Energy Hubs' Contribution to Network Management

As the transition towards a sustainable energy system gains momentum, the concept of energy hubs has emerged as a promising solution to make the existing energy system more efficient. This thesis aims to investigate the contribution of energy hubs to network management in the Dutch energy system. The research questions focus on identifying the...

Traffic network management: "Comparing algorithms for network-wide traffic management using Eclipse SUMO: A pragmatic approach versus Model Predictive Control"

The need for smart traffic control has grown over the last years. Initiated by an increased amount of traffic. Network-wide traffic control is becoming a more interesting field for traffic control. Mainly because computer power has increased and optimisation techniques improved. Network-wide traffic aims to improve the overall traffic state by...

A metaheuristic optimisation algorithm for network-wide 4D trajectory mid-term planning in a Trajectory Based Operations environment

To accommodate the fast growing air traffic in a safe and efficient way, an ATM paradigm shift from current Time Based Operations towards Trajectory Based Operations (TBO) is envisioned. TBO entails the exchange, maintenance and use of consistent 4D trajectory information for collaborative decision-making on the flight. This thesis addresses a...

Analysing refugee camp management from a network perspective: How network management can enhance the transition of refugee camp Za'atari

The aim of this thesis is to identify the obstacles for the transition of refugee camps and to identify whether network management can be a way to deal with this. The combiniation of the long-term existence of refugee camps, its negative impact on individuals, the inevitable urbanization and the lack of policy implementation of the UN refugee...

Online Anticipatory Network Management: The dynamic steering of route choice behaviour with traffic control and traffic information

In order to improve the usage efficiency of the road network, this research investigates and proposes an approach for a traffic management solution called Online Anticipatory Network Management. The proposed traffic management solution aims to redistribute traffic flows and to increase network performance by determining and applying traffic...

Distribution of traffic over buffer space by using controlled intersections

Congestion on the road is a widely recognized problem. To improve traffic conditions on the road, several methods have been developed over the years. Dynamic traffic management is one of them and has proven to be effective. It aims at making better use of the existing network capacity and at managing traffic flows. In order to further improve...

Ensuring an industry’s durability through reputation management: The influence of social perception on the reputation of the Dutch Food Processing and Packaging Machinery Industry

Problem statement The Dutch food processing and packaging machinery industry (food systems industry) is a very important sector considering its benefits to Dutch economy. The sector has a total annual turnover of approximately 2 billion euro’s and furthermore provides employment to more than 8600 people (GMV, n.d.). This sector, and entire Agro...

A Framework for the Modelling and Ex-ante Evaluation of Coordinated Network Management

Since the second half of last century, traffic congestion on road network has become a predominant phenomenon due to the rapid increases in transport demand and number of vehicles. It starts to become clear until later that century traffic congestion cannot be solved single-handedly by expansions of road network. During peak hours, besides...

Reservation, routing and maintenance of Digital Leased Lines in an SDH based transport network: A centralised approach

Due to a combination of a market pull and a technology push a new transmission standard, called SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy), has evolved. A transport network based on Digital Cross-Connect Systems, Drop & Insert Multiplexers and other SDH based products offers great network flexibility. This network flexibility can be used for the...