Author:Mtsweni, Jabu S; Modiba, FSDate:Oct 2020African communities suffer a series of socio-economic challenges that seem difficult to eradicate. The challenges include lack of access to essential services and infrastructure; high levels of poverty, and unemployment, especially amongst ...Read more
Author:Erasmus, Louwrence D; Auret, Marius; Venter, Jacobus PDate:Oct 2022This paper proposes an Integrative Engineering Framework for performing enterprise architecture, enterprise, systems, and software engineering in a research, development and innovation enterprise. A constructivist approach is used in developing ...Read more
Author:Chauke, Mapoo D; Gama, G; Sebetoa, Matlapane R; Marimuthu, Luveshan; Mavhona, TshifhiwaDate:Jul 2023Supply Chain Management (SCM) has evolved over the years, from mechanisation in the 1920s to intelligentisation in the 2000s. Major changes in supply chain are due to challenges in the environment, such as the fragmentation of SCM activities ...Read more
Author:Mtsweni, Jabu SDate:Mar 2022Cybersecurity has evolved over the years, and today cyberattacks instigated by cyber-criminals, nation states, or insider threat actors are part of regular headline news. In South Africa and around the world, the number of cyberattacks or ...Read more
Author:Burke, Ivan D; Motlhabi, Michael B; Netshiya, Rofhiwa; Pieterse, HeloiseDate:Feb 2021Recently, well-known and established South African organisations have experienced cyberattacks. South African Bank Risk Information Centre (SABRIC) confirmed in October 2019 that the industry had been hit by a wave of Distributed Denial of ...Read more
Author:Sheik, Muhammed; Segakweng, Tshiamo; Sekhuthe, Karabelo LDate:Nov 2023The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy estimates that the industrial sector is the largest consumer of energy in South Africa. Approximately 66% of energy end-use in industry is for heat generation during manufacturing. South African ...Read more
Author:Madiba, L; Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Oct 2023The South African Local Government is currently experiencing a backlog in providing basic services to its citizens due to financial constraints, lack of planning, poor project management and integration between sector departments. The South ...Read more
Author:Mtsweni, Jabu S; Ndlovu, Lungisani; Mthethwa, Sthembile N; Mkuzangwe, Nenekazi NPDate:Nov 2023Misinformation, disinformation, malinformation, and/or fake news have gained attention for good and bad in South Africa, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic. The research-based and non-research-based interventions to tackle misinformation ...Read more
Author:Roodt, JH; Leenen, L; Van Vuuren, JJ; Dawood, Zubeida CDate:Jul 2020Complex societal problems require a multidisciplinary and multi-method approach to develop models that can support the development of solutions. General morphological analysis is a qualitative method to extract information from experts through ...Read more
Author:McDonald, Andre M; Van Wyk, MDate:Oct 2020A new approach to solving a more general formulation of the inverse Frobenius-Perron problem, which requires the construction of a one-dimensional ergodic map with prescribed invariant probability density function and power spectral density, ...Read more
Author:Meyers, Bronwyn C; Grobler, Jan-Hendrik; Snedden, GCDate:Sep 2022A combustor was designed for a 200N micro-gas turbine for the model aircraft industry using the NREC design method. Multiple designs resulted which varied in terms of annular area split configuration, hole area splits and relative hole ...Read more
Author:Botha, LouisDate:Nov 2023The design of an offset reflector fed with a phased array that is not in the focal plane is described. By using the phased array, it is possible to scan the pattern of the reflector antenna. The effect of the position of the feed is shown in ...Read more
Author:Dawood, Zubeida C; Van 't Wout, CDate:Oct 2022Although there is an increasing amount of information for counter-terrorism operations freely available online, it is a complex process to extract relevant information and to detect useful patterns in the data in order for intelligence ...Read more
Author:Grobler, InusDate:Oct 2022Lithium Titanite Oxide (LTO) cells with the typical anode chemical compound Li4Ti5O12, are currently used in heavy transport vehicles (e.g., electric busses) and MW-size Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), due to their excellent performance, ...Read more
Author:Stoltz, George G; Stoltz, MDate:Sep 2020In this paper, we model a real-time feasible rosette imager, consisting of a rosette scanner, an optical sensor and a deterministic image reconstruction algorithm. We fine-tune the rosette imager through selecting the appropriate sensor field ...Read more
Author:Blaauw, Ciara; Potgieter, Monique; Cilliers, Jacques EDate:Apr 2020Commercial off the shelf antennas make it possible to perform rapid initial system tests and proof of concepts experiments. This paper reports on the antenna performance of a cost effective commercial off the shelf printed Log-periodic antenna ...Read more
Author:Nelufule, Nthatheni; Singano, Zothile T; Shadung, Lesiba D; Masemola, Kelebogile BDate:Jun 2023The Internet of Things has enabled unprecedented levels of devices connectivity and communication through data collection and sharing from multiple devices. These massive communications also introduced new challenges to digital forensics, ...Read more
Author:Erasmus, Louwrence DDate:Aug 2023Digital Transformation in Achieving Defence Information Excellence in the Journey to Greatness with Editor: Dr Louwrence Erasmus Pr. Eng. Introduction: The Command and Management Information Systems (CMIS) Division strives towards Information ...Read more
Author:Pandelani, Thanyani ADate:May 2023One of the aims of the South African Ballistic Organisation (SABO) is to organise and host a local ballistic symposium every second year. This year SABO is hosting the 2023 symposium. The SABO 2023 Organising Committee has been overwhelmed ...Read more