Performance Evaluation of Vehicle Routing Heuristics

This thesis has researched the automation of performance evaluation of vehicle routing heuristics. The trade-off between solution quality, which is composed of multiple variables, and runtime make performance evaluation challenging. Therefore, it is often done by human experts. The research question of this thesis is: “How can we determine a...

Performance evaluation tool for the expansion of a port's container network by an offshore modular platform

The Space@Sea platform is a sustainable offshore modular platform designed for a workspace at sea as an effort in coping up with the economic growth and allocating marine resources to more efficient uses. There are four potential applications of the platform: farming, transport & logistics hub, energy hub, and living spaces. In the case of...

Design and evaluation of a sit-snowboard for advanced users, focusing on comfort and control

A sit-snowboard is a weight supporting mechanism that allows people with lower extremity impairments to perform the sport of snowboarding. Comfort and control of the Twinrider (the only sit-snowboard on the market) are insufficient for advanced riders who reach higher speeds and ride more bumpy slopes. The goal of this study...

Performance evaluation of multipinhole μSPECT systems for short time frames

The need of image (frame) acquisitions within short time intervals is of major importance for preclinical SPECT imaging. The short frame times enable higher temporal resolution which is required in bio-distribution and pharmacokinetic studies where fast dynamic imaging is performed. The present study evaluates and compares the performance of two...

Performance Evaluation of LoRaWAN: From Small-Scale to Large-Scale Networks

The uprising of Long Range (LoRa) technology for Low-Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) has gained popularity in IoT applications. As LoRa utilizes the license-free ISM-bands, many network providers have deployed their LoRa networks that adhere to the LoRaWAN specification. With so many deployed networks, it is likely that devices belonging to...

Modeling and performance evaluation of the Thread protocol

Internet of Things (IoT) as the name suggests is a network of interconnected devices connected to the internet. There are lot of 802.15.4 network technologies in the market for current implementation of IoT, however, they have critical problems which is preventing IoT to become fully successful. Some of the issues are lack of interoperability,...

Evaluation of EMG, Force and Joystick as Control Interfaces for Active Upper-Extremity Movement-Assistive Devices

Currently, many different control interfaces for the operation of active movement-assistive device exist but their respective performance capabilities and limitations remain unclear. The goal of this study was to quantitatively evaluate the performance and learning characteristics of EMG-, force- and hand joystick-based interfaces. The human...

Organizational Structures & Performance Evaluation of Railways: Based on European Railway Reform Experiences and applied to Israel Railways

European railways have faced fundamental reforms to their organizational structures in the past decades. The reform plans, instigated by the European Union, resulted in a vast arrange of organizational structures visible today, more or less unique per EU member state. The main question that arises: do performances of European railways relate to...

Performative architecture as a guide line for transformation of the defence line of Amsterdam

The main topic that is researched in this study is: what performative architecture is and its role in the design process and product. In the scope of performative architecture the aim is to focus what a building does rather than what it is and the fact that architecture should have the capability of being adaptable to changing time, conditions...