SAICSIT Digital Archive: Recent submissions

  • A classification of partitioning rules for information system design 
    Mende, J. (Computer Society of South Africa (on behalf of SAICSIT), 1988)
    In designing a computer-based information system one can partition the transformation process in many alternative ways. To find the optimal partition, a designer needs explicit rules which predict the most successful ...
  • Recursive specifications and formal logic. What benefits for intelligent tutoring systems? 
    Tcheeko, L (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1998)
    The pedagogical assessment of a tutoring system relies upon a proof of convergence: for such a tutor the correction of student mistakes must not forever delay the teaching process. Such a tutor must provide uniform diagnosis ...
  • Specific acquisition of collective belief knowledge for socially motivated multiagent systems 
    Ram, V (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1998)
    Shared beliefs and knowledge are an integral part of an organisation's identity and a prerequisite for collective func­tioning. Multiagent systems that support or emulate cooperative problem solving in such a context cannot ...
  • Applied Lambda calculus. Using a type theory based proof assistant 
    Pretorius, L (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1998)
    We introduce a number of typed lambda calculi, show how type theory may be used as basis for a proof assistant, and illustrate this with the Coq proof assistant.
  • Text categorization as an information retrieval task 
    Paijmans, H (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1998)
    A number of methods for feature reduction and feature selection in text classification and information retrieval systems are compared. These include feature sets that are constructed by Latent Semantic Indexing, 'local ...
  • Preliminary investigation of the RAMpage memory hierarchy 
    Machanick, P; Salverda, P (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1998)
    The RAMpage memory hierarchy addresses the growing concern about the memory wall - the possibility that the CPU­-DRAM speed gap will ultimately limit the benefits of rapid improvement in CPU speed. Reducing references to ...
  • A data structure for exchanging geographical information 
    Cooper, A.K. (Computer Society of South Africa (on behalf of SAICSIT), 1988)
    Geographical information consists of non-spatial information (alphanumeric) and spatial information (vector and raster), the relationships between the non-spatial information and the spatial information, as well as ...
  • A performance analyser for the numerical solution of general Markov chains 
    Knottenbelt, W; Kritzinger, P (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1998)
    Despite many advances in queueing theory and other modelling paradigms, one persistenty discovers real life stochastic systems which do not yield neatly to existing methods for their performance analysis. In most such ...
  • Fractal image compression 
    Cloete, E; Venter, LM (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1998)
    Conventional image compression strategies present a number of uncomfortable limitations. Many of the impediments can be overcome by Fractal Image Compression (FIC). FIC is rooted strongly in mathematics. In comparison to ...
  • A detailed look at operating system processes 
    Venter, B.H. (Computer Society of South Africa (on behalf of SAICSIT), 1988)
    An operating system provides, among other things, an operational definition of a process. The concept of a process is one of the fundamental concepts of Computer Science, and the designer of an operating system must strive ...
  • A new general-purpose operating system 
    Venter, B.H. (Computer Society of South Africa (on behalf of SAICSIT), 1988)
    The current generation of widely-used, multi-user, general-purpose operating systems have evolved from versions that were designed when many of the issues that are important today were unimportant or not even thought of. ...
  • Changes in entry-level university students' attitudes to computers from 1985 to 1997 
    Clarke, MC; Finnie, GR (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1998)
    A modified version of Lee's instrument for measuring attitudes to computers was administered to two groups of first-year university students separated by a period of twelve years. Factor analysis was applied to these two ...
  • Mobile agents at ISADS 97 
    Vosloo, I (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1997)
    This communication gives an overview of the field of mobile agents as presented at various events held in conjunction with a recent international symposium in Germany. The nature of mobile agents and the key concepts ...
  • The use of colour in raster graphics 
    Smit, P.J. (Computer Society of South Africa (on behalf of SAICSIT), 1988)
    Colour computer graphics covers a wide field of applications such as games, computer aided-design, image processing and digital terrain modelling. The traditional way of using colour in raster graphics systems, the RGB ...
  • Theory meets practice. Using Smith's normalization in complex systems 
    Van der Merwe, AJ; Labuschagne, WA (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1997)
    In 1985 Smith introduced a new way of deriving fully normalized tables. His method was based on the use of a dependency list and a dependency diagram to produce fifth normal form directly. We introduce the use of end-line, ...
  • A Structural Model of Information Systems Theory 
    Mende, J. (Computer Society of South Africa (on behalf of SAICSIT), 1988)
    The laws and techniques of maJure sub1ects such as Physics and Electrical Engineering are logically connected to one another in the form of a deductive network There is a foundation of basic laws deriving from them ...
  • Word prediction strategies in program editing environments 
    Sanders, I; Tsai, C (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1997)
    The goal of this research is to demonstrate that word prediction in a constrained domain like a programming language can be done effectively and hence has the potential to facilitate typing for disabled people who are ...
  • Protocol Performance Using Image Protocols 
    Kritzinger, Pieter S. (Computer Society of South Africa (on behalf of SAICSIT), 1988)
    Performance analyses of data communication systems do not always rely on a detailed analysis of the underlying protocols. Those analyses which do, usually rely on an analysis of the protocol state transition graph. These ...
  • A computerised-consultation service for the computerisation of the very small small-business enterprise 
    Rensleigh, CW; Olivier, MS (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1997)
    Small-business performance can benefit from computerisation. Unfortunately, however, most of the very small small-business enterprises do not have the financial means to acquire the services of a computerisation consultant. ...
  • The recovery problem in multidatabase systems - characteristics and solutions 
    Renaud, K; Kotze, P (South African Computer Society (SAICSIT), 1997)
    In many applications today multiple pre-existing database systems are integrated into a single multiple database system called a multi­database system. One of the biggest problems for transaction management in a multidatabase ...

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