Categorizing recipients of evouchers using best practises from marketing theories: Clustering and targeting vulnerable recipients of evouchers using a novel approach of consumer segmentation and machine learning; a case study of Sint Maarten

Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA), a type of humanitarian aid consisting of giving money instead of products, is being used more frequently because of its effectiveness and efficiency in helping people in need (Cash Learning Partnership, 2020b). The debate on using CVA is currently focusing on improving the quality by better incorporating ...

MaaS for commuting trips: Potential for success or deception?

The promises of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) are generous, researchers and policymakers repeatedly present MaaS as a Holy Grail. MaaS has the potential to play a role in addressing issues as pollution, congestion and crowded cities. However, without interested users, these promises cannot be fulfilled. This study explores whether the proposed...

The Added Value of Creative Residencies: A research into the tangible effects of the creative sector on vibrancy

Besides being the fastest growing sector in the Netherlands, and a pioneer in working standards, the creative sector is believed to have a positive effect on economic growth. Multi-tenant buildings occupied by creative sector companies, i.e. creative residencies, are thus assumed to improve the neighborhood’s socio-economic quality. A lack of...

Complex Factor Analysis

Many techniques for array processing assume either that the system has a calibrated array or that the noise covariance matrix is known. If the noise covariance matrix is unknown, training or other calibration techniques are used to find it. In this thesis another approach to the problem of unknown noise covariance is presented. The factor...

Composing effective Mobile service bundles: Understanding the demands of customer segments and targeting mobile services

This study explores the demands of customer segments for mobile service bundles in the Netherlands. A latent class cluster model is specified that describes the clustered demands of customer segments for mobile service bundles alongside an invariance test model to test the stability of the cluster model. Based on representative samples of the...