Determinants and development of multimodal travel patterns: Identifying travel user groups in The Netherlands using Latent Class Cluster Analysis

Passenger traffic by car is regarded as one of the main contributors to energy consumption and emission in the transport sector. Car dependency and limited shifts to more carbon-friendly alternative travel modes in industrialised countries play a major role in maintaining unsustainable mobility systems, despite governments' increased attention...

Multimodality Forum Jungfernheide: A park-and-ride train station that encourages motorists to use green mobility to get to Berlin’s city centre.

Train stations are becoming an increasingly important part of urban life. They are the connection between different transport hubs, a social interaction platform, and part of a culture or daily routine. However, many train stations are designed to meet only the first demand, “transporting people and making the city accessible”. Many stations in...

Analyzing point spread functions for multiple emitter fitting by posterior density estimation

The microscope is an essential tool for biologists. Since the late 16th century, it has given researchers a better understanding of cell processes and greatly advanced healthcare. In this century, Single molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) has revolutionized optical microscopy by breaking the optical diffraction limit. Sparsely activating...

Booking and Payment Integration of Air- and Public Transport for First/Last Mile Airport Trips: A Conceptual Framework and Business Model Canvas

In this research, the link between air travel and the first/last mile trip with public transportation will be researched, as in practice, ticket platforms (such as Booking.com or Expedia) do not yet provide this integrated air- and public transport service. Eventually, the idea would be to create an integration platform that serves as a mediator...

Metaphoric Interfaces: A case study for the digitally enabled luxury kitchen

Successful interfaces have often been the result of powerful metaphors. By likening an unfamiliar context to one we are more familiar and experienced with, it becomes relatable and easier to navigate. With its wealth of sensory stimuli, the kitchen space offers enormous opportunities for the creation of such metaphors. At the same time, the act...

Evolution of public transit networks in polycentric urban regions

The aim of this thesis is to gain insights into the impact that various variables have on the topological evolution of a public transit network in a polycentric urban region. These variables are: the spatial structure of the polycentric urban region, the demand distribution, the operational costs and multimodality versus unimodality. To gain...

Limits on Modeling Compensation in Multimodal DNNs for Audio Visual Speech Recognition

Speech is a natural way of communicating that does not require us to develop any new skills in order to be able to interact with electronic devices. With the evolution of technology, speech has become one of the primary means of communication. Speech recognition is a form of multimedia content analysis, where the information carried in a speech...