Author:Marais, Laurette; Pretorius, LDate:Jan 2023The African languages Wordnet (AfWN) for Zulu (ZWN) was built using the expand approach, which relies on the translation of concepts in the Princeton WordNet (PWN), while retaining their PWN lexical categories. In this paper the focus is on ...Read more
Author:Botha, Natasha; Van Eden, Beatrice; Lehman, Lodewyk; Verster, Jacobus JDate:Nov 2023There is an increased interest in using aerial robotic platforms for indoor applications in industrial and manufacturing environments. One such example is stocktaking in warehouses, where the use of other mobile robotic systems is not efficient ...Read more
Author:De Ronde, Willis; Crafford, G; Roux, Pieter W; Wenhold, Derryn LDate:Nov 2023Complex factory layouts can be improved by performing optimization on the layout in discrete event simulation packages. Creating models of complex factories in these simulation packages can, however, be very time-consuming and generally ...Read more
Author:Van Eden, Beatrice; Botha, NatashaDate:Nov 2023Collaborative robots are adopted in the drive towards Industry 4.0 to automate manufacturing, while retaining a human workforce. This area of research is known as human-robot collaboration (HRC) and focusses on understanding the interactions ...Read more
Author:Afachao, K; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Hancke, GPDate:Aug 2023This paper presents a comprehensive analysis of nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms for achieving energy efficiency in the Edge-Cloud environment. The study focuses on the Particle Swarm Algorithm (PSO), Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), ...Read more
Author:Pandarum, AradhnaDate:Oct 2023South Africa is the 12th largest global emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. As part of global initiatives to reduce emissions, the country also pledged alliance to this common goal via the conference of parties. Strict net-zero targets have ...Read more
Author:De Ronde, Wiilis; Bosscha, Peter A; Marais, Stephen T; Pretorius, ADate:Nov 2023Due to the high prevalence and unpredictability of violent protest action in South Africa, a need has arisen for rapidly deployable surveillance. This paper proposes an Automated Robotic Guardian for Urban Surveillance (ARGUS) platform, a ...Read more
Author:Chetty, Brenton L; Isaac, Sherrin J; Walingo, TDate:Sep 2023There are many challenges associated with developing a feasible wireless communication system for the harsh underground mining environment. Radio signals suffer from strong attenuations due to the excessive reflections, diffractions, scatterings, ...Read more
Author:Kruger, Rynhardt P; De Wet, F; Niesler, TDate:May 2023Documents containing mathematical content remain largely inaccessible to blind and visually impaired readers because they are predominantly published as untagged PDF which does not include the semantic data necessary for effective accessibility. ...Read more
Author:Rasilingwania, TE; Gumbo, JR; Masindi, V; Muedi, KL; Mbhele, Nkhangweleni RDate:Jul 2023Herein, the removal of Congo red (CR) dye from aqueous solution using MgO nanoparticles (MgONPs) was reported. Batch experiments were used to fulfil the objectives of this study. Specifically, the one-factor-at-a-time (OFAAT) mode where the ...Read more
Author:Chauke, Mapoo D; Gama, G; Sebetoa, Matlapane R; Marimuthu, Luveshan; Mavhona, TshifhiwaDate:Jul 2023Supply Chain Management (SCM) has evolved over the years, from mechanisation in the 1920s to intelligentisation in the 2000s. Major changes in supply chain are due to challenges in the environment, such as the fragmentation of SCM activities ...Read more
Author:Govender, Ireshyn S; Mokoena, Rethabile; Stoychev, Stoyan; Naicker, PrevinDate:Sep 2023Urine provides a diverse source of information related to a patient’s health status and is ideal for clinical proteomics due to its ease of collection. To date, most methods for the preparation of urine samples lack the throughput required ...Read more
Author:Pandarum, Aradhna; Mbam, VuyoDate:Sep 2023South Africa (SA) is the 12th largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitter in the world. Furthermore, the country has pledged to transition away from a carbon insensitive economy within the Conference of Parties (COP) thus highlighting the need to ...Read more
Author:Mtsweni, Jabu SDate:Oct 2023Cyber-attacks continue to evolve, circumventing modern security solutions and exploiting discovered software vulnerabilities. Businesses and governments tend to respond in a reactive manner when dealing with these attacks, mostly due to limited ...Read more
Author:Sefara, Tshephisho Joseph; Rangata, Mapitsi RDate:Dec 2023Most general sentiment analysers degrade quality when tested on Tweets in the broadcast domain. This domain covers both radio and television broadcast. This paper proposes domain-specific data in the broadcast domain. Furthermore, it proposes ...Read more
Author:Govender, Avashna; King, SDate:Nov 2023Cognitive load of text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis systems measured in the past consistently showed that processing synthetic speech is more difficult to process than human speech in the presence of noise. However, the systems previously evaluated ...Read more
Author:Venter, Jacobus PDate:Aug 2023Designing a communication system that can provide persistent communication in a variety of scenarios cannot be achieved through the implementation of a single technology. This paper discusses the process used to design a system-of-systems ...Read more
Author:Pandarum, AradhnaDate:Oct 2023South Africa is the 12th largest global emitter of greenhouse gas emissions. As part of global initiatives to reduce emissions, the country also pledged alliance to this common goal via the conference of parties. Strict net-zero targets have ...Read more
Author:Mtsweni, Jabu S; Ndlovu, Lungisani; Mthethwa, Sthembile N; Mkuzangwe, Nenekazi NPDate:Nov 2023Misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and/or fake news have gained attention for good and bad in South Africa, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. The research-based and non-research-based interventions to tackle misinformation ...Read more