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  title info:
    title: Computing in Research and Development in Africa
    sub title: Benefits, Trends, Challenges and Solutions
  name:
    name part: Gamatié, Abdoulaye.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2015
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: X, 285 p. 37 illus., 27 illus. in color. online resource.
  abstract: This book describes the trends, challenges and solutions in computing use for scientific research and development within different domains in Africa, such as health, agriculture, environment, economy, energy, education and engineering. The benefits expected are discussed by a number of recognized, domain-specific experts, with a common theme being computing as solution enabler. This book is the first document providing such a representative up-to-date view on this topic at the continent level. • Discusses computing for scientific research and development on the African continent, addressing domains such as engineering, health, agriculture, environment, economy, energy, and education; • Describes the state-of-the-art in usage of computing to address problems in developing countries pertaining to health, productivity, economic growth, and renewable energy; • Offers insights applicable to all developing countries on the use of computing technologies to address a variety of societal issues.
  table of contents: Part 1: On natural resources and health management -- Framework for Time Relevant Water Monitoring System -- Green and distributed architecture for managing big data of biodiversity -- Towards an ontology-based framework for data integration: Application to agriculture and health domains in Senegal -- Information and Communication Technology: A Tool for Health Care Delivery in Nigeria -- Part 2: On social networks and economical aspects -- Community Analysis and Link Prediction in Dynamic Social Networks -- Web 2.0 computing and social media as solution enablers for economic development -- Electronic Commerce in Egypt -- Research on ICT Development in Africa Countries focusing on Benefits, Trends, Challenges and Solutions.
  note: edited by Abdoulaye Gamatié.
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Computers and civilization
  subject:
    topic: Engineering economics
  subject:
    topic: Engineering economy
  subject:
    topic: Electronic circuits
  subject:
    topic: Engineering
  subject:
    topic: Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing
  subject:
    topic: Computers and Society
  subject:
    topic: Circuits and Systems
  classification: TA177.4-185
  classification: 658.5
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  identifier: 9783319082394
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08239-4
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    record creation date: 141011
    record change date: 20151204144930.0
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