Author:Ittmann, HW; Holloway, Jennifer P; Dudeni-Tlhone, NontembekoDate:Jun 2017General elections are held every five years in South Africa. During the 12 to 24 hour period after the close of the voting booths, the expected final results are of huge interest to the electorate and politicians. In the past, the Council for ...Read more
Author:Mamushiane, Lusani; Mwangama, J; Lysko, Albert A; Kobo, Hlabishi IDate:Aug 2022The global impact of COVID-19 has been unprecedented, with over-the-top (OTT) services consumption growing at a staggering rate. While OTT does consume revenue-generating data, OTT services are gradually substituting the traditional primary ...Read more
Author:Das, Sonali; Gupta, R; Kabundi, ADate:Aug 2009This presentation deals with forecasting real house price growth in the nine census divisions of the US. Data rich environment of the FAVAR models that include a wide range of macroeconomic series of the US economy, besides the house price ...Read more
Author:Waseem, KH; Mushtaq, H; Abid, F; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MI; Shaikh, A; Turan, M; Rasheed, JDate:Oct 2022Clean air is necessary for leading a healthy life. Many respiratory illnesses have their root in the poor quality of air across regions. Due to the tremendous impact of air quality on people’s lives, it is essential to devise a mechanism ...Read more
Author:Botha, Gerda N; van der Walt, ChristiaanDate:Dec 2017Since the wind power generated by a wind farm is entirely dependent on meteorological conditions (such as wind speed, wind direction, humidity etc.), accurately forecasting wind speed based on these conditions over a 1 to 24 hour time horizon ...Read more
Author:Greben, JM; Elphinstone, E; Holloway, Jennifer PDate:Jun 2006A novel model has been developed to predict elections on the basis of early results. The electorate is clustered according to their behaviour in previous elections. Early results in the new elections can then be translated into voter behaviour ...Read more
Author:Anele, AO; Todini, E; Hamam, Y; Abu-Mahfouz, Adnan MIDate:Apr 2018In a previous paper, a number of potential models for short-term water demand (STWD) prediction have been analysed to find the ones with the best fit. The results obtained in Anele et al. (2017) showed that hybrid models may be considered as ...Read more
Author:Landman, S; Engelbrecht, FA; Engelbrecht, CJ; Dyson, LL; Landman, WADate:Oct 2012Predicting the location and timing of rainfall events has important social and economic impacts. It is also important to have the ability to predict the amount of rainfall accurately. At many operational centres, such as the South African ...Read more