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Dominic Makaa Kitavi

Publications (4)

Parameterization and Forecasting of Childhood Pneumonia Model Using Least Square Approximation, Lagrange Polynomial and Monte Carlo Simulation

Cyrus Gitonga Ngari & Dominic Makaa Kitavi · Annual Research & Review in Biology · 2020

Despite a study by [1] proposing a simple model of under five years pneumonia, doubt lingers regarding its reliability, sufficiency and validity. The research question is whether the model is valid for use or not?  The objectives of this study were to: incorporate exit rate from...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/arrb/2020/v35i830265

Cramér-Rao Bound of Direction Finding Using Uniform Arc Arrays

Veronicah Nyokabi, Dominic Makaa Kitavi & Cyrus Gitonga Ngari · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2019

Direction-of-Arrival estimation accuracy using arc array geometry is considered in this paper. There is a scanty use of Uniform Arc Array (UAA) in conjunction with Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) for Direction-of-Arrival estimation. This paper proposed to use Uniform Arc Array formed from...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jamcs/2019/v33i130168

Cramér-Rao Bound of Direction Finding Using a Uniform Hexagonal Array

Grace Wakarima Ndiritu, Dominic Makaa Kitavi & Cyrus Gitonga Ngari · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2019

Direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation is a key area of sensor array processing which is encountered  in many important engineering applications. Although various studies have focused on the uniform hexagonal array for direction finding, there is a scanty use of the uniform hexago...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jamcs/2019/v32i630161

Aperture Maximization with Half-Wavelength Spacing, via a 2-Circle Concentric Array Geometry that is Uniform but Sparse

Musyoka Kinyili, Dominic Makaa Kitavi & Cyrus Gitonga Ngari · Journal of Advances in Mathematics and Computer Science · 2019

This paper proposes a new sensor-array geometry (the 2-circle concentric array geometry), that maximizes the array's spatial aperture mainly for bivariate azimuth-polar resolution of direction-of-arrival estimation problem. The proposed geometry provides almost invariant azimuth...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jamcs/2019/v32i330148