International Journal of Data Science and Analysis

Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2024

  • Research Article

    Predicting Conflict Zones in Kenya Using a Point Process Model

    Carol Ogira*, Roselynn Kamau, Shallom Kamau, Bridgette Kerubo Bwoma, Bonaya Kiinywi Komora, Henry Athiany

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2024
    Pages: 1-10
    Received: Jan. 05, 2024
    Accepted: Jan. 23, 2024
    Published: Feb. 05, 2024
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    Abstract: In the past decade, Kenya has continued to experience high levels of conflict, which has affected the country in various ways. This study presents a method for analyzing and predicting conflict zones in Kenya using a Point Process Model. Data utilized in the analysis was obtained from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED) Project and Ope... Show More
  • Research Article

    Deep Convolutional Neural Networks with Augmentation for Chest X-Ray Classification

    Hannah Kariuki*, Samuel Mwalili, Anthony Waititu

    Issue: Volume 10, Issue 1, February 2024
    Pages: 11-19
    Received: Oct. 23, 2023
    Accepted: Mar. 06, 2024
    Published: Mar. 19, 2024
    DOI: 10.11648/j.ijdsa.20241001.12
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    Abstract: The recent release of large amounts of Chest radiographs (CXR) has prompted the research of automated analysis of Chest X-rays to improve health care services. DCNNs are well suited for image classification because they can learn to extract features from images that are relevant to the task at hand. However, class imbalance is a common problem in c... Show More