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Using augmented reality for supporting information exchange in teams from the security domain

Datcu, D. (author), Lukosch, S.G. (author), Lukosch, H.K. (author), Cidota, M.A. (author)

The performance of operational teams in the security domain relies on quick and adequate exchange of context-related information. Currently, this information exchange is mainly based on oral communication. This paper reports on different scenarios from the security domain in which augmented reality (AR) techniques are used to support such...

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A Supply-Demand Model for the Dutch Gas Sector: Model Documentation

Eker, S. (author)

This documentation describes a system dynamics simulation model developed to be used in a policy analysis study for the Dutch gas sector. Focusing on uncertainties, an exploratory modeling approach is adopted in this study. This simulation model is used as a platform to generate internally consistent and plausible scenarios within the boundaries...

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Responsible innovation in the private sector: Foreword

Scholten, V.E. (author), Blok, V. (author)

Responsible Innovation is an emerging concept concerning the governance of socio-ethical aspects of research and innovation practices. Von Schomberg for instance defines responsible innovation as a ‘transparent, interactive process by which societal actors and innovators become mutually responsive to each other with a view to the (ethical)...

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Responsible innovation among academic spin-offs: How responsible practices help developing absorptive capacity

Van der Duin, P.A. (author), Scholten, V.E. (author)

Responsible innovation (RI) among technology-based start-ups has received little attention, while these firms are known to operate on the edges of what is socially desirable or ethically acceptable. In this paper we develop a conceptual model that captures the RI practices among 61 academic spin-offs and investigate how it affects the capacity...

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A Design Framework for Personal Learning Environments

Rahimi, E. (author)

The purpose of our research was to develop a PLE (personal learning environment) design framework for workplace settings. By doing such, the research has answered this research question, how should a technology-based personal learning environment be designed, aiming at supporting learners to gain control over their learning at the workplace? We...

doctoral thesis 2015

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Interactions between carbon and power markets in transition

Richstein, J.C. (author)

In this research, several improvements to the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) were analysed. The EU ETS is a market for emission allowances and the European Union's main instrument for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (of which CO2 is the main component). However, the CO2 allowance price in this market has been highly volatile...

doctoral thesis 2015

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EDGaR D1: Integrating local and regional energy systems for enhancing sustainability. Work Package 3: Designing Institutions for Future Energy Systems

Scholten, D.J. (author)

The integration of renewable energy into the Dutch energy infrastructure raises interrelated operational and market challenges. In their efforts to address them, engineers and economists approach the design of electricity infrastructures very differently, however. While economists focus on a market design that addresses potential market failures...

report 2015

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An institutional perspective on cost recovery in the water supply and sanitation sector

Francois, D.M.P. (author), Correlje, A.F. (author)

lecture notes 2015

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KBA en fietsen

Van Wee, G.P. (author), Borjesson, M. (author)

Fietsen wint in steeds meer landen aan populariteit. Beleidsopties voor transportinfrastructuur worden in vele landen van te voren beoordeeld op basis van een maatschappelijke kosten-baten analyse (MKBA). Voor fietsbeleidsopties is dat veel minder gangbaar. Dit paper bediscussieert de mogelijkheden om potentiële beleidsopties gericht op fietsen...

conference paper 2015

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On Robustness of Power Grids

Koç, Y. (author)

Current and future trends in environmental, economical, and human-caused factors (such as power demand growth, over-ageing of assets in power grids, and extreme weather conditions) challenge power grid robustness in the near future, necessitating research to better analyse and understand the notion of robustness in power grids, and ultimately to...

doctoral thesis 2015

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An Ethical Framework for Evaluating Experimental Technology

Van de Poel, I.R. (author)

How are we to appraise new technological developments that may bring revolutionary social changes? Currently this is often done by trying to predict or anticipate social consequences and to use these as a basis for moral and regulatory appraisal. Such an approach can, however, not deal with the uncertainties and unknowns that are inherent in...

