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How small can a dwelling be? A revision of Portugese building regulations

Costa Branco De Oliveira Pedro, J.A. (author)

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study the minimum necessary net internal area of dwellings that should be established by Portuguese building regulations. Design/methodology/approach – The following tasks are carried out: selecting the furniture and equipment necessary for each dwelling; determining the size of furniture and equipment...

journal article 2009

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Mobile telecommunication standardization in Japan, China, the United States, and Europe: a comparison of regulatory and industrial regimes

van de Kaa, G. (author), Greeven, MJ (author)

The process that leads to standardization in the mobile telecommunication industry has changed considerably over time. Where it was first a national process, it has gradually changed into a more global process, and the role of the government in the standardization process has changed from very influential to less influential. The role of the...

journal article 2016

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Exploring standards consortium survival in high tech industries: The effects of commitment and internal competition

Kamps, Xavier (author), de Vries, H.J. (author), van de Kaa, G. (author)

Standards consortia develop technical standards or specifications and promote these to reach market dominance. Research on competing standards has explored either firm-level or standard-level factors, but the dynamics of standards consortia and their survival have remained largely understudied. The pre- and post-competitive phase of standards...

journal article 2017

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Selection of biomass thermochemical conversion technology in the Netherlands: A best worst method approach

van de Kaa, G. (author), Kamp, L.M. (author), Rezaei, J. (author)

This paper studies the technology battle for biomass conversion in the Netherlands. Three types of technologies are currently fighting the battle for standard dominance: combustion, pyrolysis, and gasification. Twelve relevant factors for standard dominance were found: ‘financial strength’, ‘operational supremacy’, ‘learning orientation’, ...

journal article 2017

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The battle between battery and fuel cell powered electric vehicles: A BWM approach

van de Kaa, G. (author), Scholten, D.J. (author), Rezaei, J. (author), Milchram, C. (author)

The transition to a more sustainable personal transportation sector requires the widespread adoption of electric vehicles. However, a dominant design has not yet emerged and a standards battle is being fought between battery and hydrogen fuel cell powered electric vehicles. The aim of this paper is to analyze which factors are most likely to...

journal article 2017

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The governance of platform development processes: A metaphor and a simulation model

van de Kaa, G. (author), Papachristos, George (author), de Bruijn, J.A. (author)

Platform market competition has been extensively researched, but the governance of the platform development process prior to market launch has received little attention. We develop a system dynamics simulation model using the avalanche game as a metaphor for platform development. We describe a typical platform development process, and show...

journal article 2018

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Maximum Likelihood Decoding for Gaussian Noise Channels with Gain or Offset Mismatch

Weber, J.H. (author), Schouhamer Immink, Kees A. (author)

Besides the omnipresent noise, other important inconveniences in communication and storage systems are formed by gain and/or offset mismatches. In the prior art, a maximum likelihood (ML) decision criterion has already been developed for Gaussian noise channels suffering from unknown gain and offset mismatches. Here, such criteria are...

journal article 2018

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A Survey on the Adoption of GIS Data and Standards in Urban Application Domains

Kumar, Kavisha (author), Labetski, A. (author), Agugiaro, G. (author), Stoter, J.E. (author)

GIS has become an important part of many disciplines and supports a vast range of applications. It is used everywhere, from agriculture to public health care. Furthermore, with the advances in technologies, the availability of GIS data and software support has grown exponentially. In this paper, we present the results of our international survey...

journal article 2019

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Wind turbine technology battles: Gearbox versus direct drive - opening up the black box of technology characteristics

van de Kaa, G. (author), van Ek, Martijn (author), Kamp, L.M. (author), Rezaei, J. (author)

This paper studies the battle between two types of wind turbines, the gearbox wind turbine and the direct drive wind turbine. Applicable determinants that affect technological dominance for the wind turbine drive trains case are identified. By applying the Best-Worst Method, the relative importance to the determinants to understand which of...

journal article 2020

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Filtering out standard success criteria in the case of multi-mode standardization: Responsible waste water treatment

van de Kaa, G. (author), van den Eijnden, Lieke (author), Doorn, N. (author)

Standardization can be achieved in multiple ways; firms may join forces and develop standards in standardization committees, they may compete directly on the market in standards battles, or governmental agencies may impose standards. This paper studies criteria for the selection of standards in a situation in which these three forms of...

journal article 2020

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A process classification framework for defining and describing Digital Fabrication with Concrete

Buswell, R. A. (author), da Silva, W. R.Leal (author), Bos, F. P. (author), Schipper, H.R. (author), Lowke, D. (author), Hack, N. (author), Kloft, H. (author), Mechtcherine, V. (author), Wangler, T. (author), Roussel, N. (author)

