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Sancheti, Avi (author)This master's thesis examines the effects of business model innovation and competitive strategies on the success of high-tech startups in the Netherlands. Understanding how high-tech startups can improve their performance and compete successfully is of utmost relevance given the increasing importance of technology entrepreneurship and the...master thesis 2024
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Papadopoulou, MARIANNA (author)Nutrient recovery has lately been a concerning topic regarding the environmental friendliness of it and the high availability of technologies. Ammonia is one of the main compounds in reject water that could be recovered and utilized further in the agricultural sector. Several methods have been found, including conventional electrodialysis, in...master thesis 2024
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Meoni, G. (author), Märtens, Marcus (author), Derksen, Dawa (author), See, Kenneth (author), Lightheart, Toby (author), Sécher, Anthony (author), Martin, Arnaud (author), Rijlaarsdam, David (author), Fanizza, Vincenzo (author), Izzo, Dario (author)While novel artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques are evolving and disrupting established terrestrial technologies at an unprecedented speed, their adaptation onboard satellites is seemingly lagging. A major hindrance in this regard is the need for high-quality annotated data for training such systems, which makes the...journal article 2024
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Tenders in the Dutch construction industry: The impact of client decisions on the tender competitionGroen, Bas (author)As a result of decreasing competition within the procurement of large construction projects in the Dutch construction sector, the need arises to understand the mechanisms behind the competition. Especially how decisions by clients on the procurement of construction projects impact the number of competitors. When this is understood, clients can...master thesis 2023
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Alhamad, Alaa (author)This project aims to transform an old vacant office former tax building in Leeuwarden into a healthy living community, enhancing the health and well-being of its residents. By creating a welcoming environment with green spaces and amenities, the project promotes physical and mental well-being, community engagement, and high quality of life. The...master thesis 2023
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Berrevoets, Enya (author)Academic research is inherently cooperative, with researchers exchanging information through formal publications as well as direct messaging. Academia are, however, becoming increasingly competitive: limited financial resources and research spots, among other things, may now affect how researchers cooperate and interact in general. In the...master thesis 2023
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Chiu, Simba (author)It is possible to improve the performance of planners by modifying the PDDL domain of a problem. The goal of this research is to implement this to the domain of the Train Unit Shunting Problem (TUSP). The research question we attempt to answer is: To what extent can we improve planner performance by optimizing the PDDL domain of TUSP? The main...bachelor thesis 2023
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How has “Superdutch” influenced public building design in Taiwan through international competitions?Teng, Shih-hui (author)This thesis investigates the phenomenon of Taiwanese preference for Dutch architects in public building design. The study aims to identify the reasons behind this trend and analyze the impact of the Superdutch approach on the design of public buildings in Taiwan. To achieve this goal, the historical evolution of public architecture in Taiwan is...student report 2023
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Wang, Xiangrong (author), Peron, Thomas (author), Dubbeldam, J.L.A. (author), Kéfi, Sonia (author), Moreno, Yamir (author)Mutualistic networks, such as plant–pollinator networks, have attracted increasing attention in the ecological literature in the last decades, not only because of their fascinating natural history, but also because mutualistic interactions have been shown to play a key role in the maintenance of biodiversity. Although inter-specific competition...journal article 2023
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Kallis, Rafael (author), Izadi, M. (author), Pascarella, Luca (author), Chaparro, Oscar (author), Rani, Pooja (author)We report on the organization and results of the second edition of the tool competition from the International Workshop on Natural Language-based Software Engineering (NLBSE'23). As in the prior edition, we organized the competition on automated issue report classification, with a larger dataset. This year, we featured an extra competition on...conference paper 2023
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Chen, Yangkun (author), Yu, Chenghui (author), Zhu, Hengman (author), Liu, Shuai (author), Zhang, Yibing (author), Suarez, Joseph (author), Zhao, Liang (author), He, J. (author), Chen, Jiaxin (author)We present the results of the second Neural MMO challenge, hosted at IJCAI 2022, which received 1600+ submissions. This competition targets robustness and generalization in multi-agent systems: participants train teams of agents to complete a multi-task objective against opponents not seen during training. We summarize the competition design...journal article 2023
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Meng, Z. (author), Liu, Qing feng (author), Ukrainczyk, Neven (author), Mu, Song (author), Zhang, Yufei (author), De Schutter, Geert (author)Cementitious materials exposed to marine and saline environments are commonly threatened by a combined attack of sulfate and chloride ions. This study developed a numerical framework to investigate two combined coupling mechanisms of 1) coupled solid-liquid chemical reactions for competitive chloride-sulfate attack and 2) electrostatic multi...journal article 2023
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Yildirim, Ahmet Burak (author), Sunman, Nezih (author), Aydoğan, Reyhan (author)The International Automated Negotiating Agent Competition introduces a new challenge each year to facilitate the research on agent-based negotiation and provide a test benchmark. ANAC 2020 addressed the problem of designing effective agents that do not know their users’ complete preferences in addition to their opponent’s negotiation strategy...conference paper 2023
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Zhang, Yingqian (author), Bliek, Laurens (author), da Costa, Paulo (author), Refaei Afshar, Reza (author), Reijnen, Robbert (author), Catshoek, T. (author), Vos, D.A. (author), Verwer, S.E. (author), Schmitt-Ulms, Fynn (author)This paper reports on the first international competition on AI for the traveling salesman problem (TSP) at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2021 (IJCAI-21). The TSP is one of the classical combinatorial optimization problems, with many variants inspired by real-world applications. This first competition asked the...journal article 2023
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Pressmair, Nadine (author), Xia, Yi (author), Wu, Hongfei (author), Langelaar, Matthijs (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author), Majdouba, Ahmad (author), Mogra, Mihir (author), Grisaro, Hezi (author), Amir, Oded (author), Kromoser, Benjamin (author)Concrete, as the most widely used construction material, is associated with a high environmental impact. Within the present study, structural optimization is the method of choice to counter this issue. The entire process, from optimization, to design, experiments and numerical simulation is outlined. Embedded in the framework of a design...journal article 2023
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Lu, Simona (author)The environment is an important part of the life for most organisms, including humans. Since its quality is integral for social welfare, ensuring and maintaining a high environmental quality is essential. The environmental testing market is dedicated to the testing of the three main components of environment: soil, water, and air. Since the...master thesis 2022
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Bruno, Francesco (author)Demand for long-distance transport has been steadily increasing over the last years, worsening the environmental impact of the transport sector. Despite European governmental bodies and policy-makers directed considerable efforts towards the substitution of short-haul flights with greener rail alternatives, the desired results do not appear to...master thesis 2022
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Wang, Q. (author)To eliminate organic micropollutants (OMPs) from (surface) water, activated carbon adsorption is a cost-effective technology to remove a broad range of OMPs without producing any byproducts. However, co-existing dissolved organic matter (DOM), at much higher concentrations (mg C/L) than OMPs (ng/L-μg/L), inducing adsorption competition, can...doctoral thesis 2022
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Broekman, Max (author)Although competition is a dynamic phenomenon, currently used competition models do not take price dynamics into account, and some models are not even quantitative. This poses a problem for regulators or hedge funds and M&A departments who rely on these models to either quantify price and demand movements, or to determine the cost of...master thesis 2022
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Klijn, Dick (author)Post-war housing competitions were held during the second World War to provide solution for the housing shortage. Looking at the drawings made for these competitions we can see that a similar style is used.<br/>Through analysis and comparison of a drawing made by Jean Bodman and one made by Don Knorr, this thesis explores the similarities in...student report 2022