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A GIS decision based model for determining the best path for connection to a power distribution network a case study of Kenya power and lighting company limited
The purpose of this study is to present a GIS based decision model for determining the best path for connection to a power distribution network. The model was derived from studies that consider the design of the power ... -
A heuristic model for planning of single wire earth return power distribution systems
The planning of distribution networks with earth return is highly dependent on the ground's electrical properties. This study incorporates a load flow algorithm for Single Wire Earth Return (SWER) networks into the planning ... -
A Humanistic perspective in teaching business ethics to accountancy students
Recent corporate scandals brought to light the role of the academic community in strengthening the ethical values of accounting students as future leaders of the profession. Some members, however, remain skeptical, thus ... -
A mobile application (I-Masomo) for enhancing information access for university course selection in Kenya
The use of Mobile device in our everyday life has become inevitable due to their availability, affordability, portability and network coverage. In learning, mobile devices present a solution to a number of educational ... -
A Mobile solution for road accident data collection
Road accidents are a major cause of injuries and death in developing countries. It is crucial to build a road accident database and data retrieval system as a fundamental resource in improving road safety. Since the accident ... -
A mobile-based leave application (M-La) for government institutions: the case of the Teachers Service Commission of Kenya
In government institutions in Kenya and particularly the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), leave management has been done, but little consideration has been made for the possibility of mobile leave application. With the ... -
A Model for costing information technology services in public organizations : case study of the Kenya Revenue Authority
Public organizations are increasingly embracing technology as a means of achieving operational efficiency and in the process reduce the cost of doing business. It is necessary for organizations to have a clear financial ... -
A model for estimating network infrastructure costs : a case for all-fibre LAN networks
The 21st century is an era that has been characterised by phenomenal growth in data rates at the local area network (intranet), extranet and the Internet.This trend has been pushed by the widespread deployment in organisations ... -
A Model to measure information security awareness level in an organization : case study of Kenya commercial bank.
Information Security awareness forms a key basic part of Information Security Strategy within most organizations. Organizations that tend to be more conscious regarding Information Security will invest more than organizations ... -
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A Phase transition in the distribution of the length of integer partitions
We assign a uniform probability to the set consisting of partitions of a positive integer n such that the multiplicity of each summand is less than a given number d and we study the limiting distribution of the number of ... -
A Preliminary m-payment for m-commerce transactions in Kenya
Paper presented at ICT conference of 2008. Theme : ICT's Role towards a Knowledge Economy -
A pricing proposal for a QoS enabled UMTS network
Third generation networks e.g. the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) provide higher data transfer rates which enables the transport of real-time multimedia traffic e.g. streaming video. The cost of ... -
A Prototype of a virtual union catalogue for Kenya Library and Information Service Consortium (KLISC) member libraries.
Kenya lacks a national library union catalogue. As a result, researchers contend with overwhelming array of independent catalogues whenever they want to do inter-library research. Most libraries in Kenya are individually ... -
A requirements elicitation process model for health management information systems: case of Kenyatta National Hospital
Requirements Elicitation (RE) is about learning and understanding the needs of users and stakeholders with the aim of communicating these needs to the system developers. Requirements Elicitation is an important stage in ... -
A Review of the theory of completely primary finite rings
We give a review of recent developments in the theory of finite rings with identity and pay special attention to a class of finite rings whose sets of all zero divisors form additive groups. We further describe the structure ... -
A smooth test of goodness-of-fit for the baseline hazard function in recurrent event models
In this paper, we formulate a smooth test of goodness-of-fit for a simple hypothesis about the baseline hazard function in recurrent-event models. The formulation is an extension of Neyman' s goodness-of-fit approach, ... -
A Software upgrades investment model : a case of Windows operating system in Kenya
The revolution of software has introduced new actors and market mechanisms. Effective software management is crucial for development and survival of any company. IT upgrades investment in a crucial part in software management. ...
