologies”,  in ‘Domotics: An Introduction”,  ICFAI University Press, October 2008.
9. Rezaul, K.M. & Grout, V., "Estimating Long-Range Dependent Self-similar Network Traffic: Performance of HEAF(2)", in Intelligent Engineering Systems and Computational Cybernetics, Editors: J. Tenreiro Machado, Bela Patkai, Imre J. Rudas, Springer Science-Business Media, 2008, pp173-184.
10. Rezaul, K.M. & Grout, V., "An Approach for Characterising Heavy-tailed Internet Traffic Based on EDF Statistics”, in Intelligent Engineering Systems and Computational Cybernetics, Editors: J. Tenreiro Machado, Bela Patkai, Springer Science-Business Media, 2008, pp173-184.
11. Rezaul, K.M. & Grout, V.,  “A Comparison of Methods for Estimating the Tail Index of Heavy-tailed Internet Traffic”, in Innovative Algorithms and Techniques in Automation, Industrial Electronics and Telecommunications, T. Sobh, K. Elleithy, A. Mahmood & M. Karim (eds.), Springer Netherlands, 2007, pp219-222.
12. Grout, V., Houlden, N. & Cunningham, S.,  “Bridging the Network Optimisation Reality Gap” in Optimising the Internet: Key topics in modern network algorithms,  V. Grout (ed.), NEWI, 2007, pp3-10.
13. Grout, V. & Cunningham, S.,  “Complexity Issues in Control Software Design: A Practical Perspective” in Optimising the Internet: Key topics in modern network algorithms,  V. Grout (ed.), NEWI, 2007, pp11-22.
14. Grout, V,  “A Universal Optimisation Algorithm for Large Networks” in Optimising the Internet: Key topics in modern network algorithms,  V. Grout (ed.), NEWI, 2007, pp25-63.