Uncontrolled Degassing of Ships: An Agent-Based Approach

The concept of deterrence, using fear of punishment to encourage compliant behavior, is widely discussed. However, deterrence often places an emphasis on the economic side of compliance while neglecting other possibly crucial factors, as is argued by the literature. Psychological factors, notably the personal norm and the social norm, often...

DMQL: Deep Maximum Q-Learning: Combatting Relative Overgeneralisation in Deep Independent Learners using Optimism and Similarity

Various pathologies can occur when independent learners are used in cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning. One such pathology is Relative Overgeneralisation, which manifests when a suboptimal Nash Equilibrium in the joint action space of a problem is preferred over an optimal Equilibrium. Approaches exist to combat relative...

Screening flood adaptation measures framework

To reduce the flood risk in areas prone to flooding, possible adaptation measures must be investigated. In this thesis a Python-based framework has been developed that can screen flood adaptation measures as an alternative to the existing analytical method of Royal HaskoningDHV. The framework is limited to the costs and effects on the economic...

Leveraging the Wisdom of the Crowds

Wisdom of the crowds is the idea that groups of people can collectively make wise decisions. Research suggests that these crowds can even outsmart experts. To gather the wisdom of the crowds, this project utilizes a prediction market. To successfully gather the wisdom of the crowds, a predictionmarket has to overcome serious challenges, such as...

Monopile installation assessment: A critical assessment of an oscillating monopile during offshore installation

An offshore wind turbine requires a stable support structure to support the tower and nacelle. The support structure in the form of a monopile is lowered to the seabed and hammered in the soil. During the lowering process the monopile may show excessive motions, that occur on an irregular basis. The cause for this is unknown. This thesis is...

Hemelwaterafvoer in een veranderend klimaat: Gevolgen voor de norm in 2050

The standard NEN 3215 contains a certain rain intensity for the rainwater drainage from roofs. By making use of the rainfall predictions for 2050, the consequences of this new intensity for the standard are analysed. Based on this analysis, a change of this rain intensity in NEN 3215 is recommended.

Mooring Optimization in Time Domain using Harmony Search

The design of a mooring system can be a frustrating and time consuming task, owing to the large number of design cases, software interfaces and sometimes changing requirements. Although frequency domain is a faster method, the behavior of the FPSO and the loads on the turret mooring system in a certain environment is most accurately predicted in...

The story of a cultural historical place in The Hague: Redevelopment of the Prinses Julianakazerne and Seyss?Inquart’s bunker

Redeveloping and reminding of WWII heritage through narrative architecture.

Fulfilling Brand Aspirations with Sustainability - Bruynzeel Home Products

Introduction The central question in this report is: How can Bruynzeel successfully integrate sustainability in its business? Sustainability is generally getting more attention and Bruynzeel’s customers (DIY-chains and expert-dealers) sometimes take inventory of sustainable products or start other sustainable initiatives. Bruynzeel now wants to...

De Dekpuntstelling van Brouwer (Brouwer's Fixed Point Theorem)

Performance comparison of channel estimation schemes for OFDM based broadband communication systems

In this thesis three different techniques are discussed to estimate the channel characteristics for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing based broadband communication systems. A problem with the conventional channel estimation technique, which is used frequently, is the influence of noise on top of the Rayleigh fading which is not taken...