Author:Paige-Green, PDate:Mar 2004This document describes the implementation of the Gautrans LTPP protocol. Three LTPP sections at existing HVS test sites have been located and market out in accordance with the LTPP protocol developed for Gautrans. Much of the initial ...Read more
Author:Dlungwana, Wilkin S; Roux, E; Setswalo, L; Lazarus, SDate:Nov 2008South Africa is a technology colony. A technology colony is merely a stage of technological development of a country and should neither be something to be ashamed of, nor necessarily seen as a disaster. Remaining one should not be a fate to ...Read more
Author:Duvenhage, B; Delport, JP; De Villiers, JDate:Jun 2010Image registration forms the basis of many computer vision tasks. The Lucas-Kanade image registration algorithm is known to efficiently solve the sub-problem of rigid image registration. It is therefore often used in image stabilisation ...Read more
Author:Choudhary, SK; Konrad, T; Uys, HDate:Jan 2013Unsharp positive operator-valued measurements allow a variety of measurement applications which minimally disrupt the state of the quantum system. Experimental schemes are proposed for implementing unsharp measurements on the qubit levels of ...Read more
Author:Ilgner, Hartmut; Pienaar, SDate:Nov 2016Non-invasive monitoring of slurry pipelines with a new embedded system is described to complement existing remote sensing techniques via satellites. The behavior of the slurry inside the pipeline may cause sedimentation which may lead to ...Read more
Author:Arnold, Kathryn A; Le Roux, Alize; Makhanya, Sibusisiwe ADate:Sep 2018Climate-related natural disasters have been steadily increasing in both incidence and intensity across the globe over the last century. This is especially true for Ethiopia given the country’s high and recurrent exposure to extreme droughts ...Read more
Author:Le Roux, WHDate:Jun 2006As part of Modelling and Simulation-based Acquisition Decision Support to a Ground-Based Air Defence acquisition programme, dedicated simulations have been used to evaluate and develop tactical doctrine, define measures of performance and ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, Rudolph; Grobbelaar, SDate:Oct 2021This paper aims to inform the course curriculum development for a master's degree in Engineering Management. Implementing a bibliometric analysis with topic modelling performed on relevant publications in the field ...Read more
Author:Dudley, Angela L; Majola, N; Chetty, N; Forbes, ADate:Feb 2016The coherent superposition of a Gaussian beam with an optical vortex can be mathematically described to occupy the complex plane. The authors provide a simple analogy between the mathematics, in the form of the complex plane, and the visual ...Read more
Author:Van Dyk, FEDate:Aug 2005This paper presents the concerns for the safety of consumers, in relation to phytosanitary issues; residues of crop protection products and bio-terrorism. Traceability gives the ability to trace and follow a food, feed, food-producing animal ...Read more
Author:Velupillai, HM; Van Heerden, Renier P; Vorster, JDate:Sep 2007Wireless networks face innovative intrusion methods that have never been focused on wired networks. This paper describes a simple inexpensive way to implement a wireless intrusion detection system. The system takes advantage of the unique ...Read more
Author:Mwenge Kahinda, Jean-Marc; Meissner, Richard; Engelbrecht, FADate:Oct 2015A three-phase study was initiated as a way to promote Integrated Catchment Management approaches in the Limpopo River basin. This paper presents the situational assessment, which should enable De Beers to understand how their Venetia Mine ...Read more
Author:Taljaard, Susan; Slinger, JH; Morant, PD; Theron, AK; Van Niekerk, Lara; Van der Merwe, JDate:Oct 2012Over the last four decades the development of frameworks for integrated coastal management (ICM) and models for ICM implementation have received much attention from researchers and practitioners alike. This has resulted in a proliferation of ...Read more
Author:Le Roux, AlizeDate:Jul 2013It is difficult for policy and decision makers to observe and quantify the implications of their land use policies and strategies and what it might or might not mean for a city's landscape a decade or more from now. The CSIR Spatial Planning ...Read more
Author:Strachan, GarthDate:Oct 2017This presentation discusses how localisation programmes in South Africa could enhance its industrial development.Read more
Author:Isaac, KDate:Nov 2015Mconf web conferencing has been launched successfully as a South African National Research and Education Network (SA NREN) production level service from July 2015. This web conferencing service is an Open Source Multi-conference System funded ...Read more
Author:Oosthuizen, RudolphDate:Oct 2017In Systems Engineering (SE), modelling is applied to capture and represent the mental models of the systems’ stakeholders. These models, consisting of various viewpoints on the system structure and behavior, can be used to derive requirements ...Read more