Comparison of Gsm Promotion Subscribers’ Application Services

ABSTRACT The degree of confusion/illusion and domestic revenue wastages by GSM subscribers due to GSM promotional products increase annually. The GSM network operators are often ingenious and are typically motivated by money, anonymity or both. Due to the rising competition in the GSM promotion, network operators are becoming more collaborative, and as a result, more ingenious. Because of this, comparison of GSM promotion subscribers’ application services is required as an advisor to keep pace with the numerous promotional products churn out by GSM Operators regularly. A system to compare GSM promotion subscribers in changing GSM operations with high impact on time is proposed. The study uses Scheffe’s Method of Pair Wise Multiple Comparison techniques to detect the significant differences between the subscribers’ data and rank the alternatives to determine the best promotion and applied the multivariate analysis in evaluating the last releases to help us improve the processes. The system compares the potential and profitable GSM promotion subscriptions drawn from twenty states across the six geo-political zones in Nigeria for effective decision making. The system has been developed using AJAX for UI, JAVA as a development language, Netbeans as a development environment and Microsoft Visio as an UML tool for analysis & design. The analysis of the data shows a reasonably strong correlation between the input variables. The result shows that more than 87% of the outputs were accurate. From the result that has been produced, multivariate analysis and Scheffe’s Method of Multiple Comparison has the potential to be used for comparing GSM promotion subscriptions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page - - - - - - - - - - i

Certification Page - - - - - - - - - ii

Approval Page - - - - - - - - - iii

Acknowledgements - - - - - - - - iv

Dedication - - - - - - - - - - v

Tables of Contents - - - - - - - - vi

List of Figure- - - - - - - - - ix

List Table - - - - - - - - - - x

Abstract - - - - - - - - - - xi

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Background to the Study - - - - - - - 1

1.2 Statement of the Problem - - - - - - - 4

1.3 Objectives of the Study - - - - - - - 5

1.4 Significance of the Study - - - - - - - 5

1.5 Scope of the Study - - - - - - - - 6

1.6 Definitions of Relevant Terms used in the Research - - - 6

CHAPTER TWO: THEORETICAL BACKGROUND/LITERATURE

2.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - - 8

2.1 Theoretical Background - - - - - - - 8

2.1.1 GSM Promotion - - - - - - - - 9

2.1.2 Types of GSM Network Promotion - - - - - - 12

2.1.2.1 Types of Glo Promotion - - - - - - - 13

2.1.2.2 Types of MTN Promotion - - - - - - - 14

2.1.2.3 Types of Etisalat Promotion - - - - - - 14

2.1.2.4 Types of Airtel Promotion - - - - - - - 17

2.1.2.5 Types of Visafone Promotion - - - - - - 19

2.2 Related Work - - - - - - - - - 21

2.2.1 Related Statistical Work - - - - - - - 21

2.2.2 Multivariate Analysis - - - - - - - 22

2.2.3 Scheffe’s Method of Pair Wise Multiple Comparison technique - - 23

2.2.4 Complexity of Comparison of GSM Promotion Subscribers’

Application Services Methods - - - - - - 23

2.2.5 Motivation for Multivariate Analysis and Scheffe’s Method of Pair Wise

Multiple Comparison techniques - - - - - 24

CHAPTER THREE: SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND DESIGN

3.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - - 26

3.1 Data Gathering - - - - - - - - - 26

3.2 Analysis of the Existing System - - - - - - 27

3.3 Analysis of the Proposed System - - - - - - 28

3.3.1 Multivariate analysis of variance-GSM Promotion on Twenty Dimensions 28

3.3.2 Scheffe’s Method of Pair Wise Multiple Comparison - - - 34

3.4 Description of the model for GSM promotion subscribers’ comparison - 34

3.5 System Design - - - - - - - - - 35

3.5.1 Use Case Diagram - - - - - - - - 36

3.5.2 Class Diagram - - - - - - - - 37

3.5.3 Activity Diagram - - - - - - - - 38

3.5.4 Sequential Diagram - - - - - - - - 39

3.5.5 Database Design - - - - - - - - 40

3.5.6 System Architecture - - - - - - - - 42

CHAPTER FOUR: SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION

4.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - - 43

4.1 The Implementation Architecture - - - - - - 43

4.2 The System Specifications - - - - - - - 44

4.2.1 Software Specification - - - - - - - 44

4.2.2 Hardware Specification - - - - - - - 44

4.3 Development Environment - - - - - - - 44

4.4 System Integration and Testing - - - - - - 45

4.5 Documentation - - - - - - - - 45

4.5.1 User’s Manual- - - - - - - - - 45

4.5.2 Source Code Listing - - - - - - - - 50

4.6 Performance Evaluation of the Proposed System - - - - 51

4.6.1 Performance Evaluation of the Proposed System - - - - 52

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION

5.0 Introduction - - - - - - - - - 56

5.1 Summary of Achievements - - - - - - - 56

5.2 Recommendations - - - - - - - - 56

5.2.1 Suggested Areas for Further Studies - - - - - 57

5.3 Conclusion - - - - - - - - - 57

REFERENCE

APPENDICES

Appendix A: Source Code Listing

Appendix B: Sample Output

Appendix C: Multivariate Analysis of Variance and Scheffe’s Method Computations