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Heijke, B. (author)Due to the exhaustion of conventional reservoirs of oil, gas and mineral resources over the recent years, the need to drill to unconventional, hard-to-reach wells has increased. Directional drilling techniques allow to drill the complex borehole geometries necessary to reach those wells. In practice, boreholes drilled with a directional drilling...master thesis 2016
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Bender, D.W.B. (author)Modern industrial plants contain enormous numbers of sensors which, in turn, generate enormous amounts of process and diagnostic variable measurements. All this generated data is stored in a Data Historian database and then left untouched. This report evaluates whether there is useful information amongst this unused data, and if so, how this...master thesis 2016
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Ou, Y. (author)Trucks are largely used in road transportation worldwide in recent decades, and make great contributions to the GDP. Statistics shows that a large number of truck-involved accidents occur related to the ramp in merging manoeuvres on the highway. The accidents involved in trucks can lead to a considerable economic cost. The development of...master thesis 2016
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Kramers, H.C. (author)In order for wind energy to become a well established source of alternative energy that is able to compete with the traditional forms of energy production, the costs of (offshore) wind energy should be lowered. This can be achieved by either increasing the energy output of a turbine or by reducing its production and maintenance costs. Current...master thesis 2016
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Schure, A.R. (author)A telemanipulation system lets a human operator manipulate an environment on distance, using a master and a slave device, which are connected by a bilateral controller that controls the master and the slave device and provides the communication between these devices. The master device is manipulated by the operator and these actions are...master thesis 2016
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Zijlstra, P. (author)Networked control systems (NCSs) are control systems in which the control loops are closed through a communication network. These systems usually consist of sensors, actuators, controllers and communication devices. The disruption of these control systems can have a significant impact on public health, safety and lead to large economic losses, e...master thesis 2016
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Blenkers, L.L. (author)Railway networks are susceptible to disturbances and disruptions caused by failures in the infrastructure and rolling stock which lead to delays and inconvenience for passengers. Disruption management is currently performed manually by dispatchers and can be improved by using dispatching support systems that can calculate optimal solutions using...master thesis 2015
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Voorsluys, M.H. (author)Current control algorithms for large-scale adaptive optics are computationally demanding and an accurate wavefront correction is hardly achieved within the time requirements. An idea is to exploit the local interactions between the wavefront sensor and the actuators and to develop compact models that describe thespatial dynamics of the mirror...master thesis 2015
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Mulders, S.P. (author)The development of sustainable energy production methods is an important aspect in lowering the emission of greenhouse gases and exhaustion of fossil fuels. Wind energy is recognized globally as one of the most promising sustainable forms of electricity generation, but the cost of offshore wind energy does not meet the level of fossil-based...master thesis 2015
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Anema, F.J.C. (author)The topic of this study is the control of signalized intersections, specifically the control of switching lanes, which are approach lanes of which the traffic assignment can be changed. When the demand at an intersection varies considerably, being able to change the lane configuration can reduce delay, especially in saturated conditions....master thesis 2015
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Gunnink, T. (author)Tidal energy converters are an emerging technology with the potential to expand the portfolio of renewable energy sources. Bluewater is developing the BlueTEC, a floating tidal energy converter with two variable pitch turbines. From research on floating wind turbines, it is known that control is fundamentally limited due to right hand plane...master thesis 2015
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Thöne, C.M. (author)Model predictive control (MPC) is a control technique that is frequently used in the process industry. Two advantages of model predictive controllers is their ability to predict the impact of disturbances, and to easily account for constraints. However, a disadvantage of model predictive controllers is that they rely on mathematical models of...master thesis 2015
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Shah, A.M. (author)A convoluted manipulation task involves extensive planning and the use of a supervisory controller to execute the desired task. One controller specification is generally unsuitable to perform the complete manipulation task. Manipulation involves contact of the object being manipulated with robots, surfaces and other objects in the scenario. The...master thesis 2015
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Nagaki, K. (author)Reinforcement learning (RL) is a machine learning technique whereby the controller learns the control law by optimizing the received cumulative amount of reward. A reward is an instantaneous evaluation of the applied action at the current state, given by reward function. However in theory the reward function is assumed to be given, in practice...master thesis 2015
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Van den Muijsenberg, M.D. (author)In industry, discrete models can be used to describe and analyze a class of event driven systems. These so called discrete event systems (DESs) contain a finite number of resources that are shared by different users called jobs. All of these resources and jobs contribute to the achievement of some common goal. Deciding on how to allocate a set...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
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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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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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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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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