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Johnston-Lynch, Katharina and Whitfield, Ian and Evans, Dorothy (2024) Systems thinking towards holistic, sustainability-oriented assessment and decision-making for lightweighting. Procedings of the Design Society, 4. pp. 1319-1328. ISSN 2732-527X

Brisco, Ross and Whitfield, Robert Ian and Grierson, Hilary (2022) Online course design using iterative workshops on computer-supported collaborative design for engineering design students. Design and Technology Education: An International Journal, 27 (3). pp. 8-35. ISSN 1360-1431

Harrison, N A W and Whitfield, R I and Odukoya, K A and Powell, A I (2022) Model-based engineering and the digital thread. In: 16th International Naval Engineering Conference, 2022-11-08 - 2022-11-11, TU Delft.

McKendry, Daniel A. and Whitfield, Robert I. (2022) Process considerations for Product Lifecycle Management implementation for high value Engineering to Order programmes. Design Science, 8. e25. ISSN 2053-4701

Kelland, Charlotte Alexandra and Brisco, Ross and Whitfield, Ian; Bohemia, Erik and Buck, Lyndon and Grierson, Hilary, eds. (2022) Students perception of risk : team members contribution within collaborative projects. In: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education (E&PDE 2022). The Design Society, GBR. ISBN 9781912254163

Ali, Ibrahim and Whitfield, Robert Ian (2022) Leveraging on collective prosperity for supply chain disruption during Covid-19 lockdown : experience from Nigeria. In: 29th International European Operations Management Association Annual Conference, 2022-07-01 - 2022-07-06.

Tahir, M Hijaaj and Jones, C. E. and Whitfield, R. I. and Norman, P. and Burt, G.; (2022) A framework for efficient design of multifunctional-CFRP for future aircraft. In: Proceedings of the 20th European Conference on Composite Materials, ECCM20. Composite Construction Laboratory (CCLab), CHE, pp. 461-468. ISBN 9782970161400

Stulga, P. and Whitfield, R. I. and Love, J. and Evans, D. (2022) Towards sustainable manufacturing within Industry 4.0 : a framework for the textile industry. Proceedings of the Design Society, 2. pp. 283-292. ISSN 2732-527X

McKendry, D.A. and Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. (2022) Product lifecycle management implementation for high value engineering to order programmes : an informational perspective. Journal of Industrial Information Integration, 26. 100264. ISSN 2452-414X

Odukoya, Adebowale and Whitfield, Ian and Hay, Laura and Harrison, Neil and Robb, Malcolm (2021) An architectural description for the application of MBSE in complex systems. In: 7th IEEE International Symposium on Systems Engineering, 2021-09-13 - 2021-10-13, Virtual.

Reber, M. and Duffy, A. H. B. and Hay, L. and Whitfield, R. I. (2021) ValueD : a model of cognitive value determination in design. Journal of Engineering Design, 32 (9). pp. 449-477. ISSN 1466-1837

Paparistodimou, Giota and Duffy, Alex and Whitfield, Robert Ian and Knight, Philip and Robb, Malcolm (2020) A network tool to analyse and improve robustness of system architectures. Design Science, 6. e8. ISSN 2053-4701

Brisco, Ross and Whitfield, Ian and Grierson, Hilary and Howell, Bryan and Unson, Cameron and Matheson, Carly; Grierson, Hilary and Buck, Lyndon and Bohemia, Erik and Bisgaard, Anders and Bang, Anne Louise and Terkildsen, Mette and McElheron, Paul, eds. (2020) Developing an online course in Computer-Supported Collaborative Design (CSCD). In: Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education. The Design Society, DNK. ISBN 978-1-912254-10-1

Olisah, Moses Chijioke and Nwankpa, Chigozie and Whitfield, Ian and Ion, William (2020) The exploration of collaborative supply chain factors in the oil and gas industry. In: BAM 2020: 34th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management, 2020-09-02 - 2020-09-04, Cloud.

Uba, Salisu Alhaji and Whitfield, Ian (2020) Exploring the adoption of blockchain technology in the oil and gas industry supply chain : a unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model approach. In: 27th EurOMA Conference, 2020-06-28 - 2020-06-30, University of Warwick.

