The development of an on-chip-metering solution by Kaplen, David

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AI-based hybrid optimisation of multi-megawatt scale permanent magnet synchronous generators for offshore wind energy capture by Lilla, Abdurahman Daleel

“…The initial stage (STAGE I) of the hybrid optimisation utilised the DE algorithm. The objective function was set to reduce the initial cost (!"…”
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Metamaterial antennas for cognitive radio applications by Raslan, Ahmed Rajaie

“…Cognitive radio is one of the most promising techniques to efficiently utilize the radio frequency (RF) spectrum. As the Digital Video Broadcasting-Handheld (DVB-H) band is targeted (470-862 MHz), the size of the antenna becomes challenging. …”
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A Proper Orthogonal Decomposition-based inverse material parameter optimization method with applications to cardiac mechanics by Moodley, Kamlin

“…The calibration method combines a MATLAB-based Levenberg Marquardt algorithm with the in-house PODIbased software ORION. …”
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An investigation into higher and partial moment portfolio selection frameworks by Polden, Stuart John

“…It solves the endogeneity issue present in the co-semivariance matrices, through the usage of a direct multi-search algorithm. The two frameworks were tested across multiple datasets, including one of pure stocks and one of asset classes, to test the ability to both allocate assets and select stocks. …”
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Nonlinear heat transfer and thermo mechanical stress analysis using finite elements. by Pennington, Derek Steven

“…Four, eight and nine noded isoparametric continuum finite elements with the option of the plane stress, plane strain and axisymetric cases are utilized. Nonlinear heat transfer due to temperature dependent thermal conductivity and/or internal heat generation is solved using an iterative method based on the Newton-Raphson algorithm. …”
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Niching strategies for particle swarm optimization

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Sensitivity analysis of multilayer neural networks by Engelbrecht, Andries Petrus

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Load models for technical, economic and tariff analysis of medium voltage feeders by Buys, Johannes Lolo

“…The load models proposed here uses the k-means clustering algorithm as the basis for classification. The load models enable the classification of loads and assignment of load profiles accordingly. …”
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Mesoscale Wind Atlas of South Africa by Hagemann, Kilian

“…This thesis explores the utility of the MM5 regional climate model iii product big a detailed wind climatology for South Africa in the context of wind power applications. …”
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Mesoscale wind atlas of South Africa by Hagemann, Kilian

“…This thesis explores the utility of the MM5 regional climate model iii product big a detailed wind climatology for South Africa in the context of wind power applications. …”
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Image-Based Models for Left Heart Flow Morphodynamics in Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy by Sultan, Abdelrahman A

“…This has been achieved by employing a velocity mapping algorithm along with integrating 4D-CT-derived wall motion information, resulting in a significant reduction in analysis time. …”
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A Novel Design-for-Test flow using LibreLane by Gaber, Mohamed E

“…It investigates various strategies for ordering of a scan chain, comparing the current approaches of ordering a netlist, or a greedy closest-first algorithm, to the decades of work on optimizing the traveling salesman problem. …”
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Project Leanness Score: A Machine Learning Approach by Said, Julia

“…The construction industry is known to have several inadequacies in resource utilization leading to cost and schedule overruns. One of the popular recent methods that attempts to eliminate these inadequacies is lean construction principles, techniques and tools. …”
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Control of CO2 vibrational dynamics via shaped-pulse coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectroscopy by Hendriks, Adriaan Jacobus

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The status and productivity of the Cape hake stock off the west coast of South Africa based on an age-structured production model with different stock-recruitment and fishing selec... by Hutton, Trevor P

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Performance analysis of FBMC over OFDM in Cognitive Radio Network by Agoni, Amakan Elisha

“…A resource allocation algorithm was proposed where much attention was focused on interference and power constraint. …”
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Biorefineries : a method to compare process alternatives using different economic scenarios

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Genolve : a bioinformatics tool for the study of structure-driven genome evolution by Fouche, Helene

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A Bayesian extreme value approach to the optimal reinsurance problem in a multivariate risk setting by Steenkamp, Shaun Francois

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