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Model ensembles for Predictive drought severity and drought Effects monitoring using remote sensing & Socio-economic data
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Droughts, with their increasing frequency of occurrence, especially in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA), continue to negatively affect lives and livelihoods. For example, the 2011 drought in East Africa caused massive ... -
A Model for Adoption of Chatbots in Kenya: a Case Study of Zuku Telegram Bot
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The 21st century customers are tech savvy, and they expect a company’s or business communication system to be seamless, real-time and customized. Social media has become a preferred tool of communication for connecting and ... -
A Model for Classifying Hate Speech Text From Social Media Leveraging on Psycho-social Features and Machine Learning
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Classifying brief text messages containing hate speech from the massive amount of content generated by social media users is a difficult undertaking. Social media data provides significant difficulties for conventional ... -
A model for design and deployment of mhealth solutions fit for low-resource settings: case of maternal care
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)Globally, there are concerted efforts to implement interventions that fast-track attainment of millennium development goals (MDGs 4 and 5) aimed at reversing trends in maternal and child mortality. This is the motivation ... -
A Model for Evaluating E-learning Systems Quality. A case of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The rapid growth of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has significant changes in the practice of education globally using Learning Management System (LMS) assisted e-learning in Higher Education Institutions ... -
A Model For Evaluating The Success Of Agricultural Management Information System In Providing Extension Services To Sugarcane Farmers In Rural Areas Of Kenya:Case Of Mumias Sugar Company
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)Mumias Sugar Company has an elaborate Agricultural Management Information system that is used to run the agricultural docket of the company. The system has been in place for a long period of time and it has been performing ... -
A model for implementation and assessment of context-aware mobile-based advertising solutions
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Advertising is vital to business as it helps to register the business's or events presence to a saturated market. Advertising has been in existence since 4000 BC. The advertising methods have revolutionized since the ... -
A Model for Implementation and Assessment of ICT adoption by teachers in secondary schools in Kikuyu district in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Secondary schools and teachers are under increasing pressure to use Information and Communication Technology to impart to students the knowledge, skills and attitudes they need to survive in the current century. Many ... -
A model for mapping graduates’ skills to industry roles using machine learning techniques: A case of software engineering
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Despite rapid development in information technologies, a practical way of mapping graduates‘ skills to industry roles is a challenge. Attempts have been made by posing this as a multi-classification problem and solving ... -
A model for post-implementation evaluation of health information systems: The case of the DHIS 2 in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Health information systems are developed and implemented to improve health care quality and increase patient and physician satisfaction. This paper describes the influence of health professional sub-cultures on adoption ... -
A model for post-implementation evaluation of health information systems: The case of the DHIS 2 in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The Kenyan government through the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its quest to improve the health outcomes of its citizenry, has embarked on a number of initiatives. One of these initiatives under the umbrella of eHealth is ... -
Model for predicting the probability of event occurrence using logistic regression: case for a Kenyan commercial bank
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Credit Scoring has been a key undertaking of lenders over the last few decades. However, the most common use of credit scoring has been as a credit application appraisal tool rather than as a credit monitoring tool for ... -
A Model for processing public participation feedback using topic Modeling
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Governments acknowledge the need to involve citizens, through different platforms like public task forces, when public policies are drafted. Public task forces are expected to consider views from different stakeholders in ... -
A model for supporting decisions using multi-agent systems co-operation: a simulation of donor funding in health environment
(School of Computing and Informatics, University of Nairobi, 2011)This study addresses the development ofa multi-agent system model for use in supporting group decision making and the challenges that face the implementation of such a model. As a proof of concept, the model has been ... -
A model for telecommuting in Kenya
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)Given the emerging technologies and the need for employers to be more flexible about where and how people work, telecommuting would seem one logical and promising solution. However, telecommuting does not seem to thrive ... -
A Model for the Design, Development and Implementation of Agriculture Applications
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A model for the implementation of online learning in Kenyan public universities during the covid-19 pandemic.
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The advancement of information technology in the twenty-first century has profoundly changed educational systems across the world. With the restrictions on gathering and movement imposed by Government during the covid-19 ... -
A model information systems contingency plan for universities: case of university of Nairobi
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Information systems are vulnerable to a variety of attacks such as power shortages, disk failure, equipment destruction, fire and terrorist attack. It is therefore important to undertake IS contingency planning to safeguard ... -
A model of an integrated unified communication network using public switched telephone network gateways and cisco unified communication manager server
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Communication requirements are constantly evolving in recent times demanding flexibility and response mechanism in controlling deployments need for everyday connections. It is a necessity in business today and a well ... -
A model of two-factor authentication using facial recognition in automated teller machines
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)The general idea of this research work is to use facial recognition technique to reinforce security on Automatic Teller Machines. The use of face recognition is to authenticate an individual by identifying and verifying ...