Rhoda Ikono

Obafemi Awolowo University | OAU · Department of Computer Science & Engineering

Drug Recommender Systems (DRSs) which are information systems that recommend drug(s) to users based on their symptoms and other factors, have been gaining a lot of research interest recently. These systems help both patients and medical personnel to determine and decide on the best drug prescription with combination to use. Different approache...

The health of every individual in the world is greatly influenced by global health issues and threats which are usually caused by international trade and voyage. These threats which have exposed the inadequacies of healthcare systems across the globe include the rapid spread of non-communicable and infectious diseases, pandemics, hunger and starvat...

Context: Mining unstructured software repository entails the analysis and thorough understanding of data for producing quality software products to the satisfaction of users. However, the vast number of information coming into the repository makes it difficult to get timely and error-free information due to the unstructured and noisy nature of data...

Existing research on improving antenatal care—using information and communication technologies and related technology—has focused on mobile phones to support SMS alerts and the implementation of a tool for booking appointments. The SMS alert system is limited in many ways, especially in addressing the conflicts in schedule and time for appointment...

Engineering smart software that can monitor, predict, and control blood glucose is critical to improving patients' quality of treatments with type 1 Diabetic Mellitus (T1DM). However, ensuring a reasonable glycemic level in diabetic patients is quite challenging, as many methods do not adequately capture the complexities involved in glycemic contro...

Many difficulties exist when defining and deciding which requirements should be implemented first in an ultra-large-scale multi-stakeholder involved system. This often leads to system failure and product dissatisfaction. This paper established a suitable method supporting more precise and accurate decision-making in prioritizing requirements. We co...

Crucial in the development of a technological solution for managing insulin-dependent patients is an appropriate method of software engineering (SE) process. The SE process aims at providing supports for the design and implementation of a high-quality system by engaging patients and other healthcare professionals in knowing the exact specification...

The challenge of the information diffusion (ID) process across social media is the inability to know the provenance or source of information and the details of the person sending the information. This situation creates confusion within the organization of people, which hinders smooth communication. In this paper, a classification and a mathematical...

This paper developed a distributed algorithm for Big Data Analytics to address the delay in the processing of big data. In order to achieve the aim of this research, an inspection of organizational documents, direct observation and collection of existing data from the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria. The algorithm was formulated...

Advances in robotics have paved the way for a novel approach of organizing large numbers of robots, otherwise referred to as multi-robots. Multi-robots can either be homogenous or heterogeneous. Nevertheless, a group of autonomous and relatively homogenous robots that interacts with one another as well as with their environment is referred to as sw...

The explosive growth of unstructured data in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria has given rise to the lack of an appropriate data storage mechanism to house data in the Scheme. This paper x-rayed these data storage challenges with a view to implementing a storage mechanism that can handled large volume and different formats of d...

The emergence of big data analytics as a way of deriving insights from data brought excitement to mathematicians, statisticians, computer scientists and other professionals. However, the absence of a mathematical foundation for analytics has become a real challenge amidst the flock of big data marketing activities, especially in healthcare insuranc...

The use of social robots is fast becoming an essential part of human life. This is because social robots are becoming more ubiquitous and they are capable of performing complex tasks. For instance, social robots are now widely used to perform collaborative tasks with human beings in healthcare, education, entertainment, military as well as search a...

There are quite a number of naturally dangerous, expensive and hostile practices that are inimical and hazardous to the general health of human beings. Typical examples of such practices include emergence rescue mission, mineral exploration, planetary exploration, scaffolding, construction, painting of high rise buildings, surveillance as well as r...

Fraud, waste and abuse have been a concern in healthcare system due to the exponential increase in the loss of revenue, loss of reputation and goodwill, and a rapid decline in the relationship between healthcare providers and patients. Consequently, fraud, waste and abuse result in a high cost of healthcare services, decreased quality of care, and...

Fraud, waste and abuse have been a concern in healthcare system due to the exponential increase in the loss of revenue, loss of reputation and goodwill, and a rapid decline in the relationship between healthcare providers and patients. Consequently, fraud, waste and abuse result in a high cost of healthcare services, decreased quality of care, and...

Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) otherwise known as a Brain-Machine Interface (BMI) is an emergent technology whose goal is to create a real-time and direct communication pathway between the brain and external devices such as computers, robots, artificial limbs and wheelchairs. In BCI, cerebral or brain activities control these devices by transmittin...

The rate at which information are being shared among people of diverse discipline, is continuously increasing the volume of data available for different forms of processing and storage. The channels for collecting data is increasing on daily basis; customers need to supply data to business owners; online social media keep on evolving; educational i...

Background: Effective use of Electronic Health Records (EHR) by healthcare professionals has great potentials of optimizing the process of healthcare service delivery, especially in clinical sites. Despite high potentials for transformation of healthcare services through implementation of EHR as the core driver of prompt access, timely intervention...

Software requirements prioritization is a recognized practice in requirements engineering (RE) that facilitates the management of stakeholders' subjective views as specified in their requirements listing. Since RE process is naturally collaborative in nature, the intensiveness from both knowledge and human perspectives opens up the problem of decis...

In recent times, there is a paradigm shift from the use of paper based systems to the use of software systems in all spheres of life. However, the development of high quality, cost effective and useable software systems is a major challenge. One of the major obstacles confronting the successful implementation of software systems is the inability to...

In recent times, there is a paradigm shift from the use of paper based systems to the use of software systems in all spheres of life. However, the development of high quality, cost effective and useable software systems is a major challenge. One of the major obstacles confronting the successful implementation of software systems is the inability to...

