Author:Naude, A; Van Huyssteen, Elsona; Maritz, Johan; Badenhorst, WDate:Nov 2008Whilst there have been rapid advances in satellite imagery and related fine resolution mapping and web-based interfaces (e.g. Google Earth), the development of capabilities for strategic spatial analysis and planning support has lagged behind, ...Read more
Author:McFerren, Graeme; Van Zyl, TDate:Jul 2016One viewpoint of current and future IT systems holds that there is an increase in the scale and velocity at which data are acquired and analysed from heterogeneous, dynamic sources. In the earth observation and geoinformatics domains, this ...Read more
Author:Ludick, C; Le Roux, AlizeDate:Sep 2018Many researchers believe that no matter what path a country takes towards economic development the end result will lead to urbanisation. Rapid urban growth will have a major influence on the social, economic and political dialogue over the ...Read more
Author:Siebrits, E; Crouch, SLDate:Dec 1993A general two-dimensional elastodynamic displacement discontinuity method is used to model a variety of application problems. The plane strain problems are: the elastodynamic motions induced on a cavity by shear slip on a nearby crack; the ...Read more
Author:Schweitzer, JK; Johnson, RADate:Jun 1997As depth of mining increases, so the production costs of the aurifereous Witwatersrand deposits are continuously increasing, with some mines already mining at depths exceeding 3500 m. Health and safety aspects are, simultaneously, gaining in ...Read more
Author:De Saxe, Christopher C; Berman, Robert JDate:Jul 2018The road space utilised by a heavy goods vehicle during low-speed manoeuvring has direct safety and operational implications. This is especially true for vehicles which are longer/wider than usual, such as abnormal loads vehicles. The same ...Read more
Author:Maila, MP; Cloete, TEDate:2002The sensitivity of Lepidium sativum germination to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was investigated in soil(s) artificially and historically contaminated with mixtures of PAR The level of germination of L. sativum decreased with ...Read more
Author:Olivrin, GJDate:May 2007The study of sign languages attempts to create a coherent model that binds the expressive nature of signs conveyed in gestures to a linguistic framework. Gesture modelling offers an alternative that provides device independence, scalability ...Read more
Author:Van Deventer, Martha J; Pienaar, HDate:04 Jun 2008Doing a quick search on Wikipedia very soon points out that technology demonstrators are generally associated with warfare, very expensive equipment and risk of loss of life. Demonstrators are believed to be very useful when librarians have ...Read more
Author:Pretorius, L; Marais, Laurette; Berg, ADate:Mar 2017The Grammatical Framework (GF) not only offers state of the art grammar-based machine translation support between an increasing number of languages through its so-called Resource Grammar Library, but is also fast becoming a de facto framework ...Read more
Author:Herselman, Martha E; Niehaus, E; Ruxwana, N; D'Souza-Niehaus, N; Heyne, N; Platz, M; Wagner, RDate:Sep 2010A tailored questionnaire focuses on dynamic generation of items and questions according to the location where the questionnaire is used. The approach is connected to the management of resources and the support of decision making processes ...Read more
Author:Mokgalaka, H; Mans, Gerbrand G; Smit, J; McKelly, DDate:Nov 2013The spatial realities and dynamics of a changing population with changing health care needs require regular and logical methods to evaluate and assist in primary health care (PHC) planning. Geographical access is an important aspect in the ...Read more
Author:Mokgalaka, HDate:Nov 2013The spatial realities and dynamics of a changing population with changing health care needs require regular and logical methods to evaluate and assist in primary health care (PHC) planning. Geographical access is an important aspect in the ...Read more
Author:Green, Chéri A; Breetzke, K; Mans, Gerbrand GDate:Apr 2009The use of a GIS-based methodology – Service Access Planning - for assessing service provision and
developing facility plans in South Africa to improve governance and equitable service delivery is described.
A case study of library investment ...Read more
Author:Mamushiane, Lusani; Mwangama, J; Lysko, Albert ADate:Nov 2018Software Defined Networking (SDN) presents a paradigm shift in network management and configuration. The idea of having an externalized control plane opens many unanswered questions regarding scalability, fault tolerance and performance of ...Read more
Author:Rosman, Benjamin S; Ramamoorthy, SDate:May 2014This paper considers the problem of providing advice to an autonomous agent when neither the behavioural policy nor the goals of that agent are known to the advisor. We present an approach based on building a model of “common sense” behaviour ...Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Van Niekerk, Lara; Lemley, DADate:Jan 2018In South Africa more than 80% of estuaries are small, dynamic and predominantly linear systems. Nutrient characteristics in these systems are mostly influenced by external catchment processes, except during extended periods of closure. However, ...Read more