Author:Mdukaza, S; Isong, B; Dladlu, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Oct 2018Internet of Things (IoT) has attracted widespread applicability not only limited to smart cities and communities but also in water, waste management and so on. It strength lies in the high impacts it created in the daily life and the potential ...Read more
Author:De Witt, JJ; Strydom, JJDate:Oct 2014This paper presents backscatter analysis of L-band land clutter data, measured from an airborne platform, over various terrain types encountered in the Western Cape region of South Africa. The data processing steps are described and the ...Read more
Author:Conning, M; Potgieter, FDate:May 2010Measured radar data assisted in the successful development and implementation of Specific Emitter Identification (SEI) signal processing algorithms. The aim of the algorithm is the identification of a specific emitter within a single class ...Read more
Author:Botha, Natasha; Inglis, HM; Labuschagne, FJWJDate:Nov 2018Polymers are used in various industrial applications due to their ease of production, light weight and ductility. Fillers such as nanoclays are added to polymers to improve a range of factors such as material processing, thermal properties, ...Read more
Author:Venter, Karien; Mokonyama, Mathetha T; Letebele, M; Dube, S; Masondo, NDate:Jul 2013The qualitative investigation into factors facilitating modal shift formed part of a larger research study that was conducted by the CSIR for the National Department of Transport. The aim of the study was to understand the factors that are ...Read more
Author:James, S; Konidaris, G; Rosman, Benjamin SDate:Feb 2017Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) is a family of directed search algorithms that has gained widespread attention in recent years. Despite the vast amount of research into MCTS, the effect of modifications on the algorithm, as well as the manner ...Read more
Author:Manuel, M; Isong, B; Esiefarienrhe, M; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Oct 2018Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are network paradigm that are constrained by several challenges such as management of the network, energy consumption, data processing, quality of services (QoS) provisioning, and security. Software-Defined ...Read more
Author:Theron, AK; Rossouw, MDate:Nov 2008The aim of this paper is to consider physical coastal zone impacts due to expected climate change in the Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique coastal region, and to provide some mitigating response options. The primary effects of climate ...Read more
Author:Klein, Peter; Roos, TH; Sheer, JDate:Aug 2014Ceramic heat regenerators are suited to providing thermal storage for concentrating solar power stations based on a recuperated gas turbine cycle. Randomly packed beds of spheres and saddles; honeycombs and checker bricks were identified as ...Read more
Author:Cichowicz, ADate:Jan 1994This report discusses the assessment of safety risk and the analysis of Falls Of Ground (FOG) in mines due to seismic events and mining layout during the period of 1991-1992 on a single mine. The multivariate analysis was used to obtain a ...Read more
Author:Salami, O; Bagula, A; Chan, HADate:Jul 2009In order to link a source-destination node pair in inter-working multi-hop wireless networks, links or routes must first be available. It is only after establishing the availability of links and routes between nodes that factors which affect ...Read more
Author:Mathebula, M; Isong, B; Gasela, N; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Jun 2019In recent years, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and software defined networks (SDN) have witnessed overwhelming research interests in both industry and the academia. Most of these researches have been devoted to address several security ...Read more
Author:Spark, A; Govender, M; Bush, TDLDate:Dec 2006The authors aim to develop a quick and accurate method to measure S/G ratio, characterise and identify the acidolysis products and validate the new S/G ratio method. Experiments and results are shownRead more
Author:Machio, Christopher N; Machaka, Ronald; Shabalala, T; Chikwanda, HKDate:Jul 2015The paper captures the effect of structure and the applicability of compaction models using the cold compaction of a TiH2-SS316L composite powder prepared by high energy mechanical milling. The composite blend was cold pressed uniaxially to ...Read more
Author:Broich, R; Grobler, HDate:May 2012In an attempt to find an optimal processing architecture for radar signal processing applications, the different algorithms that are typically used in a pulse-Doppler radar signal processor are investigated. Radar algorithms are broken down ...Read more
Author:Marais, Mario ADate:Oct 2011The sustainability of ICT for Development (ICT4D) initiatives remains an enduring concern, and projects typically have a high rate of failure. ICT4D is in flux and the trends are analysed to show how sustainability issues have changed from ...Read more
Author:Botha, Johannes G; Pederson, T; Leenen, LDate:Jun 2023Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, blockchain and cryptocurrency adoption has increased significantly. The adoption rate of blockchain-based technologies has surpassed the Internet adoption rate in the 90s and early 2000s. As this ...Read more
Author:Nair, Kishor K; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Lefophane, SamuelDate:Mar 2019Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to enable the interconnection of small foot-print devices, which can offer valuable information for various critical use cases. It is expected to enable interconnections of participating IoT entities ...Read more
Author:Munga, N; Fogwill, TADate:May 2009In the constantly turbulent and dynamic environments in which businesses today function, one has to be able to adapt and change one's overall strategy in order to remain competitive. Business models, when carefully constructed can be a valuable ...Read more
Author:Litvin, IA; Burger, L; Forbes, ADate:2007A model to describe the transverse field distribution of the output beam from porro prism resonators is proposed. The model allows the prediction of the output transverse field distribution by assuming that the main areas of loss are located ...Read more