Digital Fabrication with Concrete (DFC) encompasses 3D Concrete Printing (3DCP) and many other methods of production. DFC is emerging from an era of invention and demonstration to one where the merits of one principle over another needs to be quantified systematically. DFC technologies vary in characteristics, complexity and maturity which...

journal article 2020

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Tools for BIM-GIS Integration (IFC Georeferencing and Conversions): Results from the GeoBIM Benchmark 2019

Noardo, F. (author), Harrie, Lars (author), Arroyo Ohori, G.A.K. (author), Biljecki, F. (author), Ellul, Claire (author), Krijnen, T.F. (author), Eriksson, Helen (author), Guler, Dogus (author), Hintz, Dean (author), Stoter, J.E. (author)

The integration of 3D city models with Building Information Models (BIM), coined as GeoBIM, facilitates improved data support to several applications, e.g., 3D map updates, building permits issuing, detailed city analysis, infrastructure design, context-based building design, to name a few. To solve the integration, several issues need to be...

journal article 2020

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Overcoming bottlenecks for realizing a vehicle‐to‐grid infrastructure in Europe through standardization

Fulari, Sameer Chandrakant (author), van de Kaa, G. (author)

This paper focuses on committee–market standards battles for the case of vehicle‐to‐grid technology in Europe. In this battle, standards such as CHArge de MOve (CHAdeMO) and Com-bined Charging System (CCS) Combo are competing. The paper identifies relevant factors with the help of a literature review and expert interviews. Furthermore, the...

journal article 2021

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Deep Recursive Embedding for High-Dimensional Data

Zhou, Zixia (author), Zu, Xinrui (author), Wang, Yuanyuan (author), Lelieveldt, Boudewijn P.F. (author), Tao, Q. (author)

Embedding high-dimensional data onto a low-dimensional manifold is of both theoretical and practical value. In this article, we propose to combine deep neural networks (DNN) with mathematics-guided embedding rules for high-dimensional data embedding. We introduce a generic deep embedding network (DEN) framework, which is able to learn a...

journal article 2021

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Artificial-Delay Adaptive Control for Under-actuated Euler-Lagrange Robotics

Roy, Spandan (author), Baldi, S. (author), Li, Peng (author), Narayanan, Viswa (author)

Artificial-delay control is a method in which state and input measurements collected at an immediate past time instant (i.e. artificially delayed) are used to compensate the uncertain dynamics affecting the system at the current time. This work formulates an artificial-delay control method with adaptive gains in the presence of nonlinear ...

journal article 2021

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Region-Based Self-Triggered Control for Perturbed and Uncertain Nonlinear Systems

Delimpaltadakis, Giannis (author), Mazo, M. (author)

In this work, we derive a region-based self-triggered control (STC) scheme for nonlinear systems with bounded disturbances and model uncertainties. The proposed STC scheme is able to guarantee different performance specifications (e.g. stability, boundedness, etc.), depending on the event-triggered control (ETC) triggering function that is...

journal article 2021

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Exploring design dominance in early stages of the dominance process: The case of airborne wind energy

van de Kaa, G. (author), Kamp, L.M. (author)

This paper is about Airborne Wind Energy Systems, a promising new wind power generating system that, although technologically possible to realize, is not available on the market yet. Currently, many different technological options for the systems are being developed. One question for such systems is where to position the generator, on the...

journal article 2021

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A battle over smart standards: Compatibility, governance, and innovation in home energy management systems and smart meters in the Netherlands

van de Kaa, G. (author), Stoccuto, S. (author), Valladolid Calderon, C.E. (author)

In recent years, awareness and concern about global warming from fossil fuels have notably grown. This process of global warming can, in part, be circumvented by the usage of renewable energy technology in homes. Two protocols exist that can realize wireless communications between sensors and electrical appliances on the one hand and the...

journal article 2021

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Risk Quantification for Automated Driving Systems in Real-World Driving Scenarios

de Gelder, E. (author), Elrofai, Hala (author), Saberi, Arash Khabbaz (author), Paardekooper, Jan Pieter (author), Den Camp, Olaf Op (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author)

The development of safety validation methods is essential for the safe deployment and operation of Automated Driving Systems (ADSs). One of the goals of safety validation is to prospectively evaluate the risk of an ADS dealing with real-world traffic. ISO 26262 and ISO/DIS 21448, the leading standards in automotive safety, provide an approach...

journal article 2021

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Adaptive Integral Sliding Mode Control in the Presence of State-Dependent Uncertainty

Li, Peng (author), Liu, Di (author), Baldi, S. (author)

Adaptive integral sliding mode control (AISMC) is an extension of adaptive sliding mode control which is a way to ensure sliding motion while handling system uncertainties. However, conventional AISMC formulations require to different extent a priori knowledge of the system uncertainty: either the upper bound of the uncertainty or of its time...

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