Author:Khuluse, S; Das, Sonali; Debba, Pravesh; Elphinstone, CDate:Apr 2009When events occur outside the range of acceptable fluctuations, they may result in either (a) the events being more favourable than usual, or (b) the events being less favourable than usual. The latter has serious implications if their ...Read more
Author:Booth, R; Casini, G; Meyer, T; Varzinczak, IDate:Mar 2015We continue recent investigations into the problem of reasoning about typicality. We do so in the framework of Propositional Typicality Logic (PTL), which is obtained by enriching classical propositional logic with a typicality operator and ...Read more
Author:Badenhorst, Jaco; Tshoane, Alfred; De Wet, FebeDate:Dec 2016This paper reports on an analysis of isiXhosa speech produced by adult language learners. The learners whose speech was recorded were all acquiring isiXhosa as an additional language and the majority of the students had beginner level oral ...Read more
Author:Rosman, Benjamin S; Ramamoorthy, SDate:Nov 2012The computational complexity of learning in sequential decision problems grows exponentially with the number of actions available to the agent at each state. We present a method for accelerating this process by learning action priors that ...Read more
Author:Karsten, AEDate:Nov 2008For effective laser treatment it is very important to provide the correct dose at the required treatment depth. In South Africa we have a richness of ethnic groups contributing to a large variety in skin tones. Effective laser treatment of ...Read more
Author:Goldbach, ODate:01 Sep 2010Increased levels of seismicity are known to occur when water enters cracks in the Earth’s surface. This so-called “fluid-induced seismicity” is a phenomenon that has been observed in many non-mining settings (e.g. filling of dams and fluid ...Read more
Author:Goga, T; Harding, Kevin; Russo, Valentina; Von Blottnitz, HDate:Aug 2022Global production and consumption of plastics have increased significantly in recent years. The environmental impacts associated with this trend have received growing attention internationally with single-use plastic packaging responsible for ...Read more
Author:Ampofo-Anti, NLDate:Jul 2009The green building movement aims to foster the environmental sustainability of construction products by maximising resource efficiency while minimising concomitant pollution throughout the building life cycle. However, green building principles ...Read more
Author:Annamalai, LeeandranDate:Oct 2017This presentation discusses how SMART technology can influence the industry of the future. Topics touched on are software enabled machines able to respond relevantly to real world events, the industrial Internet of Things, and machines ...Read more
Author:Wall, K; Bhagwan, J; Ive, O; Kirwan, FDate:Jul 2013Partnerships, using the basic principles of social franchising, could address many challenges in the operation and/or maintenance of water services. Development of this concept in South Africa is moving from research into practice.Read more
Author:Funke, Nicola S; Rieu-Clarke, A; Steyn, Maronel; Gooch, G; Nortje, KarenDate:Jul 2011Place of worship for Tshiavha clan; forms part of larger network of pools, groves and waterfalls which must be protected according to Venda culture to ensure good annual rainfalls and fertile soils. Tshiavha people believe the lake is inhabited ...Read more
Author:Godfrey, Linda K; Scott, DDate:Oct 2010One of the main reasons given for the current state of waste management in South Africa includes human resource capacity constraints, in particular the difficulty in recruiting suitably qualified or skilled people, and the high turnover of ...Read more
Author:Mongwe, PDate:Oct 2012This work presents the carbon cycle data collected during the austral winter of 2012 (9 July to 3 August) on the Good Hope
transect between Cape Town and Antarctica and
returning to Cape Town via Marion Island.Read more
Author:Mredlana, Prince; Naidoo, Darryl; Mafusire, C; Kruger, T; Dudley, Angela L; Forbes, ADate:Jul 2016Optical field characterisation often requires various isolated experiments to obtain characterisation parameters, we investigate a novel approach to characterise an optical field employing a Wigner distribution function with a modal decomposition ...Read more
Author:Goliger, Adam; Van Wyk, Ters; Bradley, RA; Bilse, D; Ruthenavelu, MDate:Aug 2016All South African harbours are exposed to large-scale frontal/strong synoptic weather events and some also experience, less frequently, short duration convective activity. These often result in operational stoppages, delays in loading/unloading ...Read more
Author:Bofinger, S; Zimmermann, B; Gerlach, A-K; Bischof-Niemz, TobiasDate:Mar 2016CSIR, SANEDI, Eskom and Fraunhofer IWES conducted a study to holistically quantify the wind-power potential in South Africa, and the portfolio effects of widespread spatial wind and solar power aggregation in South Africa. Key result: South ...Read more
Author:Mabille, EDate:Oct 2015Why is a wind atlas important for South Africa? This presentation recommends that a dedicated wind energy measurement programme needs to be undertaken to confirm the true wind energy potential in South Africa.Read more