Author:Chakwizira, J; Makhubela, L; Mashiri, MDate:May 2009This paper reviews the southern African region’s economic integration and knowledge management terrain from a spatial perspective. Its purpose is to generate insights relating to the role that space and spatial structure play in determining ...Read more
Author:Smuts, H; Loock, M; van der Merwe, A; Kotzé, PaulaDate:Jul 2015Information systems (IS) outsourcing is a complex, multi-layered and a multifaceted concept. An organisation may gain access to knowledge it does not own in-house or be able to obtain it at a lower price by entering into an outsourcing ...Read more
Author:Makondo, N; Rosman, Benjamin S; Hasegawa, ODate:Nov 2015Learning of robot kinematic and dynamic models from data has attracted much interest recently as an alternative to manually defined models. However, the amount of data required to learn these models becomes large when the number of degrees ...Read more
Author:Boloka, Tlou J; Makondo, N; Rosman, BDate:Jan 2021Deep reinforcement learning has recently been adopted for robot behavior learning, where robot skills are acquired and adapted from data generated by the robot while interacting with its environment through a trial-and-error process. Despite ...Read more
Author:Coetzer, W; Moodley, D; Gerber, ADate:Nov 2014We modeled expert knowledge of arthropod flower-visiting behavioral ecology and represented this in an event-centric domain ontology, which we describe along with the ontology construction process. Two smaller domain ontologies were created ...Read more
Author:Coetzer, W; Moodley, D; Gerber, ADate:Nov 2017Semantic heterogeneity hampers efforts to find, integrate, analyse and interpret ecological data. An application case-study is described, in which the objective was to automate the integration and interpretation of heterogeneous, flower-visiting ...Read more
Author:Parbhoo, C; Moodley, DDate:Mar 2007The discovery, access and sharing of suitable geospatial information in current open and distributed Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) still pose a major challenge. These problems usually stem from a lack of consistent semantics that is ...Read more
Author:Grindley, JRDate:Mar 1985The report entails available historical information on Knysna estuary and abiotic and biotic characteristics found in the estuary are presented. The Knysna system is commonly referred to as a lagoon but it may also correctly be called an ...Read more
Author:Estuarine and Coastal Research Unit, ECRUDate:Jun 1982A detailed account of the history of the Kowie estuary and the attempts to develop a harbour at the mouth of the river are given in the “Basket Work Harbour”. (Turpin, 1964). As far as could be ascertained, the river has always been known as ...Read more
Author:Bickerton, IB; Pierce, SMDate:Apr 1988This report provides historical overview on river catchment, ecology, biotic and abiotic characteristics and available information on three estuaries of the Cape namely: Krom, Seekoei and Kabeljous Estuaries. The estuaries and catchment areas ...Read more
Author:Stevenson, L; Britz, AA; Home, TDate:Dec 2008The modal satisfiability problem is solved either by using a specifically designed algorith, or by translating the modal logic formula into an instance of a different class of problem, or, more recently, a constraint satisfaction problem. In ...Read more
Author:Huntley, BJDate:1985The development of the world's largest open-cast uranium mine in the Namib Desert introduced rapidly increasing demands for water to the area in the early 1970's. In the absence of scientifically based information on the likely impact of water ...Read more
Author:Jacobs-Mata, Inga MDate:Jun 2017Presentation on the Kukimbia: the impact of environmental refugees in Southern Africa. A regional perspective on climate-induced migration.Read more
Author:Jacobs-Mata, Inga MDate:Aug 2017This project focuses on the regional, national and sub-national policy landscape and the preparedness of Southern African countries to respond to future internal and cross-border displacements as a result of environmental disasters. The goal ...Read more
Author:Johnson, DL; Belding, EM; Mudenda, CDate:Dec 2013As usage of online social networks and social media continues to experience exponential growth, the amount of data being shared between users is increasing without bound. While this has revolutionized communication for many Internet users, ...Read more
Author:Kruger, Daniel MDate:Dec 2018This is a set of slides used in a workshop with the South African Police Service (SAPS), the Kwazulu-Natal Crime Summit, Commission 1: Crime and Violence Combatting and Prevention.Read more