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Sun, D. (author), Jamshidnejad, A. (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)Traffic control is essential to reduce congestion in both urban and freeway traffic networks. These control measures include ramp metering and variable speed limits for freeways, and traffic signal control for urban traffic. However, current traffic control methods are either too simple to respond to complex traffic environment, or too...journal article 2023
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Jeschke, J.M. (author), Sun, D. (author), Jamshidnejad, A. (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)While Model Predictive Control (MPC) is a promising approach for network-wide control of urban traffic, the computational complexity of the, often nonlinear, online optimization procedure is too high for real-time implementations. In order to make MPC computationally efficient, this paper introduces a parameterized MPC (PMPC) approach for...journal article 2023
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Liu, X. (author), Dabiri, A. (author), Wang, Yihui (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)Real-time train scheduling is essential for passenger satisfaction in urban rail transit networks. This paper focuses on real-time train scheduling for urban rail transit networks considering uncertain time-dependent passenger origin-destination demands. First, a macroscopic passenger flow model we proposed before is extended to include...journal article 2023
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Meng, Z. (author), Liu, Qing feng (author), Ukrainczyk, Neven (author), Mu, Song (author), Zhang, Yufei (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)Cementitious materials exposed to marine and saline environments are commonly threatened by a combined attack of sulfate and chloride ions. This study developed a numerical framework to investigate two combined coupling mechanisms of 1) coupled solid-liquid chemical reactions for competitive chloride-sulfate attack and 2) electrostatic multi...journal article 2023
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de Araujo Passos, L.A. (author), Ceha, T.J. (author), Baldi, S. (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)Controlling the operation of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning) systems is arguably the most effective way to reach desired indoor conditions in buildings. Nevertheless, such control may involve complex dynamics when dealing with passive energy technologies. In this paper, we focus on maximizing the passive operation of HVAC in...journal article 2023
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de Araujo Passos, L.A. (author), van den Engel, P.J.W. (author), Baldi, S. (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)Satisfying thermal comfort in indoor spaces is still a challenge in terms of energy saving, and several HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air-Conditioning) systems have been proposed for this purpose. This paper conducts an analysis to evaluate and optimize the long-term operation of a novel HVAC system installed at The Green Village, a living...journal article 2023
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Fransman, J.E. (author), Sijs, J. (author), Dol, Henry (author), Theunissen, Erik (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)In this paper, the novel Distributed Bayesian (D-Bay) algorithm is presented for solving multi-agent problems within the Continuous Distributed Constraint Optimization Problem (C-DCOP) framework. This framework extends the classical DCOP framework towards utility functions with continuous domains. D-Bay solves a C-DCOP by utilizing Bayesian...journal article 2023
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Fu, J. (author), Peyghami, Saeed (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author), Blaabjerg, Frede (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)Predictive maintenance scheduling of modular-multilevel-converters (MMCs) requires estimations of the failure probabilities of MMCs during a period of time in the future. Particularly, the predicted future failure probabilities are influenced by two main factors, the mission profiles of the MMCs and the maintenance decisions on the MMCs...journal article 2023
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Sun, Yubo (author), Ghorbani, Saeid (author), Ye, G. (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)Alkali-activated material (AAM) is developed as a green alternative binder to replace Portland cement (PC) in the construction field. However, the large-scale application with AAM concrete is limited so far, with the insufficient knowledge of rheological behavior being a major obstruct. Thixotropy of concrete is of great interest, which can...book chapter 2023
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Lv, Maolong (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author), Wang, Ying (author), Shen, Di (author)This article attempts to realize zero-error constrained tracking for hypersonic flight vehicles (HFVs) subject to unknown control directions and asymmetric flight state constraints. The main challenges of reaching such goals consist in that addressing multiple unknown control directions requires novel conditional inequalities encompassing the...journal article 2023
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Fu, J. (author), Nunez, Alfredo (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)To ensure the reliability of power systems, the independent system operator (ISO) manages the planning process of the maintenance of generation units for generation companies (GENCOs). This paper focuses on a widely studied two-layer long-term predictive maintenance decision making framework in a deregulated environment. In the first layer...journal article 2023
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- Diehl, Moritz (author), Harzer, Jakob (author), De Schutter, Jochem (author) conference paper 2022
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- De Schutter, Jochem (author), Leuthold, Rachel (author), Diehl, Moritz (author) conference paper 2022
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- Harzer, Jakob (author), De Schutter, Jochem (author), Diehl, Moritz (author) conference paper 2022
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- Leuthold, Rachel (author), De Schutter, Jochem (author), Crawford, Curran (author), Gros, Sébastien (author), Diehl, Moritz (author) conference paper 2022
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Todorović, Uglješa (author), Frejo, José Ramón D. (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)The Model Predictive Control (MPC) framework has shown great potential for the control of Variable Speed Limits (VSLs) and Ramp Metering (RM) installations. However, the implementation to large freeway networks remains challenging. One major reason is that, by considering the VSLs to be discrete decision variables, an extremely difficult Mixed...journal article 2022
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Storani, Facundo (author), Di Pace, Roberta (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)The paper proposes a traffic responsive control framework based on a Model Predictive Control (MPC) approach. The framework focuses on a centralized method, which can simultaneously compute the network decision variables (i.e., the green timings at each junction and the offset of the traffic light plans of the network). Furthermore, the...journal article 2022
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Bartels, Emiel Aurelius (author), Pippia, T.M. (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)Electrification of the heat network in buildings together with a rise in popularity of Electric Vehicles (EVs) will result in a need to make investments in the electrical energy infrastructure in order to prevent congestion. This paper discusses the influence of hydrogen in future smart microgrids on these investments. Moreover, smart control...journal article 2022
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Sun, Yubo (author), Ghorbani, Saeid (author), Dai, Xiaodi (author), Ye, G. (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)This study provides a detailed investigation on the reproducibility of two groups of alkali-activated slag (AAS) mixtures, from both fresh properties and strength development perspectives. Three different commercial sodium silicate solutions and one lab-produced silicate activator (made of silica fume and sodium hydroxide) were used to...journal article 2022
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Qiu, Xiujiao (author), Chen, J. (author), Ye, G. (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)Prediction of alkali silica reaction is still difficult due to the lack of a comprehensive understanding of its chemical fundamentals. In-site experimentally revealing the fundamentals is not realistic as ASR shows over several years or even decades and is affected by many factors. In this paper, by utilizing a 3D reactive-transport...journal article 2022