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Kuiper, I.T.J. (author)Well testing has been subject of research for many decades. Well testing is performed to estimate reservoir properties. These estimations are needed to predict the amount of oil that can be produced, and to determine a strategy how to produce this predicted amount. The currently used procedure to estimate the properties seems cumbersome and...master thesis 2009
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Mora Moreno, I. (author)Different nonlinear observers are compared throughout this work where they are part of an NMPC framework used to control a fed-batch crystallization process . We study which observer-optimizer pair offers the best control performance while maintaining adequate computational burden so that a posterior real-time implementation is feasible. At the...master thesis 2011
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Schreuder, E.N.J. (author)Rising demands in energy consumption necessitate the development of low-cost renewable power generation. A Kite Power Sytem (KPS) is a novel approach to harvest wind energy with kites at higher altitudes than is possible with conventional wind turbines, at a lower cost. In this thesis, an approach to improve the winch controller of a KPS will be...master thesis 2013
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Van, W. (author)For the development of a space qualified, 7 degrees of freedom, haptic arm exoskeleton a brushless DC motor with high torque production, power density and efficiency was selected. However, the attraction of the rotor magnets to the stator teeth introduces an additive, position dependent, torque disturbance on the motor shaft called cogging...master thesis 2013
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Wensveen, M.H. (author)Optimistic Planning is a model-based online planning algorithm that guarantees near-optimal actions for the control arbitrarily nonlinear systems. Planning algorithms aim to find optimal actions by starting from the current state and developing a tree representation of sequences of actions and resulting states, using a model to simulate state...master thesis 2014
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Lubbers, K.H.B. (author)Treats the design an ABS control strategy for a hybrid braking system.master thesis 2014
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Lopes e Silva, J. (author)We are currently facing an increasing amount of challenges in the area of photonics as more and more applications in need for active “photon control” sprout in different fields of science. Adaptive Optics (AO) is the subject which deals with measuring, reconstructing, and reshaping the phase of a photon wavefront in real-time and can, thus,...master thesis 2014
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Van Doornik, J.J. (author)Research in vehicle dynamics and vehicle control systems has increased a lot over the last decades due to the focus towards safety, driving comfort and emissions and the opportunities that come with the development of hybrid- and electric powertrains. Modern vehicles are equipped with many automated systems but automation can have disadvantages...master thesis 2014
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Lekkerkerker, C.J. (author)The emerging of mobile robots in everyday life scenarios, such as in the case of domestic care robots, is highly anticipated. Much research has been carried out to make robots more capable of performing tasks in our everyday environments. Despite major progress over the last decades, many hurdles are still to be taken. In the field of robotic...master thesis 2014
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De Gelder, E. (author)Without any form of compensation, atmospheric turbulence blurs the images obtained by ground-based telescopes. An Adaptive Optics (AO) system compensates for the optical wavefront distortions introduced in a light beam as it propagates through a turbulent medium. The wavefront phase errors are measured with a Wavefront Sensor (WFS) and corrected...master thesis 2014
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Kuhlmann, K.S. (author)Since the interest in autonomous driving solutions is massively increasing, the need for good and reliable control algorithms is growing every day. This project studies the performance of safe lane changes of a highly autonomous vehicle given the currently available perception of the environment, vehicle dynamics and desired comfort and speed...master thesis 2014
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Van der Marel, C. (author)Although it is still common in the field of motion control systems to first design the structure and then the controller, integrated design approaches are becoming more popular. The problem of finding optimal parameters for a parameterized structure and controller by solving an optimization problem will be referred to as \textit{controller...master thesis 2014
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Van Roekel, B.J.M. (author)Annually over 60.000 people die and another 3.7 million get injured in car accidents in the United States and Europe combined. Automation of vehicles can reduce the number of accidents by 90%. Therefore, it is of great interest in academia and industry. For the automated vehicles that are being presented in industry however, proofs of safe...master thesis 2015
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Van Koutrik, S. (author)Minimizing the time needed to travel a prescribed distance is the main development goal in motorsports. In racing car development, simulations are used to predict the effect of design parameter changes on vehicle performance. If approached as an optimal trajectory planning problem, a maneuver simulation can be used to determine not only the...master thesis 2015
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Krom, B.N. (author)Wireless sensor networks of the type discussed in this MSc project play a crucial role in many envisionings of the Internet of Things, a trend that is thought to play a major role in the technological innovations of the near future. These wireless, ad-hoc, scalable mesh networks provide the infrastructure for numerous sensing and control...master thesis 2015
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De Bruin, T.D. (author)Railway track circuits are electrical systems that are used for train detection. The identification of faults in these track circuits and the estimation of the severity of these faults is crucial for the safety and availability of railway networks. In this thesis a method is proposed to solve these tasks based on the commonly available...master thesis 2015
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Borota, D. (author)Positioning and localization are key topics associated with the control and operation of robotic vehicles. This holds in particular for robots functioning in a challenging environment, such as the ship’s hull maintenance robot developed by Fleet Cleaner. As the industry standard techniques are limited due to constraints imposed by the harbor and...master thesis 2015