Paparistodimou, Giota and Duffy, Alex and Whitfield, Robert Ian and Knight, Philip and Robb, Malcolm (2020) A network science-based assessment methodology for robust modular system architectures during early conceptual design. Journal of Engineering Design, 31 (4). pp. 179-218. ISSN 1466-1837

Brisco, R. and Whitfield, R. I. and Grierson, H. (2020) A novel systematic method to evaluate computer supported collaborative design technologies. Research in Engineering Design, 31. p. 53. ISSN 0934-9839

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Grierson, H. (2019) Delivering a total engineering education. In: 21st International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education (E&PDE 2019), 2019-09-11 - 2019-09-13, University of Strathclyde.

Brisco, Ross and Whitfield, Robert Ian and Grierson, Hilary and Bohemia, Erik; Bohemia, Erik and Kovacevic, Ahmed and Buck, Lyndon and Brisco, Ross and Evans, Dorothy and Grierson, Hilary and Ion, William and Whitfield, Robert Ian, eds. (2019) Overcoming the challenges of global collaboration through design education. In: Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education. Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society, GBR. ISBN 9781912254057

Ali, Ibrahim Labaran and Hird, Abigail and Tanko, Muhammad and Whitfield, Robert Ian; Ortega Riejos, F.A., ed. (2019) SME approach to road transportation risk management : evidence from Nigeria. In: WIT Transactions on The Built Environment. WIT Press, ESP, pp. 39-47. ISBN 9781784663001

Paparistodimou, Giota and Duffy, Alex and Knight, Philip and Whitfield, Ian and Robb, Malcolm and Voong, Caroline; (2018) Network-based metrics for assessment of naval distributed system architectures. In: 14th International Naval Engineering Conference & Exhibition (INEC) Glasgow, UK, 2 – 4 October 2018. Zenodo, [Geneva].

Ali, Ibrahim Labaran and Hird, Abigail and Whitfield, Robert Ian (2018) Enhancing supply chain resilience through risk information sharing : a triadic perspective. In: 8th International Conference on Operations and Supply Chain Management, 2018-09-09 - 2018-09-12, Cranfield University.

Brisco, Ross and Whitfield, Robert and Grierson, Hilary (2018) Are social network sites the future of engineering design education? In: 20th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, 2018-09-06 - 2018-09-07, Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London.

Ibrahim, Ali Labaran and Hird, Abigail and Whitfield, Robert Ian; (2018) Using LSP network position to share supply chain risk information. In: British Academy of Management Conference Proceedings 2018. British Academy of Management, GBR. ISBN 978-0-9956413-1-0

Ali, Ibrahim Labaran and Hird, Abigail and Whitfield, Robert Ian (2018) Social relationships and supply chain risk information sharing. In: 25th International Annual EurOMA Conference, 2018-06-24 - 2018-06-27.

Brisco, Ross and Whitfield, R. I. and Grierson, H.; (2018) Modelling the relationship between design activity and computer-supported collaborative design factors. In: International Design Conference - Design 2018. The Design Society, HRV, pp. 193-204. ISBN 9789537738594

Whitfield, Robert and Brisco, Ross (2018) Workshop session: mapping success in collaborative engineering. In: 15th International Design Conference (Design 2018), 2018-05-21 - 2018-05-24, Hotel Dubrovnik Palace. (In Press)

Vuletic, Tijana and Whitfield, Robert Ian and Wang, Wenjuan and Duffy, Alex and Gatchell, Scott and Prins, Henk and Leer-Andersen, Michael (2017) Improving the creation and management of collaborative networks within the European maritime sector : an operational collaboration model for the European maritime sector. Journal of Industrial Information Integration, 8. pp. 22-37. ISSN 2452-414X

McKendry, D.A. and Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. (2017) Key findings to support the development of a framework for the implementation of Product Lifecycle Management in Engineer to Order products. In: 15th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, 2017-09-05 - 2017-09-07, University of Greenwich.

Kuppusamy, N. and Whitfield, R. I. and Hird, A. and Brown, S. and McCubbin, C. and McCubbin, P. (2017) Using systems engineering to develop a novel manufacturing cost model. In: 15th International Conference on Manufacturing Research, 2017-09-05 - 2017-09-07, University of Greenwich.

Andrews, Colin and Broby, Daniel and Paul, Greig and Whitfield, Ian (2017) Utilising financial blockchain technologies in advanced manufacturing. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

Brisco, Ross and Howell, Bryan and Whitfield, Robert and Thomson, Avril and Evans, Dorothy and Ion, William (2017) Workshop session : collaborative design education. In: 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17), 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-25, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada..

