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Browsing Informatics by Title
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Smith, Ronel
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Although elderly women living in rural areas of South Africa and other developing nations is the most disadvantaged segment of the population, very little funding is allocated to their development, and social, economic and ...
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Wolmarans, Annamaré
(University of Pretoria, 2017)
Business divestment tends to be the result of a change in the business strategy or due to
changing economic circumstances that force a company to either close or demerge business
units that are no longer profitable or ...
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Zhakata, Norwell
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Most South African universities, like many such institutions in the developing world, enrol a
first-year student without the requisite digital competencies to be fully functional in the
information world. The end-user ...
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Tshivhase, Mmabatho
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been regarded as having the potential of changing the way people live their lives. Particularly in developing countries, ICTs are believed to be the path to social and ...
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Martin, Andreas; Hinkelmann, Knut
(CEUR Workshop Proceedings, 2022)
The AAAI 2022 Spring Symposium on Machine Learning and Knowledge Engineering for
Hybrid Intelligence (AAAI-MAKE 2022) brought together researchers and practitioners of the
two fields to reflect on advances in combining ...
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Mulder, Susan
(University of Pretoria, 2010)
Data warehousing is a new and emerging field. Projects tend to be complex and time consuming. Because of this complexity, teams tend to commit to more than they can deliver. This causes delayed delivery. Applying Agile ...
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Alexander, Patricia Margaret; Silvis, Emile S.
(University of Sheffield, 2014-06)
INTRODUCTION. The use of actor-network theory is becoming increasingly common amongst information systems researchers. This study argues that the utility of actor-network theory as a conceptual tool for information systems ...
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Adebiyi, Marion Olubunmi; Adeliyi, Timothy; Olaniyan, Deborah; Olaniyan, Julius
(Universitas Ahmad Dahlan, 2024-06)
In this study, we introduce an innovative approach that combines convolutional neural networks (CNN) with an attention mechanism (AM) to achieve precise emotion detection from speech data within the context of e-learning. ...
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Laurenzi, Emanuele
(University of Pretoria, 2018-10-12)
Domain-Specific Modelling Languages (DSMLs) offer constructs that are tailored to better capture the representational needs of an application domain. They provide customized graphical notations, which facilitate understanding ...
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Laurenzi, Emanuele; Hinkelmann, Knut; Van der Merwe, Alta
(Springer, 2018-10)
Enterprise knowledge is currently subject to ever-changing, complex and domain-specific modeling requirements. Assimilating these requirements in modeling languages brings the benefits associated to both domain-specific ...
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Tombe, Ronald; Smuts, H
(MDPI, 2023-05)
Sustainable agriculture is the backbone of food security systems and a driver of human well-being in global economic development (Sustainable Development Goal SDG 3). With the increase in world population and the effects ...
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Mkhatshwa, Junior; Kavu, Tatenda; Daramola, Olawande
(MDPI, 2024-06)
Early detection of plant nutrient deficiency is crucial for agricultural productivity. This
study investigated the performance and interpretability of Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs)
for this task. Using the rice ...
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Phahlamohlaka, L.J. (Letlibe Jacob)
(University of Pretoria, 2008-05-29)
Please read the abstract in the section, 00front, of this document
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Adeliyi, Timothy; Oluwadele, Deborah; Igwe, Kevin; Aroba, Oluwasegun J.
(International Information and Engineering Technology Association, 2023)
Traffic accidents are becoming a global issue, causing enormous losses in both human and
financial resources. According to a World Health Organization assessment, the severity of
road accidents affects between 20 and 50 ...
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Naidoo, Rennie; Adebesin, Funmi
(Association for Computing Machinery, 2024-01)
Responsible Human-Computer Interaction for Development (HCI4D) and Information System (IS) researchers have called for demarginalizing methods for decolonizing digital practices in marginalized indigenous communities. This ...
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Anila, Mundackal; Daramola, Olawande
(Springer, 2025-01)
Smart aquaponics systems are gaining popularity as they contribute immensely to sustainable food production. These systems enhance traditional farming with advanced technologies like the Internet of Things (IoT), solar ...
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Muranganwa, Isaac; Naidoo, Rennie
(Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2023-08-25)
Green information technology (IT) adoption is an important topic in the fields of information systems, business sustainability, and corporate social responsibility. This case study applies the green IT adoption model (GITAM) ...
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Sithole, Thenjiwe Glyndah
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The rapid increase of emerging technologies has become a backbone upon which organisations now increasingly rely on. It has prompted public sector organisations around the globe to embrace these technologies and digitise ...
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Sithole, Thenjiwe Glyndah
(University of Pretoria, 2019)
The rapid increase of emerging technologies has become a backbone upon which organisations now increasingly rely on. It has prompted public sector organisations around the globe to embrace these technologies and digitise ...
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Turpin, Marita
(Computer Society of South Africa, 2018-07)
South Africa is an ideal test bed for ICT4D research, since on the one hand it has stark development challenges,
and on the other hand it has well established ICT infrastructure that could be utilised towards socio-econ ...