Efficient Variational Bayes Learning of Graphical Models with Smooth Structural Changes

Estimating a sequence of dynamic undirected graphical models, in which adjacent graphs share similar structures, is of paramount importance in various social, financial, biological, and engineering systems, since the evolution of such networks can be utilized for example to spot trends, detect anomalies, predict vulnerability, and evaluate...

Exploring the relation of trade-specialisation on structural changes in energy intensity: The effect of trade-specialisation on inter-country differences in energy intensity of industries

Climate change has increased the interest around energy intensity to many researchers. Understanding the drivers of energy intensity is essential to produce a fitting policy. While structural changes have been acknowledged as drivers of economy-wide energy intensity, it has not been recognised as an influential factor on industry-level energy...

Workforce Transition and Income Inequality in the Age of Automation

It is expected that automation and income inequality will have a major impact on the world economy in the 2020’s and beyond. A research conducted by Bain (K. Harris, Kimson, & Schwedel, 2018) claimed that the impact of the economic disruption, which could be triggered by the collision of income inequality and automation, might be more...

Investeringsbeslissingen: Een studie naar de veranderingen in het investeringsbesluitvormingsproces met de bijbehorende gebruikte methodes en besliscriteria van kantoorprojecten gedurende de afgelopen tien jaar

Methods to actively modify the dynamic response of cm-scale FWMAV designs

Lightweight vibrating structures (such as flapping wing micro air vehicle (FWMAV) designs) often require some form of control. To achieve controllability, local structural property changes (e.g., damping and stiffness changes) might be induced in an active manner. The stroke-averaged lift force production of a FWMAV wing can be modified by...

Modifying Resonance Modes of Dissipative Structures using Magnitude and Phase Information

Several Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle (FWMAV) designs exploit structural resonance to decrease power consumption. Practical use of most resonating structures requires temporary modifications to the resonance mode (i.e., the eigensolution). This paper presents a systematic design approach to modify non-proportionally damped resonance modes in a...

Patterns of structural changes in construction?

The changing role of construction at various stages of development has been at the core of debate in the field of construction economics. It has been argued that the construction industry should follow the pattern of manufacturing, its primary supplier, rather than services, even if early studies suggested an S-shaped relationship with GDP per...