Browsing Computing Dissertations and Theses by Title
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A quantum inspired competitive coevolution evolutionary algorithm
(2013)Continued and rapid improvement in evolutionary algorithms has made them suitable technologies for tackling many difficult optimization problems. Recently the introduction of quantum inspired evolutionary computation has ... -
A reliability evaluation of wireless sensor network simulator: Simulation vs. testbed
(2011)Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is the new generation of sensor network which combines micro-electronic technology, embedded computing technology, distributed information processing technology, networking and wireless ... -
Requirements engineering process improvement in health IT projects. Master’s Thesis
(2013)Research has proved that requirements engineering in e-health projects is a challenge. Many of the ehealth software end-users do not believe in investment in this process and e-health vendors find it challenging to deliver ... -
RFID technology introduction and impacts on supply chain management systems
(2006)Today’s dynamic and competitive business environment puts an ever increasing pressure on companies to innovate, redesign processes, and leverage the potential of partnerships along the supply chain. One of the technologies ... -
SAP®’s Univariate Sales Forecasting Functionality: An Empirical Study
(2007)The accuracy of sales forecasts is a major determinant of inventory costs and service level driven revenues. Failure to establish future customer demand without a reasonable degree of certainty often leads to poor levels ... -
Scaffolding asynchronous communication
(2008)This research identifies and studies the techniques and strategies used by New Zealand tertiary tutors in the process of encouraging participation, and ultimately learning, when using online asynchronous discussion forums. ... -
A scenario based performance analysis of VANET protocols
(2017)Inter-vehicle communication is a major part of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Vehicular Ad-Hoc Network (VANET) was primarily developed to improve safety and comfort for vehicles, passengers and drivers. ... -
Security effectiveness of virtual DMZ in private clouds
(2014)Cloud Computing is being considered as emerging technology in recent times and defines a new IT model that delivers the services over internet. Big IT vendors like Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon and IBM have their own ... -
SNET : a statistical normalisation method for Twitter
(2016)One of the major problems in the era of big data use is how to ‘clean’ the vast amount of data on the Internet, particularly data in the micro-blog website Twitter. Twitter enables people to connect with their friends, ... -
Social networking sites, web 2.0 technologies and e-learning
(2011)The purpose of this research study is to attain an understanding of the use of social networking sites and Web 2.0 technologies by computing students for e-learning. Social networking sites have mostly been accepted ... -
The socio-economic impact of unsolicited bulk email (spam) on New Zealand organisations and employees: Comparative case studies
(2007)Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE), or as it is more commonly known, spam, has in a few short years become arguably the most annoying, frustrating and even hated aspects of life on the Internet today, turning what was once ... -
Spatio-temporal incremental data modelling for multidimensional environmental analysis
(2014)A variety of environmental problems increasingly attract academic research in order to protect ecosystems and minimise negative effects on human health. Advanced computational environmental analysis technologies have the ... -
Staff perceptions of Blackboard as an online teaching tool in tertiary education
(2008)The globalised economy and advanced web technologies are the key drivers for the growth of demand for flexible learning. To cope with the increased demand, educational institutions are continuing to explore the potential ... -
Stop re-inventing the wheel: Management of learning resources in institutes of technology and polytechnics
(2008)There did not appear to be any means of managing learning resources in the institution where the author works. There were a number of electronic areas where learning resources could be stored, but nothing existed that ... -
Strategic Information Systems Planning: Alignment of 'IS/IT' Planning and Business Planning
(2006)The advances in information technology have affected the lives of most of the human beings in their day-to day lives. With the passage of time, the technology has evolved immensely and so have the opportunities. Information ... -
The study of students' perceptions of on-campus wireless local area networks (WLANs) usage
(2008)Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) have become increasingly popular, particularly in education sectors. Understanding of the demand from students is critical for the people who want to deploy, manage and improve their ... -
Success factors for transactional eCommerce websites: An investigation focusing on technical and business contexts
(2012)This thesis research examines success factors for transactional eCommerce Websites focusing on technical and business contexts. Transactional websites in particular have become essential for eCommerce development and use. ... -
Support Vector Machine (SVM) aggregation modelling for spatio-temporal air pollution analysis
(2019)RESEARCH QUESTIONS: 1. Dealing with long term historical data of spatio-temporal is always challenging. SVM ensemble and other methods are used to handle long term historical data, but these methods result in slow ... -
TCP/UDP network performance evaluation of various IPSEC algorithms : an empirical test-bed analysis of a virtual private network protocol.
(2013)The main research question is: “Which combination of IPSec algorithm and operating system give the best network performance when measured for TCP/UDP traffic?” The sub questions that need to be answered are: Does ... -
Towards a valued ICT Department by inducting, developing and retaining talented employees
(2010)RESEARCH QUESTION: What are the factors involved in developing an effective IT graduate or internship programme within a NZ organisation? This research project looked at the factors involved in developing an effective ...