Dissertation/ Thesis
A comparison of implementation platforms for the visualisation of animal family trees
| Τίτλος: | A comparison of implementation platforms for the visualisation of animal family trees |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Kanotangudza, Priviledge |
| Στοιχεία εκδότη: | Nelson Mandela University Faculty of Science |
| Έτος έκδοσης: | 2024 |
| Συλλογή: | SEALS Digital Commons (South East Academic Libraries System, South Africa) |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | Business intelligence -- Computer programs, Human-computer interaction, Computer science |
| Περιγραφή: | Genealogy is the study of family history. Family trees are used to show ancestry and visualise family history. Animal family trees are different from human family trees as animals have more offspring to represent in a family tree visualisation. Auctioneering organisations, such as Boere Korporasie Beperk (BKB), provide livestock auction catalogues containing pictures of the animal on sale, the animal’s family tree and its breeding and selection data. Modern-day farming has become data-driven and livestock farmers use various online devices and platforms to obtain information, such as real-time milk production, animal health monitoring and to manage farming operations. This study investigated and compared two Business Intelligence (BI) platforms namely Microsoft Power BI and Tableau (Salesforce) and the Python programming language used in the implementation of cattle family tree charts. Animal family tree visualisation requirements were identified from analysing data collected from 23 agriculture users and auction attendees who responded to an online questionnaire. The results of an online survey showed that agriculture users preferred an animal family tree that resembled a human one, which is not currently used in livestock auction catalogues. A conference paper was published based on the survey results. The Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) was used to aid in creating animal family tree charts using Power BI, Tableau and Python. The author compared the visualisation tools against selected criteria, such as learnability, portability interoperability and security. Usability evaluations using eye tracking were conducted with agriculture users in a usability lab to compare the artefacts developed using Power BI and Python. Tableau was discarded during the implementation process as it did not produce the required family tree visualisation The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) theory, which seeks to predict the acceptance and use of technology based on users' perception of its usefulness and ease of use, was ... |
| Τύπος εγγράφου: | master thesis |
| Περιγραφή αρχείου: | computer; online resource; application/pdf; 1 online resource (233 pages); pdf |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Relation: | https://hdl.handle.net/10948/64105; vital:73653; http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:73653 |
| Διαθεσιμότητα: | https://hdl.handle.net/10948/64105 http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:73653 |
| Rights: | Nelson Mandela University ; All Rights Reserved ; Open Access |
| Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: | edsbas.87C502CA |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | BASE |
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