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Self-Management of Housing and Urban Commons: New Belgrade and Reflections on Commons Today

Dragutinovic, Anica (author), Pottgiesser, U. (author), Quist, W.J. (author)

The concepts of collective management of housing and urban spaces are being revisited within the contemporary discussions about community-driven approaches and practices and, in particular, related to the revitalization of residential neighbourhoods. This research identifies the concepts of self-management and social ownership of housing in the...

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Let’s Get Sociotechnical: A Design Perspective on Zero Energy Renovations

Boess, S.U. (author)

The scaling up of zero energy (ZE) renovations contributes to the energy transition. Yet ZE renovations can be complex and error-prone in both process and outcome. This article draws on theory from sociotechnical design, participatory design, and inclusive design to analyse four recent case studies of ZE renovation/building in the Netherlands....

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Naturally air-conditioned nearly zero-energy housing: The Earth, Wind & Fire Case Study

Patidar, Y. (author), Bokel, R.M.J. (author)

Dutch housing built before the 1990s consumes the highest percentage of<br/>primary energy for heating and generally exhibits poor comfort. With the government targeting to convert 300,000 existing homes to become more energy-efficient every year, a renovation wave has started. How do we achieve this? This paper proposes a natural air...

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Investigating human behaviour using sensors measuring the indoor climate and energy performance of three Dutch residential dwellings

Dugar, Y. (author), Bokel, R.M.J. (author), Schipper, H.R. (author), Wiedenhoff, F.J. (author)

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Adaptive Asymptotic Tracking for a Class of Uncertain Switched Positive Compartmental Models with Application to Anesthesia

Lv, Maolong (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author), Yu, Wenwu (author), Baldi, S. (author)

This article addresses and solves the adaptive asymptotic tracking for a class of uncertain switched positive linear dynamics (also known in the literature as compartmental models) subject to dwell-time constraints. Compared to the state-of-the-art, the innovative feature of this method is to attain for the first time asymptotic set-point...

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Lyapunov-Equation-Based Stability Analysis for Switched Linear Systems and Its Application to Switched Adaptive Control

Yuan, S. (author), Lv, Maolong (author), Baldi, S. (author), Zhang, Lixian (author)

This article investigates the stability of continuous-time switched linear systems with dwell-time constraints. A fresh insight into this established problem is provided via novel stability conditions that require the solution to a family of differential Lyapunov equations and algebraic Lyapunov equations. The proposed analysis, which leads...

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The issue of transients in leakage-based model reference adaptive control of switched linear systems

Tao, T. (author), Roy, S. (author), Baldi, S. (author)

The literature has proven that attaining good transient behavior in leakage-based robust adaptive control of uncertain switched systems is intrinsically challenging. In fact, because the gains of the inactive subsystems must exponentially vanish during inactive times as an effect of leakage action, new learning transients will repeatedly...

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Indoor environmental quality related risk factors with energy-efficient retrofitting of housing: A literature review

Ortiz, Marco A. (author), Itard, L.C.M. (author), Bluyssen, P.M. (author)

There are indications that energy-retrofitted buildings can create risks for indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and therefore for health and comfort of occupants. A review was conducted to identify and verify those risks, within three themes: building envelope, heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC)-systems, and occupants. Publications...

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A Switching-Based Adaptive Dynamic Programming Method to Optimal Traffic Signaling

Liu, D. (author), Yu, Wenwu (author), Baldi, S. (author), Cao, Jinde (author), Huang, Wei (author)

The work presented in this paper concerns a switching-based control formulation for multi-intersection and multiphase traffic light systems. A macroscopic traffic flow modeling approach is first presented, which is instrumental to the development of a model-based and switching-based optimization method for traffic signal operation, in the...

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Happy senior living 65+ best living concepts

Ossokina, Ioulia (author), Arentze, Theo (author), van Gameren, D.E. (author), van den Heuvel, D. (author)

In developed countries, the share of the elderly (65+) is growing quickly. In the Netherlands it might reach 25 to 30% of the population by 2040 (see Figure 1). We design best living concepts for the elderly, based on a research in their residential preferences. Our novel methodology combines insights from social sciences and architecture. A...

