Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions
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Model to Determine Bank Teller Requirements and Predict Transactions Case for: Banking Industry
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Customer Satisfaction is paramount to any business or industry; this is particularly felt in the Banking industry especially in Kenya where there is fierce competition among the players. The banks have conventionally ... -
Management of Emergency health care conditions in Healthcare centres. A CBR approach
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)Case Base Reasoning is a subfield in Artificial Intelligence (AI), this is a methodology that presents a foundation for a new technology of building intelligent computer aided diagnoses (decision support) using past and ... -
Multi-agent system (MAS) support for credit referencing
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)With the ever increasing demand for credit facilities, mechanisms and models for early warning have been put in place whereby financial institutions share information regarding their customers‟ credit behavior with the ... -
Strategic Interventions to enhance adoption of Open Source Applications and Creative commons licensed Open Content in the Kenyan Government
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Open source software (OSS) is a viable alternative for proprietary software (PS), particularly in the government sector globally for reasons such as lowering software costs, growing local software development industry, ... -
Adoption of m-Government in Civil Service: Case study of the Ministry of Information and Communications - Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2008)Rapid technological changes in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector have played a pivotal role in the growth of digital economy (Stoltzfus, 2005). It has resulted governments making significant attempts ... -
A Framework for e-Government Development (A Case of Kenyan Government)
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Global eGovernment is associated with providing opportunities to increase the connection, availability and modes of interactivity between governance at multiple levels and citizens. It is also associated with transforming ... -
A Model for Implementation and Assessment of ICT adoption by teachers in secondary schools in Kikuyu district in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Secondary schools and teachers are under increasing pressure to use Information and Communication Technology to impart to students the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to survive in the current century. Many ... -
Middleware for Mobile Phone Grid based on Android
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)The mobile phone has been dubbed the “the single most transformative tool” for development, its usage has increased coupled with lots of technological advancement. This dissertation describes and reports on mobile grid ... -
Automated multiagent-based interoperator billing and payment system (ambibpsy)
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Different operators offering telecommunication services cannot operate in isolation. They have to depend on each other in order to provide all inclusive telecommunication services to their customers. A part from offering ... -
Context aware framework to support formal ubiquitous learning
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)The number of people depending on the web as a source of information has risen over the past years. This has not left the education sector behind. The main challenge learner’s face while using the web is getting the right ... -
Agents based control and coordination model for a distributed wireless sensor network to maximize field life.
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2010)In recent years, wireless sensor network deployments for real life applications have rapidly increased. However, energy control remains one of the major barriers hindering complete exploitation of this technology because ... -
A produce-based credit service model: case for Limuru farmers dairy cooperative
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)For many years, Kenya has relied on coffee, tea and horticulture for empowerment of small holder farmers in the rural areas. This trend is changing as dairy farming has taken a key role complementing the traditional cash ... -
AADRA : (Analysis, Assess, Develop , Remediate , Awareness ) A network vulnerability assessment model and Log parsersuite
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)It is an essential network security management process to grasp the network security status precisely and rapidly by identifying the vulnerabilities on the network. Manual check-up method by security experts and automatic ... -
Model for predicting the probability of event occurrence using logistic regression: case for a Kenyan commercial bank
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Credit Scoring has been a key undertaking of lenders over the last few decades. However, the most common use of credit scoring has been as a credit application appraisal tool rather than as a credit monitoring tool for ... -
Multi agent based extension support system for horticulture
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and InformaticsSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)Most of the medium- and small-scale horticultural farmers rely on public extension service providers while large-scale farmers depend on private extension services. However, the current number of extension service providers ... -
A framework for adoption of wireless sensor networks in weather forecasting in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Wireless Sensor Networks has been prospected as powerful solutions for many applications, such as surveillance, tracking, locating, weather forecasting etc. Weather forecasting is to predict the state of the atmosphere ... -
Challenges of implementing e-learning systems in Higher Education institutions in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)When Higher Education Institutions are in the process of implementation of e-learning systems, a number of factors come into play. Some factors are about the technology, others about the prospective users, still others ... -
A framework for post-implementation evaluation of public sector financial information systems: a case of IFMIS in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)The use of Information Systems (IS) is indispensable for public service success in service delivery, oversight, policy formulation and accountability functions. Various studies have been conducted to investigate the ... -
A framework for utilization of e-government services in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)The purpose of this study was to assess the framework for the utilization of eGovernment services in Kenya. The specific objectives were to assess the extent to which citizens in Kenya would use e-Government services, ... -
IT governance maturity according to cobit: a case study of Kenya Methodist University (KEMU)
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)For organizations to be competitive, they have to provide and delineate strategies to maintain high levels of profitability and efficiency to cope with changes in markets. Increasingly, organizations have continued to ...
