Exploring the enhancement of predictive accuracy for minority classes in travel mode choice models

Transportation systems are pivotal in shaping the economic and social dynamics of contemporary societies, fostering connectivity and opportunities while reducing geographical distances. Despite these benefits, they also contribute to adverse effects such as emissions, congestion, and traffic fatalities. Effectively developing and maintaining...

Analyzing the spatial relationship between energy and the built environment: A cluster-based approach to spatial planning

Due to climate change, there is a push toward a reduction of greenhouse gasses. Through spatial planning, the province of South Holland plays a role in this process. However, this requires insights into relation between the energy system and the built environment that is currently lacking. This thesis shows how spatial clustering using the K...

Decolonizing the Data Science Community through Meaningful Inclusion of Underrepresented Voices

We live in a society where our decisions are increasingly based on research, data, and modeling. The role of research institutions like Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is to both educate future engineers and to produce research outputs that support our data-driven society. However, research is an ongoing way of regulating and realizing...

An exploratory analysis of the societal impacts of demand congestion: A case study of Amsterdam following a mixed-methods approach

The integration of variable renewable sources and electrification is straining electricity grids worldwide, resulting in congestion events. This research aims to understand the consequences of unmet electricity demand caused by demand congestion, to support informed decision making. Using a mixed methods approach, the study focuses on the medium...

Modelling air quality around highways in the Netherlands

More and more research shows the substantial health repercussions<br/>of air pollution. Therefore, improving air quality is high on political agendas in modern societies. In the Netherlands, particularly around major roads, NO2 standards set by the government are often exceeded. Air quality models are used to monitor air quality values and...

Lights in the Night: Outage Identification using Remote Sensing in India

Electricity is essential in the modern world. Although India is near reaching 100% electrification, for many of its citizens, reliable access to electricity is still a major issue. It is not clear how, when, and where the reliability issues arise. Previous studies have not shed light on electricity outages at a granular level. Furthermore,...

Human behaviour and continuous food supply in a semi-permanent refugee settlement: An exploration of policies for a network of Food ATMs in interaction with uncertain beneficiary behaviour in the context of the Bidi Bidi refugee settlement in Uganda

Over the last couple of decades, refugee flows have been telling us a story of increasing numbers that are unlikely to go down anytime soon. The region of Eastern Africa only is home to 2.7 million people finding refuge in refugee settlements that are not often associated with permanency. UNHCR handbooks and many competent authorities state that...

An experiment to evaluate the vices and opportunities of micro-targeted advertising in public policy

The focus of this work is the creation and application of an experimental framework that tests the effectiveness and the impacts of micro-targeted ads. Micro-targeted ads have been used extensively by both political and retail carriers to sway peoples’ opinion, but there haven’t been any academic studies (in an environmentwhich is not controlled...

Predicting Short-term Bus Ridership with Trip Planner Data: A Machine Learning Approach

To address the increasing passenger demand in the coming years and make public transport less crowded and delayed, insights into predicted passenger flow are needed. A wide range of studies has used and validated that smart card data can be one of the sound bases for predicting short-term passenger demand. However, it also has several...