Marine Fleet Optimization for Offshore Substation Maintenance: An application for the German and Dutch Offshore Transmission Grid

To convey the energy coming from offshore wind-farms to the end-users, a network of offshore transmission platforms with sub-sea cables is in place, functioning as the supply chain for electricity. This research addresses the development of an optimization model, OptiFleet, which targets the problem of vessel fleet management to perform the...

Increasing profitability of multifunctional sport stadiums: A research on using a decision support model to increase profitability and feasibility of multifunctional sport stadiums

In recent years, the sporting world has become an industry of millions, sometimes even billions (Deloitte, 2012). The commercialising within the world of sports has had several effects. One of these effects is that private investors are starting to see the possibilities of investing in sports real estate, stadiums. In addition, there is a...