Faculty of Science & Technology (FST): Recent submissions

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    • A rule induction based credit appraisal system 

      Mugambi, Grace (School of mathematics, 2011-06)
      Kenyan based institutions are facing a major problem today as they are handling a lot of data which they have collected over the decades. Kenya has in the past decade experienced growth in the industry sector. Most ...

    • Urban Transport Real time tracking System 

      Wanjugu, Wilfred Mugo (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)
      In this project we have looked at the design of an Urban Transport Real time tracking system. The current tracking systems can be used on trucks, trailers and containers for security purposes where recovery of a vehicle ...

    • Towards Enterprise Architecture for Road Transport Administration in Kenya 

      Waluvengo, Eugene O. (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)
      The purpose of this research project was to establish how Enterprise Architecture can be used to ensure that the Road Transport Department (RTD) of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) derives optimal value from IT investments. ...

    • Information systems resource capacity planning using machine learning algorithms 

      Koroba, Tom J (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2010)
      The purpose of this research is to learn CPU and memory utilization data to derive more information from the data, that would help information technology organizations like telecoms mitigate some problems and offer ...

    • Constituency development fund (CDF): enhancing governance and accountability from an audit perspective. 

      Okungu, Tom 0 (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2010)
      This study seeks to structure the information requirement of CDF to enhance both Governance and Accountability from an Audit perspective .This would facilitate the management of the CDF in a transparent, equitable manner ...

    • Continuous auditing support using multi-agent systems 

      Mutoru, Tirus (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 ...

    • Framework for the implementation of a patient electronic referral system: case study of Nairobi province. 

      Thiong'o, Francis K (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)
      A research into the area of usage of leTs in health with a particular focus on developing a framework for e-referral for exchanging patient information between health institutions in order to provide continuity of patient ...

    • Security as a service framework for broadband users 

      Rotich, Erick K (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)
      Currently most businesses rely on broadband to run networks and web applications. This means introduction of vulnerabilities in Universal Resource Locator (URL) that are in connection. Effective monitoring of URLs is ...

    • Effects of handoff on network capacity and quality of service: Kenya GSM networks case study. 

      Mburu, David N (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)
      Telecommunication has evolved from the early days where information was conveyed using smoke signs and drum beating through fixed wire communication to today's modem mobile wireless cellular communication systems. In a ...

    • Early warning disease response systems 

      Kinuthia, Robert M (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)
      Infectious diseases are the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. Identifying infectious disease outbreaks in their early stages is an important task, both for governments and international organizations ...

    • WiLDNet Message Passing Communication System for Mobile Phones 

      Otieno, Michael O. (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)
      Communication m developing countries is relatively unaffordable to a fairly large SIze of the population. While the high penetration rate of mobile phones has reduced this predicament, leveraging the ubiquity of mobile ...

    • Storage virtualisation and management for NASD devices. 

      Osero, Benard O (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2010)
      This dissertation is a report on storage management model providing direct data transfer between storage and client, network-attached storage devices have the potential to Improve scalability (by eliminating the server ...

    • Prototype development of a secure tokenless pre-paid system for utilities 

      Orina, Kefa M (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)
      One of the main problems facing the builders of 'Information & Communication Technologies', for utilities is how to charge and collect for goods and/or services. The high cost of running conventional billing systems ...

    • Information framework for small scale tea farmers using cellular technology. A case study of ICTs in the tea industry in Western region of Kenya 

      Omwoyo, Jairo M (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2010)
      Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) is a management agency for small scale farmers. It is responsible of the management of smallholder tea through provision of extension services, production inputs, green leaf collection, ...

    • eProject Tracker: A Web Based Project Tracking system for the Constituency Development Fund Board 

      Omollo, Nicholas W (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)
      In many development projects, reporting implementation progress has become of great importance. Project implementation reporting should be done right and in a timely manner for decision making. Reporting on project ...

    • A multi-agent model for system user access rights audit 

      Okoth, Fredrick (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)
      Insider threats are alive with us today and so access to the Information systems has become so critical that organizations have incorporated periodic user access rights audit in their Information security policy's to be ...

    • User-centric information and communication technology adoption model for rural farming communities in Kenya 

      Ochieng, Daniel Orwa (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)
      The role of technology among populations in developing countries continues to be a topic of immense interest to researchers. Whereas technology acquisition is easily discernible externally, the ways to which a piece of ...

    • A GPS server with road mapping and data mining for traffic analysis. 

      Obuhuma, James Imende (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2012)
      Traffic control and management currently requires high-tech computerized solutions as opposed to the manual methods that commonly involve the use of traffic policemen, traffic lights and safety cameras. Collection and ...

    • Collaborative Web-Based Computer-Assisted Bible Translation Software: A Prototype 

      Musau, Obadiah Matolo (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2011)
      Defined as the transfer of written or spoken Source Language texts 10 equivalent written or spoken Target Language texts translation has been used over the years to reproduce various kinds of texts in another language ...

    • AB3S: agents based service support system 

      Njuguna, Patrick Wanjiku (University of NairobiSchool of Computing and Informatics, 2010)
      In many training institutions course administration function is of significant strategic importance. Performance of the core function determines survival and success of any institution in competitive environment. The main ...