Faculty of Computing and Informatics: Recent submissions
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Types and priorities of multi-agent system interactions
(Interdisciplinary Description of Complex Systems, 2010-06-30)Multi-Agent Systems may be classified as containing No Direct Interactions, Simple Interactions or Complex, Conditional Interactions between agents. This paper argues and illustrates that models with simple interactions, ... -
Towards Computational Resource Grammars for Runyankore and Rukiga
(European Language Resources Association, 2020-05)In this paper, we present computational resource grammars of Runyankore and Rukiga (R&R) languages. Runyankore and Rukiga are two under-resourced Bantu Languages spoken by about 6 million people indigenous to South Western ... -
Tools, Architectures and Techniques for Monitoring Energy Efficiency in Computer Networks: State of the Art Survey
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2016)Energy efficiency in data center networks is increasingly becoming a gold standard for implementers. Energy costs are becoming high while performance is highly demanded. And while efforts are directed to the design of ... -
Technological Factors and Adoption of the Unified Identification System (UIDS) Among Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) In Uganda; A Quantitative Perspective
(European Journal of Technology, 2020)Purpose: The study sought to examine the relationship between technological factors and UID system's adoption among MDAs in Uganda. Methodology: A positivist paradigm and cross-section design were adopted with a sample ... -
Leveraging Data Science for Global Health
(Springer Nature., 2020)Background Healthcare systems function as an important component and a contributing factor in global health. The application of information technology (IT) in healthcare systems function as a basis for the utilization of ... -
Organisational Factors and Adoption of the Unified Identification System (UIDS) Among Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) In Uganda.
(American Journal of Information, Data and Knowledge Management, 2020)Purpose: The study aimed at establishing the relationship between organizational factors and UID system's adoption among MDAs in Uganda. Methodology: A positivist paradigm and cross-section design were adopted with a ... -
Restructuring learning management systems for Mobile phone use: A case of Mbarara University of Science and Technology.
(2016-10)As universities in Uganda strive to satisfy their students' needs, they are facing various challenges ranging from educational to economic challenges. Some challenges require that universities have to adopt to new mechanisms ... -
Investigating the Adoption of an Integrated Hospital Information System in Rural Uganda: A Case of Kisiizi Hospital
(IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, 2019)Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) have been proposed to improve the quality of services in healthcare organisations. However, sometimes, the design contexts of these systems tend to be different from the use contexts. This ... -
Impact of E- Learning Management System Adoption at Mbarara University of Science and Technology
(International Journal of Computer Trends and Technology (IJCTT), 2016-12)The wider adoption of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) has provided opportunities to utilize electronic teaching and learning environments (e-learning) such as Learning Management System (LMS) in Higher ... -
Identification of promoted eclipse Unstable interfaces using clone Detection technique
(International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications (IJSEA), 2018-09)The Eclipse framework is a popular and widely used framework that has been evolving for over a decade. The framework provides both stable interfaces (APIs) and unstable interfaces (non-APIs). Despite being discouraged by ... -
Gabor Filter-based Multiple Enrollment Fingerprint Recognition
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2016-04)Minutiae-based matching techniques have been widely used in the implementation of multiple enrollment fingerprint recognition systems. However, these techniques suffer the difficulty of automatically extracting all minutiae ... -
Exploring the Gender Gap in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and Soft Skills, and Knowledge of Role of Models Among Students in Rural Uganda.
(Journal of Education and Development, 2019-09-17)Background: Globally, women’s representation in STEM fields remains significantly lower than that of men. Studies assessing the STEM gender gap in disadvantaged rural-based schools are lacking. Objective: To examine the ... -
Evaluation of Multiple Enrollment for Fingerprint Recognition.
(Global Summit on Computer & Information Technology, 2014)Abstract— Fusion of multiple impressions resulting from multiple fingerprint enrollments is one of the ways often used to improve fingerprint recognition performance. In this research, we perform an evaluation of the ... -
An Approach for Agent-Based Modeling Using AiC+
(International Journal of Computing and ICT Research., 2011-12)In this paper, we present AiC+, an extension of the AiC framework designed for the explanation of human actions especially in the environmental field. We use first order logics to describe the semantics used to explain the ... -
Acceptability and feasibility of a mobile health application for blood pressure monitoring in rural Uganda.
(JAMIA Open, 2020-11-20)Background: Mobile technologies to improve blood pressure control in resource-limited settings are needed. We adapted and evaluated the acceptability and feasibility of Positive Links, a mobile phone application for ... -
A Survey on Algorithms for Limited Resources Optimization and Utilization by Games on Smartphones.
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2016-06)Smartphones have been characterized by their limited computational resources such as battery life, processor performance and storage capacity. The above mentioned limitations can be overcome by utilizing mobile cloud ... -
A health research collaboration cloud Architecture.
(International Journal on Cloud Computing: Services and Architecture., 2018-10-21)Cloud computing platforms used for research collaborations within public health domains are limited in terms of how service components are organized and provisioned. This challenge is intensified by platform level challenges ... -
Electronic Learning May Improve the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics and Science in Marginalized Schools in Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Uganda: A Baseline Analysis.
(Journal of Education and Development, 2019-07-22)Background: Over the years, mathematics and sciences have been performed poorly worldwide. There is an overwhelming high failure rates of mathematics and sciences in the marginalized schools found in Nakivale refugee ... -
An Access Control Framework for Protecting Personal Electronic Health Records
(Mbarara University of Science and Technology, 2018)The increasing expansion of wireless systems and the extensive popularity and usage of mobile devices such as mobile phones and wireless tablets represents a great opportunity to use mobile devices as widespread ... -
Towards University Semester and Examinations Regulations Model Verification
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2016)This paper reviewed the Mbarara University of Science and Technology semester and examinations regulations handbook and diagrammatically identified a number of flaws in the model. The next phase of this research is to ...