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De Laat, D. (author)In this thesis we develop techniques for solving problems in extremal geometry. We give an infinite dimensional generalization of moment techniques from polynomial optimization. We use this to construct semidefinite programming hierarchies for approximating optimal packing densities and ground state energies of particle systems. For this we...doctoral thesis 2016
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Setekera, R. (author)With the current increasing demand for faster and more reliable communication and computing electronic devices such as faster wireless communication networks, circuit designers are forced to carry out device optimization in order to achieve the maximum possible performance. To enable full circuit optimization, designers depend on compact models...doctoral thesis 2016
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Van Wijngaarden-van Rossum, W.K. (author)Biogrout is a method to reinforce sand and gravel by the production of calcium carbonate. This calcium carbonate is produced using micro-organisms that are either present in the subsoil or injected into it. The micro-organisms are supplied with urea and calcium. Subsequently, they catalyse the hydrolysis of urea, by which carbonate is formed. In...doctoral thesis 2016
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Qiu, Y. (author)Optimal flow control problems are important for applications in science and engineering. Solving such problems usually requires the solution of a large linear generalized saddle-point system. This linear system is sparse and highly indefinite. In order to solve such systems using Krylov subspace methods, efficient preconditioners are necessary...doctoral thesis 2015
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Gupta, R. (author)In this work we study the implementations of deflation and preconditioning techniques for solving ill-conditioned linear systems using iterative methods. Solving such systems can be a time-consuming process because of the jumps in the coefficients due to large difference in material properties. We have developed implementations of the iterative...doctoral thesis 2015
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Rozendaal, J. (author)This thesis is dedicated to the study of several aspects of the theory of functional calculus. This theory considers the combination of an operator A and a function f(z) of a variable z, resulting in an operator f(A). One then attempts to study properties of the operator f(A) in terms of properties of the operator A and the function f. A...doctoral thesis 2015
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Li, X. (author)In this dissertation, we focus on exploiting superconvergence for discontinuous Galerkin methods and constructing a superconvergence extraction technique, in particular, Smoothness-Increasing Accuracy-Conserving (SIAC) filtering. The SIAC filtering technique is based on the superconvergence property of discontinuous Galerkin methods and aims to...doctoral thesis 2015
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Zhao, J. (author)Rail transportation plays an important role in our everyday life, and there is fast development and modernization in the railway industry to meet the growing demand for swifter, safer and more comfortable trains. At the same time, the security of train operation and the maintenance of rails have to be considered. A lot of research on these...doctoral thesis 2015
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Schauer, M. (author)In dit proefschrift bestuderen we diffusie processen, it zijn Markovprocessen met continue paden in een euclidische ruimte die bepaalde stochastische differentiaalvergelijkingen oplossen. Wij ontwikkelen en implementeren Bayesiaanse procedures voor de schatting van de drift en diffusie coefficienten wanneer slechts discrete observaties van het...doctoral thesis 2015
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Knibbe, H.P. (author)The oil and gas industry makes use of computational intensive algorithms to provide an image of the subsurface. The image is obtained by sending wave energy into the subsurface and recording the signal required for a seismic wave to reflect back to the surface from the Earth interfaces that may have different physical properties. A seismic wave...doctoral thesis 2015
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Den Ouden, D. (author)Steels with higher strength and better formability are increasingly required by the automotive industry because they can provide higher safety, reduce energy consumption and thus lead to a better environmental protection. To meet these requirements, it is a sustainable effort for steel industry to develop high strength formable steels. One of...doctoral thesis 2015
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Budiarto, E. (author)Radiotherapy is one of the methods used to treat cancer. One common approach for radiotherapy is exposing the patient to external beams of high-energy X-ray photons. Using the intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) technique, the fluence (radiation energy per unit area) of the radiation beams can be modulated to optimally shape the 3D high...doctoral thesis 2015
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- Li, S. (author) doctoral thesis 2014
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Sheikh, A.H. (author)The Helmholtz equation is the simplest possible model for the wave propagation. Perhaps this is the reason, despite denying traditional iterative methods like Krylov sub-space methods, Multigrids, etcetera, numerical solution of the Helmholtz equation has been an interesting and abundant problem to researchers since years. The work in this...doctoral thesis 2014
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Shen, Y. (author)This thesis works on the efficient quantification of counterparty credit risk.doctoral thesis 2014
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Garcia Triana, I.D.T.F. (author)Currently, available models are not able to accurately predict the temporal evolution of coastal morphodynamic processes. The main reason for this, is that essential components governing this evolution are neither fully identified nor understood. Additionally, there is high uncertainty in some of the parameterizations and their input parameters....doctoral thesis 2014
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Vitale, F. (author)The design and the optimization of electronic systems often requires a detailed knowledge of the inherent noise generated within semiconductor active devices, constituting the core of such systems. Examples of applications in which noise is a key issue include receiver front-ends in radiofrequency (RF) and optoelectronic transmission systems,...doctoral thesis 2014
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Jain, S. (author)This thesis discusses the role of flexibility of decisions when investing in projects that are affected by economic uncertainties. It uses the theory of real options to value such investment decisions. The thesis focuses on investment decisions related to nuclear power plants, which usually are affected by several sources of economic...doctoral thesis 2014
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Pelekis, C. (author)The main motivation behind this thesis is a certain type of win-lose games that are played on hypergraphs and can be translated into the following puzzle. Suppose there are two persons, say Alice and Bob. There are n biscuits, where n is a positive integer, and Alice chooses s of them uniformly at random. Bob possesses h grams of poison, where h...doctoral thesis 2014