Decision support framework for managing innovation portfolios

Decisions surrounding innovations are often made on a project-to-project basis, and therefore lose sight of the overview of projects, i.e. the portfolio, and fall short on their strategic orientation. The research explores how innovation portfolio management can benefit innovation decision-makers in private and public organisations. More...

decision support system for airline disruption management at KLM Cityhopper

Abstract: The operations of KLM Cityhopper (KLC) is a complex undertaking. Many safety, statutory and contractual rules and agreements need to be considered for managing its operations. Hence, KLC spends considerable time, effort and money on planning its resources carefully. Unfortunately, it is all too common that unforeseen events during the...

A local search approach to resolving capacity issues in mobile cellular networks

In order to help network operators with their long term planning, a (part of a) decision support system has been developed in this thesis. We have compared two local search methods and we have investigated the influence of choosing the initial state more wisely. The choice of initial state is based upon the solution of a binary program...

A decision support system for balancing critical design issues in new service development for the TomTom Mapshop service platform

A case study research in which a decision support system is designed for balancing critical design issues that stem from the technology part of a business case.

Corporate Business Incubator Portfolio Management: Increasing selection effectiveness through more structured and systematic decision making process

A corporate business incubator captures ideas and develops them into new start-up ventures. It is programs or environment or resources employed by corporations to maintain its strategic position, avoid its mainstream business becoming obsolete, explore new businesses, or simply to gain more financially. Due to the stream of new venture ideas,...

Developing a Decision Support System for Business Model Design: The case of Software-as-a-Service

This thesis outlines the process of designing a decision support system (DSS) for business model design within an organizational context. The DSS is also developed and applied to several critical design issues for a specific Software-as-a-Service provider. An empirical analysis is carried out to estimate reservation prices, which are used as an...

Port Development in Shanghai

This project is situated at the Yangtze estuary in China with Shanghai as its main centre. An Estuary Decision Support System (EDSS) for the Westerschelde exists with different modules on each field of speciality. The Port Development Module (PDM) is a new module for the Yangtze-EDDS and deals with port development in the estuary. The report...

A Fuzzy Decision Support System for Magnetic Component Design

In many areas of electrical engineering, magnetic components like transformers and inductors are necessary parts of an electrical circuit. Designing such a component means finding a suitable combination of a ferrite core and a copper wire, while a great variety of requirements have to be satisfied. However, finding the optimal combination is...