Forecasting electricity consumption using SARIMA method in IBM SPSS software

Forecasting is a prediction of future values based on historical data. It can be conducted using various methods such as statistical methods or machine learning techniques. Electricity is a necessity of modern life. Hence, accurate forecasting of electricity demand is important. Overestimation will cause a waste of energy but underestimation leads to higher operation costs. Univesity Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) is a developing Malaysian technical university, therefore there is a need to forecast UTHM electricity consumption for future decisions on generating electric power, load switching, and infrastructure development. The monthly UTHM electricity consumption data exhibits seasonality-periodic fluctuations. Thus, the seasonal Autoregressive Integrated Moving Average (SARIMA) method was applied in IBM SPSS software to predict UTHM electricity consumption for 2019 via Box-Jenkins method and Expert Modeler. There were a total of 120 observations taken from January year 2009 to December year 2018 to build the models. The best model from both methods is SARIMA(0, 1, 1)(0, 1, 1)12. It was found that the result through the Box-Jenkins method is approximately the same with the result generated through Expert Modeler in SPSS with MAPE of 8.4%

The Development of a SMS-based Teaching and Learning System

The short message service (SMS) technology is one of the most stable mobile technologies around. Most of our tertiary students carry mobile phones with SMS facilities and can be used for teaching and learning. There are many projects of using SMS technologies in education as outlined in the literature review, but many publications do not provide the possible underlying technologies to implement such the teaching and learning systems. In this paper, the development of a SMS-based teaching and learning system is presented. The underlying technology of using GSM modems to build the SMS-based teaching and learning system is revealed. The system is capable of supporting administrative, teaching and learning activities via the SMS technology. Examples of various activities such as brainstorming, voting, and assessment activities supported by the system are illustrated

Maintaining connectivity and enhancing communication through the use of text messaging in an undergraduate nursing programme

The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a study that examined the use of a Short Message Service (SMS) (or ‘Text Messaging’) to enhance communication and participation with students on an undergraduate nursing programme. The ideology behind the study is based on an awareness that technology is not always recognised by nursing students as a useful aspect of their education and practice. Therefore it was considered that integrating this ubiquitous from of technology use might help them to recognise the usefulness of technology as an aid to enhance and develop more effective ways of learning and working. Short Message Service (SMS) is a communications protocol allowing the interchange of short text messages between mobile phones. It is the most widely available data application on the planet with over 2.4 billion users (Wikipedia 2008). The advantages in using SMS messaging include ‘always-on’ communication, connectivity to real world learning contexts, ‘top of mind’ direct access and ‘just for me’ personal communication (Jones & Bunting 2008). The widespread availability of mobile phones provides an opportunity to establish and maintain a sense of connectedness in helping learners to engage with their programme of study as almost everyone can participate in synchronous and asynchronous communication. Laurillard (2008) suggests that we should ‘harness technology to meet the needs of education rather than simply search for problems to which technology is the solution’. This concept has particular relevance for the learners in this study who undertake clinical learning experiences throughout their programme of study that are geographically dispersed over a large area for periods of time ranging from two to eight weeks. Text messaging was used to develop and maintain strong links between the tutor/programme director and the students throughout the duration of the programme

Mobile Notification System

The number of mobile users increases each day, we can observe this growth especially among young people. A mobile device is a very useful tool not only for entertainment but for academic matters in Universities. Possessing a mobile device can be extremely important to establish a better communication among lecturers and students. This project addresses Mobile Notification System (MNS) which will be used by lecturers and students in universities, specifically in Universiti Teknologi Petronas. In case the lecturer needs to make an academic announcement in a more flexible and faster way, this system can be used to send notifications to students using SMS based platform. This system comes to improve the communication between the lecturers and students in UTP, as well as make the learning process more interesting by introducing new forms of communication. The methodology used for this project will the waterfall approach where there will be a development of a prototype, this methodology provides the user with the sample of the real system, so they have an overview of the entire system. This system will be put among the various learning techniques and helpful tools that UTP provides

The use of Short Messaging System (SMS) as knowledge dissemination and learning tools: A case of Open University Malaysia (OUM)

The objective of the research is to investigate the effectiveness usages of Short Messaging System (SMS) as a knowledge dissemination and learning tool in Open University Malaysia (OUM). The focus is on the project called mySMS, a service provide to the learners in the September Semester 2005. This pilot project will involve 50 learners. Learners who are registered under Management Information Systems, Strategic Information Systems and Human-Computer Interaction courses shall involve as participants in this project. SMS services which will be provided to learners are as follows :- multiple choice questions with feedback, pre and post self -test, quizzes and assignment notification, crucial assignment reminders, access to examination and test marks, fact of the week, web links, reading material lists, course schedule and calendar as well as access to financial statements and courses registration

TsoiChem: A Mobile Application To Facilitate Student Learning in Organic Chemistry

Abstract-Mobile devices, such as the iPhone, are potentially powerful learning tools, with their touch screen capabilities and highly interactive and engaging applications available for download. The dependence of today's student on mobile devices also contributes to the possibility of increased student engagement and time-on-task -both factors in student success. This paper describes the development of a mobile application (app) created as a learning tool for organic chemistry students. The learning needs of organic chemistry students studying the topic "functional groups" were first identified, appropriate learning theories were chosen, and then a functional prototype of the mobile application "TsoiChem" was designed and then created using Apple's iOS Software Development Kit. Unlike many existing chemistry applications, this application leverages the multi-touch feature of iPhone to teach fundamentals of functional groups to students and incorporated several learning theories and models in doing so. The ways in which learning theories and models helped inform the design of this mobile app will be discussed

WAS-GN: Web-based Appointment System with GSM Network

This paper presents a new way of online communications through mobile to web that helps students and lecturers to be always aware of appointments no matter where they are. It contributes to the teaching and learning process, in which communication is made easy using short messaging system (SMS) technology which is called Web-based Student Appointment System with GSM Network (WAS-GN).It starts with examples of previous success stories of the implementation of SMS in many areas.The objectives of the paper are to discuss about the hardware and software requirement, and integrate them to be measured in terms of functionality. The research method is outlined next, and some discussions over current outcomes of the research are addressed.The prototype of WAS-GN is successfully implemented using SMS technology.Briefly, results show that WAS-GN is able to solve the appointment-making problem

Mobile Notification System

The number of mobile users increases each day, we can observe this growth especially among young people. A mobile device is a very useful tool not only for entertainment but for academic matters in Universities. Possessing a mobile device can be extremely important to establish a better communication among lecturers and students. This project addresses Mobile Notification System (MNS) which will be used by lecturers and students in universities, specifically in Universiti Teknologi Petronas. In case the lecturer needs to make an academic announcement in a more flexible and faster way, this system can be used to send notifications to students using SMS based platform. This system comes to improve the communication between the lecturers and students in UTP, as well as make the learning process more interesting by introducing new forms of communication. The methodology used for this project will the waterfall approach where there will be a development of a prototype, this methodology provides the user with the sample of the real system, so they have an overview of the entire system. This system will be put among the various learning techniques and helpful tools that UTP provides

SMS-Based Discussions - Technology Enhanced Collaboration for a Literature Course

In this paper we present a communication and discussion toolkit based on sending short messages designed for use in schools. Our approach uses PDAs in a wireless network to build an environment that emulates sending of short messages with mobile phones. The messages created by the students are collected in a database and establish a base for a discussion and analysis later on using Cool Modes, a graph based modeling and discussion system.