Publications

Here is a list of publications produced by members of the ASL. Reprints are available for all publications.

• Sellers, W. I., Hill, R. A. and Logan, B. S. (2007). An agent-based model of group decision making in baboons. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. 362, 1699-1710 doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2064.
• Sellers, W. I. and Manning, P. L. (2007). Estimating dinosaur maximum running speeds using evolutionary robotics. Proc. Roy. Soc. London B, Published online 22nd August 2007 doi 10.1098/rspb.2007.0846.
• Crompton, R. H. and Sellers, W. I. (2007). A consideration of leaping locomotion as a means of predator avoidance in prosimian primates. In Primate anti-predator strategies, eds. K. A. I. Nekaris and S. L. Gursky), pp. 127-145. New York: Springer.
• Sellers, W. I. and Paul, G. S. (2005). Speed potential of giant tyrannosaurs. Artificial Intelligence and the Study of Behaviour (AISB) Quarterly 121, 3.
• Sellers, W. I., Hill, R. A. and Logan, B. S. (2005). Biorealistic modelling of baboon foraging using agent-based modelling. In Modelling Natural Action Selection: Proceedings of an International Workshop, eds. J. J. Bryson T. J. Prescott and A. K. Seth), pp. 127-134. Edinburgh: AISB Press.
• Sellers, W. I., Cain, G. M., Wang, W. and Crompton, R. H. (2005). Stride lengths, speed and energy costs in walking of australopithecus afarensis: Using evolutionary robotics to predict locomotion of early human ancestors. J. Roy. Soc. Interface 5, 431-441.
• Wang W, Crompton RH, Carey TS, Günther MM, Yu L, Savage R, Sellers WI. Comparison of inverse-dynamics musculo-skeletal models of AL 288-1 Australopithecus afarensis and KNM-WT 15000 Homo ergaster to modern humans, with implications for the evolution of bipedalism. Journal of Human Evolution. 2004 47:453-478.
• Sellers WI, Crompton RH. Automatic Monitoring of Primate Locomotor Behaviour Using Accelerometers. Folia Primatologia 2004 75: 279-293 .
• Sellers WI, Dennis LA, Wang W, Crompton RH. Evaluating alternative gait strategies using evolutionary robotics. Journal of Anatomy. 2004. 204: 343-351.
• Sellers WI, Crompton RH. Using sensitivity analysis to validate the predictions of a biomechanical model of bite forces. Annals of Anatomy. 2004 186: 89-95.
• Orton RJ, Sellers WI, Gerloff DL. YETI: Yeast Exploration Tool Integrator. Bioinformatics 2004 20:284-285
• Sellers WI, Dennis LA, Crompton RH. Predicting the metabolic energy costs of bipedalism using evolutionary robotics. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2003 206:1127-36.
• Sellers WI, Orton R, Chamberlain A. Computer-aided visualisation of archaeological caves. Capra 3 available at - http://www.shef.ac.uk/~capra/3/sellers.html. 2001.
• Bard JBL, Gordon A, Sharp L, Sellers WI. Early nephron formation in the developing mouse kidney. Journal of Anatomy. 2001 199: 385-392.
• Chamberlain AT, Sellers WI, Proctor C, Coard R. Cave Detection in Limestone using Ground Penetrating Radar. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2000 27:957-964.
• Sellers WI, Chamberlain AT. Echoing the bats. Discovering Archaeology. 1999 2:94-96.
• MacLennan WJ, Sellers WI. Ageing through the ages. Proceedings of the Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh. 1999 29:71-75.
• Sellers WI, Chamberlain A. Ultrasonic cave mapping. Journal of Archaeological Science. 1998 25:1-7.
• Sellers WI, Chamberlain AT. Cave detection using ground penetrating radar. The Archaeologist. 1998 31:20-21.
• Sellers WI, Varley J, Waters S. Remote locomotor monitoring using accelerometers: a pilot study. Folia Primatologia. 1998 69(S1):82-85.
• Sellers WI, Chamberlain AT. Ultrasonic cave mapping. Journal of the Cave Research Electronics Group. 1997 28:18-19.
• Sellers WI. A biomechanical investigation into the absence of leaping in the locomotor repertoire of the Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus). Folia Primatologia. 1996 67(1):1-14.
• Sellers WI, Crompton RH. A system for 2- and 3-D kinematic and kinetic analysis of locomotion, and its application to analysis of the energetic efficiency of jumping in prosimians. Zeitschrift fur Morphologie und Anthropologie. 1994 80(1):99-108.
• Crompton RH, Sellers WI, Gunther MM. Energetic efficiency and ecology as selective factors in the saltatory adaptation of prosimian primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 1993 254:41-45.
• Sellers WI. A study of leaping in prosimian primates. Liverpool: University of Liverpool, 1992. Ph.D. Thesis.
• Crompton RH, Sellers WI. 3-D computer graphics in the study of adaptation. The Computer Bulletin. 1990 2(5):10-13.