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  • A competitive framework for the South African clothing industry 
    Ramdass, Kemlall; Pretorius, Leon (IEEE, 2007-12-31)
    The SA clothing industry has shed over 67 000 jobs in the past three years [1]. There is a possibility that more jobs may be shed in the South African clothing industry over the next few years [1]. The SA clothing industry ...
  • Complex thinking in a project-based classroom 
    Jakovljevic, Maria; Ankiewicz, Piet; de Swardt, Estelle (Education as Change, Publisher SAePublications, 2003)
    Present instructional methodology in the information system design (ISD) environment is in need of explicit guidelines for promoting the thinking skills of learners, thus failing to fully develop their technological problem ...
  • A complexity metrics model for software 
    Torn, A; Andersson, T; Enholm, K (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1999)
    A complexity metrics model for software is introduced. The model is defined as l( p )c( p ) = e( p ), where p is any piece of software, l( p ) its length, c( p ) an average type complexity measure independent of length, ...
  • The complexity of Petri Net transformations 
    Donaldson, SR; Bause, F; Kritzinger, Pieter S. (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1996)
    We consider the complexity of several property preserving Petri net transformations found in the literature. These transfor­mations were candidates for.inclusion in a software tool to peiform liveness and boundedness ...
  • The Components of an Innovation Ecosystem Framework for Botswana’s Mobile Applications 
    Nyamaka, Admore Tutsirayi; Botha, Adele; Van Biljon, Judy; Marais, Mario Alphonso (John Wiley & Sons, 2020)
    The literature on information and communication technology comprises numerous studies on the role of mobile technologies in developing communities, including examples of innovative mobile applications which improve ...
  • Computational and experimental study for the desalination of petrochemical industrial effluents using direct contact membrane distillation 
    Osman, Muhammad S; Masindi, Vhahangwele; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan M (2019-02-22)
    Abstract The petrochemical, mining and power industries have reacted to the recent South African water crisis by focussing on improved brine treatment for water and salt recovery with the aim of achieving ...
  • Computational Information Systems (Biblical Hebrew) 
    Kroeze, Jan H; Machdel, C.; Bothma, Theo J.D. (2013-10-01)
    A brief overview of the development of computational information systems for Biblical Hebrew is presented. Highlighting major trends and research topics that have received attention in the impressive body of literature ...
  • Computer fraud in SA: an indictment of information systems 
    Messerschmidt, HJ (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1995)
    There is an increasing amount of computer fraud in South Africa. A recent court case shows that Information Systems can actually assist criminals. The paper shows where the major loopholes are and suggests ways of improving ...
  • Computer programming and learning to write 
    Barrow, J (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1999)
    Programming is often seen in terms of mathematical models. An additional perspective, that of programming as a means of communication between the programmer and the computer, can also be useful, particularly in teaching ...
  • Computer Science and Information Systems: the future? 
    Machanick, P (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1999)
  • Computer security: hacking tendencies, criteria and solutions 
    Botha, M; Von Solms, R (2001)
    Computer crime and more particularly computer hacking has become increasingly active in today's business environment. Proof of this statement is a survey completed by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI which ...
  • Computer-based applications for engineering education 
    Hansen, AC; Lyne, PWL (1996)
    There is a rapidly growing awareness in the world of the need to modify the educational process at all levels of human development. In South Africa the situation is made worse by a substantial backlog in education. ...
  • Computer-supported cooperative education to support development in South Africa 
    Grobler, M (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1995)
    With the enormous educational backlogs in South Africa it seems that there is no choice other than searching for alternative, technology-based ways for improving the existing educational situation. This paper describes ...
  • A computerised-consultation service for the computerisation of the very small small-business enterprise 
    Rensleigh, CW; Olivier, MS (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1997)
    Small-business performance can benefit from computerisation. Unfortunately, however, most of the very small small-business enterprises do not have the financial means to acquire the services of a computerisation consultant. ...
  • Concept Mapping and Appropriate Instructional Strategies in Promoting Programming Skills of Holistic Learners 
    Jakovljevic, Maria (University of Pretoria, 2003-09-17)
    The current methods for teaching programming skills fail to concentrate on the effective tools and strategies conducive to the creation of in-depth understanding of programming concepts and procedures. Mind tools such as ...
  • Concept network framework for a multi-paradigm knowledge base 
    Kambanis, J (South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 1991)
    This paper describes a conceptual framework and an implementation medium for constructing multi-paradigm knowledge bases. The idea of a concept network is used as a basis for storing knowledge in different knowledge ...
  • A conceptual design for high-volume data processing of warehouse database into multidimensional database 
    Trakulsuk, P; Avatchanakorn, V (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1999)
    This paper presents a conceptual model of analyzing huge amount of information from a data warehouse into Multidimensional Database (MDDB) using multidimensional data (MDD)model. The major advantages of this model are: 1) ...
  • Conceptual design of a glycerol biorefinery 
    Mukeru, Bahizire Martin (2021-12)
    Glycerol is considered as the major waste from biodiesel production since every 1L of biodiesel produced is accompanied by 0.1 L of glycerol by-product. Utilizing this waste as a biorefinery feedstock will not only ...
  • Conceptual design of gasification-based biorefineries using the C-H-O ternary diagram 
    Litheko, Lefu Andrew (2017-10)
    This dissertation develops a systematic targeting method based on the C-H-O ternary diagram for the conceptual design of gasification-based biorefineries. The approach is applied using dimethyl ether (DME) as case study. ...
  • A conceptual framework for a student personal information privacy culture at universities in Zimbabwe 
    Da Veiga, Adele; Martins, Nico; Maguraushe, Kudakwashe (Kalpa Publications in Computing, 2019)
    In this research, an information privacy culture is proposed to be embedded in three basic concepts: students’ privacy expectations, privacy awareness and confidence in universities’ capability to uphold information privacy. ...

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