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SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS A BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT CRIME MANAGEMENT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES: A CASE OF UGANDA POLICE FORCE BY AHISHAKIYE EMMANUEL P52/85886/2016 Supervisor Dr. Elisha T. O. Opiyo A RESEARCH PROJECT REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AWARD OF DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE, SCHOOL OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS, UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI NOVEMBER, 2017 DECLARATION Researcher’s Declaration This project report is my original work and has not been presented in any other institution for the purpose of an academic award. SIGNATURE: ____________________ Date: ____________________ AHISHAKIYE Emmanuel Registration Number: P52/85886/2016 Supervisor’s Approval This project report has been submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Computational Intelligence of the University of Nairobi with my approval as the University Supervisor. SIGNATURE: ____________________ Date: ____________________ Dr. Elisha T. O. Opiyo School of Computing and Informatics University of Nairobi ii DEDICATION To KAAD - the sponsors of my masters, my family, my supervisor, my lecturers and colleagues, I wish to appreciate your valuable support and contribution you accorded me throughout the whole process, from the project initiation till completion. Thank you and May God the almighty bless you all. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I wish to thank God for having given me strength and guidance in this project. Special thanks to my supervisor Dr Opiyo and University of Nairobi staff especially those at school of computing and informatics for their great support and good relation throughout the time I was a student of this university. Contribution from friends and colleagues towards this project is highly appreciated. Lastly to Mr. Ariho Paulino for the inspiration and the spirit of hard work you planted in me. Thank you all. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION .................................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION ....................................................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ...................................................................................................................... iv LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................... viii LIST OF FIGURES ................................................................................................................................ ix PUBLICATIONS .................................................................................................................................... x ABSTRACT ........................................................................................................................................... xi CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background to the Study ................................................................................................................ 1 1.2 Problem Statement ......................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Objectives of the study ................................................................................................................... 3 1.3.1 General Objective of the study ................................................................................................ 3 1.3.2 Specific Objectives of the study............................................................................................... 4 1.4 The Significance of the study ......................................................................................................... 4 1.5 Scope of the study .......................................................................................................................... 4 1.6 Definition of Key Terms ................................................................................................................ 4 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................... 6 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 6 2.2 Introduction to Business Intelligence (BI) ...................................................................................... 6 2.3 Reasons for Business Intelligence .................................................................................................. 7 2.4 Business Intelligence Cycle............................................................................................................ 7 2.5 Business Intelligence Tools ............................................................................................................ 8 2.6.1 Selected Open source business intelligence tools ..................................................................... 8 2.6.1.10 Summary of open source BI systems ...................................................................................... 9 2.7 Big Data and Hadoop ..................................................................................................................... 9 2.8 Comparison of BI systems and conventional systems ................................................................... 11 2.9 Crime Management in Uganda ..................................................................................................... 11 2.9.1 Investigated Crimes in Uganda .................................................................................................. 12 2.9.2 Performance of Uganda Police Force in crime management ...................................................... 13 2.10 Fighting crime with big data analytics ........................................................................................ 13 2.11 BI Predictive Classification Models ........................................................................................... 13 2.12 Review of Existing Crime Management Systems ....................................................................... 15 2.13 Gaps to be filled ......................................................................................................................... 15 2.14 Conceptual Design ..................................................................................................................... 16 v CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY ............................................................................................... 17 3.1 Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 17 3.2 Research Design .......................................................................................................................... 17 3.3 Software construction .................................................................................................................. 17 3.3.1 Requirements Analysis .......................................................................................................... 17 3.3.2 The study population ............................................................................................................. 18 3.3.3 The developed system design ................................................................................................ 18 3.3.4 System Implementation ......................................................................................................... 18 3.4 Performance Analysis of predictive algorithms on crime prediction .............................................. 20 3.4.1 Classification Algorithms to be used...................................................................................... 20 3.4.2 Sources of Data and the Modeling Tool ................................................................................. 20 CHAPTER FOUR: SYSTEM ANALYSIS, DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION ................................ 21 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 21 4.2 Analysis of the Current Information Systems used by Uganda Police ........................................... 21 4.3 Feasibility Study .......................................................................................................................... 21 4.3.1 Technical Feasibility ............................................................................................................. 21 4.3.2 Economic Feasibility ............................................................................................................. 22 4.3.3 Strategic Feasibility ............................................................................................................... 22 4.4 Requirements statement ............................................................................................................... 22 4.5 System design .............................................................................................................................. 22 4.5.1 The Components of the Designed System .............................................................................. 23 4.6 System Implementation ...............................................................................................................