Browsing Computational and Communication Science Engineering by Author "Machuve, Dina"

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    • Analysis of effectiveness of channels for information gathering and dissemination: Case of fisheries stakeholders in Mwanza and Mara regions of Tanzania 

      Kusyama, Sadiki; Machuve, Dina; Kisangiri, Michael; Mfanga, Abswaid (Routledge, 2022-05-24)
      The fisheries sub-sector in Tanzania is challenged with limited use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for information gathering and dissemination. Fishers obtain fisheries information from extension officers ...

    • Automatic vehicle over speed, accident alert and locator system for public transport (Buses) A case study of Tanzania 

      Kusyama, Sadiki Lameck; Michael, Kisangiri; Machuve, Dina (International Journal Of Engineering And Computer Science, 2013-08)
      Over speed limit violation done by public transport (buses) is a common problem in most of major roads in Tanzania. This has been reported to be one of the traffic accident causes in Tanzania. Moreover road accidents in ...

    • A Battery Voltage Level Monitoring System for Telecommunication Towers 

      Uwamahoro, Rahab; Mduma, Neema; Machuve, Dina (Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, 2021-12)
      Voltage fluctuations in batteries form a major challenge the telecommunication towers face. These fluctuations mostly occur due to poor management and the lack of a battery voltage level monitoring system. The current paper ...

    • Deep Convolutional Neural Network for Chicken Diseases Detection 

      Mbelwa, Hope; Machuve, Dina; Mbelwa, Jimmy (International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2021)
      For many years in the society, farmers rely on experts to diagnose and detect chicken diseases. As a result, farmers lose many domesticated birds due to late diagnoses or lack of reliable experts. With the available ...

    • A Deep Learning-based Mobile Application for Segmenting Tuta Absoluta’s Damage on Tomato Plants 

      Loyani, Loyani; Machuve, Dina (Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research, 2021-10)
      With the advances in technology, computer vision applications using deep learning methods like Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) have been extensively applied in agriculture. Deploying these CNN models on mobile phones ...

    • Deign of Low Cost Blood Pressure and Body Temperature interface 

      Mazima, Johevajile K.N; Michael, Kisangiri; Machuve, Dina (International Journal of Emerging Science and Engineering (IJESE), 2013-08)
      The objective of this work is to design a non-intrusive, accurate, and low cost biomedical sensor interface for processing blood pressure and body temperature vital signs. The work purposely deals with the signal conditioning ...

    • Design of a Passenger Security and Safety System for the Kayoola EVs Bus 

      Koojo, Ivan; Machuve, Dina; Mirau, Silas; Miyingo, Simon (IEEE, 2021-10-25)
      Kiira Motors Corporation seeks to avail customer satisfaction, by providing noteworthy passenger experience on its market entry product, the Kayoola EVs bus through deploying a passenger security and safety system to curtail ...

    • Design of ECG Sensor Interface for Biosignal Extraction 

      Mazima, Johevajile; Michael, Kisangiri; Machuve, Dina (International Journal of Innovative Technology and Exploring Engineering (IJITEE), 2013-08)
      The main objective of this paper is to propose the design of a sensor interface for gathering biosignal. This signal is acquired from the patient’s body by the ECG sensor. The interface includes the instrumentation ...

    • Development of an Access Point Positioning Algorithm under the Changing in Environment and Users’ density Estimation 

      Kazema, Twahir; Kisangiri, Michael; Machuve, Dina (Asian Journal of Computer and Information Systems, 2014-06)
      In many wireless networks a single hop is all that is needed or in fact tolerable. The physical region where network is available is known as a coverage area. Generally, a transmitter and a receiver may exchange data by ...

    • Development of Discharge Letter Module onto a Hospital Information System 

      Wambura W, Wambura; Machuve, Dina; Nykanen, Pirkko (Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries, 2017-12-20)
      Hospital Discharge Letter (DL) is an important means to communicate the information of the patient's hospital visit, treatments and care plans to the next caregiver and, possibly also, to the patient. Timely, precise and ...

