Tanker allocation optimization during civil air-to-air refuelling operations

Emergency medical services and beyond: Addressing new challenges through a wide literature review

One of the most important health care services is emergency medical service as it plays a vital role in saving people's lives and reducing the rate of mortality and morbidity. Over the last years, many review papers have discussed emergency medical services (EMS) location problems, however, only few review papers consider the full range of EMS...

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...

The financial implications of building design: a developer and consumer preference-based residential design system

As of yet, there are virtually no practical tools available for incorporating both developer and consumer preferences within a floorplan design. This study aims to deliver a proof of concept for such preference-based design systems, and their application within the commercial property development process. A research model is presented that is...

Improving the purchase, nesting and order release process of a batch shop production process

At the sheet metal department at Fokker Aerostructures a high variety of low demand sheet metal products are produced for use in different aerospace assembly programs. The production process operates in a batch shop style of operations in order to cope with the high-variety and low-volume nature of the product mix. In order to ensure that the...

Maximizing operational readiness in defense aviation by optimization of flight and maintenance planning

The primary objective of a defense aviation operator or air force, is to maximize its continued readiness to successfully perform military flight operations, whenever and wherever the home state or international community calls for it. In order to maintain a satisfactory level of operational readiness, air forces need to ensure that sufficient...

The AS-Tool: A decision supporting tool for choosing an accommodation plan, in order to implement the new ways of working

A study to construct a computer tool that helps organizations to align their real estate to the demands of the involved stakeholders, created by the new ways of working. The tool takes into account feasibility and desirability in order to provide the optimal solution. The case study for the municipality of Rotterdam shows how the AS-tool can be...

The AS-Tool: A decision supporting tool for choosing an accommodation plan, in order to implement the new ways of working.

A study to construct a computer tool that helps organizations to align their real estate to the demands of the involved stakeholders, created by the new ways of working. The tool takes into account feasibility and desirability in order to provide the optimal solution. The case study for the municipality of Rotterdam shows how the AS-tool can be...

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...

Repositioning of empty containers in the Dutch hinterland: How to achieve cost savings at empty depots in Rotterdam

The container business is a competitive market, which suffers from trade imbalances, causing empty flows to arise between surplus and deficit regions. The port of Rotterdam and its hinterland is an example of a surplus region. Empty container management is subject to keeping costs at a minimum, while meeting customer demand and off-dock empty...

Optimising Juridical-financial Flexibility of Corporate Real Estate

Societal developments are timeless and occur at an ever increasing pace that affects demand for Corporate Real Estate (CRE). Real estate flexibility, as part of a CRE strategy, enables anticipation on those uncertain societal developments. Many studies refer to real estate flexibility, which could be grouped into physical, technical,...

System improvement via variance analysis: The development of a variance analysis model in a complex environment of a specialty brewery

There is little doubt on the utility of a variance analysis to provide insights in the current operational performance and possible improvements. In complex environments data is ambiguous and can lead to less understanding of the results of such analyses. This creates problems in mobilizing the commitment to improve on the analysis’ findings....

Designing and Testing a Strategy Game

A persistent problem in Corporate Real Estate Management CREM) is the issue of aligning an organization’s real estate to its organizational objectives. In this thesis a decision-making model has been designed for the Delft UT in order to provide the organization with a solution as to how they can renew their portfolio of lecture halls. In order...

Dynamic actor network steering and control (DANSC)

In de huidige praktijk van gebiedsontwikkelingsprojecten vindt het besluitvormingsproces plaats in pluricentrische besluitvormingsarenas, waarin sprake is van interorganisatorische planning. Door de wederzijdse afhankelijkheid tussen de partijen in deze arenas, de daaraan verbonden steeds wisselende partnerschappen en het onbekende eindresultaat...

Perspective based scenarios ; analysis of a-priori sensitivity of water demand and the hydrological system to global change (Deliverable A1.x.)

Informatief interacteren door interactief informeren: Verkennende studie naar eisen aan informatievoorziening bij interactieve besluitvormingsprocessen

Applications of mineral characterisation and process research to the development of beneficiation technology for the minerals industry