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Prins, Nina (author)Purpose - This development project is focused on the combination of project scheduling and risk mitigation for large infrastructure projects. The aim of this project is to develop a model that can automatically restructure the network schedule to enable that delay is mitigated as much as possible while the effects on multiple project criteria...master thesis 2022
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Wolbert, Jorick (author)The purpose of this thesis is to determine the most optimal material use and configuration of structural elements with regard to minimizing shadow costs associated with the main bearing construction of industrial halls. Central themes in thesis are reusability, parametric modelling and generative design. <br/><br/>The construction sector is...master thesis 2022
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van Bavel, Henri (author)In order to improve the autonomy of construction robots, a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) solution is needed that localizes the robot using solely on-board sensing with sub-5 mm accuracy. As pointed out by the results of the Hilti SLAM Challenge, the state-of-the-art in SLAM currently does not offer a solution that comes close to...master thesis 2022
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van Veggel, Britt (author)Access to healthcare is a requirement for human well-being that is partly dependent upon safe infrastructure. One of the UN Sustainable Development Goals regarding healthcare is to achieve universal healthcare coverage, which includes access to qual- ity essential health-care services. In many developing nations, roads are often vulner- able to...master thesis 2022
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van Til, Yannick (author)The swift reduction of human’s carbon footprint is essential to prevent irreversible damage to the climate and to meet climate policy targets. Designing flexible and reliable future energy systems is a big contributor to meeting these goals. While energy system models have improved in the last few decades, they remain vulnerable against...master thesis 2021
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Thomson, Michael (author)The potential gain in energy production and profit by improving the placements of turbines within a wind farm is driving interest. However, finding the optimal placements provides a complex problem. A large number of inter-dependent design variables create a design space that is difficult to solve. Therefore there is much attention for offshore...master thesis 2021
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Gamboa Hernandez, Aline (author)This thesis aimed to aid ErasmusMC in the workforce planning process of deciding how to implement training among the nursing personnel in order to build a more flexible workforce, so the hospital can be prepared for fluctuating and unexpected demand, while minimizing the costs of doing so.<br/><br/>To accomplish this, a mathematical model was...master thesis 2021
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Corvaglia, Francesca (author)The growing global energy demand and correlated rise in carbon emissions is forcing us to increase the use of renewable sources. The residential sector represents a large part of the total energy consumption, and European governments are investing in distributed PV to increase the renewable share in this sector. However, on top of the solar...master thesis 2021
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Suryanarayanan, Surya Narayanan (author)Inverse design with topology optimization has followed the same computational<br/>graph for decades. The unknown material density is distributed within a domain,<br/>a computational analysis predicts the response of that design and its derivative<br/>with respect to the unknown, and this information is used by a chosen gradient<br/>based...master thesis 2021
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Feijen, Sven (author)The large-scale integration of variable renewable energy sources (VRES) brings about challenges related to the stochastic characteristics in supply. In this light, a recent and promising approach which has received increasing attention is that of multi-energy systems (MES). A MES is defined as an energy system whereby different energy sectors...master thesis 2021
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Kroonenberg, Nick (author)The Autonomous Low Energy Replenishment Dredger (ALERD) strives to revolutionize the dredging world. The ALERD operates autonomously underwater, which saves energy during the dredging process and transit. Autonomous underwater operation drives the need of alternative energy facilities. However, due to the energy savings of dredging, alternative...master thesis 2021
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van der Vlugt, Yanna (author)Patients visiting a hospital for elective surgery often have multiple consultations with a surgeon before undergoing surgery. Hospitals discern between different types of consultations, and make a schedule allocating timeslots of outpatient department sessions to these different consultation types several weeks in advance. Changing the...master thesis 2021
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Govers, Ide (author)Aviation has a negative impact on the environment. As the number of flights is expected to increase, the total environmental impact of aviation will continue to worsen. New solutions are required to mitigate these effects. Aircraft Trajectory Optimization For Environmental Impact (TOFEI) can help reduce the impact of aircraft pollutants while...master thesis 2021
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Talia, Lisa Marie (author)Climate change challenges the resiliency of our cities, and lack of spaces in densely paved areas makes it impossible to implement adaptation and mitigation strategies on the street level. However, buildings have often unused roofs, which can be converted into sustainable roofing options. Green roofs are systems which allow for the growth of...master thesis 2021
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de Koeijer, Niels (author)With the aid of an array of loudspeakers, sound zone algorithms seek to reproduce multiple distinct zones of audio inside an enclosure. Typical approaches determine the loudspeaker inputs by optimizing over a cost function that models the sound pressure inside the enclosure. However, recent methods propose cost functions that include a...master thesis 2021
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Vreugdenhil, Robbie (author)We propose a novel approximation hierarchy for cardinality-constrained, convex quadraticprograms that exploits the rank-dominating eigenvectors of the quadratic matrix. Each levelof approximation admits a min-max characterization whose objective function can be op-timized over the binary variables analytically, while preserving convexity in the...master thesis 2021
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Solvang, Joar (author)The report summarises the development of a frequency domain Multi-Unit Floating Platform (MUFP) model and a parametric design optimization using the model. The model returns the response statistics of a MUFP due to environmental wind and wave loading using input variables of column separation, column diameter and draft. The model is developed...master thesis 2021
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Janisse, Frank (author)Phylogenetic networks are used to describe evolutionary histories and are a generalisation of evolutionary trees. They can contain so called reticulations, representing reticulate evolution, such as hybridization, lateral gene transfer and recombination. Methods are being developed to construct certain rooted phylogenetic networks from their...master thesis 2021
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Dirrix, Lize (author)The forensic investigation is one of the first steps in the criminal investigation process concerning home invasion robberies. The forensic investigation consists of objectively capturing the crime scene as it is when starting the investigation. Regarding home invasion robberies, the most important traces are fingerprints and DNA which are used...master thesis 2021
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van Wilsum, Max (author)Based on sparsity maximization we propose a controller for Multiple Daily Injections (MDI)therapy for Type 1 Diabetes melitus (T1DM) individuals. Based on convex relaxations onthe sparsity maximization problems and by implementing personalised linear models of pa-tient we formulate a model predictive controller to determine insulin boluses. By...master thesis 2021