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Shahbazzadeh, Majid (author), Sadati, Seyed Jalil (author), Hassan HosseinNia, S. (author)This article proposes a systematic approach for optimal reset law design of a class of nonlinear systems. By using the guaranteed cost control method, sufficient conditions for the design of optimal reset law are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities. In an offline design procedure, the reset law is computed that minimizes the upper...journal article 2022
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Pelka, S. (author), Kern, Dominik (author), George, Jan (author)Platforms facilitate the participation of households and their energy assets in the energy system. Platform services are considered attractive for households if the energy cost savings exceed the transaction cost of the service. We conceptualize different platform architecture, quantify their transaction cost and compare it to potential energy...conference paper 2022
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Strohmeier, Martin (author), Olive, Xavier (author), Sun, Junzi (author)The usage of large private and business jets, from those owned by Elon Musk to Kylie Jenner and Bernard Arnault, has recently attracted considerable attention in many countries. Enabled by open and crowdsourced aircraft tracking systems based on the automatic dependent surveillance–broadcast protocol, the aircraft and their owners have been...journal article 2022
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Krietemeyer, A. (author), van der Marel, H. (author), van de Giesen, N.C. (author), ten Veldhuis, Marie-claire (author)Low-cost dual-frequency receivers and antennas have created opportunities for a wide range of new applications, in regions and disciplines where traditional GNSS equipment is unaffordable. However, the major drawback of using low-cost antenna equipment is that antenna phase patterns are typically poorly defined. Therefore, the noise in...journal article 2022
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Belgioioso, Giuseppe (author), Ananduta, W. (author), Grammatico, S. (author), Ocampo Martinez, C.A. (author)In future distribution grids, prosumers (i.e., energy consumers with storage and/or production capabilities) will trade energy with each other and with the main grid. To ensure an efficient and safe operation of energy trading, in this paper, we formulate a peer-to-peer energy market of prosumers as a generalized aggregative game, in which a...journal article 2022
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Battisti, F. G. (author), de Araujo Passos, L.A. (author), da Silva, A. K. (author)Investigating supercritical natural fluids for efficient and clean energy production has become a trending research topic due to their technical and environmental advantages. However, on account of the supercritical operational conditions, using specially-developed components increases manufacturing prices, especially when dealing with solar...journal article 2022
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Kammouh, O. (author), Kok, M.W.A. (author), Nogal Macho, M. (author), Binnekamp, R. (author), Wolfert, A.R.M. (author)Changes in a construction project schedule can impact the project's planned duration, resulting in penalties. A manual trial-and-error probabilistic approach is usually conducted to find an appropriate set of corrective measures to mitigate delays of the overall project. However, this approach does not capture the actual goal-oriented...journal article 2022
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Khakdaman, M. (author), Rezaei, J. (author), Tavasszy, Lorant (author)Contemporary innovations in freight transportation and logistics are instrumental in achieving more integrated, efficient, and sustainable services in the global market. While much attention is going to how contemporary innovations, including technology-enabled and management innovations, change the supply of services, little work is done on...journal article 2022
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Zumstein, Marco (author), Chen, Qian (author), Adey, Bryan T. (author), Hall, D.M.H. (author)How bridge refurbishment projects are performed requires a trade-off between the speed and cost of the project and the amount of traffic disturbances during the project. A possible way to help reach a better balance between these two extremes is the ASTRA Bridge developed in Switzerland. The ASTRA Bridge is a 236-meter long steel ramp system...journal article 2022
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Blanchini, Franco (author), Devia Pinzon, C.A. (author), Giordano, G. (author), Pesenti, Raffaele (author), Rosset, Francesca (author)We proposed network-decentralized control strategies, in which each actuator can exclusively rely on local information, without knowing the network topology and the external input, ensuring that the flow asymptotically converges to the optimal one with respect to the p -norm. For 1 < p < ∞ , the flow converges to a unique constant...journal article 2022