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When Should We Use Care Robots? The Nature-of-Activities Approach

Santoni de Sio, F. (author), Van Wynsberghe, A. (author)

When should we use care robots? In this paper we endorse the shift from a simple normative approach to care robots ethics to a complex one: we think that one main task of a care robot ethics is that of analysing the different ways in which different care robots may affect the different values at stake in different care practices. We start...

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Collaboration in Augmented Reality

Lukosch, S. (author), Billinghurst, M. (author), Alem, L. (author), Kiyokawa, K. (author)

Augmented Reality (AR) is a technology that allows users to view and interact in real time with virtual images seamlessly superimposed over the real world. AR systems can be used to create unique collaborative experiences. For example, co-located users can see shared 3D virtual objects that they interact with, or a user can annotate the live...

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Just a Cog in the Machine? The Individual Responsibility of Researchers in Nanotechnology is a Duty to Collectivize

Spruit, S.L. (author), Hoople, G.D. (author), Rolfe, D.A. (author)

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) provides a framework for judging the ethical qualities of innovation processes, however guidance for researchers on how to implement such practices is limited. Exploring RRI in the context of nanotechnology, this paper examines how the dispersed and interdisciplinary nature of the nanotechnology field...

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Open data infrastructures: The design of an infrastructure to enhance the coordination of open data use

Zuiderwijk, A.M.G. (author)

Governments and researchers traditionally focus on the publication of Open Government Data (OGD), whereas the actual use of the data is often neglected. Open data initiatives are often criticized for not realising the promoted benefits, yet only the use of OGD can result in these benefits. OGD use requires several actors, activities and tools;...

doctoral thesis 2015

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Newton Series, Coinductively

Basold, H. (author), Hansen, H.H. (author), Pin, J.E. (author), Rutten, J. (author)

We present a comparative study of four product operators on weighted languages: (i) the convolution, (ii) the shuffle, (iii) the infiltration, and (iv) the Hadamard product. Exploiting the fact that the set of weighted languages is a final coalgebra, we use coinduction to prove that an operator of the classical difference calculus, the Newton...

conference paper 2015

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Electronic Government and Electronic Participation

Tambouris, E. (author), Scholl, H.J. (author), Janssen, M.F.W.H.A. (author), Wimmer, M.A. (author), Tarabanis, K. (author), Gascó, M. (author), Klievink, A.J. (author), Lindgren, I. (author), Milano, M. (author), Panagiotopoulos, P. (author), Pardo, T.A. (author), Parycek, P. (author), Sæbø, O. (author)

Electronic government and electronic participation continue to transform the public sector and society worldwide and are constantly being transformed themselves by emerging information and communication technologies. This book presents papers from the 14th International Federation for Information Processing’s EGOV conference (IFIP EGOV 2015),...

book 2015

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Transient scenarios for robust climate change adaptation illustrated for water management in The Netherlands

Haasnoot, M. (author), Schellekens, J. (author), Beersma, J.J. (author), Middelkoop, H. (author), Kwadijk, J.C.J. (author)

Climate scenarios are used to explore impacts of possible future climates and to assess the robustness of adaptation actions across a range of futures. Time-dependent climate scenarios are commonly used in mitigation studies. However, despite the dynamic nature of adaptation, most scenarios for local or regional decision making on climate...

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Benefits of Coordinating Plug-In Electric Vehicles in Electric Power Systems: Through Market Prices and Use-of-System Network Charges

Momber, I. (author)

Both electric power systems and the transportation sector are essential constituents to modern life, enhancing social welfare, enabling economic prosperity and ultimately providing well-being to the people. However, to mitigate adverse climatological effects of emitting greenhouse gases, a rigorous de-carbonization of both industries has been...

doctoral thesis 2015

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Adjusting the CO2 cap to subsidised RES generation: Can CO2 prices be decoupled from renewable policy?

Richstein, J.C. (author), Chappin, E.J.L. (author), De Vries, L.J. (author)

The low prices in the European Emission Trading System (EU ETS) have triggered discussions of various possible reforms. One option is to decouple the CO 2 prices from renewable energy policy by adjusting the emission cap to renewable energy investment overshoots. We introduce two ways of reducing the CO 2 cap in response to overshoots of...

journal article 2015