Understanding the role of IoT end users in Miria-Like bot remediation

Malicious software such as botnets are a threat to society and increasingly so through Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The large volume, pervasiveness and high vulnerability of IoT devices make them low hanging fruit for malicious actors. Currently, the biggest threat for insecure IoT devices is Mirai, a botnet which is deployed for DDoS...

Data Collaboratives: Trusted Data Intermediary Business Models

To address complex societal issues, cross-sector partnerships are needed that specifically aim to create value to address such challenges. Data collaboratives are initiatives that encourage and promote such partnerships, by the collection, sharing, or processing of data. Data collaboratives are faced with barriers that complicate collaboration...

Increasing the Market Value of Wind Power Using Improved Stochastic Process Modeling and Optimization: A Case Study of a Belgian Wind Power Producer

Wind Power Producers (WPP) incur a negative result through mandatory participation on the balancing market. This study analyzes the performance of multiple improved offering strategies for a WPP offering both on the day-ahead market and the balancing market. It does so on revenue, as well as its impact on the grid and electricity market as a...

The Sri Lankan Debt Crisis: Is there a way out?

This thesis deals with the current debt crisis is Sri Lanka, which was brought about by rapid development following the end of the civil war, and how best to prevent future debt crises by providing recommendations to policy makers. This thesis makes use of two models, the Balance-of-Payments (BOP) Constrained growth model, and the Flying Goose...

Managing Knowledge in the Era of Serious Games and Simulations: An exploratory study on the elicitation of serious games' requirements for the generation and reuse of knowledge

The extensive amount of knowledge possessed by an organization represents one of its most valuable resources. Nonetheless, it is not always easy to pinpoint, arrange and reuse such knowledge in an effective and productive manner. Moreover, in the last two decades companies have been increasingly using serious games and simulations for the most...

Exploring the role of battery electric and fuel cell electric vehicles in a sustainable smart city

Battery electric and fuel cell electric vehicles have the potential to cover the shortage in renewable power generation by engaging in vehicle-to-grid. However, the vehicle-to-grid service cannot completely make up for the intermittent nature of renewables. Deterministic models were used to compute the extent to which the vehicles can engage in...

A method for generating fixed feasible ordering and delivery schedules for grocery retailers: The distribution challenge of Krónan

A distribution network is the pathway that all products and services go through before reaching the end consumer. It consists of interdependent institutions which perform tasks such as inventory carrying, generation of demand and physical distribution. The physical distribution has direct impact on both supply chain costs and customer service...