Browsing Masters Degrees (Applied Mathematics) by Title
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Accurate camera position determination by means of moiré pattern analysis
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : We introduce a method for determining the position of a camera with accuracy beyond that which is obtainable through conventional methods, using a single image of a specially constructed calibration ... -
Analysis of Extreme Events in the Coastal Engineering Environment
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Coastal zones are subject to storm events and extreme waves with certain return periods. The return period of such events is defined as the average time interceding two independent, consecutive events, ... -
Application of convolutional neural networks to building segmentation in aerial images
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Aerial image labelling has found relevance in diverse areas including urban management, agriculture, climate, mining, and cartography. As a result, research efforts have been intensified to find fast ... -
Applications of natural language processing for low-resource languages in the healthcare domain
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University., 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since 2014 MomConnect has provided healthcare information and emotional support in all 11 official languages of South Africa to over 2.6 million pregnant and breastfeeding women, via SMS and WhatsApp. ... -
Automated elephant detection and classification from aerial infrared and colour images using deep learning
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : In this study we attempt to detect and classify elephants in aerial images using deep learning. This is not a trivial task even for a human since elephants naturally blend in with their surroundings, making ... -
Automatic video captioning using spatiotemporal convolutions on temporally sampled frames
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University., 2020-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Being able to concisely describe content in a video has tremendous potential to enable better categorisation, indexed based-search and fast content-based retrieval from large video databases. Automatic ... -
Comparison of methods for solving Sylvester systems
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT :This thesis serves as a comparative study of numerical methods for solving Sylvester equations, which are linear matrix equations of the form AX + XB + C = 0. These equations have important applications ... -
Data-driven river flow routing using deep learning: predicting flow along the lower Orange river, Southern Africa
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : The Vanderkloof Dam, located on the Orange River, is responsible for the water supply to consumers along its 1 400 km reach up to where it flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The Vaal River, which joins the ... -
Developing a methodology for the assessment of wave energy along the South African Coast
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03-19)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Ocean wave energy can become one of the alternative energy resources for fossil-fuelled power generation in South Africa. Due to global warming, several studies about the generation of wave energy have ... -
Ear-based biometric authentication
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : In this thesis novel semi-automated and fully automated ear-based biometric authentication systems are proposed. Within the context of the semiautomated system, a region of interest (ROI) that contains ... -
Evaluating the effectiveness of neural network techniques in the forecasting of South African basic fuel prices
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2019-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : South Africa has a number of fuel grades available to consumers, one of the most popular being the 95 unleaded standard. The price of this fuel is comprised of many components including transport fees, ... -
Hand vein-based biometric authentication with limited training samples
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : A number of novel hand vein-based biometric authentication systems are proposed. Said systems are non-intrusive and may for example assist with user authentication at automated teller machines. An ... -
Hydrodynamic permeability of staggered and non-staggered regular arrays of squares
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This work entails an analysis of two-dimensional Newtonian flow through a prismatic array of squares. Both in-line and staggered configurations are investigated, as well as the very low velocity Darcy ... -
Image and attribute based identification of Protea species
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University., 2020-04)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The flowering plant genus Protea is a dominant representative for the biodiversity of the Cape Floristic Region in South Africa, and from a conservation point of view important to monitor. The recent surge ... -
Image deblurring and blur kernel estimation of motion blurred colour photographs
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-02-23)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Blurred images can be restored using known deconvolution methods. Image blur can be caused by various factors during the image acquisition phase, such as camera defocus or motion. The restoration of ... -
The implementation of the discontinuous Galerkin method for two-dimensional Maxwell equations in Nektar++
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Maxwell's equations consist of various laws of electromagnetism and can be written in two different modes in two dimensions: the transverse electric(TE) mode and the transverse magnetic(TM) mode. Various ... -
Incipient motion of shells and shell fragments
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : In the present study, the erosion characteristics of shells and shell fragments are investigated. When shells settle, they settle like leaves, where the biggest cross section is exposed to the drag, ... -
Incompressible flow with variations in density
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2018-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : This study involves the investigation of incompressible flow with variable density. The fact that variable density does not necessarily imply that the flow is compressible, may require some clarification. ... -
Internal ballistic modelling of solid rocket motors using level set methods for simulating grain burnback
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : Solid Rocket Motors are propulsive systems providing thrust from products exiting through a nozzle, obtained by burning a solid fuel (the grain) inside a chamber. Various thrust profiles can be obtained ... -
Investigation of a simplified open boundary condition for coastal and shelf sea hydrodynamic models
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-03)ENGLISH ABSTRACT : In general, coastal and shelf hydrodynamic modelling is undertaken with limited area numerical models such as Delft3D or Mike 21. To conduct successful numerical simulations these programmes require ...
