School of Computing: Recent submissions

  • Moses – Method for Selecting Senior Mobile Phones: Supporting Design & Choice for the Elderly 
    van Dyk, Tobie; Renaud, Karen; Van Biljon, Judy (SAICSIT 2012 – Contemplate. Connect. Collaborate. The 2012 Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2012-10-01)
    The current focus on the development of mobile and ubiquitous computing technologies presents new and exciting challenges for the evaluation of interactive products. Despite a vast and growing literature on mobile phone ...
  • Modelling Business Management Information Systems’ Success: a case study at an educational institution 
    Visser, Mariette; Van Biljon, Judy; Herselman, Marliene (SAICSIT 2012 – "Contemplate. Connect. Collaborate" 2012 Annual Research Conference of the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists, 2012-10-01)
    Capacity in and enhancement of critical, scarce and intermediate skills are seen as a national priority in South Africa. The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in South Africa has prioritized the success ...
  • The potential role of open source software in overcoming digital poverty 
    Kinyondo, Josephat; Van Biljon, Judy; Gerber, Aurona (IDIA2012 Conference Proceedings. 6th International Development Informatics Association (IDIA) Conference., 2012-09-06)
    Developing countries, such as Tanzania, are characterized by digital poverty and a lack of information and communication technology (ICT) acceptance. The use of open source software (OSS) has been proposed as a potential ...
  • Information Visualization in Research Reporting: Guidelines for Representing Quantitative Data 
    Muller, H; Van Biljon, Judy; Renaud, K.V (ACM, 2012)
    This paper presents guidelines for information visualization in quantitative research reporting in a step-wise and graphical format. The ease of use and availability of statistical packages has led to widespread use of ...
  • An Assessment of Open Source Promotion in addressing ICT Acceptance Challenges in Tanzania 
    Kinyondo, Josephat; Van Biljon, Judy; Gerber, Aurona (IST-Africa 2012 Conference Proceeding, Paul Cunningham and Miriam Cunningham (Eds), IIMC International Information Management Corporation, 2012-05-09)
    Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is regarded as an enabler of social and economic development. Due to various challenges, ICT has not been accepted and used effectively to assist with the socio-economic ...
  • Designing for the Functionality South African Internet Banking Websites Should Provide to Address the Needs of Generation-Y Users 
    Mtimkulu, Sebabatso; Van Biljon, Judy; van Dyk, Tobias (INTERACT 2013, 2013)
    Despite the widespread adoption of Internet banking there are no validated guidelines on the functionality the younger, techno-savvy GenerationY customer segment (18-35 year age bracket) expect from Internet banking websites. ...
  • Mobile Phones for the Elderly: a design framework In Steyn 
    van Dyk, Tobie; Gelderblom, Helene; Van Biljon, Judy; Renaud, Karen (Public and private access to ICTs in developing regions. Proceedings of the 7th International Development Informatics Conference (IDIA2013), Bangkok, Thailand, 2013)
    Globally people are living longer. The elderly, defined as people over 65 for the purpose of this study, have recognised physical and cognitive limitations which can lead to their marginalisation as far as information and ...
  • Questioning the questionnaire: Expediency of reviewing and publication versus adequate description and methodological justification 
    Van Biljon, Judy (8th European Conference on IS Management and Evaluation, 2014)
    The questionnaire is one of the fundamental research instruments in the field of Information Technology and Information Systems research. The survey as data capturing method with the questionnaire as data capturing tool ...
  • Multiplicity in supervision models: the supervisor’s perspective 
    Van Biljon, Judy; De Villiers, M.R. (Ruth) (African Journal of Higher Education, 2013)
    Supervision is a vital aspect in the success of postgraduate students and even more so in open distance learning. Various factors influence supervision success, some relating to the student, some to the supervisor and ...
  • Towards a mobile centric framework for inclusive sustainable interactions 
    Chipangura, Baldreck; Van Biljon, Judy; Botha, Adele (Progressio, 2012)
    Developing countries in general, and South Africa in particular has shown phenomenal growth in the mobile cellular technology sector. Providing mobile cellular access to information and services has ushered a new era of ...
  • Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) research: the quest for a shared conceptual framework continues 
    Van Biljon, Judy; Alexander, Trish (In Proceedings of the 8th International Development Informatics Conference (IDIA2013), 2014)
    The Information and Communication for Development (ICT4D) research landscape can be described as a dynamic, fragmented adhocracy and hence, predictably, attempts at producing a shared conceptual framework for the field ...
  • Towards Increasing Supervision Capacity: The Pyramid Cohort Supervision Model 
    Van Biljon, Judy; Van Dyk, Tobie; Naidoo, Lizelle (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014-06-25)
    Supervision capacity is under pressure since the increase in the number of postgraduate students has not been met with a corresponding increase in competent supervisors. To meet this demand, lecturers without any supervision ...
  • Usability Evaluation for Business Intelligence Applications: A user support perspective 
    Jooste, Chrisna; Van Biljon, Judy; Mentz, Jan (South African Computer Journal (SACJ), 2014-09-01)
    Business Intelligence (BI) applications provide business information to drive decision support. Usability is one of the factors determining the optimal use and eventual bene t derived from BI applications. The documented ...
  • Knowledge-based support for object-oriented design 
    Loock, Marianne (1994-06)
    The research is conducted in the area of Software Engineering, with emphasis on the design phase of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The object-oriented paradigm is the point of departure. The investigation deals ...
  • Risk management in software development 
    Labuschagne, Mariet (2000-01)
    This dissertation discusses risk management in the context of software development. It commences by investigating why so many software development projects fail. It then focuses on approaches to software development that ...
  • Temporal logics 
    Horne, Tertia (1999-09)
    We consider a number of temporal logics, some interval-based and some instant-based, and the choices that have to be made if we need to construct a computational framework for such a logic. We consider the axiomatisation ...
  • Integrating the key approaches of neural networks 
    Howard, Beverley Robin (1999-12)
    The thesis is written in chapter form. Chapter 1 describes some of the history of neural networks and its place in the field of artificial intelligence. It indicates the biological basis from which neural network ...
  • Circumscriptive reasoning 
    Halland, Kenneth John (1994-08)
    We show how the non-monotonic nature of common-sense reasoning can be formalised by circumscription. Various forms of circumscription are discussed. A new form of circumscription, namely naive circumscription, is introduced ...
  • Default reasoning and neural networks 
    Govender, I. (Irene) (1998-06)
    In this dissertation a formalisation of nonmonotonic reasoning, namely Default logic, is discussed. A proof theory for default logic and a variant of Default logic - Prioritised Default logic - is presented. We also pursue ...
  • A reference model for the process control domain of application 
    Dhevcharran, Nirvani (1995-11)
    The process control domain is intrinsically complex and dynamic. It has proved to be difficult to construct and maintain process control systems under the traditional software development methodologies. Object Orientation ...

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