NAKIYINGI DIANA Reg.No: 2005/HD18/540U Bsc (Mak) Email:dnakiyingi@yahoo.com, Tel: +256-772-538-701
A Project Report Submitted to School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Computer Science of Makerere University
Option: Computer Science
June, 2008
DECLARATION I Nakiyingi Diana do hereby declare that this Project Report is original and has not been published and/or submitted for any other degree award to any other University before.
....................................... Diana Nakiyingi BSc(Mak) Department of Computer Science Faculty of Computing and Information Technology Makerere University
APPROVAL This project report has been submitted for examination with the approval of the following supervisor(s):
....................................... Dr.John Quinn,(PhD) Department of Computer Science Faculty of Computing and Information Technology Makerere University
....................................... Mr.N.T Rwangoga Department of Computer Science Faculty of Computing and Information Technology Makerere University
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DEDICATION To my family, my friends for their encouragement and support throughout my studies.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am very grateful to my supervisors Mr.N.T Rwangoga and Dr.John Quinn for their constructive ideas as well as guidance without which this report might have not been. I also want to express my appreciation to my former supervisor Prof.H.N.Muyingi for his guidance and support.
My coursemates: Julius for his assistance and quality time and Salim for your ideas that have contributed to the successful completion of this research.
Last but not least, I wish to express my gratitude to God who granted me life and good health throughout my studies. Thank you Lord! Diana Nakiyingi June 2008
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Contents
1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 1.2 1.3 Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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