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Recognition of facial action units from video streams with recurrent neural networks : a new paradigm for facial expression recognition
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
This research investigated the application of recurrent neural networks (RNNs) for recognition of facial expressions based on facial action coding system (FACS). Support vector machines (SVMs) were used to validate the ...
The strategic role of software development within the software industry of the Western Cape (South Africa)
(University of the Western Cape, 2016)
Africa’s mobile phone penetration has surpassed that of the United States of America and information communication technologies, according to the World Bank, contribute more to its gross domestic product than the global ...
Towards a unified modelling framework for adaptive networks.
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
Adaptive networks are complex networks with nontrivial topological features and connection patterns between their elements which are neither purely regular nor purely random. Their applications are in sociology, biology, ...
Towards ensuring scalability, interoperability and efficient access control in a triple-domain grid-based environment
(2012)
The high rate of grid computing adoption, both in academe and industry, has posed
challenges regarding efficient access control, interoperability and scalability. Although several methods have been proposed to address ...
Processing hidden Markov models using recurrent neural networks for biological applications
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
In this thesis, we present a novel hybrid architecture by combining the most popular
sequence recognition models such as Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) and Hidden Markov Models (HMMs). Though sequence recognition problems ...
Short message service normalization for communication with a health information system
(2011)
Short Message Service (SMS) is one of the most popularly used services for communication between mobile phone users. In recent times it has also been proposed as a means for information access. However, there are several ...
An intelligent vertical handoff decision algorithm in next generation wireless networks
(2010)
Seamless mobility is the missing ingredient needed to address the inefficient
communication problems faced by the field workforces of service companies that are using field workforce automation solutions to streamline and ...
Context-awareness for adaptive information retrieval systems
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This research study investigates optimization of IRS to individual information needs in order of relevance. The research addressed development of algorithms that optimize the ranking of documents retrieved from IRS. In ...
A technique for the evaluation of free and open source e-learning systems
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Evaluating software is a universal and complex problem. The question is: how should software be selected and adopted, or rather, which of the software packages is the most suitable for a specific environment? Extensive ...
Independent hand-tracking from a single two-dimensional view and its application to South African sign language recognition
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
Hand motion provides a natural way of interaction that allows humans to interact not
only with the environment, but also with each other. The effectiveness and accuracy of
hand-tracking is fundamental to the recognition ...