Author:Cooper, Antony K; Das, SonaliDate:Aug 2009In February 2009, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) released the pre-print version of its report, "Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward". While the report focused on forensic science in the United States, ...Read more
Author:Ingham, M; Das, Sonali; Yadavalli, SDate:Oct 2017This paper identified change points in the production volumes and sales of various Industrial Metals in South Africa from the period 2003 – 2016. The socio-economic environment in which the mining sector operates is complicated, with countless ...Read more
Author:Salmon, BP; Kleynhans, W; Olivier, JC; Schwegmann, CP; Olding, WCDate:Jul 2015In this paper the authors present a 2-tier higher order Conditional Random Field which is used for land cover classification. The Conditional Random Field is based on probabilistic messages being passed along a graph to compute efficiently ...Read more
Author:Waldeck, LDate:Nov 2013This presentation provides an overview of Urban Growth Simulation as a risk free means of assessing the future outcome of major policy and investment decisions with some examples of scenarios that were simulated in different South African ...Read more
Author:Gupta, R; Das, SonaliDate:Oct 2008Bayesian methods are influenced by choice of prior. None-the-less, their importance cannot be disregarded in light of current exercise and existing other literature . The way forward is to try other large scale Bayesian models that incorporate ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony KDate:Feb 2006The CSIR is assisting Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) to develop an infrastructure that supports the business of a statistical organisation, including data stores and tools for streamlining statistics production. The poster proposes a ...Read more
Author:Pierce, Warrick T; Ferreira, Bianca ADate:Apr 2022Summary of 2021 statistics: Coal still dominates and provides about 80% of electricity generated, record high diesel usage, and renewables (excluding hydro) accounted for 6.7%.Read more
Author:De Haan, ML; Coovadia, T; De Jager, PJDDate:Apr 1996This publication contains information on all major modes of transport in South Africa. The transport sector is placed in perspective relative to the macro economy and a number of important transport indicators are given. The document also ...Read more
Author:Shepperson, L; Matjilla, SDate:Dec 1997This publication contains transport and related statistics on roads, vehicles, infrastructure, passengers, freight, rail, air, maritime and road traffic, and international comparisons. The information compiled in this publication has been ...Read more