Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa : Second International Conference, ICT4DA 2019, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, May 28-30, 2019 : revised selected papers

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa, ICT4DA 2019, held in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, in May 2019. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The papers address the impact of ICT in fostering economic development in Africa. In detail they cover the following topics: artificial intelligence and data science; wireless and mobile computing; and Natural Language Processing. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 A Novel Method of Pre-processing Using Dental X-Ray Images by Adaptive Morpho Histo Wavelet Denoising (AMHW) Method (S. G. Saju Simon, X. Felix Joseph, Ararso Taye Waktola, Derera Senay)....Pages 3-10 Knowledge Based System for Diagnosis and Treatment of Mango Diseases (Waltengus Birhanie, Tesfa Tegegne)....Pages 11-23 A Genetic Algorithm-Based Approach for Test Case Prioritization (Getachew Mekuria Habtemariam, Sudhir Kumar Mohapatra)....Pages 24-37 Stationary Wavelet Transform for Automatic Epileptic Seizure Detection (Gebremichael Shiferaw, Adane Mamuye, Marco Piangerelli)....Pages 38-45 Classical Machine Learning Algorithms and Shallower Convolutional Neural Networks Towards Computationally Efficient and Accurate Classification of Malaria Parasites (Yaecob Girmay Gezahegn, Abel Kahsay Gebreslassie, Maarig Aregawi Hagos, Achim Ibenthal, Eneyew Adugna Etsub)....Pages 46-56 Knowledge Based Decision Support System for Detecting and Diagnosis of Acute Abdomen Using Hybrid Approach (Alemu Workneh, Dereje Teferi, Alemu Kumilachew)....Pages 57-67 Modern CNNs for IoT Based Farms (Patrick Kinyua Gikunda, Nicolas Jouandeau)....Pages 68-79 A Collaborative Approach to Build a KBS for Crop Selection: Combining Experts Knowledge and Machine Learning Knowledge Discovery (Mulualem Bitew Anley, Tibebe Beshah Tesema)....Pages 80-92 Towards Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process Model for Performance Evaluation of Healthcare Sector Services (George Wamamu Musumba, Ruth Diko Wario)....Pages 93-118 Design of Hybrid Neuro-Fuzzy Controller for Magnetic Levitation Train Systems (Yakob Kiros Teklehaimanot, Dereje Shiferaw Negash, Endrias Alemayehu Workiye)....Pages 119-133 Front Matter ....Pages 135-135 Optimization of Electrical Tilt for Addis Ababa LTE Deployment Scenario (Taddege Assefa Beyene, Beneyam Berehanu Haile)....Pages 137-145 Low Complexity Radio Mobile Speed Estimation Using Count of Received Envelop Peaks and Troughs (Atli Lemma)....Pages 146-153 Performance Analysis of Vertical Sectorization for LTE Realistic Deployment Scenario (Seifu Girma Zeleke, Beneyam Berehanu Haile)....Pages 154-163 Quality Evaluation for Indoor Mobile Data Customers in Addis Ababa Business Area Using Data from Network Management System, Walk Test, Crowdsourcing and Subjective Survey (Abera Reesom Bisrat, Beneyam Berehanu Haile, Edward Mutafungwa, Jyri Hämäläinen)....Pages 164-175 Performance Evaluation of 6-Sector Site and Small Cell for Addis Ababa UMTS Network (Tirufire Aberra Fulle, Beneyam Berehanu Haile)....Pages 176-187 Techno-Economic Investigation of LTE-Advanced Deployment for Africa: Case of Addis Ababa City (Gizachew Hailegebriel Mako, Beneyam Berehanu Haile, Edward Mutafungwa)....Pages 188-202 Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduction of OFDM Signals Using Selected Mapping (Workineh Gebeye Abera, Yihenew Wondie Marye)....Pages 203-212 Techno-Economic Analysis of LTE Deployment Scenarios for Emerging City in Africa: A Case of Adama, Ethiopia (Dechasa Negash Fekadu, Beneyam Berehanu Haile)....Pages 213-226 SAMoC: Self-aware Access Monitoring and Controlling Framework for Android (Nanda Kumar Thanigaivelan, Ethiopia Nigussie, Seppo Virtanen, Jouni Isoaho)....Pages 227-238 Internet of Things Technology for Agriculture in Ethiopia: A Review (Tesfa Tegegne, Hailu Beshada Balcha, Mebiratu Beyene)....Pages 239-249 Improvement of LEACH Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks (Atallo Kassaw Takele, Towfik Jemal Ali, Kebebew Ababu Yetayih)....Pages 250-259 Towards a Design Research Model for Climate Services: Experiences from a Development Project in Mozambique (Jaakko Helminen, António José Leão, Ville Myllynpää, Silvia Gaiani, Mikko Apiola, Erkki Sutinen)....Pages 260-269 An Efficient Security Implementation with Power Cane for Visually Challenged (J. Saravanan, A. Clement Raj, Raushan Kumar Singh, Ararso Taye)....Pages 270-277 Improving Quality of Service of Border Gateway Protocol Multiprotocol Label Switching Virtual Private Network of EthioTelecom Service Level Agreements (Asrat Mulatu Beyene, Shimelis Asrat Argaw)....Pages 278-288 Front Matter ....Pages 289-289 A Scalable Text Classification Using Naive Bayes with Hadoop Framework (Mulualem Mheretu Temesgen, Dereje Teferi Lemma)....Pages 291-300 Amharic Question Answering for Biography, Definition, and Description Questions (Tilahun Abedissa, Mulugeta Libsie)....Pages 301-310 Dictionary Based Amharic Sentiment Lexicon Generation (Girma Neshir Alemneh, Andreas Rauber, Solomon Atnafu)....Pages 311-326 Information Extraction Model for Afan Oromo News Text (Sisay Abera, Tesfa Tegegne)....Pages 327-340 Design and Development of Sentence Parser for Afan Oromo Language (Hailu Beshada Balcha, Tesfa Tegegne)....Pages 341-358 Back Matter ....Pages 359-359