Thomson, Avril and Whitfield, Ian and Brisco, Ross (2017) Workshop session : the changing innovation landscape: challenges for collaboration design. In: 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17), 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-25, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada..

Heredia Jimenez, Juan Antonio and Whitfield, Robert and Ward, Michael and Grierson, Hilary (2017) The development of a novel standardisation-customisation continuum. In: 21st International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED17), 2017-08-21 - 2017-08-25, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada..

Brisco, Ross and Whitfield, Robert and Grierson, Hilary; (2017) The use of social network sites in a global engineering design project. In: Proceedings of the 21th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 17). ICED, 9 . The Design Society, CAN, pp. 59-68.

Hay, L. and Duffy, A. H. B. and Whitfield, R. I. (2017) The S-Cycle performance matrix : supporting comprehensive sustainability performance evaluation of technical systems. Systems Engineering, 20 (1). pp. 45-70. ISSN 1520-6858

Duffy, Alex and Whitfield, Ian and Ion, Bill and Vuletic, Tijana (2016) Smart Products Through-Life : Research Roadmap. University of Strathclyde Publishing, Glasgow.

Brisco, Ross and Whitfield, Ian and Evans, Dorothy and Fahnenmüller, Lennart (2016) Workshop session : How can social network sites support collaboration within product design education? In: 18th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education, 2016-09-08 - 2016-09-09.

Pattison, D. and Segovia Garcia, M. and Xie, W. and Quail, F. and Revie, M. and Whitfield, I. and Irvine, I. (2016) Intelligent integrated maintenance for wind power generation. Wind Energy. ISSN 1095-4244

Brisco, Ross and Whitfield, Robert and Grierson, Hilary; (2016) Recommendations for the use of social network sites and mobile devices in a collaborative engineering design project. In: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education. Institution of Engineering Designers, The Design Society, DNK, pp. 394-399. ISBN 9781904670780

McKendry, DA and Whitfield, RI and Duffy, AHB; (2015) Business and information management architectures for delivering Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) in Engineer To Order (ETO) products. In: ICCAS 2015. Royal Institution of Naval Architects, DEU. ISBN 9781909024335

Marshall, Pamela and Whitfield, Robert Ian and Duffy, Alex and Haffey, Mark (2015) A new model for high value meetings. In: 22nd EurOMA 2015, 2015-06-26 - 2015-07-01, University of Neuchâtel.

Hird, Abigail and Mendibil, Kepa and Duffy, Alexander and Whitfield, Robert Ian (2015) New product development resource forecasting. R&D Management. ISSN 0033-6807

Hay, Laura and Duffy, Alex and Whitfield, R. I. (2014) The sustainability cycle and loop : models for a more unified understanding of sustainability. Journal of Environmental Management, 133. pp. 232-257. ISSN 0301-4797

Wang, Wenjuan and Duffy, Alexander and Boyle, Iain and Whitfield, Robert (2013) Creation dependencies of evolutionary artefact and design process knowledge. Journal of Engineering Design, 24 (9). pp. 681-710. ISSN 1466-1837

Vuletic, Tijana and Duffy, Alexander and Whitfield, Robert and Wang, Wenjuan; Lindemann, U. and Venkataraman, S. and Kim, Y.S. and Lee, S.W. and Dong, A. and Lin, Y., eds. (2013) Co-ordinated engineering : design innovation through operational collaboration. In: Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED13), Design for Harmonies, Vol.6: Design Information and Knowledge, Seoul, Korea, 19-22.08.2013. ICED . The Design Society, KOR, pp. 209-218. ISBN 9781904670490

Whitfield, Robert and Duffy, Alexander (2013) Extended revenue forecasting within a service industry. International Journal of Production Economics, 141 (2). pp. 505-518. ISSN 0925-5273

Wang, Wenjuan and Duffy, Alexander and Boyle, Iain and Whitfield, Robert (2013) A critical realism view of design artefact knowledge. Journal of Design Research, 11 (3). pp. 243-262. ISSN 1748-3050

Boyle, Iain and Duffy, Alexander and Whitfield, Robert and Liu, Shaofeng (2012) The impact of resources on decision making. AI EDAM - Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 26 (Specia). pp. 407-423. ISSN 0890-0604

Wang, Wenjuan and Duffy, Alexander and Whitfield, Robert and Boyle, Iain and Pereira, Ana and Santana, Nuno (2012) Virtual integration for marine systems design. In: 11th International Marine Design Conference, 2012-06-11 - 2012-06-14.