    • Early identification of Tuta absoluta in tomato plants using deep learning 

      Mkonyi, Lilian; Rubanga, Denis; Richard, Mgaya; Zekeya, Never; Sawahiko, Shimada; Maiseli, Baraka; Machuve, Dina (Elsevier B.V., 2020-11)
      The agricultural sector is highly challenged by plant pests and diseases. A high–yielding crop, such as tomato with high economic returns, can greatly increase the income of small- holder farmers income when its health is ...

    • An Ensemble Predictive Model Based Prototype for Student Drop-out in Secondary Schools 

      Mduma, Neema; Kalegele, Khamisi; Machuve, Dina (Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management, 2019-08-22)
      When a student is absent from school for a continuous number of days as defined by the relevant authority, that student is considered to have dropped out of school. In Tanzania, for instance, drop-out is when a student is ...

    • Machine learning approach for reducing students dropout rates 

      Mduma, Neema; Kalegele, Khamisi; Machuve, Dina (International Journal of Advanced Computer Research, 2019-05-06)
      serious issue in developing countries. On the other hand, machine learning techniques have gained much attention on addressing this problem. This paper, presents a thorough analysis of four supervised learning classifiers ...

    • Mobile Application for Gate Pass Management System Enhancement 

      Hilary, Rambo; Machuve, Dina; Mirau, Silas (IEEE, 2021-09-15)
      Gate pass management is a vital measure to keep records of people’s entrance and exit of company premises. Technological improvement steered gate pass management from paper-based logbooks to web-based systems that rely on ...

    • Mobile-based Decision Support System for Poultry Farmers: A Case of Tanzania 

      Shapa, Martha; Trojer, Lena; Machuve, Dina (International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, 2021)
      —Poultry farms in Tanzania are characterized by inadequate management practices which are mainly caused by the lack of adequate systems to guide the small-scale poultry farmers in decision making. It is well-established ...

    • Overview applications of data mining in health care: The case study of Arusha region 

      Diwani, Salim; Mishol, Suzan; Kayange, Daniel; Machuve, Dina; Sam, Anael (IJCER, 2013-08)
      Data mining as one of many constituents of health care has been used intensively and extensively in many organizations around the globe as an efficient technique of finding correlations or patterns among dozens of fields ...

    • Participation-reputation based incentive game model (PRIGM) for trustworthy fisheries information collection and dissemination framework 

      Kusyama, Sadiki; Machuve, Dina; Kisangiri, Michael; Mfanga, Abuswaid (Accent Social and Welfare Society, 2020-09-01)
      The fisheries and aquaculture sectors worldwide use Information and communication technologies (ICT) to collect and disseminate fisheries information. Currently, the African member state is significantly strengthening the ...

    • Poultry diseases diagnostics models using deep learning 

      Machuve, Dina; Nwankwo, Ezinne; Mduma, Neema; Jimmy, Mbelwa (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 2022-08-01)
      Coccidiosis, Salmonella, and Newcastle are the common poultry diseases that curtail poultry production if they are not detected early. In Tanzania, these diseases are not detected early due to limited access to agricultural ...

    • Review on network performance: Meaning, quantification and measurement 

      Kigodi, Omari J.; Michael, Kisangiri; Machuve, Dina (Journal of Internet and Information Systems, 2013-09)
      This paper surveys various literatures on network performance with main focus on three main issues: its meaning, quantification and measurement. The essence of performance in communication systems is discussed and its ...

    • Segmentation of Tuta Absoluta’s Damage on Tomato Plants: A Computer Vision Approach 

      Loyani, Loyani; Bradshaw, Karen; Machuve, Dina (Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-09-06)
      Tuta absoluta is a major threat to tomato production, causing losses ranging from 80% to 100% when not properly managed. Early detection of T. absoluta’s effects on tomato plants is important in controlling and preventing ...