Browsing Faculty of Engineering & IT (Theses and Dissertations) by Title
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Towards the development of an integrated model for examining the determinants affecting the use of Queue Management Solutions in Healthcare
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-10)Over the years, long queues were recognized as a common problem in the healthcare domain, and it is significant to manage them for patients' safety and overall satisfaction. Prolonged queues in healthcare organizations can ... -
Transforming Towards Secure Global Trade for Customs Administrations Powered by Blockchain
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-06)As part of the international trade supply chain, Customs authorities act as the gatekeeper protecting the society and the economy. The trade supply chain involves several participants each performs its task based on the ... -
Transmission Line Modelling Techniques for Hybrid Systems
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2012-05)The study in this research focuses on modelling a long, 400kV cable transmission line and the forced ventilation system employed. Emphasises is placed on exploring the most appropriate modelling techniques available to ... -
Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Automated Risk Detection Based on UAE National Health Survey Data: A Framework for the Construction and Optimization of Binary Classification Machine Learning Models Based on Dimensionality Reduction
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2020-11)Machine Learning (ML) saw a great increase in general and domain specific research. ML in bioinformatics and epidemiology in particular grew drastically, powered by the proliferation of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) in ... -
Understanding the impact of using Chatbot for shipment delivery toward environmental sustainability using the SEM-ANN approach
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2023-03)This research paper examines chatbot technology acceptance in customer service and shipment delivery, adoption studies, and sustainability. However, little research concerns the effect of the use of chatbots for shipment ... -
Urban Geometry: The Effect of Height Diversity and Buildings Configuration on Thermal Performance and Cooling Load at Urban Scale. A Case Study in Dubai / UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-05)Urban geometry and buildings morphology are important factors that affect both thermal behaviour of the spatial environment as well as a building’s energy performance. This research aims to explore the effect of the urban ... -
Urban Heat Islands: Potential effect of organic and structured urban configurations on temperature variations in Dubai, UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-05)Urban heat islands are phenomena that occur coupled with rapid urban developments. The study was carried out to show the effect of organic and structured urban configurations on temperature variations throughout the year, ... -
Urban Planning with Mobile data
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-01)Urban green space is closely related to the quality of life of residents. Researchers and academic scholars from various institutes have also pointed out the important role that urban green space can play in the interaction ... -
Use data Mining Techniques to Predict Users’ Engagement on the Social Network Posts in The Period Before, During and After Ramadan
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2017-10)Social media has become ubiquitous and main requirement for individuals lives, its used for socialization sharing information and recently for marketing and advertising. The content of the posts has a significant impact ... -
Use of Data Mining Techniques to Detect Fraud in Procurement Sector
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2022-01)Procurement is an extensive and complex sector in the manufacturing industry, and has attracted an extensive and wide-spreading fraud that directly impacts the operation of an organization and economy at large. These ... -
The Use of Technology in Raising Awareness:An investigation into E-learning Systems for Helping Children with Diabetes
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-05)Diabetes is a common and costly condition disease that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Recent studies have shown remarkable increases in diabetes during the last decade. This has attracted many ... -
The Use of Useful Daylight Illuminance (UDI) to Test New Designs for Improving Daylight Performance of Office Buildings in Dubai-UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2009-11)Daylighting has often been recognized as a useful source of energy savings and visual comforts. There has been increasing interest in using daylight to save energy in buildings. In the recent years, particular concerns ... -
Using Data Mining and Text Mining Techniques in Predicting the Price of Real Estate Properties in Dubai
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-05)Data mining is defined as the discovery of previously unknown patterns and relationships between stored data and represents the interesting information in understandable format. On the other hand, text mining is also looks ... -
Using Data Mining in CRM to Understand the Insurance Market
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2016-11)Understanding customers’ interests is an important concept for designing marketing campaigns to improve businesses and increase revenue. The rapid growth of high dimensional databases and data warehouses, such as Customer ... -
Using Educational Data Mining Techniques in Predicting Grade-4 students’ performance in TIMSS International Assessments in the UAE
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-04)Educational Data Mining (EDM) is the process of discovering information and relationships from educational data for better understanding of students’ performance, and characteristics of their education providers. Classification ... -
Using Machine Learning to Improve Rule based Arabic Named Entity Recognition
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2011-01)Arabic Language is widely spoken and highly influential Language both politically and geographically. Thus it is crucial to perform Information Extraction on diverse Arabic texts. In past decade many researchers have ... -
Using machine learning to support students’ academic decisions
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2019-03)Making the right decision for students in higher education is vital, as it has a great influence on their study, career, life, and eventually, the whole society. Predicting the future performance of students can inform ... -
Using Mobile Technology for Coordinating Educational Plans and Supporting Decision Making Through Reinforcement Learning in Inclusive Settings
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2021-07)Learners with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) require attention from a large set of a care team that includes parents, teachers, specialists, therapists, and doctors. Good coordination among these stakeholders ... -
Using Probability Binning and Bayesian Inference to measure Euclidean Distance of Flow Cytometric data
(The British Univesity in Dubai (BUiD), 2014-12)Flow Cytometry (FCM) is a microscopic technique used in many fields, especially clinical research and health care. Classical analysis of FCM data is done manually in a tedious, error prone process, which is not standardized, ... -
Using Social Network Analysis to Study Business Partnerships
(The British University in Dubai (BUiD), 2018-11)Social network analysis is gaining increased interest due to the expansion of social media and networking websites. Network analysis also significantly contributes to the biomedical sector in analysing protein networks and ...