Wang, Wenjuan and Whitfield, Robert and Duffy, Alexander and Boyle, Iain and Santana, Nuno and Pereira, Ana (2012) Virtual integration for ship and offshore systems design. In: Systems Engineering in Ship & Offshore Design, 2012-03-28 - 2012-03-29.

Whitfield, Robert and Duffy, Alexander and Gatchell, S. and Marzi, Jochen and Wang, Wenjuan (2012) A collaborative platform for integrating and optimising Computational Fluid Dynamics analysis requests. Computer-Aided Design, 44 (3). 224–240. ISSN 0010-4485

Whitfield, Robert and Duffy, Alexander and Boyle, Iain Mackinnon and Liu, Shaofeng and McKenna, I. (2011) An integrated environment for organisational decision support. Computers in Industry, 62 (8-9). pp. 842-853. ISSN 0166-3615

Dremont, Nicolas and Graignic, Pascal and Troussier, Nadege and Whitfield, Robert and Duffy, Alexander (2011) A metric to represent the evolution of CAD/analysis models in collaborative design. In: International Conference in Engineering Design (ICED), 2011-08-15 - 2011-08-18.

Whitfield, Robert and Duffy, Alexander and York, Philip and Vassalos, Dracos and Kaklis, Panagiotis (2011) Managing the exchange of engineering product data to support through life ship design. Computer-Aided Design, 43 (5). pp. 516-532. ISSN 0010-4485

Vallance, Sarah Mae and Duffy, Alexander and Whitfield, Robert and Mendibil, Kepa and Hird, Abigail and McCabe, John and Turner, Neville (2011) Using systems engineering for the development of decision making support systems (DMSS) : an analysis of system development methodologies (SDM). International Journal of the Decision Support System Technology, 3 (4). pp. 35-54. ISSN 1941-6296

Liu, S. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Whitfield, R.I. and Boyle, I.M. (2010) Integration of decision support systems to improve decision support performance. Knowledge Information Systems, 22 (3). pp. 261-286. ISSN 0219-1377

Liu, S. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Whitfield, R.I. and Boyle, I.M. and McKenna, I. (2009) Towards the realisation of an integratated decision support environment for organisational decision making. International Journal of the Decision Support System Technology, 1 (4). pp. 38-58. ISSN 1941-6296

Coates, G. and Thompson, C. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Hills, W. and Whitfield, R.I. (2009) Modelling skill competencies in engineering companies. Engineering Designer. pp. 16-19.

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. (2009) Modes of integrated collaborative ship design. In: 14th International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding (ICCAS '09), 2009-09-01 - 2009-09-03.

Wang, W. and Duffy, A. and Whitfield, I. and Mohamed, K. and Gatchell, S. and Prins, H. (2009) Virtual integration platform for computational fluid dynamics. In: 14th International Conference on Computer Applications in Shipbuilding (ICCAS '09), 2009-09-01 - 2009-09-03.

Liu, Shaofeng and Duffy, Alex and Whitfield, Robert Ian and Boyle, Iain and Wang, Wenjuan and Mohamed, Khaled (2009) Decision-focussed resource modelling for design decision support. In: 17th International Conference on Engineering Design 2009, 2009-08-24 - 2009-08-27.

Boyle, Iain and Duffy, Alex H. B. and Whitfield, R. Ian and Liu, Shaofeng (2009) Towards an understanding of the impact of resources on the design process. In: 17th International Conference on Engineering Design 2009, 2009-08-24 - 2009-08-27.

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. (2008) Collaborative support for distributed design. In: Realising Network Enabled Capability 2008, 2008-10-13 - 2008-10-14, Oulton Hall Hotel, Leeds.

Boyle, Iain and Duffy, Alex and Whitfield, Ian and Liu, Shaofeng (2008) DecMS : an approach to providing decision support within NEC delivery. In: Realising Network Enabled Capability 2008, 2008-10-13 - 2008-10-14, Oulton Hall Hotel, Leeds.

Liu, Shaofeng and Duffy, Alex H.B. and Boyle, Iain M. and Whitfield, Robert Ian (2008) Knowledge re-use for decision support. In: Realising Network Enabled Capability 2008, 2008-10-13 - 2008-10-14, Oulton Hall Hotel, Leeds.

