In silico exploration of post-burn contraction using uncertainty quantification

Burns can make patients’ lives quite miserable. Apart from prominent and thickened, or hypertrophic, scars, the skin may be characterized by contraction. When this contraction is so severe that the patient loses joint mobility, it is called contracture. Then a patient may have difficulties with sports or other daily activities. The consequence...

Robust Automatic Pumping Cycle Operation of Airborne Wind Energy Systems

Airborne wind energy (AWE) is a novel technology that aims at accessing wind resources at higher altitudes which cannot be reached with conventional wind turbines. This technological challenge is accomplished using tethered aircraft or kites in combination with either onboard or ground-based generators. In the former case, the kinetic energy of...

Sample optimality in the design of stated choice experiments

Recent research by Bliemer and Rose (2005, 2009, in press) and Rose and Bliemer (2005) suggest as a measure for calculating sample size requirements for models estimated using stated choice data, the S-error statistic. Prior to this, existing sampling theories failed to adequately address the issue of sample size requirements specifically for...