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Smart home : energy management system for demand side management
(2014-12)With South Africa’s energy grid currently under severe pressure due to a lack of planning, electricity prices have escalated. This has forced consumers to look toward finding innovative ways to reduce their consumption. The ... -
Recognition of driving manoeuvres using smartphone-based inertial and GPS measurement
(2014-12)The ubiquitous presence of smartphones provides a new platform on which to implement sensor networks for ITS applications. In this paper we show how the embedded sensors and GPS of a smartphone can be used to ... -
Proceedings of the first International Conference on the use of Mobile Informations and Communication Technology (ICT) in Africa UMICTA 2014, 9-10 December 2014, STIAS Conference Centre, Stellenbosch: Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2014-12)The conference provides a common platform for academic and industry partners to share ideas, present existing work, and guide future work. Academic work will be presented after a rigorous peer-review process that includes ... -
Presentation of a home automation solution with potential for seamless integration and vast expansion
(2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The ever-increasing existence of electronic systems and devices within the residential environment, along with the human desire to simplify life and daily routine, is generating increased interest in the ... -
Modelling of inter-stop minibus taxi movements : using machine learning and network theory
(2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Minibus taxis provide affordable alternative transport for the majority of urban working population in Sub- Saharan Africa. Often, these taxis do not follow predefined routes in their endeavours to ... -
ICT-enabled solutions for smart management of water supply in Africa
(2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Pervasive and ubiquitous technologies that include mobile device applications, machine to machine communications, and cloud computing, are increasingly used for cost-effective data aggregation and ... -
Design and development of a satellite based water resources monitoring system
(2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The Faculty of Forestry and Woodscience at Stellenbosch University has a requirement to monitor and record water resources and environmental data at remote sites, not within reach of any mobile services. ... -
A comparison of Quad-tree and Voronoi-based spatial partitioning for dynamic load balancing
(2014-12)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Massively multi-user virtual environments (MMVEs) face scalability challenges, one being the large number of concurrent users interacting in the virtual environment (VE). Spatial partitioning addresses ...
