Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Application of GIS in auto insurance risk segmentation and rating: a case for Nairobi county
(University of Nairobi, 2014-09)Developments in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have given rise to sophisticated scientific techniques for collection, analysis and visualization of location based data. GIS analysis is used to reveal some critical ... -
Agent-based self study centre management system
(2014)The education sector is faced with many challenges such as meeting the human resource requirements for a rapidly changing and more diverse economy and ensuring quality education that meets the needs of the economy. Formal ... -
An agent based stock price prediction model for the Nairobi securities exchange
(2014)The stock market is a key market in any economy and financial forecast such as stock price prediction is a field receiving much attention both for research studies and commercial applications. Stock market forecasters ... -
A logistics planning system based on belief-desire-intention agent model
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The aim of this research project was to research, design and develop a multi-agent logistics planning system prototype based on a BDI agent model. In most cases, logistics planning is done by repeated manual calculations ... -
Impact of GlobalGAP Compliance on the Relative Poverty Status of Smallholder Horticultural Farmers in Eastern and Central Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Global good agricultural practices (GlobalGAP) have significant, yet contentious impacts on different livelihood aspects of smallholder farmers. The GlobalGAP pose the threat of eliminating smallholder farmers from ... -
Ecological effects of the invasive house sparrow (passer domesticus) on sympatric native sparrows in three urban areas in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-06)House sparrow is one of the world’s most successful avian invasive species. It has colonized many ur ban environments in central Europe, Central Asia and Africa. It was accidentally introduced to Kenya in Momba sa in ... -
Prevalence of cystic echinococcosis and diversity of echinococcus granulosus infection in sheep in Olokurto Division, Narok County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Cystic Echinococcosis is a serious zoonotic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus species complex. This research study was conducted to determine the level of infection of the disease in sheep in Olokurto division, ... -
Real Time Traffic Monitoring Using On-board GPS Data
(University Of Nairobi, 2014-09)The high levels of congestions in the city of Nairobi have exceeded the slow increments in transportation infrastructure supply in many. This dramatic increase in traffic volume is causing various social, environmental and ... -
Discovering medical diagnosis patterns in electronic medical records using Association Rule Mining
(University of NairobiMa, 2014)Data mining technologies have been used extensively in the commercial retail sectors to extract data from their “big data” warehouses. In healthcare, data mining has been used as well in various aspects which we explore. ... -
The effects of product innovation on financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-09)This project research is concerned with product innovation and its effects on financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya. Although studies have shown that financial performance of commercial banks is influenced by ... -
The biology and fishery of common octopus (octopus Vulgaris, cuvier 1797) in the Kenyan south coast
(2014)Although common octopus catches are increasing globally, lack of information on the species biology and fishery has been a major concern in its management particularly in Kenya. The present study aimed at investigating ... -
Game theoretic Multi-agent algorithms for the job shop scheduling problem
(2014)Job shop scheduling problem is a problem of scheduling n jobs on m machines with each job having a set of equal number of operation that are to be process in unique machine routes. The Job Shop Scheduling (JSSP) is one ... -
Mobile network Fraud Detection Using Artificial Neural Networks
(University Of Nairobi, 2014-09)The past decade has witnessed the rapid deployment and evolution of mobile cellular networks, which now support billions of users and a vast diverse array of mobile devices from smartphones, tablets, to e-readers and ... -
Effects of dust on the well being of people in learning institutions and businesses along Wamagana-ihithe road in Nyeri county
(2014)Construction sites are dusty places, especially in dry weather conditions. According to Greater London Authority and London Councils’ best Practice Guidance (The control of dust and emissions from construction and ... -
The impact of sex work on the susceptibility to HIV infection among HIV resistant sex workers
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Background: Commercial sex workers are at high risk of HIV acquisition especially in countries with high HIV prevalence. In Kenya, over 10% of all new HIV infections have been attributed to sex workers and their ... -
Security in health workforce information systems: a case of regulatory human resource information system
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The health workforce distribution, efficiency and competence are a major concern in health care delivery in Kenya. A well designed health workforce information system can inform policy making to a great extent. However, ... -
A comparative evaluation of sentiment analysis techniques on Facebook data using three machine learning algorithms: Naïve Bayes, maximum entropy and support vector machines
(2014)The rapid growth and popularity of social networks has led to the creation of vast amounts of textual data often in an unstructured, fragmented and informal form. Huge volumes of electronic data in form of reviews, ... -
Effect of temperature on the life history of Liriomyza trifolii Burgess (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Liromyza trifolii Burgess (Diptera: Agromyzidae) belongs to a group of phytophagous insects whose larvae feed inside the leaf of a wide variety of horticultural crops like snow peas (Pisum sativum L.), french beans (Phaseolus ... -
Prevalence and types of electrocardiograph abnormalities in dialysis naive chronic kidney disease patients at Kenyatta national hospital
(2014-11-27)Background: Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) contribute to more than 60% of all deaths worldwide and approximately 80% of these deaths occurred in low and middle income countries, a category where Kenya belongs. ... -
A web content-based recommender system to promote automatic discovery of learning content for high school students
(University of Nairobi, 2014)World Wide Web has becomes a sea of information with billions of published documents and millions of changes happening on a daily basis. For web users, getting lost in this sea of information hyperspace has become a common ...