Wang, Wenjuan and Duffy, Alex and Whitfield, Ian and Liu, Shaofeng and Boyle, Iain (2008) A design view of capability. In: Realising Network Enabled Capability 2008, 2008-10-13 - 2008-10-14, Oulton Hall Hotel, Leeds.

Liu, Shaofeng and Duffy, Alex H.B. and Whitfield, Robert Ian and Boyle, Iain M.; (2008) An integrated decision support environment for organisational decision making. In: Proceedings of the 2008 conference on Collaborative Decision Making. IOS Press, FRA, pp. 392-403. ISBN 9781586038816

Gatchell, S. and Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Abt, C. (2008) Coupling CAD and CFD codes within a virtual integration platform. In: Marine CFD 2008: International Conference on Marine Computational Dynamics, 2008-03-26 - 2008-03-27.

Yan, X.T. and Stewart, B. and Wang, W. and Tramsheck, R. and Liggat, J. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Whitfield, I. (2007) Developing and applying an integrated modular design methodology within a SME. In: 16th International Conference on Engineering Design, 2007-08-28 - 2007-08-31.

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Coates, G. (2007) Real time resource scheduling within a distributed collaborative design environment. In: 16th International Conference on Engineering Design, 2007-08-28 - 2007-08-31.

Wu, Zichao and Duffy, Alex H.B. and Vassalos, Dracos and York, Phil and Whitfield, Ian R. (2007) Virtue integrated platform : holistic support for distributed ship hydrodynamic design. In: 16th International Conference on Engineering Design, 2007-08-28 - 2007-08-31.

Meehan, J.S. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Whitfield, R. I. (2007) Supporting 'design for reuse' with modular design. Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, 15 (2). pp. 141-155. ISSN 1063-293X

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Conway, Alastair and Wu, Zichao and Meehan, Joanne and Vassalos, Dracos and York, Philip; MacGregor, S and Torres-Coronas, T, eds. (2007) A virtual environment to support the distributed design of large made-to-order products. In: Higher Creativity for Virtual Teams. IGI Global, pp. 299-320. ISBN 9781599041292

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Thomson, A. and Wu, Z. and Liu, S. (2007) An architecture for organisational decision support. In: System Engineering for Future Capability, SYEC'07, 2007-02-12 - 2007-02-13. (Unpublished)

Coates, G. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Hills, W. and Whitfield, I. (2007) A preliminary approach for modelling and planning the composition of engineering project teams. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 221 (7). pp. 1255-1265. ISSN 2041-2975

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Wu, Z. (2006) Realising intelligent virtual design. In: Second International Conference on Design Computing and Cognition (DCC'06), Intelletigent Virtual Design Environments Workshop, 2006-07-09.

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Kortabarria, L.; Samuel, A. and Lewis, W., eds. (2005) Identifying and evaluating parallel design activities using the design structure matrix. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'05). Design Society. ISBN 0-85825-788-2

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Wu, Z. and Meehan, J. (2005) An overview of the VRS virtual platform. In: 15th International Confrence on Engineering design (ICED'05), 2005-08-15 - 2005-08-18. (Unpublished)

Stewardson, D J and Whitfield, R I (2004) A demonstration of the utility of fractional experimental design for finding optimal genetic algorithm parameter settings. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 55 (2). pp. 132-138. ISSN 0160-5682

Coates, Graham and Duffy, Alex H. B. and Whitfield, Ian and Hills, William (2004) Engineering management : operational design co-ordination. Journal of Engineering Design, 15 (5). pp. 433-446. ISSN 1466-1837

Coates, G. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Whitfield, I. and Hills, W. (2003) An integrated agent-oriented approach to real-time operational design coordination. AI EDAM - Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing, 17 (4). pp. 287-311. ISSN 0890-0604

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Meehan, J. and Wu, Z. (2003) Ship product modelling. Journal of Ship Production, 19 (4). pp. 230-245. ISSN 8756-1417

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Coates, G. and Hills, W. (2003) Efficient process optimization. Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, 11 (2). pp. 83-92. ISSN 1063-293X

Whitfield, Robert Ian and Duffy, Alex H. B. and Wu, Zhichao and Meehan, Joanne (2003) Intelligent design guidance. In: 14th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED '03), 2003-08-19 - 2003-08-21.

Coates, G. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Whitfield, R.I. and Hills, W. (2003) Real-time co-ordinated resource management in a computational enviroment. In: 14th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED '03), 2003-08-19 - 2003-08-21.

