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Consumer segmentation and profiling using demographic data and spending habits obtained through daily mobile conversations.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Knowledge of customer behaviour helps organizations to continuously re-evaluate their strategies with the consumers and plan to improve and expand their application of the most effective strategies. The Kenyan consumer ... -
Context Aware Computational Trust Model for Robust and Accurate Recommender Systems Algorithms for Ecommerce Platforms
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Online shopping has become part and parcel of our lives and more so as aggravated by the emergence of COVID-19 pandemic which necessitated need for social distancing and also work from home. This has led to unprecedented ... -
Context aware framework to support formal ubiquitous learning
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)The number of people depending on the web as a source of information has risen over the past years. This has not left the education sector behind. The main challenge learner’s face while using the web is getting the right ... -
Contextual mobile interface design for rural users in Kenya
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2009)Existing technologies, interaction design methodologies, and usability testing techniques have been developed mainly for and by the developed world (HeI 2007). For this reason, the mobile applications intended for the ... -
Contextual weather and climate broadcast system: case for Nganyi community farmers in Western Kenya
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Mobile phone ownership has seen a steady increase in Kenya in the last five years and currently stands at 28.08 million mobile phone subscribers spread throughout the country. With poor road infrastructure, the mobile phone ... -
Contextualized Farmers' Products Marketing Application: Case of Marigiti Market
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)Agriculture remains the most important economic activity in Kenya, although less than 8% of the land is used for crop and feed production. Less than 20% of the land is suitable for cultivation, of which only 12% is ... -
Continuous and discrete probability distributions emerging from pure birth process
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Many real life process evolve according to the rules of a pure birth process. The Probability that the population will reach a certain size by time t is obtained by solving a system of basic difference differential equations. ... -
Continuous auditing support using multi-agent systems
(University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2010)The frequency of the review III a continuous auditing environment differentiates it from periodic traditional auditing. In continuous auditing the controls, transactions and financial reports are reviewed as soon as the ... -
Contributors to fashion designers success: a case study of top fashion designers in Kenya
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Control of farley fly delia, flavibasis stein (diptera: Anthomyiidae) with resistant varieties and insecticides
(University of NairobiDepartment of Zoology, 1982)Control of barley fly Dolia fla7ibasis Stein (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) with resistant varieties and insecticides. Field experiment awere carried out to determine the effects of infestation of D. flavibasis on growth and ... -
Control of mechanical system by moving coordinates and motion in fluids, by applying of additional forces and having coordinates as a function of time.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This thesis is about the qualitative Analysis and model of equations concerned to the control of the mechanical system by moving coordinates and locomotion in a fluid. There are two essential different ways of controlling ... -
Conventional And Non Conventional Propagation Of Tree Species: Development Of Appropriate Methods For Arid Land Tree Propagation
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Botany, 1985)Three species ef Terminalia L namely T. brownie, T. kilimandscharica and T. spinosa were used for the experimentation. The trees were located in different regions in the dry zones of Kenya. Seeds were collected from the ... -
Conversion of aluminium anodizing sludge into aluminium potassium sulphate for use as a coagulant in wastewater treatment
(University of Nairobi, 2018)During the process of aluminium surface treatment, a large quantity of aluminium-rich sludge is generated but its disposal is a great challenge. The main objective of this study was to investigate the potential to recover ... -
Convolutional Neural Network Based Fall Armyworm Damage Detection System
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive pest that attacks a wide range of plants (Early et al., 2018) It is especially notorious for attacking one of Africa’s most important foods: maize which is a source ... -
Convolutional neural network for predicting poverty using satellite imagery
(University of Nairobi, 2021)Eradication of poverty in all its forms worldwide by 2030 is the rst of 17 Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the United Nations. In Africa, where the bulk of the world's poorest people live, national household ... -
Convolutional Neural Network to enhance stock taking
(University of Nairobi, 2018)In the current competitive economic environment, there is a lot of focus in optimization of processes and providing high quality customer experience. This study explores the use of deep learning particularly convolutional ... -
Cooperative problem solving: A Case study of the mobile phone technology
(School of Computing and Informatics, 2007)A cooperative distributed problem solving (CDPS) system is a distributed network of semi-autonomous processing nodes that work together to solve a single problem [23]. Cellular radio provides mobile telephone service by ... -
The coordinate graphics unit
(1981)The purpose of this coordinate graphics project is to test and evaluate an unconventional hardware design for plotting and displaying scientific and mathematical functions. This design project is interfaced with a ... -
Copper Indium Diselenide (CIS) Based Solar Cells: Effect Of CIS Preparation Conditions And Thickness On Performance
(University of NairobiFaculty of Science, 1999-09)The effect of CulnSe, thin film preparation conditions and thickness on CuInSe2 based solar cells has been investigated. Prior to CuInSe2 thin films and device fabrication, metallic Cu and In resistivity changes with ... -
Copper levels in soils collected from cofffee farms along Ruiru river in Kiambu district and Rutui river in Kirinyaga district
(Facult of Science, University of Nairobi, 1991)The total copper content was determined in river water, sediments, soil, potato shoots and tubers, weeds, coach grass, coffee leaves and coffee berries using atomic absorption spectrophotometry (AAS). Plant available ...