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This paper explores Design Science and Action Research as applied to the field of Information Systems research. The application of Action Design Research to a real-world problem is discussed. Motivated by the literature regarding the need for further research on client participation in software development, a systemic framework for the understanding of client requirements in Information System development...
Information Technology has now become an important pillar of the Mauritian economy. Every citizen in the society of different ages or social positions are benefiting from it. Inhabitants of Mauritius now have faster and more reliable internet, better mobile services and an increasing use of smart phones with applications dealing in our everyday life. Government has put a major focus on using E-services...
The boom in the usage of smartphones has led to the increasing demand of mobile compatible websites. M-site is the term associated with a website that is meant for mobile device. Since the characteristics of websites and m-sites are different, most mobile sites are built from scratch. Since there are some common features and technologies for developing website and mobile site, a tool (Automated Mobile...
Due to the increasing amount of electronic information, a majority of laypeople (ordinary people with no professional medical knowledge) now rely on the Web to seek for health information for self-diagnosis. However, research has shown that current search engines are failing to deliver effective search results due to the inability of laypeople to formulate good queries because of lack of domain knowledge...
Based on the proliferation of smartphones, a new type of social networking called Proximity based Social Networking (PBSN) was emerged based on the geo-locations of users in the vicinity. However, many concerns have been reported recently on PBSN applications where user information is intercepted and misused, specifically locations of users which are sensitive data. In this paper, a secure PBSN application...
Range anxiety is a barrier to the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). One of the factors influencing range anxiety is the remaining driving range (RDR) of these vehicles. Existing models used for estimating the RDR are often simplified and rely on a limited number of factors. The RDR is a parameter that changes under environmental and behavioral conditions. Factors relating to these conditions and...
This paper consider the problem of tracking user through the wireless fingerprint of their network interfaces. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is one of these network interfaces and becomes more and more popular because of its energy efficiency and its improved security. The use of random MAC addresses and deep changes in the bluetooth communication procedure were expected to prevent the tracking of individuals...
Patient monitoring has advanced over the years, from bed side monitors in the hospital, to wearable devices that can monitor patients and communicate their data remotely to medical servers over wireless networks. It is a process that involves monitoring major vital signs of a patient, to check if their health is normal or deteriorating within a period of time. In a remote situation, vital signs information,...
Single Sign-On (SSO) is a centralized certification method where consumer gains use of many services using one credential. This evolution is driving the next generation of authentication on the cloud. However, Single Sign-On has one big point of failure. If an attacker has obtained one credential, he may obtain use of several providers. SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) SSO protocol, which...
Floating-point numbers are used in a wide variety of programs, from numerical analysis programs to control command programs. However floating-point computations are affected by rounding errors that render them hard to be verified efficiently. We address in this paper termination proving of an important class of programs that manipulate floating-point numbers: the simple floating-point loops. Our main...
Geographical routing protocols scale well in large ad-hoc and sensor networks but fall short with some topologies. This causes packet losses and a drop in network performance. In this paper, we propose to introduce topological information aiming to improve the quality of routing decision while keeping the protocol scalable. Every node maintains precise information for nearby nodes and aggregated information...
As Agile methodologies such as SCRUM and XP become more and more popular in a corporate environment, Agile development teams often come face to face with more rigid, non-Agile requirements by a production “gate keeper” or a production team before their software can actually be deployed to a live environment. There is a social conflict between the two teams. Agile teams are more people oriented and...
Evolution of mobile technologies and widespread adoption of mobile devices in learning today is momentous. Mobile learning refers to the use of portable devices to study independent of location and time. To allow flexible learning to occur, content adaptation is necessary. Content-adaptation aims at delivering the most suitable learning elements in dynamic conditions using different contextual information...
Glaucoma is an eye problem that affects the retina and weakens the nerve cells that assist in visual recognition. This disease can be the cause of blindness and visual impairment if not treated earlier. Increase in Intraocular pressure (IOP) is the main cause for glaucoma presence and succession. The diameter of the optic cup within optic disc region is increased due to the excessive retinal pressure...
As one of the key drivers of the Information Age, the World Wide Web (of documents) affords its users to disseminate their knowledge and opinions and to interrelate on a global scale. In a Knowledge Age, this wealth of resources could be far better utilized, if distinct items contained would relate to others and if the meanings of it would also be comprehensible to machines for deducing further knowledge...
Online social networks (OSNs) offer the functionality of sharing information and images between users. The sharing of specifically images, offers a promising covert channel for secure and private communication by hiding information in images using steganography. However, many known steganography algorithms are not suitable for OSNs since the image processing that is performed when uploading an image...
This paper looks at the benefits of drones in agriculture, and their limitations, illustrating from examples how drones operate on farms. Different features of drones are discussed, specifically how they assist farmers in maximizing their harvest by detecting problems early, and managing the crops by using specific cameras to detect pests and water shortages. Two interview were done: one with a strong...
Namibia suffered the worst outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 40 years during 2015. The entire Northern Communal Areas were quarantined with a complete ban being enforced on the movement of all cattle to and from these areas. The Namibian Livestock Identification and Traceability System (NamLITS) was used to minimize the impact of this outbreak and made free trade possible once again by using its...
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