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Actual energy saving effects of thermal renovations in dwellings—longitudinal data analysis including building and occupant characteristics

van den Brom, P.I. (author), Meijer, A. (author), Visscher, H.J. (author)

Energy renovations often result in lower energy savings than expected. Therefore, in this study we investigate nearly 90,000 renovated dwellings in the Netherlands with pre and post renovation data of actual and calculated energy consumption. One of the main additions of this paper, compared to previous studies on thermal renovation, is that...

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Adaptive stabilization of impulsive switched linear time-delay systems: A piecewise dynamic gain approach

Yuan, S. (author), Zhang, Lixian (author), Baldi, S. (author)

In the presence of discontinuous time-varying delays, neither Krasovskii nor Razumikhin techniques can be successfully applied to adaptive stabilization of uncertain switched time-delay systems. This paper develops a new adaptive control scheme for switched time-delay systems that can handle impulsive behavior in both states and time-varying...

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Detection of mild cognitive impairment in a community-dwelling population using quantitative, multiparametric MRI-based classification

Bouts, Mark J.R.J. (author), van der Grond, Jeroen (author), Vernooij, Meike W. (author), Koini, Marisa (author), Schouten, T.M. (author), de Vos, Frank (author), Feis, Rogier A. (author), Lechner, Anita (author), Niessen, W.J. (author)

Early and accurate mild cognitive impairment (MCI) detection within a heterogeneous, nonclinical population is needed to improve care for persons at risk of developing dementia. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based classification may aid early diagnosis of MCI, but has only been applied within clinical cohorts. We aimed to determine the...

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Reinterpreting Existenzminimum in Contemporary Affordable Housing Solutions

Dos Santos Vieira Brysch, S.L. (author)

During the housing crisis of the 1920s, the German concept Existenzminimum (minimum dwelling) was developed and applied to the construction of public social housing. It was considered a design laboratory, where research, design, and experimentation would focus on a unique goal: create a space-efficient affordable housing typology, based on...

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Robust adaptive tracking control of uncertain slowly switched linear systems

Yuan, S. (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author), Baldi, S. (author)

In this paper, robust adaptive tracking control schemes for uncertain switched linear systems subject to disturbances are investigated. The robust adaptive control problem requires the design of both adaptive and switching laws. A novel adaptive law is proposed based on an extended leakage approach, which does not require knowledge of the bounds...

journal article 2018

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Reachable set estimation for switched linear systems with dwell-time switching

Baldi, S. (author), Xiang, Weiming (author)

In this work we address the problem of (outer) estimation of reachable sets in switched linear systems subject to dwell-time switching. After giving some conditions that exploit the well-known properties of exponential decrease/bounded increase of the Lyapunov function (i.e. exponential decrease in between switching times and bounded increase...

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Adaptive pulse width modulation design for power converters based on affine switched systems

Baldi, S. (author), Papachristodoulou, Antonis (author), Kosmatopoulos, Elias B. (author)

In this work we propose a novel adaptive switching strategy for the design of pulse width modulation signals in power converters. Instead of an uncertain averaged model of the power converter, an uncertain switched model is considered, which can better represent the actual power converter dynamics. Uncertainties in the power converters...

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Switched adaptive control of air handling units with discrete and saturated actuators

Yuan, S. (author), Zhang, Lixian (author), Holub, Ondrej (author), Baldi, S. (author)

This letter introduces a new switched adaptive control mechanism that can cope with parametric uncertainty while using discrete and saturated actuators. Control of air handling units (AHUs), where air and water supply have discrete and saturated characteristics, is the motivational drive behind this letter. We show that the cheap actuation...

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A novel Lyapunov function for a non-weighted L₂ gain of asynchronously switched linear systems

Yuan, S. (author), Zhang, Lixian (author), De Schutter, B.H.K. (author), Baldi, S. (author)

In this paper, a novel Lyapunov function is proposed to study switched linear systems with a switching delay between activation of system modes and activation of candidate controller modes. The novelty consists in continuity of the Lyapunov function at the switching instants and discontinuity when the system modes and controller modes are...

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In-situ real time measurements of thermal comfort and comparison with the adaptive comfort theory in Dutch residential dwellings

Ioannou, A. (author), Itard, L.C.M. (author), Agarwal, Tushar (author)

Indoor thermal comfort is generally assessed using the PMV or the adaptive model. This research presents the results obtained by in-situ real time measurements of thermal comfort and thermal comfort perception in 17 residential dwellings in the Netherlands. The study demonstrates the new possibilities offered by relatively cheap, sensor-rich...

journal article 2018