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Becerra Perez, L.A. (author), Rincón, Luis E. (author), Posada Duque, J.A. (author)There is global pressure to make advanced biofuels profitable. For cellulosic ethanol, three aspects remain as bottlenecks: collection of feedstocks, pretreatment methods, and enzyme production. In this paper, the first aspect is investigated, by addressing the main challenges for the logistics of agricultural residues. A logistic supply...journal article 2022
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Sun, H. (author), Yang, M. (author), Wang, Haiqing (author)Reliability-based and risk-based methods for directing maintenance activities play a critical role in ensuring system safety and reducing unnecessary downtime. Those methods focus on preventive maintenance to avoid component failures and are applicable before unexpected disruptions occur. However, when disruptions are unavoidable, more attention...journal article 2022
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Kammouh, O. (author), Nogal Macho, M. (author), Binnekamp, R. (author), Wolfert, A.R.M. (author)Construction project management requires dynamic mitigation control to ensure a project's timely completion. Current mitigation approaches are usually performed by an iterative Monte Carlo (MC) analysis which does not reflect (1) the project manager's goal-oriented behavior, (2) contractual project completion performance schemes, and (3)...journal article 2022
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Ezekiel, Justin (author), Ebigbo, Anozie (author), Arifianto, Indra (author), Daniilidis, Alexandros (author), Finkbeiner, Thomas (author), Mai, P. Martin (author)The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has vast geothermal energy resources. When developed, these markedly strengthen the country's goals of achieving a carbon-neutral economy. To demonstrate the feasibility and techno-economic performance of small-scale, hydrothermal well doublet systems for direct use in KSA, we perform reservoir and wellbore...journal article 2022
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A review of operations and maintenance modelling with considerations for novel wind turbine conceptsMcMorland, Jade (author), Flannigan, Callum (author), Carroll, James (author), Collu, Maurizio (author), McMillan, David (author), Leithead, William (author), Coraddu, A. (author)New wind turbine technologies and designs are being explored in order to reduce the cost of energy from offshore wind farms. Two potential routes to a lower cost of energy are the X- Rotor Concept (XRC) and Multi-Rotor System (MRS) turbines. A key cost saving for both Novel concepts included in this paper is operation and maintenance (O&M...review 2022
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Madhwal, Yash (author), Borbon-Galvez, Yari (author), Etemadi, N. (author), Yanovich, Yury (author), Creazza, Alessandro (author)The growth of the enterprise blockchain research supporting supply chain management calls for investigations of their impact and mindfulness of their design, use cases, and pilots. With a blockchain design for the Proof of Delivery (PoD) process management, this paper contributes to learning about performance measurement and the transaction...journal article 2022
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Bertipaglia, A. (author), Shyrokau, B. (author), Alirezaei, Mohsen (author), Happee, R. (author)This paper presents a novel methodology to auto-tune an Unscented Kalman Filter (UKF). It involves using a Two-Stage Bayesian Optimisation (TSBO), based on a t-Student Process to optimise the process noise parameters of a UKF for vehicle sideslip angle estimation. Our method minimises performance metrics, given by the average sum of the states’...conference paper 2022
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de Vries, J.M. (author), Trevisan, E. (author), van der Toorn, J. (author), Das, T. (author), Ferreira de Brito, B.F. (author), Alonso Mora, J. (author)In unstructured urban canals, regulation-aware interactions with other vessels are essential for collision avoidance and social compliance. In this paper, we propose a regulations aware motion planning framework for Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) that accounts for dynamic and static obstacles. Our method builds upon local model predictive...conference paper 2022
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Barner, N.M. (author), Ghafourpour, L.D. (author), Güverte, M.S. (author), Modesti, D. (author), Hulshoff, S.J. (author)This work presents a transpacific airliner designed for minimal climate impact, incorporating several novel design features. These include open rotor engines, sustainable aviation fuels, natural laminar flow airfoils, and riblets. The design’s configuration and mission have been optimised simultaneously using a combination of standard...journal article 2022
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Mi, Jie (author), Zhang, Min (author), Zhu, Zhenchang (author), Vuik, V. (author), Wen, Jiahong (author), Gao, Hongkai (author), Bouma, Tjeerd J. (author)The risk of coastal storm flooding is deteriorating under global warming, especially for the heavily urbanized deltaic cities, like Shanghai. The Nature-Based Flood Defense (NBFD), as an eco-friendly design alternative for hard infrastructure against coastal flooding, is gaining attention. Nevertheless, the vulnerability of saltmarsh due to...journal article 2022