Author:Koen, Hildegarde S; Roodt, H; De Villiers, Johan PDate:Oct 2017The initial goal of this study was to develop a predictive model that could serve as a pre-emptive method for curbing rhino poaching. During the development of the predictive model it became evident that only the tip of the iceberg, so to ...Read more
Author:Vermaak, F; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Oct 2023South Africa is a world-leading Platinum producer. Most of this mining takes place in an underground narrow tabular setting. Mines are heading for challenging times in the coming years because mines are becoming deeper and more expensive to ...Read more
Author:Smit, AG; Anderson, FDate:Aug 2003This paper the considers the question whether the transformation in the South African Defence Research Institutes (DERI's) during the 1990's rendered their use of the formal Systems Engineering (SE) processes inappropriate and unaffordable.The ...Read more
Author:Malinga, Andries L; Oosthuizen, RudolphDate:Sep 2021Recent advances in technologies have changed how we live, conduct business, and interact with each other. Moreover, these advances have given rise to new complex systems and systems of systems. As the complexity of systems increases, new and ...Read more
Author:De Vries, M; Van der Merwe, A; Kotzé, Paula; Gerber, ADate:Sep 2011Enterprise engineering is an enterprise design methodology that uses a process to create an organised whole, while mastering complexity. Dietz proposes an organisation theorem that reduces complexity by representing the heterogeneous enterprise ...Read more