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Natural language interface to relational database: a simplified customization approach
(2016)
Natural language interfaces to databases (NLIDB) allow end-users with no knowledge of a formal language like SQL to query databases. One of the main open problems currently investigated is the development of NLIDB systems ...
Investigating the potential for a user-driven electricity monitoring application to provide useful electricity consumption patterns
(2017)
Conventional electricity usage monitoring involves complex data collection via costly and intrusive hardware installation. There is a perceived need for a simple and affordable tool that provides users with feedback about ...
Investigating image processing algorithms for provision of information in rock art sites using mobile devices
(2016)
The term cultural heritage spaces incorporates places, objects and practices of cultural and historical significance. Examples include the Southern African rock art heritage sites. Rock art is an archaeological term used ...
Investigating prediction modelling of academic performance for students in rural schools in Kenya
(2016)
Academic performance prediction modelling provides an opportunity for learners' probable outcomes to be known early, before they sit for final examinations. This would be particularly useful for education stakeholders to ...
An automatic marker for vector graphics drawing tasks
(2016)
In recent years, the SVG file format has grown increasingly popular, largely due to its widespread adoption as the standard image format for vector graphics on the World Wide Web. However, vector graphics predate the modern ...
Design and optimisation of a low cost Cognitive Mesh Network
(2016)
Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have been touted as the most promising wireless technology in providing high-bandwidth Internet access to rural, remote and under-served areas, with relatively lower investment cost as compared ...
Augmenting security event information with contextual data to improve the detection capabilities of a SIEM
(2017)
The increasing number of cyber security breaches have revealed a need for proper cyber security measures. The emergence of the internet and the increase in overall connectivity means that data is more easily accessible and ...
Towards an interactive mobile lecturing model a higher-level engagement for enhancing learning
(2013)
The use of mobile devices has grown in recent years and has overtaken the proliferation of desktop computers with their dual affordances of small size and easy connectivity in diverse fields. The usage of these devices has ...
Telecommuting in the developing world: a case of the day-labour market
(2012)
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in general, and mobile phones in particular, have demonstrated positive outcomes in the various social transformation and human development dimensions. As a result, many ...
Field D* pathfinding in weighted simplicial complexes
(2013)
The development of algorithms to efficiently determine an optimal path through a complex environment is a continuing area of research within Computer Science. When such environments can be represented as a graph, established ...