Over the years eatries have attracted massive patronage following the trend by which people no longer have time to cook before making it to their respective places of work which has brought much concern because of the massive turn up at the eatry premises leading to crowdedness and insufficient space to accommodate customers and also the fact that...

Education is a fundamental right and access to higher education plays a vital role in shaping an individual’s career in life. However, the process of securing admission into Nigerian universities is highly competitive. This is because the population of students who seek admission into Nigerian Universities annually is exponential. Nevertheless, one...

In general, the applications of robots have shifted rapidly from industrial uses to social uses. This provides robots with the ability to naturally interact with human beings and socially fit into the human environment. The deployment of social robots in the healthcare system is becoming extensive as a result of the shortage of healthcare professio...

The advancement in robotics has led to the increase in the demand for robots in healthcare for surgical procedures, rehabilitation, therapy, sanitation, sterilization and material handling. Hence, robots are used in the healthcare system to increase the safety of both patients and healthcare professionals, enhance clinical outcomes, reduce the cost...

Smart technologies such as smart phones, iPad and Tablets are ubiquitous in today’s society. They possess increasing computing and storage potentials. Thus, emerging as a dominant computing platform for different kinds of end-users. However, these technological possibilities have not been fully explored for emergency situations where close relative...

There are numerous ways of admitting students into the University system in Nigeria. These methods include admission through the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), part time programs, diploma programs and the pre-degree program. In recent times, applicants who seek admission into the University system through the pre-degree program...

The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in Nigeria is faced with diverse challenges due to the manual method of operations among the various stakeholders. The paper-based methods/processes system used have resulted in a lack of effective connectivity among the major stakeholders in the scheme and this has led to a number of problems such as del...

The advancement in robotics has led to the increase in the demand for robots in healthcare for surgical procedures, rehabilitation, therapy, sanitation, sterilization and material handling. Hence, robots are used in the healthcare system to increase the safety of both patients and healthcare professionals, enhance clinical outcomes, reduce the cost...

Smart technologies such as smart phones, iPad and Tablets are ubiquitous in today’s society. They possess increasing computing and storage potentials. Thus, emerging as a dominant computing platform for different kinds of end-users. However, these technological possibilities have not been fully explored for emergency situations where close relative...

Web presence is gradually becoming an essential part of every learning institute. This is why a large portion of academic activities is becoming available online. However, despite the emerging growth in the use of information technology towards academics, it is still a challenge for part advisers to effectively monitor and mentor their students' ac...

Requirements engineering (RE) addresses the first software development step and lays the foundation for a successful system. Consequently, ability to identify problems and suggestions for improvements in the RE process opens up significant potential for increasing the success of software projects. Since RE process is naturally collaborative in natu...

Background Most people especially in developing countries only go to hospitals when they are seriously ill. Once they receive treatment and their health condition has improved, they usually fail to go for clinical check-up. This often result in untimely death that could have been averted. We use Nigeria as case study where 90% of adults use mobile...

engineering (RE) involves understanding the needs of stakeholders, the contexts in which the to-be- developed software will be used; analysing, negotiating, and documenting the stakeholders' requirements; and managing requirement evolution. This is achieved through a process called requirement engineering process. Therefore, the ability to improve...

Background and Purpose: Globally, interoperability is very essential in healthcare systems. This is because it enhances the easy access to patients’ information during care, it reduces medical errors and healthcare cost, it facilitates the interactions amongst healthcare providers globally and it also facilitates the integration of health related i...

Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become an essential component in healthcare because it enhances interoperability amongst healthcare practitioners by facilitating the seamless and meaningful exchange of information within and across diverse healthcare institutions at the point of care. Consequently, healthcare providers have timely ac...

Interoperability of health related information is one of the agendas of many counties in the world, with no exception to Nigeria and other developing countries. This is because healthcare costs are rising exponentially. However, interoperability of health related information seem largely unattainable in Nigeria due to reluctance to change from the...

The healthcare domain requires the seamless, secured and meaningful exchange of health related information for effective and efficient patient care. These information are highly sensitive and they are meant to be highly confidential. However, health related information are usually distributed across several heterogeneous and autonomous healthcare s...

Interoperability of health related information is one of the agendas of many counties in the world, with no exception to Nigeria and other developing countries. This is because healthcare costs are rising exponentially. Ho wever, interoperability of health related informat ion seem largely unattainable in Nigeria due to reluctance to change fro m t...

Quality issues have been a fundamental focal target in the development of most information systems. This is because most stakeholders involve in the usability of Information Systems(IS) are particular about quality in terms of user interface, functionality, ease of use and satisfaction. For a robust interactive society, quality information systems...

Software architecture is the master plan of every reliable software system. It is the building block of any kind of software system which greatly determines the success of the system. This paper argues that every system needs a good architecture and that requires the use of good architecture engineering practices in a software development process....

Ontologies play an important role in resolving semantic heterogeneity in distributed and open systems such as the semantic web, information integration, peer-to-peer communication and agent communication. However, these systems adopt diverse ontologies which raise the semantic heterogeneity problem to a higher level. Consequently, the relationships...

This paper describes an approach to evaluation of health care information system based on usability engineering and an information system methodological framework from end users perspective. The approach involves the collection of set of data from health care workers on their interaction with the system. The methodology is applied in a context, as...

Disease management is a continuous, coordinated health care process that seeks to manage and improve the health status of a carefully defined patient population over the entire course of a disease. A data warehouse is a computer system designed for archiving and analysis of historical data. This paper addresses the development of a data warehouse f...