SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Science and Humanities [SICASH]
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SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Science and Humanities is organized by the Faculty of Humanities and Sciences of the Sri Lanka Institute of Information Technology (SLIIT), the annual research multi-conference of the faculty.
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Publication Open Access Modelling the Indicative Rate of the USD/LKR SPOT Exchange Rate in Sri Lanka(Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, SLIIT, 2025-10-10) Rajapaksha, R. G. S. N.; Kumarasiri, P. V. A. L.; Sathsarani, T. V. I. A.; Rambukkana, P. P.; Botheju, W. S. R.; Guruge, M. L.; Peiris, T. S. G.This study develops and validates a time series model to forecast Sri Lanka’s daily indicative USD/LKR spot exchange rate using ARIMA and ARCH methods using data from 1st of January 2021 to 4th of June 2025, sourced from Central Bank of Sri Lanka. The original series was first differenced to achieve stationarity since it is not stationary. According to the sample ACF and PACF of stationary series, three candidate models were augmented with an ARCH(2) variance specification based on residual diagnostics. After comparing AIC, SIC, Hannan Quinn metrics and log likelihood, the ARIMA(1,1,1)+ARCH(2) was identified as the best possible model. The diagnostic tests confirmed that residuals are identically and independently distributed without remaining heteroskedasticity. Insample forecasting yielded a MAPE of 0.32% and a Theil U statistic of 0.0036, while out-of-sample validation (June 5 to July 4, 2025) produced a MAPE of 0.087% and a bias proportion near zero, highlighting the model the model’s predictive accuracy. By focusing only on the internal pattern of the exchange rate, this research creates a strong short term forecasting tool for Sri Lanka's volatile currencyenvironment laying ground work for adding outside factors in future improvements.Publication Open Access Development of Time Series Model to Predict the Weekly Percentage of Python Programming Language usage(Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Humanities and Sciences, SLIIT, 2025-10-10) Gunawardane, D. M. N. M.; Herath, H. M. P. T.; Pitiyekumbura, W. S.; Samodhika, P. L. D.; Athauda, A. M. B. T.; Amarasinghe,E. J. C. U.; Peiris, T. S. G.Python's super popular and getting bigger fast. Figuring out how it will be used is super important for planning what to teach, training tech workers, and making good rules, especially in places like Sri Lanka that are just now getting into digital stuff. Therefore, this study aims to predict the weekly global usage of Python. We looked at data from April 21, 2019, to April 21, 2024. We got 262 weeks. This data is entered into Kaggle from Google search interest scores (Nextmillionaire, 2023). This dataset shows the highest interest score for Python in the general world. After trying out a bunch of models, theARIMA (1,1,1) model with seasonal stuff seemed like the best fit. We taught the model with data from April 21, 2019, to January 28, 2024 (250 weeks) and checked it with data from February 4, 2024, to April 21, 2024 (12 weeks). We tested the model to make sure it was doing things right, and the leftovers looked random, which is a good thing. The MAPE (Mean Absolute Percentage Error) for the validation data is 6.04%. This shows the ARIMA model is pretty good at guessing Python usage over time. Because theguesses are pretty accurate and consistent, it looks like Python usage of global is going up steadily. This means Python is a big deal with both Data Science & Analytics, Machine Learning & AI, Cloud Computing & DevOps, Automation & Scripting. This info should help schools, training places, and the government make smart choices about teaching digital skills.