Design, Development, and Implementationof a Demand Forecast Model: A case Study to Improve Cargill’s Demand Management

This thesis project studied the demand planning process of Cargill Global Edible Oil Solutions (GEOS) in the EMEA region and had the objective of developing a demand forecast model for the Retail Food Services customers to improve their satisfaction levels. The scope of this covered the commercial and contractual relationships, for the delivery...

Safe Optimization of Steel Manufacturing with Reinforcement Learning

Steel production is a complex problem, and little has been done to improve it with the usage of Reinforcement Learning techniques. Most studies focus on decomposing it into sub-problems, instead of tacking it as a whole. Research has shown promising results in the area of safe policy improvement on toy problems. These algorithms are not only...

The Sustainability of Geothermal Energy: Under what conditions is a geothermal system used sustainably?

Geothermal energy is generally seen as a sustainable source of energy and therefore could be part of the solution for the energy transition. However, there is still a lack of clarity about the conditions under which a geothermal system can be used sustainably. This study investigates the sustainable use of a geothermal system. The geothermal...