The aim of this research is to provide a new model for the prioritization of the various
quantitative and qualitative factors affecting software development productivity. This is important for the evaluation of project ...
A neural network was used to model experimental fluidisation data - bubble size and
velocity - from a laboratory size fluidised bed column. Experiments were performed for several particle sizes and temperatures.
A classical ...
The paper introduces a method for identification and assisted controller tuning for industrial process control loops suitable for an 'in-chip' solution. The method is based on utilization of neural network technology. It ...
In this paper we discuss the problem of finding an upper bound on the genus of a graph. This problem has applications to circuit layouts. An electronic circuit may be modelled by a graph. By punching holes into the circuit ...
This paper outlines the basic theoretical assumptions of language analysis and then proposed a new approach called discourse analysis. The theoretical foundations of discourse analysis are Wittgenstein's theory of language ...
The current generation of widely-used, multi-user, general-purpose operating systems have evolved from versions that were designed when many of the issues that are important today were unimportant or not even thought of. ...
In an earlier paper the notion of a ray guard --'- a guard that can only see along a single ray, was introduced. The ray guarding problem is in siting the fewest possible such guards so that they guard all adjacencies ...
There is, as yet, no single formal definition for the object-oriented approach. The object-oriented paradigm is described in terms of the concepts accentuated by the approach, namely classes, objects, methods, messages and ...
Financial industry and manufacturing are the main customers in migrating existing
applications into client server environments. This paper helps in identifying the candidates
for migration and suggests a method for ...
The research is conducted in the area of Software Engineering, with emphasis on the design phase of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The object-oriented paradigm is the point of departure. The investigation deals ...
Many information strategists today agree that the Object-Oriented Technology (OOT) has particular requirements that should not be omitted from a traditional Information Technology (IT) strategy. An Object-Oriented Strategy ...
Case Based Reasoning is an Artificial Intelligence technique that utilises the concept of
reasoning from a stored knowledge base reflecting prior experience. It offers a number of
advantages, such as learning and validation ...
Research in the field of Group Decision Support Systems (GDSS) has focused on the following main issues: the Task (task complexity, clarity and rationality); the Individual (the profile of individual group members); the ...
We propose a mathematical model of a database with incomplete information, which we call the N-system. Basically speaking, such a system stores information concerning properties of some objects. The information may be ...
Decision Support Systems(DSS) have been dealing so far predominantly with semistructured problems for which existed well established Operations Research techniques. Most of them were originally oriented towards supporting ...
The subject of IT outsourcing has received a growing attention recently both by
practitioners and researchers. There are a number of critical decisions to be made by a
company embarking on outsourcing. These include a ...
Data mining is the process of extracting informative patterns from data stored in a database or data warehouse. Decision tree induction algorithms, from the area of machine learning are well suited for building classification ...
This paper attempts to address the need and justification for a Computer Skills Requirements Model for Zimbabwe as well as the findings and plans following the recently completed Zimbabwe Computer Industry Manpower Survey. ...
The project success depends to a large degree on communication and coordination among team members. But project management systems and models do not support cooperative group work. Their basic philosophy is rather hierarchical ...
South African networking history started in the mid 1980's. Within less than ten years, the
country became the 15-th fastest growing network within the lnternet community. Today, the South African network offers a variety ...