Learning the Limit Order Book: a comprehensive mix between stochastic and machine learning models for generation and prediction

The field of finance is an interesting field in which much research takes place. In particular, its sub-field of modeling the dynamics of order books is an interesting field, since it translates into modeling the behaviour of traders on the market. Most of the models proposed in this field can be divided into stochastic models or machine...

The co-pollutant cost of carbon emissions: An analysis of the US electric power generation sector

Fossil fuel combustion releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere along with co-pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and others. These emissions result in environmental externalities primarily in terms of climate and air quality. Here we quantify the cost of co-pollutant emissions per ton of CO ₂ emissions from US...

Generation of multivariate time series using neural networks

Energy-Optimized Toed Walking on Flexible Soles for Humanoids

In this research the role of thick flexible soles in energy-efficient humanoid walking is analyzed. It is<br/>hypothesized that, the addition of underactuated degrees of freedom under the foot gives the robot<br/>the potential to execute a pseudo-passive walking motion 1, which yields a decrease in ankle torque<br/>and energy expenditure....

Infra-gravity wave transformation across macro-tidal rocky shore platforms.

This thesis investigates the governing generating mechanisms, shoaling and reflection behaviour of infra-gravity waves on a mild-sloping, macro-tidal, rocky shore platform. The methods comprise among others, field data analysis of the Lilstock platform, numerical modelling using a calibrated XBeach model and a cross-correlation analysis to...

Description grammars: Precedents revisited

A description grammar, in conjunction with a shape grammar, serves to generate verbal descriptions of designs, next to the spatial descriptions. These verbal descriptions can also assist in guiding the generative process. This paper revisits applications of description grammars found in literature and demonstrates how they can be recast and...

Description grammars: A general notation

A description grammar, in conjunction with a shape grammar, serves to generate verbal descriptions of designs, next to the spatial descriptions. These verbal descriptions can also assist in guiding the generative process. This paper presents a general notation for descriptions and description rules that accounts, extensively if not entirely, for...

A Generative Approach for Data Synchronization between Web and Mobile Applications

Mobile developement is a relatively new and popular domain for applications. An increasing amount of web applications are releasing a mobile variant of their application, which requires sharing of data. Currently, the creation of a mobile version can be done in two ways: a specialized web UI for mobile devices, which lacks good abstractions for...

Automatic generation of CityGML LoD3 building models from IFC models

CityGML is a standardized data format used to store the semantic information and geometries of buildings and other object classes of 3D city models. The Level of Detail of current state of the art city models (LoD2) is not sufficient for accurate environmental simulations like noise, the solar potential of windows and other types of analyses. An...

Production and deposition of well defined aerosol nanoparticles for studies of basic properties

The search for new materials and material properties has advanced to smaller and smaller structures during the past years. Inorganic particles in the size range below {100 nm} are interesting for many applications, because on this scale properties often vary strongly from bulk. Nanoparticles are traditionally produced on large scale in wet...

Securing the public interest in electricity generation markets. The myths of the invisible hand and the copper plate

Two aspects of investment in generation capacity in liberalized electricity markets are investigated: the question of whether investment will be sufficient to meet society's goals for the reliability of electricity supply (generation adequacy) and the question of how to coordinate investment in electricity generation capacity in a competitive...

Constraint management and transformation