Mak IR Home
→
College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS)
→
Recent submissions

College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS): Recent submissions

Now showing items 1-20 of 428

A spatial decision support tool for identifying evacuation routes for landslide victims

Ajonyo, Immaculate (Makerere University, 2014-10)

Landslides disasters have been a major problem for people living around steep hillsides in many parts of the world such as Mt. Elgon hillsides in Eastern Uganda. Disaster response under such situations has been a challenge ...
A model of information system success factors in Small and Medium Enterprises: Case study of Health Information Systems

Namakula, Sarah Jannat (Makerere University, 2013-09)

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have an important role to play in Uganda’s socio-economic development. Information systems help to support and leverage the operations of SMEs. IS success in Small and Medium Enterprises ...
A framework for outsourcing IT security services in SMEs in Uganda

Magezi, George William (Makarere University, 2014-11-05)

One of the alternatives a small and medium enterprise (SME) can use to successfully manage its IT security needs is to outsource its IT security services (Bakari et al, 2006). The need to outsource IT security services by ...
A medical information system for monitoring and controlling of adherence: A case of TASO Uganda Limited

Ssenabulya, Dithane (Makarere University, 2014-06)

The founding of TASO was based on people that were unified by common experiences faced when encountering HIV/AIDS at a time of high stigma, ignorance and discrimination. From a small support group, TASO has since evolved ...
Online verification of Makerere University student’s examination permits

Okila, Nixson (Makerere University, 2014-03)

As a way to reduce identification document forgery and impersonation during a university examinations, there is need for a system which can retrieve the current student’s registration details from a database and recognise ...
Evaluation of blind scheduling policies under correlated successive inter-arrival times

Tukamuhabwa, Emmanuel (Makerere University, 2014-05)

Modeling correlated arrivals of traffic into systems is one of the most challenging tasks. Previous assumptions where arrival of traffic into systems is assumed to follow Poisson distribution have been proved to be ...
A traffic congestion level monitoring system in crowded developing world cities

Ssenyange, Joseph (Makerere University, 2014-07)

Many cities in developing countries like Kampala do not have modern intelligent traffic monitoring and management systems (ITS) like those deployed in developed countries because of the differences in financial and traffic ...
A model of e-Health acceptance and usage in Uganda: The perspective of Online Social Networks

Miiro, Edward (Makarere University, 2015-01)

Governments around the world are transitioning from the traditional health practices to e-Health for better service delivery to their citizens. The resulting benefits of e-Health include improved access to health information, ...
A tool to mitigate denial of service attacks on LAN

Kyambadde, George (Makerere University, 2017-03)

Today, schools, government agencies, corporations, and even home computer users conduct most of their business on a computer network by sharing information, resources, and files. This networking can be accomplished on a ...
An adoption framework for electronic customer relationship management in developing countries: Case of Ugandan SMEs

Olupot, Charles (Makerere University, 2013-07)

eCRM is an important strategy for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) to survive in today’s very competitive markets. eCRM enables SMEs to Venture into new markets both nationally and internationally. However, despite these ...
A modeling method for computer system security using structure and probability

Kagumya, Mark (Makerere University, 2017-01)

Modeling methods for computer systems currently have functional and feature limitations for secure design. This is because modeling computer systems accurately is complex and requires precision and a variety of features ...
The development of a power switching mechanism over the internet infrastructure

Senkumba, Siriiman (Makerere University, 2014-07)

The advancement of technology has lead to an escalating demand and reliance. This has inevitably lead to an alarming rate of depletion of the natural resources utilized to fuel the technology. Electrical energy is one of ...
Matching for resource optimization: A case for Makerere University examinations

Kasirye, Moses (Makarere University, 2014-06)

University examinations are very important in evaluation of the students’ progress and final achievement in the employment world. Successful conduct of the examination process requires a lot of resources such as human ...
A quantitative loan appraisal tool for microfinance

Kerunga, Victor (Makarere University, 2017-08)

Micro loans have been embraced by many who seek working capital to boost their small-scale business operations. Microfinance institutions being mindful of the risk associated with lending,have come up with several methodologies ...
Report on installation of the second generation WIMEA-ICT Automatic Weather Station at University of Juba

Kondela, Emmanuel; Khemis, Ben; Nsabagwa, Mary (2016-12-20)

This report shows activities undertaken from 15th to 19th Dec 2016 at the University of Juba during the installation of the Second Generation WIMEA-ICT Automatic Weather Station (AWS) prototype. The activities were performed ...
Spatial decision support tool for cholera risk mapping in urban areas

Kembabazi, Catherine (Makarere University, 2014-10)

Kawempe division one of the five divisions that make up Kampala district has for long suffered from cholera outbreaks. These outbreaks have been escalated by a combination of factors both environmental and social factors. ...
Applications of social media and Web 2.0 for research support in selected African academic institutions

Mutibwa, Lois; MfumOwusu-Ansah, Christopher; Gontshi, Vuyokazi; Ukwoma, Sicolastica (Balkan Libraries Union, )

This study examined the use of Social Media/Web 2.0 for research support and it is guided by three objectives namely: a) to ascertain the uses social media in academic institutions; b) to identify the challenges associated ...
Competencies required by librarians in the management of electronic resources in Ugandan university libraries

Ruako, Sarah Ojok (Makerere University, 2014)

This study explored the competencies required by librarians in the management of electronic resources in Ugandan University Libraries. Competencies were assessed basing on skills and knowledge while management of electronic ...
Examination of the management of grey literature in selected university libraries in Uganda

Bukirwa, Joyce (Makerere University, 2014)

This study examined the management of grey literature, a special and unique source of information for teaching, learning and research. Grey literature is generated in various ways like research, projects, conferences, ...
Institutionalization of community libraries in the slum communities of Kampala: A partnership analysis

Mutibwa, Lois Nankya; Ssentuwa, Ronald

Reading is a key evidence based intervention for child development besides play and home visiting that enhances language and vocabulary acquisition. However, literacy acquisition for quality education remains a threat ...

Recently added

Mak IR/Manakin Repository

College of Computing and Information Sciences (CoCIS): Recent submissions

Search Mak IR

Browse

All of Mak IR

This Community

My Account

Statistics