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Understanding the factors that influence trust in e-services: a case study of a wireless mesh network implementation in Mankosi, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
This thesis deals with the design of a business model for rural telephony based on a wireless mesh network for a rural community, the Mankosi community, located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Its aim is to ...
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 ...
A comparison of machine learning techniques for hand shape recognition
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
There are five fundamental parameters that characterize any sign language gesture. They are hand shape, orientation, motion and location, and facial expressions. The SASL group at the University of the Western Cape has ...
Avatar animation from SignWriting notation
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The SASL project at the University of the Western Cape is in the process of developing a machine translation system that can translate fully-fledged phrases between South African Sign Language (SASL) and English in ...
Packet aggregation for voice over internet protocol on wireless mesh networks
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This thesis validates that packet aggregation is a viable technique to increase call capacity for Voice over Internet Protocol over wireless mesh networks. Wireless mesh networks are attractive ways to provide voice services ...
Usability and content verification of a mobile tool to help a deaf person with pharmaceutical instruction
(University of Western Cape, 2014)
This thesis describes a multi-disciplinary collaboration towards iterative development of
a mobile communication tool to support a Deaf person in understanding usage directions
for medication dispensed at a pharmacy. We ...
Mobility management for Wi-Fi infrastructure and mesh networks
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This thesis shows that mobility management protocols for infrastructure Internet may be used in a wireless mesh network environment. In this research Mobile IPv6 and Fast Handover for Hierarchical Mobile IPv6 are successfully ...
Situation-aware routing for wireless mesh networks with mobile nodes
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
This thesis demonstrates that a situation-aware algorithm improves quality of service on small mesh networks running BATMAN-adv with some mobile nodes. BATMAN-adv is a proactive mesh routing protocol that counts beacons ...
Inexpensive mobile technologies to empower rural farmers with m-agriculture
(University of the Western Cape, 2010)
Market information and established communication between seller and buyer play an important role in business activities. This thesis investigates the Transkei area in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa to find out ...
A Mobile Deaf-to-hearing communication aid for medical diagnosis
(University of the Western Cape, 2011)
Many South African Deaf people use their mobile phones for communication with SMSs yet they would prefer to converse in South African Sign Language. Deaf people with a capital `D' are different from deaf or hard of hearing ...