Coates, G. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Whitfield, R.I. and Hills, W. (2003) A methodology for prospective operational design co-ordination. In: 14th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED '03), 2003-08-19 - 2003-08-21.

Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Coates, G. and Hills, W. (2002) Distributed design coordination. Research in Engineering Design, 13 (4). pp. 243-252. ISSN 0934-9839

Coates, Graham and Duffy, Alex H.B. and Whitfield, R. Ian and Hills, Bill; Shahin, Tamir, ed. (2002) Operational design co-ordination : an agent based approach. In: Computer-based design. John Wiley & Sons Inc., pp. 205-214. ISBN 1860583725

Coates, G. and Ritchey, I. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Hills, W. and Whitfield, R.I. (2002) Integrated engineering environments for large complex products. Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, 8 (3). pp. 171-182. ISSN 1063-293X

Whitfield, R.I. and Smith, J.S. and Duffy, A.H.B. (2002) Identifying component modules. In: 7th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Design, 2002-07-12 - 2002-07-17.

Coates, G. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Whitfield, R.I. and Hills, W. and Sen, P.; Parmee, I. C., ed. (2002) Real-time co-ordinated scheduling using a genetic algorithm. In: Adaptive Computing in Design and Manufacture V. Springer, GBR, 381–392. ISBN 978-0-85729-345-9

Stewardson, D.J. and Whitfield, R.I. and Hicks, C. and Pongcharoen, P. and Braiden, P. M. (2001) Sparse experimental design : an effective an efficient way discovering better genetic algorithm structures. In: 2nd European Conference on intelligent Management Systems in Operations, 2001-07-03 - 2001-07-04.

Whitfield, Robert Ian and Coates, Graham and Duffy, Alex H. B. and Hills, Bill (2001) A system for co-ordinating concurrent engineering. In: 13th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED 01), 2001-08-21 - 2001-08-23.

Coates, G. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Hills, W. and Whitfield, R.I. (2000) A generic coordination approach applied to a manufacturing environment. Journal of Materials Processing Technology, 107 (1-3). pp. 404-411. ISSN 0924-0136

Whitfield, Robert Ian and Coates, Graham and Duffy, Alex H. B. and Hills, Bill (2000) Coordination approaches and systems - part I : a strategic perspective. Research in Engineering Design, 12 (1). pp. 48-60. ISSN 0934-9839

Coates, Graham and Whitfield, Robert Ian and Duffy, Alex H. B. and Hills, Bill (2000) Coordination approaches and systems - part II : an operational perspective. Research in Engineering Design, 12 (2). pp. 73-89. ISSN 0934-9839

Whitfield, Robert Ian and Coates, Graham and Duffy, Alex H. B. and Hills, Bill (2000) A multi-agent based system to enable strategic and operational design coordination. In: 6th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Design (AID'00), 2000-06-26 - 2000-06-29.

Coates, G. and Hills, W. and Whitfield, R.I. and Duffy, A.H.B. (1999) Design coordination for enabling concurrent engineering. In: 6th ISPE International Conference on Concurrent Engineering, 1999-09-01 - 1999-09-03.

Whitfield, Robert Ian and Coates, Graham and Hills, Bill; Lindemann, U. and Birkhofer, H. and Lindemann, U. and Birkhofer, H., eds. (1999) Multi-objective robust concept exploration within the made-to-order sector. In: Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'99). Professional Engineering Publishing. ISBN 392297953X

Whitfield, Robert Ian and Hills, Bill and Coates, Graham; (1999) The application of multi-objective robust design methods in ship design. In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Applications in Ship Building (ICCAS'99). ICCAS.

Coates, G. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Whitfield, R.I. and Hills, W. (1999) A generic coordination methodology applied to a manufacturing enviroment. In: Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Production Engineering (CAPE'99), 1999-04-19 - 1999-04-21.

Coates, G. and Duffy, A.H.B. and Whitfield, R.I. and Hills, W. (1999) A methodology for design coordination in a distributed computing environment. In: Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Engineering Design (ICED'99), 1999-08-24 - 1999-08-26.

Whitfield, R.I. and Wright, P.N.H. and Coates, G. and Hills, W. (1998) A robust design methodology suitable for application to one-off products. Journal of Engineering Design, 9 (4). pp. 373-387. ISSN 1466-1837