Abstract/Overview The Lefkovitch stage specific matrix population models are divided into discrete stage classes defined by a growth variable such as size, height and diameter at breast height for trees. In matrix model, the deterministic matrix projection models are used to estimate growth rate, stable size distribution, reproductive values, and sensitivities of the growth rate to changes in vital rates. This study sampled five forest blocks (Kiptogot, Kimothon, Suam, Saboti and Kitale w...
Abstract/Overview Household water in Kenya is used in agricultural activities, industrial activities and other uses. A lot of water is consumed by indoor appliances. The water management strategy affects the household demand for water. The future demand of water in Kenyan towns has remained uncertain. Therefore this study sought to model household water demand using the non- parametric model in the spectral domain. This study largely relied on the secondary data that was collected from Gu...
Abstract/Overview In queuing theory one deals with the mathematical analysis of the performance of queuing systems. In our daily lives customers encounter queues while seeking services in institutions. The increase in the number of customers has resulted to congestion at revenue collection points in Kenyan towns. There is therefore need to study the queuing systems to identify possible remedies. This study sought to fit a queuing model to bus park revenue collection point as a preliminary...
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to propose and investigate an algorithm for solving a fixed point of η-demimetric mappings. We establish the strong convergence of the proposed algorithm under some mild conditions in Banach spaces. We apply these results to obtain new strong convergence theorems which are connected with the η-demimetric fixed point problems in Hilber/Banach spaces.
Abstract: Heart rate variability refers to the variations in time interval between successive heart beats. An understanding of its dynamics can have clinical importance since it can help distinguish persons with healthy heart beats from those without. Our aim in this thesis was to characterise the dynamics of the human heart rate variabilty from three different groups: normal, heart failure and atrial fibrillation subjects. In particular, we wanted to establish if the dynamics of heart rat...
Abstract: Substance abuse in Botswana is a growing problem with a variety of drugs being abused including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, marijuana and alcohol among others. At the front line of attempting to address the drug abuse problem is the Botswana Substance Abuse and Support Network (BoSASNet) which operates outpatient rehabilitation and support ser vices that constitute its clinical programme. Due to the criminalisation and stigma associated with drug use and dealing in drugs, the...
Considering a cluster of different hierarchical order with various barrier or cadre levels and steps within levels, there is no availability of a structural framework to help exclusively analyze, formulate, identify, differentiate, and design standardized provisional values to cluster members at various barrier levels and steps within levels. This study designs stepwise analysis, generation, and applications of Kifilideen’s Matrix Structural Framework for an infinite term of increasing...
Considering a cluster of different hierarchical order with various barrier/cadre levels and steps within levels, there is non availability of structural framework to help to exclusively analysis, formulate, identify, differentiate and design standardized provisional values to cluster members at various barriers levels and steps with levels. This study invents stepwise analysis and generation of Kifilideen matrix structural framework for infinite terms of increasing elements of successive co...
This paper presents the four and five figures of Lekan (Power of base 5) and AntiLekan (Antipower of base 5) tables as a tool for mathematical computation.
This paper will focus on proving the four fundamental equations of the backpropagation. Then I will show how to use this algorithm combined with the stochastic gradient descent technique to implement the network for recognizing the handwritten digits. Parts of the proof are provided by the author Michael Nielsen in his online book Neural Networks and Deep Learning. Meanwhile, this paper will provide more details of his proofs and some basic definitions of gradient.
Abstract This paper investigates the task of scheduling jobs across several servers in a software system similar to the Enterprise Desktop Grid. One of the features of this system is that it has a specific area of action – collects outbound hyperlinks for a given set of websites. The target set is scanned continuously (and regularly) at certain time intervals. Data obtained from previous scans are used to construct the next scanning task for the purpose of enhancing efficiency (shortening ...