This paper describes the social constructivist theory of learning and how it can be
applied to handle the problems of diversity in Information Systems and Computer Science classes. Examples are given on methods that can ...
This paper explores the use of dive computer downloader units and Delphi 3 object-oriented structures to integrate the fields of Computer Systems and Software Engineering in the academic environment. Currently there is a ...
In any form of display where three-dimensional images are required to be projected onto a two-dimensional display the hidden surface or hidden line removal certainly helps to enhance the realism of the final image.
This ...
The predictive hierarchical level of detail optimization algorithm of Mason and Blake is experimentally evaluated in the form of a practical application to hierarchical radiosity. In a novel approach the recursively ...
This paper presents an overview of the established concepts of David Harel' s higraphs, to increase their visibility. Higraphs are a union of extended graph and extended set theory which allows the understandable definition ...
When I use the term Repository Driven User Interface (RDUI), it simply means that besides the normal data that users save and use in the running of a business, other data, concerning the user interface is also stored in ...
I/O Subsystem performance is one of the key components that impact the business operations of today's organisations. The objective of this paper is to provide a detailed performance evaluation of various storage architectures ...
We discuss the implementation of Rhoda, our Linda-like Tuple Space server which runs under the Helios operating system. The approach analyses and partitions tuple space at compile time in order to reduce the run time ...
In formal logic, both semantic entailment and the conditional connective are used to formalize the intuitive notion of implication. The former is defined in the meta-language of the logic, and the latter in the language ...
The RAMpage memory hierarchy is an attempt at devising a comprehensive strategy to address the growing DRAM-CPU speed gap. By moving the main memory up a level to the
SRAM currently used to implement the lowest-level ...
In a process control environment, batch processes, as opposed to continuous processes, are characterised by multi-product manufacturing lines producing relatively small quantities which often involves frequent product ...
The independent online is the Internet service of Independent Newspapers, South Africa's
largest newspaper group. This paper is a case study of the events of the past year, including the lessons, successes and failures ...
Cooperation between industry, academia and government is increasingly viewed to be of
key importance for economies to be globally competitive. In a world where research and
technology development, and the diffusion and ...
Organisations today face many issues that are complex and ill structured. The complexity of these issues does not lend themselves to structuring and formulation by quantitative models, or simple intuitive problem solving. ...
Information Technology (IT) has become part and parcel of the business world today. In fact, with the increasing sophistication of networks and the continued growth in electronic commerce, it will continue becoming an ever ...
Information is a very valuable resource and must be protected against harmful attacks from inside as well as outside the organization. As a resource, information is the lifeline of many organizations and is therefore vital ...
Information security has moved a long way from the early days when physical security, together with a set of backups, fonned the backbone of a company's security controls. Today, infonnation security is all about policies, ...
Multicriteria Decision Making and Systems Thinking both claim to be useful when dealing
with complex, messy managerial problems. They have evolved in a different way in the
past 20 years and only recently there have been ...
A decision of increasing importance to many organisations is whether to use internal or outside resources, assistance and expertise to address information technology and information systems requirements. This decision may ...
The validity of managerial activities such as strategic planning have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. In particular, the validity of information systems strategic planning (ISSP) within South African ...